Evening star., 1949-10-11
Call for New Meetinq
To Cut More Tariffs
Expected Next Year
By the Associated Press

may be followed by still another
tariff cutting conference.
Government officials charting
United States commercial policy
said today they expect such a
meeting to be called in late sum-
mer Of 1850. It would be a major
step by the Western powers to
expand world trade.
This new meeting, the third in
three years, would be aimed at
broadening the tariff cuts already
agreed on as the result of the 81
nation conference at Anency,
France. this summer.
Aid to Friendly Countries.
The agreements reached at this
session were announced by the
State Department yesterday. They
call for the United States to reduce
duties on about $25o.ooo,ooo of
foreign imports.
The American tariff cuts cover
a list Of items ranging from
clothespins to olive oil. And they
were described as a Significant
step" by the United States to make
it easier for friendly countries to
earn needed dollars in the Ameri-
can market.
In return, the foreign govern
ments pledged to cut their rates
on American imports such as au-
tomobiles. motion pictures, ce-
reals, tobacco, cotton and fresh
fruit. But this promise was
hedged by their right to impose
import quotas to keep out Ameri-
can goods when their scarce dol
lar supply demands it.
Limits on Import Quotas.
Government officials said the
third tariff conference may well
devote more attention to the
problem of how to limit the use
Of such protective devices as i'm
port quotas.
For the present. however. the
United States recognizes that
many dollar short countries have
no alternative but to resort to
them while struggling to speed
their recovery.
Each of the 10 countries with
which the United States negoti-
ated directly received substantial
help in getting their key exports
into the United States cheaper,
under yesterdays agreement.
These benefits also were extended
automatically by the United States
to virtually all the rest Of the
countries of the world by virtue Of
clauses In their present CONNER
cial agreements with the United
States.
Here is a country-by-co country
summary Of the main concessions
granted by the United States to
the 10 nations under the new
agreement:
Denmark - Duties on sterling
silver knives, forks and cleavers
cut so per cent to 8 cents each.
plus 171a per cent ad valorem (on
the value). Butter reduced from
IA to Z cents pound but a quota
applied preventing more than 60
100000 pounds annually from
coming in at this rate; blue mould
cheese slashed from S to 8 cents
. pound; silver jewelry reduced
from IS to IS per cent ad valorem.
Dominican Republic-Duties on
sugar kept unchanged; molasses
cut SO per cent to a new figure Of
0.015 a pound.
Finland - Duty on wrapping
paper cut from 20 to 10 per cent
ad valorem; unprocessed paper
board and pulp board reduced Is
per cent to 71a per cent ad va
loren; hewn granite cut from 80
to 20 per cent ad valorem; un-
manufactured granite cut from
1914 to 10 cents a cubic foot;
birch plywood cut from Is to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Rate on Tobacco Cut.
Greece-Cigarette leaf tobacco
reduced from 80 to 20 cents
pound; olive oil down so per cent
to 3A cents a pound in 40-pound
packages; olives reduced to IS
cents a gallon from previous rate
of 20 and 80 cents; currants re-
duced from 2 to l cents a pound.
Haiti - Mahagony household
wares duty cut from Is to 1928
per cent ad valorem on trays,
bowls. platters, bookends, forks
and spoons.
Italy-Duty on olive oil cut from
8 to 4A cents pound in packages
weighing less than 40 pounds;
lemon oil down to II per cent ad
valorem from 25; tale products, so
per cent along with marble prod
ucts including marble chips or
granite; cheese cut to 5 cents a
pound, but not less than Is per
cent ad valorem; anchovies and
antipasto. so per cent; lemons and
tomato products, so per cent; ver-
mouth. in gallon lots, from so to
81 u cents; accordians and parts,
so per cent cut; wool felt hat
bodies cut from 40 cents a pound
to rs.
Liberia-Duty-free rates bound
"a pledge not to increase) on latex
or crude India, rubber and palm
oil.
Match Levy Reduced.
Nicaragua-Crude Peru .balsam
reduced from S to 2h per cent ad
valorem.
Sweden-Matches in boxes Of
100 or less reduced to IS cents a
gross Of boxes from previous TN
cents rate; sulphite wrapping pa
per from rs to 20 per cent ad
yalorem: spring clothes pins bound