Commercial Policy Series, Tema 32U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 |
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accounted agricultural products American imports American producers analysis available for 1935 based the concessions bound free Cana Canadian dollars Canadian imports Canadian purchases Canadian-American trade agreement cattle weighing Cheddar cheese commodities corresponding period countries Douglas fir duties were reduced duty reductions electrical apparatus electroplated existing free entry fresh or frozen half of last human consumption ice skates imports from Canada inclusive Jan inclusive Unit increase in imports increase in value increased imports increased trade increases in Canadian increases were recorded iron and steel machinery manufactured million board feet million dollars months of 1936 mullet and saugers percent period of 1935 period of last pulpwoods quota reduced duties reduction in duty rutabagas sales in Canada seed potatoes soapstone Sodium cyanide statistical classification steatite Structural iron tariff tetraethyl lead Total imports total increase unfit for human United States duties UNITED STATES IMPORTS Value in thousands western hemlock wheat whisky wood pulp
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Página 12 - ... of 2.6 million pounds. With recovery of consumer buying power, more cheese was consumed in the United States this year, both domestically produced and imported, and at better prices, than in 1935, the price of Cheddar cheese in July of this year averaging 27 percent higher than that of a year ago. In the case of cream, the only other dairy product reduced in the Canadian agreement, the duty reduction was limited to 1% million gallons a year. During the first half year of the agreement, only 6,000...
Página 12 - ... United States apparently not being attractive to imports from Canada, even over the reduced duty. Maple sugar imports from Canada during the first 6 months of 1936 increased by $327,000 over the corresponding period of last year. This was partly offset by a decline of $132,000 in imports of maple sirup, the duty on which was not reduced under the agreement. In the case of potatoes, the reduction in duty, on a seasonal basis, was confined to certified seed potatoes and limited to a 12-month quota...
Página 11 - ... operation took place in whisky. Following the reduction by one-half of the former $5 per gallon duty, whisky imports from Canada rose from 1.5 million gallons during the first half of 1935 to 2.9 million gallons during the first half of this year, with an increase in trade value of over $4.7 million. Limited as the concession was to whisky aged not less than 4 years, the increased importations from Canada, and from the United Kingdom, served to supplement the insufficient domestic supply of aged...
Página 3 - Canada under the agreement showed, in general, the most marked recovery in trade during the first 6 months of its operation, namely, 24 percent, and accounted for $15,000,000 out of the total increased trade of $23,000,000. These trade increases were widely distributed among many classes of American producers, and were most notable in certain fresh fruits and vegetables ; cotton and rayon piece goods and wearing apparel ; furniture ; periodicals, advertising pamphlets and printed matter, and various...
Página 10 - ... increased by $141,000. Radio apparatus, including tubes, which was granted a reduction in duty as well as elimination of the fixed discount formerly applied to receiving sets, accounted for an advance of $415,000. Imports of spark plugs and other ignition apparatus registered a decline of $111,000. Other metal products. — Among the nonferrous metals and products receiving reduced duties from Canada, the most notable gain was made in electro-plated and gilt ware, which increased $271,000. Next...
Página 16 - Canadia during the same period amounted to $262,000,000, an increase of $58,000,000 over last year. Because of the closer comparability between the items in the Canadian statistical classification and the items in the Canadian tariff upon which were based the concessions granted to the United States in the agreement, Canadian import figures have been used in this analysis as a measure of the American shipments to that country.
Página 11 - ... domestic supply of aged whisky. Agricultural products. — Among agricultural products, which, until recent years, regularly constituted a very important part of American importations from Canada, the largest increase in imports of commodities covered by the agreement during the first half year were cattle weighing 700 pounds or more. The duty reduction, from 3 cents to 2 cents per pound, was limited to threequarters of 1 percent of the average annual total number of cattle slaughtered in the...
Página 8 - ... $250,000. While Canadian import statistics do not separate parts for assembly from parts for replacement, the breakdown from the United States records of exports to Canada shows a decline over last year of $1.2 million, with parts for replacement, including engines, registering an increase of $1.3 million. This tendency is confirmed by the fact that automotive engines alone, which are shipped predominantly for assembly, and are separately classified in the Canadian trade records, showed a decline...
Página 2 - ... Of the .$30,000,000 increase in United States imports from Canada during the period, about $7,000,000 was made up of agricultural products, an increase of about one-quarter over the preceding year. The rise in imports from Canada of nonagricultural items was larger in amount, close to $23,000,000, and showed a rate of gain roughly the same as for agricultural products. Farm products on which duties had been reduced by the United States recorded a larger proportional gain in imports. During the...
Página 6 - ... Miscellaneous cotton wearing apparel registered a gain of an additional $100,000. Fabrics of silk or of silk mixtures showed increased sales of $75,000. Wearing apparel and other products of rayon found a market in Canada to an increased value of $133,000. Smaller gains were recorded for oilcloth and other coated or impregnated textile materials. Forest products and manufactures. — Substantial gains in sales to Canada during the first half of 1936 were recorded by American producers of a broad...