FOREIGN TRADE 



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IMPORTS 



CANNED TUNA NOT IN OIL, QUOTA AND IMPORTS, 1984-93 



(1) Imports have been subject to tariff quotas since April 14, 1956, and are based on 20 percent 

 of the previous year's domestic pack, excluding the pack in American Samoa. 



(2) Dutiable in 1956 to 1967 at 12.5 percent ad valorem; 1968, 11 percent; 1969, 10 percent; 

 1970, 8.5 percent; 1971, 7 percent; and 1972 to 1993, 6 percent. 



(3) Dutiable in 1972 to 1993, 12.5 percent. 



Note:--Data in this table will not agree with tuna import data released by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Any tuna entered for consumption or withdrawn from a 

 warehouse for consumption during the calendar year, except for receipts from insular possessions 

 of the U.S., is subject to this quota. 



Source:--U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service. 



Source :--U .S . Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 



