Specific efforts were made to collect data on tax or duty ex- 

 emptions for fisheries, protective tariffs and quota systems imposed 

 on fisheries o Ten countries show exemptions for certain taxes or 

 duties for fisheries either in the form of tax exemptions on gasoline, 

 motors, or other equipment used in the fishery industries or in the 

 form of duty free importation of such equipment. All countries but the 

 United States, Denmark, Norway, and Nicaragua, levy an import duty 

 on fresh and frozen fish, especially fresh and frozen tuna. But, of 

 these foiu* countries, three, namely; Denmark, Nicaragua, and Norway 

 have established import and exchange license systems which at present 

 are prohibitive to any importation of Any fresh or frozen tuna. 

 Consequently, only the United States permits duty free importation 

 of fresh and frozen tuna without any restrictions as to quotas and 

 international payments. (Italy permits the duty-free importation of 

 fresh and frozen tuna for canning in Italy. However, it does not 

 issue import permits for imports from hard currency countries.) All 

 together 21 countries at present apply a strict control on monetary 

 exchange and on imports -wiiich makes practically impossible the 

 importation of tuna and tunalike fish products. All 26 countries 

 levy an import duty on canned tuna and tunalike fishes. 



For further details with respect to the various types of 

 assistance rendered to the tuna industries of the various countries 

 studied see table 8h» More detailed information was obtained, such 

 as amounts expended for direct aids, etc., but space does not permit 

 the reproduction of that information here. 



Details of the import duties of each country are given in 

 table 85. The comparative effect of the various duties levied are 

 given in table 86 where a price of 1^ cents (U. S.) per poiind net 

 and a price of 60 cents (U. S,) per pound gross has been assumed to 

 determine the effect of duties of all countries. 



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