Table 1.--Sheet glass weighing over 4 ounces per square foot: U.S. rates of duty provided in The rates of duty originally provided in the TSUS and the TSUS appendix were placed in effect Aug. 31, 1963, by Presidential Proclamation No. 3548. 2/ The rates of duty currently applicable to glass as the result of escape-clause action are set forth in these items of the TSUS appendix. 3 Rates of duty currently applied to the products of countries or areas designated as Communist dominated or controlled. The most recent rates of duty placed in effect as a result of concessions granted under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as modified by proclamation of the TSUS. These rates were temporarily suspended on June 17, 1962. 5/ Rates of duty placed in effect June 17, 1962, by Presidential Proclamation No. 3455 under the escape-clause procedure, as modified by proclamation of the TSUS. These rates were superseded by the rates which were placed in effect by Presidential Proclamation No. 3762 on Jan. 11, 1967. 6 Rates of duty placed in effect on Jan. 11, 1967, by Presidential Proclamation No. 3762 of that date. The rates of duty applicable to TSUS appendix items 923.31, 923.33, 923.35, 923.71, 923.73, and 923.75 are higher than the trade-agreement rates and are therefore temporary. Presidential Proclamation No. 3967, dated Feb. 27, 1970, extended the time period for the increased rates of duty to the close of Jan. 31, 1972. Thereafter, the increased rates will be reduced to the trade-agreement rates in 3 equal annual steps. The rates applicable to all other TSUS items are the trade-agreement rates. The escape-action rate on sheet glass weighing over 28 ounces per square foot and measuring over 15 but hot over 16-2/3 square feet in area was 2.44 per pound (plus 2.5% ad valorem if colored or special); that on sheet glass weighing over 28 ounces per square foot and measuring over 16-2/3 square feet in area was 3.5¢ per pound, (plus 2.5% ad valorem if colored or special). Table 2.--Sheet glass weighing over 4 ounces per square foot: Average ad valorem equivalents of the U.S. specific rates of duty imposed on ordinary and colored or special sheet glass 1/ entitled to mostfavored-nation tariff treatment, 1965-69 and January-September 1970 1/ The ad valorem equivalents shown here do not include the 2-1/2 percent ad valorem additional rate of duty applicable to imports of colored or special sheet glass. 2/ Based on the modified escape-action rates which became effective on Jan. 11, 1967. Source: Commerce. Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of : : 14.1 : 13.4 : : : : 14 Table 3.--Sheet glass: Shipments by U.S. producers, U.S. exports of domestic merchandise, U.S: imports for consumption, and apparent U.S. consumption, 1965-69, January-September 1969, and January-September 1970 Apparent U.S. consumption----- : : 1,953.4: 1,836.9 : 1,698.5 : 1,974.8 : 1,944.5 : 1,495.2 : 1,248.2 1/ Official statistics are reported in square feet and have been converted to pounds at the ratio of 1 square foot-1.16 pounds. 2/ Less exports. Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce and from information submitted to the U.S. Tariff Commission by the U.S. producers. Table 4.--Indexes of U.S. producers' shipments of sheet glass, apparent U.S. consumption of 1/ Calculated from quantity data shown in table 3 in this report and table 4 in U.S. Tariff Com- 2/ Index published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the Federal Reserve 3/ Calculated from data on the number of public and private nonfarm new housing starts published in 4/ Calculated from data on the value of public residential and private nonfarm residential con- 5 January-September. 6/ January-October. 7/January-November. January-August. |