TABLE 2.-CERTAIN HAND TOOLS: RATES OF DUTY CURRENTLY APPLICABLE AND RATES PROPOSED IN H. R. 2267 1 Rate currently applicable to imports from most-favored nations. • Would be effective from July 1, 1977, through June 30, 1980. 3.5 percent ad val. 6 cents per dozen. 10 cents per dozen. do. 71 cents per dozen. 78 cents per dozen. $1.03 per dozen 95 cents per dozen. 25 percent ad val. 25 cents per dozen. 47.5 cents per dozen. 62.5 cents per dozen. 77.5 cents per dozen. 15 percent ad val. 10 cents each plus 22.5 percent ad val. 13 cents each plus 26.8 percent ad val. 20 cents each plus 45 percent ad val. 14 cents per dozen. 8 cents per dozen. 3 percent ad val.. 0.3 cents per lb.. 11 percent ad val. 8.5 percent ad val. 25 percent ad val. do .do. 1.375 cents per pound. 45 percent ad val. 40 percent ad val. 8 Rate currently applicable to imports from designated Communist countries for which no change is proposed in H.R. 2267. TABLE 3.-U.S. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF HAND TOOLS COVERED BY H.R. 2267 AND SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION NO. AA1921-141 OR NO. AA1921-149, 1972-76 4 Includes imports of pipe cutters. 5 As reported by domestic producers and believed to represent incomplete data; export data are not reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce. 6 Includes imports of vises and clamps from Mexico under TSUS item 807.00 and is believed to include items other than those under investigation No. AA1921-149. 7 Data represent only exports of hammers, except ball peen, as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce. 8 Data include exports of chisels, gouges, and planes. Data include imports of chisels, gimlets, gouges, planes, and other cutting tools. 10 Estimates based on U.S. International Trade Commission questionnaires, U.S. Customs Service documents, and information from the trade. Source: Estimated data on shipments based on the 1972 Census of Manufacturers, U.S. International Trade Commission questionnaires, data on the Hand Tools, Institute, and information obtained from the trade; data on imports and exports from the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted. TABLE 4.-U.S. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF HAND TOOLS COVERED BY H.R. 2267 BUT NOT SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION NO. AA1921-141 OR NO. AA1921-149, 1972-75 1 Estimate based on the 1972 census of manufactures. 2 Export data are not separately reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce. 3 Data cannot be released because they would disclose business confidential operations. 4 Data represent estimates of shipments of all scissors and shears by 5 domestic producers, regardless of value, supplied by the National Association of Scissors & Shears Manufacturers. 5 Export data include all scissors and shears, and manicure and pedicure implements. 6 Shipment data not presently available. 7 Estimate based on information obtained from the trade. Source: Shipments, as noted; imports and exports, from the U.S. Department of Commerce. TABLE 5.-HAND TOOLS SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION NO. AA1921-141 OR NO. AA1921-141 OR AA1921-149: U.S. IMPORTS, BY TSUSA ITEMS, 1972-76 Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce. TABLE 6.-HAND TOOLS COVERED BY H.R. 2267 BUT NOT SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION NO. AA1921-141 OR NO AA1921-149: U.S. IMPORTS, BY TSUSA ITEMS, 1972-76 |