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UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION Operation of the TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM Ninth Report July 1955-June 1956 [GPO Cl. No. R e p o r t N o • 199 TC 1.9: 199} Second Series REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION ON THE OPERATION OF THE TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM Operation of the Trade Agreements Program, June 1934 to Apnl 1948, Rept. No. 160, 2d ser., 1949: *Part I. Summary *Part II. History of the Trade Agreements Program *Part III. Trade-Agreement Concessions Granted by the United States *Part IV. Trade-Agreement Concessions Obtained by the United States *Part V. Effects of the Trade Agreements Program on United States Trade *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Second Report, April 1948-March 1949, Rept. No. 163, 2d ser., 1950 *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Third Report, April 1949-June 1950, Rept. No. 172, 2d ser., 1951 *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Fourth Report, July 1950-June 1951, Rept. No. 174, 2d ser., 1952 *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Fifth Report, July 1951-June 1952, Rept. No. 191, 2d ser., 1954 *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Sixth Report, July 1952-June 1953, Rept. No. 193, 2d ser., 1954 *Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Seventh Report, July 1953-June 1954, Rept. No. 195, 2d ser., 1955 Operation of the Trade Agreements Program: Eighth Report, July 1954-June 1955, Rept. No. 197, 2d ser., 1956, 55¢ MISCELLANEOUS SERIES United States Import Duties (1952), $3.25 (subscription price) Fortieth Annual Report of the United States Tariff Commission (1956), 25¢ IOV ). v w Note. -The reports preceded by an asterisk (•) are out of print. Those followed by a price may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Oflioe, Washington 25, D. C. All U. S. TariJf Commission reports reproduced by the U. S. Government Printing Office may also be consulted in the official depository libraries throughout the United Statos. UN-lTED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION H (Jperation of the 11 TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM /C?Ir~s9- I ) Ninth Report July 1955-June 1956 PREPARED IN CONFORMITY WITH SECTION 3 OJ? THE TRADE AGREEMENTS EXTENSION ACT OF 1955 AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 10082 ISSUED OCTOBER S, 1949 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1957 R e p o r t N o . 199 Second Series UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION EDGAR B. BROSSARD, Chairman JosEPH E. TALBOT, Vice Chairman WALTER R. SCHREIBER GLENN w. SUTTON J. WELDON JONES WILLIAM E. DoWUNG DONN N. BENT, Secretary Address all communications UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION Washington 25, D. C. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Ollioe Washington 25, D. C. • Price 65 cent• Foreword This, the ninth report of the United States Tariff Commission on the operation of the trade agreements program, covers the period from July 1, 1955, through June 30, 1956. The ninth report has been prepared in conformity with the provisions of section 3 of the Trade Agreements Exten­ sion Act of 1955 and Executive Order 10082 of October 5, 1949. Section 3 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955 requires the Tariff Commission to submit to the Congress, at least once a year, a factual report on the operation of the trade agreements program. Before the passage of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955, various Executive orders had directed the Commission to prepare similar, annual reports and to submit them to the President and to the Congress. The latest of such orders-Executive Order 10082 of October 5, 1949-is still in effect. During the period covered by the ninth report, the United States and the other contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade met at Geneva, Switzerland, for the fourth round of multilateral tariff negotiations sponsored by the Contracting Parties. The report describes the negotiations at Geneva, and ana'ly~es the concessions that the United States granted and obtained in those. negotiations. The ninth report also covers· other important developments respecting the trade agreements program during 1955-56. These include the pro­ ./ posed legislatiop. co~rning United States participation in the Organization for Trade Cooperation; major developments relating to the general provi­ sions and administration of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; the actions of the United States relating to its trade agreements program; and the changes in tariffs, exchange controls, and quantitative trade restrictions that were made by countries with which the United States has trade agreements. Jl1 CONTENTS Chapter 1. United States Trade Agreements Legislation Page Principal provisions of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955............................. 1 Proposed legislation concerning United States participation in the Organization for Trade Cooperation..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2. Developments Relating to the Operation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Items arising out of the operation of the agreement.............................................................................. 10 Complaints settled by June 30, 1956: German restrictions on imports of coal (art. XXIII)................................................ 11 Italian import duties on cheese (art. XXVIII) .................................................................. 11 Italian turnover tax on pharmaceuticals (art. III)...................................................... 11 Swedish antidumping duties (art. VI).......................................................................................... 12 United States export subsidies on oranges (art. XVI)................................................ 12 Complaints not settled by June 30, 1956: Brazilian internal taxes (art. III)...................................................................................................... 13 French compensatory tax on imports (art. II)................................................................. 13 French stamp tax on imports (art. II).......................................................................................... 14 Italian import duties on cotton (art. X).................................................................................... 15 United States (Territory of Hawaii) regulations on imported eggs (art. III) ........................ -....................................................................................................................................... 15 United States restrictions on imports of dairy products (art. XXIII)...... 16 Waivers of obligations granted at the 10th Session: Australia's special customs treatment of products of Papua and New Guinea (art. I) ................................... _........ ·--·······-·---····· .... ··-·······--····-............................................ 17 Belgian quantitative restrictions on imports (art. XI)............................................ 18 Luxembourg's quantitative restrictions on imports (art. XI)............................. 20 Reports on existing waivers of obligations: Australia's special customs treatment of products of Papua and New Guinea (second annual report) (art. I)............................................................................. 21 Czechoslovak and New Zealand exchange-agreement obligations (art. XV) ........................... -.................................................................................................................................................. 22 Establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (third annual report) (arts. I and XXIV) ...................................................................... -................. 23 Italy's special customs treatment of Libyan products (third annual report) (art. I) ................................................................................................................................. ;............. 25 Nicaragua-El Salvador free-trade area (fourth annual report) (arts. I and XXIV) ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Certain United Kingdom obligations with respect to products entered free of duty from the Commonwealth (second annual report) (art. I)........................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Special problems of dependent overseas territories of the United Kingdom (first annual report)......................................................................................................... 27 United States restrictions on imports of agricultural products (first annual report) (art. XI)........................................................................................................................ 28 v vi CONTENTS Chapter 2. Developments Relating to the Operation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-Continued Page Items arising out of the operation of the agreement-Continued Releases from obligations considered at the 10th Session: Request by Ceylon for releases on ceramic ware and petroleum products (art. XVIII)................................................................................................................................................... 30 Request by Haiti for release on tobacco (art. XVIII)............................................. 31 Examination

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