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CaiMERGIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No. 7 



Pounds 



Canned tiina 140,000 



Cured herring 43,217 



Cured codfish 32,112 



Unspecified eiired . 9,200 



Canned codfish .... 800 



Value Pounds Value 



Hii91,000 Frozen codfish 22,232 ^8,778 



14,853 Other frozen fish ... 53,705 24,296 



12,494 Frozen shrimp 32,625 24,910 



3,800 Other shellfish 48,529 20,568 



305 Other canned 26,629 22,006 



The Department of the Interior has representation on the Trade Agreements Com- 

 mittee and the Venezuelan countr:',—subcommittee now conducting preliminary investiga- 

 tions of the items for possible negotiation. Fonnal public hearings vdll be held 

 soon by the Committee for Reciprocity Infonnation at which time the fishery industries 

 will have an opportunity to present their views with respect to proposals to modify 

 United States or Venezuelan tariffs or related considerations. 



U.S . TARIFF CONCESSIONS NEGOTIATED MTH NORWAY EFFECTIVE AUGUST 2: Norway sign- 

 ed the Torquay Protocol on July 3. This Protocol was developed at the Torquay Confer- 

 ence (Third Set of Tariff Negotiations by Contracting Parties to the General Agree- 

 ment on Tariffs and Trade). According to the terms of the Protocol signed by the 

 United States and Norway, the following tariff concessions on fishery products 

 granted by the United States to Norway will become effective on August 2: 



