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UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION SUMMARIES OF TRADE AND TARIFF INFORMATION Prepared in Terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) Schedule 1 Animal and Vegetable Products (In 14 volumes) Volume 13 Hides, Skins, Leather, Feathers, and Miscellaneous Articles of Animal Origin TC Publication 281 Washington, D. C. 1969 SUMMARIES OF TRADE AND TARIFF INFORMATION BY SCHEDULES Schedule 1 - Animal and Vegetable Products (In 14 volumes) Schedule 2 - Wood a,. Paper; Printed Matter (In 5 volumes) Schedule 3 - Textile Fibers and Textile Products (In 6 volumes) Schedule 4 - Chemicals and Related Products (In 12 volumes) Schedule 5 - Nonmetallic Minerals and Products (In 5 volumes) Schedule 6 - Metals and Metal Products (In 11 volumes) Schedule 7 - Specified Products; Miscellaneous and Nonenumerated Products (In 8 volumes) Schedule 8 - Special Classification Provisions (In 1 volume) Volumes in Schedule 1 1 - Animals and Meats 2 - Fish, Fresh, Chilled, Frozen, or Cured 3-- Fish Products, Shellfish, and Shellfish Products 4 - Dairy Products and Birds' Eggs 5 - Live Plants and Seeds 6 - Cereal Grains, Malts, Starches, and Animal Feeds 7 - Vegetables and Edible Nuts 8 - Edible Fruits and Fruit Products 9 - Sugar, Cocoa, Confectionery, Coffee, Tea, and Spices 10'- Beverages 11 - Tobacco and Tobacco Products 12 - Animal and Vegetable Oils 13 - Hides, Skins, Leather, Feathers, and Miscel- laneous Articles of Animal Origin. 14 - Edible Preparations, Natural Resins, and Miscel- laneous Articles of Vegetable Origin FO REWORD In an address delivered in Boston on May 18, 1917, Frank W. Taussig, distinguished first chairman of the Tariff Commission, de- lineated the responsibility of the newly established Commission to operate as a.source of objective, factual information on tariffs and trade.. He stated that the Commission was already preparing a catalog of tariff information-- designed to have on hand, in'compact and simple form, all available data on the growth, develop- ment and location of industries affected by the tariff, on the extent of domestic production, on the extent of imports, on the conditions of competition between domestic and foreign products. The first such report was issued in 1920. Subsequently three series of summaries of tariff information on commodities were published--in 1921, 1929, and 1948-50. The current series, entitled Summaries of Trade and Tariff Information, presents the information in terms of the tariff items provided for in the eight tariff schedules of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (abbreviated to TSUS in these volumes), which on August 31, 1963, replaced the 16 schedules of the Tariff Act of 1930. Through its professional staff of commodity specialists, econo- mists, lawyers, statisticians, and accountants, the Commission follows the movement of thousands of articles in international commodity trade, and during the years of its existence, has built up a reservoir of knowledge and understanding, not only with respect to imports but also regarding products and their uses, techniques of manufacturing and processing, commercial practices, and markets. Accordingly, the Com- mission believes that, when completed, the current series of summaries will be the most comprehensive publication of its kind and will present benchmark information that will serve many interests. This project, although encyclopedic, attempts to conform with Chairman Taussig's admonition to be "exhaustive in inquiry, and at the same time brief and discriminating in statement." This series is being published in 62 volumes of summaries, each volume to be issued as soon as completed. Although the order of pub- lication may not follow the numerical sequence of the items in the TSUS, all items are to be covered. As far as practicable, each volume reflects the most recent developments affecting U.S..foreign trade in the commodities included. iii SUMMARIES OF TRADE AND TARIFF INFORMATION SCHEDULE 1 Volume 13 CONTENTS Page Foreword--------------------------------------------------------- iii Introduction---------------------------------------------------- 1 General statement on hides, skins, and leathers ------------------ 3 Cattlehides and leathers ----------------------------------------- 5 Calf and kip skins and leathers----------------------------------- 19 Horse, colt, ass, and mule hides and leathers-------------------- 27 Sheep and lamb skins and leathers; chamois----------------------- 33 Goat and kid skins and leathers ---------------------------------- 43 Reptile and fish skins and leathers------------------------------ --51 Pig and hog skins and leathers----------------------------------- 55 Miscellaneous hides, skins, and leathers ----- ----- 59 Animal parchment