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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No, 7 



Canada, in its negotiations vdth other countries, agreed to reductions or bind- 

 ings in other fishery items of their tariff. These may be brought into effect thirty 

 days follo'/dng sigrature by the contracting party or parties concerned. Effective 

 dates will vary according to the time of signature by the other contracting party in 

 each case: 



Crabs , in sealed containers , reduced from 40^ Salt for use of the sea or gulf fisheries , bound 



to 30?4. free. 



Fish hooks, for deep-sea or lake fishing, not 

 snaller in size than number 2.0, not to include 

 fish hooks used for sportsmen's purposes, bound 

 free. 



Fish, preserved in oil , n.o.p. , reduced from 

 2 555 to 2055. 



Bonlto. preserved in. oil, reduced from 25^ to 

 17|f». 



BEKTELUX ; In negotiations with the United States, the Netherlands bound the 20^ 

 duty on yarns for fish nets imported into Surinam. 



Negotiations with countries other than the United States resulted in a binding 

 free of mother-of-pearl and other shells, raw, and if simply cut up, split,or stretched, 

 uut not worked. 



FRANCE: France, in negotiations with countries other than the United States, 

 made several modifications in its tariff on fishery items. Of these, the following 

 are considered significant to United States fishery interests, 



Canned salmon, reduced from 25?5 to 20^, in 

 agreement with Canada, therefore, scheduled 

 effective date was June 6. 



Seal skins and skins of other sea mamals, 

 further processed than tanned, 8y5. 



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 



Salted , dried or smoked herring , set rate of 

 20^ for Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, French 

 Guiana. 



Codfish , including klipfish and halibut, in fil- 

 lets, set rate of 1055 for Martinique. 



The Dominican Republic agreed to the following concessions 

 in its tariffs as a result of negotiations with other countries. These are scheduled 

 to become effective thirty days following signature of the country with which the 

 item was negotiated. All except the last item were negotiated with Canada, and all 

 scheduled to be effective as of June 6. 



Smoked herring and alewives visre reduced from 

 .0225 pesos to .02 pesos per net kilogram. 



Salted or dry codfish, pollock , hake, cusk and 

 haddock reduced from .0025 pesos to .02 pesos 

 per net kilogram. 



Herrinp; , mackerel , and alewives in brine, re- 

 duced from .015 pesos to .01 pesos per gross 

 kilogram. 



Canned sardines , whether or not in oil, were 

 reduced from 1.15 pesos to .12 pesos per net 

 kilogram. 



Other preserved fish , not otherwise listed in 

 tariff, .20 pesos per net kilogram. 



EFFECT ON FISHERY PRODUCTS OF SIGNATURE OF TORQUAY ACTfflMENT BY SWEDEN AND 

 C ZECHOSLOVAKIA : Concessions in tariff rates on certain fishery products imported 

 into Sweden and Czechoslovakia are provided for in the terms of the Torquay Pro- 

 tocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade signed by Sweden on June 7 and 

 by Czechoslovakia on June 8, 1951. 



The Protocol provides that these countries shall put into effect the thirtieth 

 day following signature by the contracting parties concerned, tariff concessions ne- 

 gotiated at Torquay. 



