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SUMMARIES OF TARIFF INFORMATION

ANGELICA SEED (NONGERMINATING) AND ROOT, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED
(PAR. 1722) 1/

Tariff Status

Par. 1722. Angelica seed (nongerminating) and root, crude or unmanufactured, which were free of duty under the Tariff Act of 1922, are free of duty also under the Tariff Act of 1930.

Until December 1949 crude angelica seed (nongerminating) and root were classified under par. 1669 as crude drugs.

UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION

ANGELICA SEED (NONGERMINATING) AND ROOT, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED

(PAR. 1722)

Trade Statistics

Table 1.- Angelica seed (nongerminating) and root (crude or unmanufactured) United States imports for consumption, by principal sources, in specified years, 1937 to 1948

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1/ Preliminary.

.16

.15

.21

.18

.76

.71

.34

2/ Includes Austria 1938-43.

3/ Includes Burma in 1937 and Pakistan in 1937-47. Pakistan which was reported for the first time in 1948.

There were no imports from

Includes 3,259 pounds valued at $2,835 with a unit value of $0.87, from

Argentina.

Source: Official statistics of the U. S. Department of Commerce.

Note. Statistics on United States production and exports are not available

SUMMARIES OF TARIFF INFORMATION

ANGELICA SEED (NONGERMINATING) AND ROOT, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED
(PAR. 1722)

Comment

This summary covers crude or unmanufactured angelica seed (nongerminating) and root. Angelica root, a crude botanical, consists of the rhizome (underground stem) and roots of two related plants, Angelica archangelica indigeneous to Europe and Angelica atropurpurea which grows throughout the eastern part of the United States. The seeds of both plants are also employed, although they are of less importance than the roots. The crude botanicals are collected from both wild and cultivated plants in Europe but they are obtained chiefly from wild plants in the United States. The principal use of both angelica seed and roots is in the production of angelica oil-an essential oil used in cordials, gin, and perfumery. Angelica was formerly employed in medicine as a diuretic and antimalarial and in the treatment of colic, but now this botanical is no longer recognized in any United States books of drag standards. Small quantities, however, may still be used in the manufacture of certain proprietary medicinals. The domestic botanical trade pays a premium of 5-10 cents a pound for the imported crude root over the United States variety.

There is some United States production of angelica, but no statistics on the actual quantities of seed and root collected are available. Data on exports are also not reported; exports are probably very small, if any.

United States imports of crude angelica seed and root, which averaged 69,877 pounds, with a foreign value of $12,749 (18 cents a pound), annually during 1937-39, declined to an average of 28,022 pounds, valued at $20,399 (73 cents a pound), yearly during the postwar years, 1946-48. Imports were small during the intervening period 1940-44, having been less than 3,000 pounds in any of these years and there were no imports in 1942 and 1944. During 1945, imports were again substantial, amounting to 20,181 pounds, valued at $15,496, and were all from Belgium. Germany and Belgium were the principal prewar sources of United States imports and since the war Belgium has been the chief source. The unit foreign value of imports increased from 15 cents a pound in 1938 to 77 cents per pound in 1945 but has since declined. It amounted to 34 cents a pound in 1948.

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CUBE (TIMBO OR BARBASCO) ROOT, CRUDE
(PAR. 1722)

Tariff Status

Par. 1722. Cube (timbo or barbasco) root, crude, which was free of duty under the Tariff Act of 1922, is free of duty also under the Tariff Act of 1930. Its duty-free status was originally bound in the trade agreement with Venezuela, effective December 1939; and similar binding was thereafter included in the trade agreement with Peru. Cube root advanced in value by grinding, etc., has been held dutiable under paragraph 35 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by similitude to pyrethrum or insect flowers. In its crude form it is classified as a crude vegetable substance under paragraph 1722, although crude pyrethrum or insect flowers are specified in paragraph 1602; this is so because the similitude clause in paragraph 1559 cannot be applied to any article in the free list.

Trade Statistics

United States

Table 1.- Cube (timbo or barbasco) root, crude:
imports for consumption, by principal sources, in specified
years, 1937 to 1947, and January-September 1948

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1/ Preliminary.

.094

.074

.082

.162

.196

.231

.168

2/Consists of 16,756 pounds, valued at $2,883 (unit value $0.172), from Ecuador, and 5,012 pounds, valued at $509 (unit value $0.102), from Colombia. Source: Official statistics of the U. S. Department of Commerce.

SUMMARIES OF TARIFF INFORMATION

CUBE (TIMBO OR BARBASCO) ROOT, CRUDE
(PAR. 1722)

Comment

This summary covers crude cube root only; cube root advanced in value, i.e., ground, is covered in a separate summary under paragraph 35. Cube root, also known as timbo or barbasco root, consists of the dried roots of several species of Lonchocarpus plants, which are native to South America. Commercial supplies of the crude root are obtained both from wild plants and from cultivated crops.

Cube root is used principally as an insecticide to destroy vegetable insect pests and to eradicate various animal parasites such as cattle grubs, ticks, fleas, lice, and mites. Cube root is almost identical in form and has the same uses as derris root, a plant native to the East Indies and Malaya. Both cube and derris roots contain the same active constituent, rotenone, which is usually present to the extent of about 5 to 8 percent in each of these roots.

There is no United States production or export of crude cube root.

United States imports of crude cube root averaged 584,000 pounds annually in 1937 and 1938; 2 million pounds was imported in 1939, and 11 million and 12 million pounds, respectively, in 1946 and 1947. Peru has been the chief source of imports both in prewar and postwar years. Brazil has been second in most years and Venezuela third. The average unit value of the imports in 1946 and 1947 was about 2 times the average in 1937-39.

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