Canada: Summary of principal items of interest to the United States-Continued 1 Hereafter referred to as B. P. rate. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SCHEDULE OF CONCESSIONS GRANTED BY CANADA, IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE CONCLUDED AT GENEVA, OCTOBER 30, 1947 (Effective date of concessions will be announced in Foreign Commerce Weekly) FOREWORD The following is a consolidated reproduction of the Canadian tariff items involved in the Geneva agreement. In the most-favored-nation tariff, the new rates are intended to supersede those granted under preceding trade agreements, including the 1938 trade agreement with the United States. In the preferential tariff, however, this is not the case and where lower preferential rates exist for some commodities than those negotiated at Geneva, in consequence of special action by Canada or trade agreements between Canada and other parts of the British Commonwealth, not the United Kingdom, these continue in force, and are shown, in lieu of the Geneva preferential rates, whether or not there is any import from the country enjoying the special concession. The basis of negotiations was the preferential rate structure as it existed on July 1, 1939. During the war years, imports from the United Kingdom enjoyed particularly large preference under the provisions of Canada's War Exchange Conservation Act, in consideration of the war's effect on United Kingdom production and on Canadian dollar supplies. These special preferences ceased on December 31, 1947, but were succeeded in 1948 by temporary duty-free entry for textiles. With respect to preferential rates in excess of 15 percent, the Canadian customs tariff makes provision for a 10-percent discount where the goods are entered without transshipment from a British port and from a country enjoying the preferential rate. That discount is almost always taken, although it cannot be considered as anything but a contingent reduction for general purposes. Consequently, rates in excess of 15 percent ad valorem are marked with a small circle (°), meaning that the nominal rate less 10 percent is probably effective. Canada agreed at Geneva to invite Parliament to abrogate this discount in the cases in which the negotiations resulted in lowering the most-favored-nation rate to the nominal preferential rate. The items in which this levelling occurs are marked with a dagger (†), and the effective preferential rate in some cases will rise if Parliament concurs in the amendment of the Tariff Act. An asterisk (*) has been used traditionally in United States-Canada trade agreements to indicate items on which there is a seasonal tariff. An explanation of this and the important change in the seasonal system negotiated at Geneva is given on page 4. It should be noted that seasonal rates do not apply automatically; they must be announced. Provisionally, nearly all the most-favored-nation concessions shown have applied to United States imports as from January 1, 1948. 1 Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, asses, swine and dogs, for the improvement of stock, under regulations prescribed by the Governor in Council.. Free. Free. Free Free. 5 Animals, living, n. o. p.: (a) Cattle. -per pound.. 11⁄2 cts. 2 cts. Free. Free. (x) Ex (c) n. o. p., other than silver or black foxes. 71⁄2 p. c... 20 p. c.. Free.. Free. 147 201 (x) 184 121 6 Live hogs. per pound.. 1 ct 1 ct. Free. Free. Ex (c) Pork. - per pound.. 1 cts. 1/4 cts. 14 cts. 14 cts. 2, 464 2,464 Canned meats other than beef and pork, n. o. p.; canned poultry or game, Canned hams. Pâtés de foie gras, foies gras, preserved, in tins or otherwise; lark pâtés. (ii) Beeswax, n. o. p. 15 p. c. 18 p. c. 15 p. c.. 15 p. c. Ex 15 Ex 711 Honey-comb foundations, of wax. 15 p. c. (18 p. c. 15 p. c. 15 p. c. n. s. s. 120 p. c.. 15 p. c. 15 p. c.. 16 Eggs in the shell. per dozen. 311⁄2 cts. 5 cts. Free. Free. 24 16b Eggs, egg yolk or egg albumen dried, evaporated, desiccated, or powdered, whether or not sugar or other material be added. Cocoa paste or "liquor" and chocolate paste or "liquor", not sweetened, in blocks or cakes -per pound.. Butter produced from the cocoa bean. per pound. Cocoa paste or "liquor" and chocolate paste or "liquor", sweetened, in blocks or cakes, not less than two pounds in weight per pound. 3 cts. 24 cts. 4 cts. 3 cts. 4 cts. 10 p. c. 1 ct. 5 cts. 71⁄2 p. c.. 3 cts. Free 4 cts. 3 cts. Free. 4 cts. I ct.. 378 5 cts. 2 1 71⁄2 p. c. n. s. 8. 2 .519 a 221⁄2 p. c... 271⁄2 p. c. or 21⁄2 cts. 221⁄2 p. c.t. 22% p. c. or 2 cts. per lb. per pound.. 6 cts.. 8 cts. direct or from United Kingdom in bond; 10 cts. otherwise. 4 cts.6 10 p. c... Free. 10 p. c... 121⁄2 p. c.--. Free.. 121⁄2 p. c... 121⁄2 p. c. 121⁄2 p. c... 121⁄2 p. c. Free. 122 p. c... 122 p. c. Free. (ii) Starch, and all preparations having the quality of starch, n. o. p per pound. 1 ct. When in packages weighing two pounds each, or less, the weight of such packages to be included in the weight for duty. (i) Starch or flour of sago, cassava, or rice. (ii) Rice meal, rice feed, rice polish, rice bran, rice shortsDextrine and combinations or preparations of starch and dextrine without ad 11⁄2 cts. 1 ct. -per pound.. 14 cts... -per pound.. 1 ct.. 14 cts. ct. 14 cts. ct. 1 ct. 1 ct. 1⁄2 ct. 41 321⁄2 cts.. 61⁄2 cts. plus 25 p. Free. c. of value of -per one hundred pounds.. 3 cts.. Condensed milk, the weight of the package to be included in the weight for duty. -per pound.. per pound.. 4 cts.. Free. 34 cts.. 5 cts.. 20 p. c... 34 cts. 21⁄2 cts. 21⁄2 cts. 5 cts.. 25 p. c.. 20 p. c. See footnotes at end of table. |