and vellum-------------------------------------- 63, General statement on furskins ------------------------------------ : 65 Furskins bearing wool or hair------------------------------------- 69 Silver, black, or platinum fox furskins-------------------------- -75 Hare and rabbit furskins ------------------------------------------ 79 Mink furskins----------------------------------------------------- 83 Seal skins ------------------------------------------------------ -93 Miscellaneous furskins -------------------------------------------- 97 Feathers and downs ----------------------------------------------- 103 Hatters' fur----------------- ----------------------------- 109 Bristles and other animal hair, not curled------------------------ 113 Curled hair------------------------------------------------------ 119 Human hair------------------------------------------------------- 123 Albumens and dried blood----------------------------------------- 125 Catgut, whip gut, oriental gut, and wormgut---------------------- 131 Coral, crude ----------------------------------------------------- 135 Cuttlefish bone-------------------------------------------------- 139 Fish eggs not for human consumption------------------------------ 141 Fish or shellfish, live, not for human consumption--------------- 145 Fish scales, crude----------------------------------------------- 149 Fish sounds------------------------------------------------------ 151 Hydroids, treated and dyed for ornamental use-------------------- 153 Intestines, weasands, bladders, and similar products------------- 155 Ivory------------------------------------------------------------ 165 Marine and nonmarine shells, crude------------------------------- 169 Products of-taxidermy-------------------------------------------- 175 Skeletons and other preparations of anatomy---------------------- 179 Sponges, marine-------------------------------------------------- 183 Miscellaneous animal products------------------------------------ 189 v vi CONTENTS Page Appendixes: Appendix A. Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (1969): General headnotes and rules of interpretation, and excerpts relating to the items included in this volume-- A-1 Appendix B. Value of U.S. imports for consumption, by TSUS items included in the individual summaries of this volume, total and from the 3 principal suppliers, 1967---- B-1 CONTENTS vii Numerical List of TSUS Items in This Volume Page Page 120.11------------------------ 186.15----------------------- 103 120.14----------------------- 186.20----------------------- 109 120.17------------------------ 5, 186.30----------------------- 113 120.20--- 5, 27, 33, 43, 51, 55, 186.40----------------------- 119 120.50------------------------ 186.50----------------------- 123 121.10------------------------ 186-55-------------------- 113 123.15----------------------- 186.60---------------------- 113 121.20----------------------- 190.10----------------------- 125 121.25----------------------- 190.15----------------------- 125 121.30----------------------- 190.20----------------------- 125 121.35----------------------- 190.25----------------------- 131 121.40------------------------ 190.30----------------------- 135 121.45------------------------ 190.35------------------------ 139 121.50------------------------ 190.40------------------- 141, 189 121.52------------------------ 190.45----------------------- 145 121.54------------------------ 190.47----------------------- 149 121.57------- 5, 27, 33, 43, 51, 190.50----------------------- 151 121.60------------------------ 190.55----------------------- 189 121.65----------- 5, 27, 33, 51, 190.57----------------------- 153 123.00------------------------ 190.58---------------------- 155 123.50------------------------ 190.60----------------------- 165 124.10-------------- 79, 83, 93, 190.65----------------------- 169 124.20---------- 69, 79, 83, 93, 190.68----------------------- 175 124.25------------------ 69, 83, 190.80----------------------- 179 124.30----------------------- 190.85----------------------- 183 124.40-------------- 69, 79, 93, 190.87----------------------- 183 124.60---------- 69, 79, 83, 93, 190.90----------------------- 183 124.65------------------ 69, 83, 190.93---------------------- 183 124.70----------------------- 190.94----------------------- 183 124.80-------------- 69, 79, 93, 191.10----------------------- 131 186.10------------------------ 103 191.15------------------- 169, 189 INTRODUCTION 1 This volume, identified as volume 1:13, covers hides, skins, leathers, furskins, feathers, and miscellaneous articles of animal origin classifiable under part 5A, 5B, 15D, or 15F of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS). Part 5A of schedule 1 covers hides, skins, and leathers; part 5B covers furskins; part 15D