ABLE 13.—Lead pigments, zinc oxide, and lithopone: United States production, imports, and exports, in specified years, 1937–52 1 Data are shipments or sales by domestic manufacturers. Includes an estimate for shipments of sublimed lead in 1946 and in 1948-52. Includes lead-free zinc oxide, leaded zinc oxide, and normal lithopone content of high-strength lithopone us normal lithopone sold as such. Does not include zinc oxide containing more than 25 percent lead, which is entered under paragraph 66 the Tariff Act of 1930. Preliminary. Not available. Source: Production, official statistics of the U. S. Bureau of Mines; imports and exports, official statistic the U. S. Department of Commerce. TABLE 14.-Lead articles. United States rates of duty imposed under pars. 72, 391, and 392, Tariff Act of 1930 ! Trade agreement with the United Kingdom, effective Jan. 1, 1939, through Dec. 31, 1947. 2 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (Geneva), effective Jan. 1, 1948. Trade agreement with France, effective June 15, 1936, through Dec. 31, 1947. 'Trade agreement with Mexico, effective Jan. 30, 1943, through Dec. 31, 1950. These the rates "existing on Jan. 1, 1945," were 1% cents per pound of lead content on lead- Duty suspended from June 20, 1948, to June 30, 1949, inclusive (Public Law 725, 10 Duty suspended from Feb. 12, 1952, to June 25, 1952, inclusive (Public Law 257, 11 Duty on scrap lead was suspended for practically the entire period from Mar. 14, TABLE 15.-Zinc articles: United States rates of duty imposed under pars. 77, 393, and 394, Tariff Act of 1930 Par. 394: 1 Trade agreement with Mexico, enеctive Jul 1, singh Dub. O, 1000 although the ones which were actually levied on imported merchandise, are not the rates "existing on Jan. 1, 1945," within the meaning of the provision in sec. 350 (a) (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, limiting the authority of the President to proclaim increases or decreases in rates of duty. For the purposes of this provision, the rates "existing on Jan. 1, 1945," were 11% cents per pound of zinc content on zinc-bearing ores, 13% cents per pound on zine blocks, pigs, slabs, or zinc dust, 11⁄2 cents per pound on old and worn-out zinc, zine dross, and zinc skimmings, 2 cents per pound on zinc sheets, and 24 cents per pound on zinc sheets coated or plated with nickel, etc. 2 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (Geneva), effective Jan. 1, 1948. 3 Trade agreement with the Netherlands, effective Feb. 1, 1936, through Dec. 31, 1950. Rate previously reduced in the trade agreement with Canada, effective Jan. 1, 1939, through Dec. 31, pigs, slabs, and zinc dust. 1947, to 11% cents per pound of zinc content on zinc-bearing ores, and to 13% cents per pound on zinc blocks, Duty suspended from Feb. 12, 1952 to July 23, 1952, inclusive (Public Law 258, 82d Cong.). 7 Duty on metal scrap suspended for practically the entire period from Mar. 14, 1942 to June 30, 1953, in- Since the enactment of Public Law 497 (77th Cong.), effective Mar. 14, 1952 and subsequent amendments |