UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION PATCHOULI LEAVES, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED Tariff Status Par. 1722. Patchouli leaves, 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. 1 Until December 1949 crude patchouli leaves were classified under paragraph 1669 as a crude drug. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Data for 1937-39 are for British East Africa, including Somaliland, Seychelles and Dependencies, and Mauritius and Dependencies. Source: Official statistics of the U. S. Department of Commerce. SUMMARIES OF TARIFF INFORMATION PATCHOULI LEAVES, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED (PAR. 1722) Comment This summary covers crude or unmanufactured patchouli (patchouly) leaves, which are the dried leaves of the small plant, Pogostemon cablin and of other related species. The leaves are collected principally from cultivated plants, in British Malaya and in northern Sumatra. The dried leaves are used almost exclusively as a raw material source of patchouli oil, which is obtained from the leaves by steam distillation. Small amounts of patchouli leaves are used for packing with clothing as insect repellents and for making scented pillows. The oil of patchouli, an essential oil, is used in the manufacture of toilet soaps and perfumery (see separate summary on Patchouli oil,dutiable under par. 58). There is no United States production or export of crude patchouli leaves. United States imports of crude patchouli leaves, which averaged 546,000 pounds, valued at $36,000 (foreign value) (7 cents a pound), annually during the prewar years 1937-39, declined to an annual average of 149,000 pounds, valued at $48,000 (32 cents a pound), in the postwar years, 1946-48. During 1941 and 1942 imports amounted to 760,000 pounds and 90,000 pounds, respectively; there were no imports during the following 3 years, 1943-45. British Malaya has been the principal source of United States imports both before and since the war. Smaller quantities have come from the Seychelles Islands and the Netherlands Indies. The unit foreign value of imports of crude patchouli leaves increased from 5 cents a pound in 1939 to 44 cents a pound in 1946, but declined to 25 cents a pound in 1948. UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION RED SQUILL, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED Tariff Status Par. 1722. Red squill, crude or unmanufactured, which was free of duty under the Tariff Act of 1922, is free of duty also under the Tariff Act of 1930. Until December 1949 crude red squill was classified under par. 1669 as a crude drug. Trade Statistics Table 1.- Red squill (crude or unmanufactured) 1/: United States 1/ Not separately classified in import statistics prior to 1941. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Includes Tangier in 1941. Includes Aegean Islands in 1941 and 1944. Source: Official statistics of the U. S. Department of Commerce. SUMMARIES OF TARIFF INFORMATION RED SQUILL, CRUDE OR UNMANUFACTURED Comment Red squill, a This summary covers crude or unmanufactured red squill. botanical rodenticide, consists of the dried bulbs of the red variety of the perennial herb, Urginea maritima, which is native to Algeria. (The white variety of the same plant is a crude drug, used principally in the treatment of heart disease). This herb grows along the sandy seacoasts of the Mediterranean and it is commonly known as the sea onion. Red squill is used exclusively as a poison for rats and other rodents, its principal advantage being that it is not toxic to man and domestic animals such as dogs and cats. The use of red squill meets competition from several established products, including strychnine, barium carbonate, zinc phosphide, white arsenic, and thallium sulfate, and from two new organic chemicals-antu or alphanaphthylthiourea and 10-80 or sodium fluoroacetate. There is no United States production or export of crude red squill. Imports of crude red squill were not separately classified in United States import statistics before 1941. Imports amounted to 201,484 pounds, valued at $15,000 (foreign value), in 1941 (see table 1). There were no imports during 1942. During the next 5 years, 1943-47, imports averaged 652,000 pounds, valued at $69,000 (11 cents per pound) annually. In 1948, however, imports fell to only 4,300 pounds, valued at $248. Algeria has been the principal source of United States imports of crude red squill and Italy and French Morocco have been most important secondary sources. The unit foreign value of imports of crude red squill increased from 8 cents per pound in 1941 to 12 cents a pound in 1944 and 1945, but declined to 6 cents a pound in 1948. UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION SLOE BERRIES AND JUNIPER BERRIES Tariff Status Par. 1722. Sloe and juniper berries are classified under the tariff provision for crude vegetable substances, which were free of duty under the Tariff Act of 1922 and are free of duty also under the Tariff Act of 1930. Their duty-free status was bound in the Annecy agreement, but this binding was not made effective on January 1, 1950. Trade Statistics Table 1.- Sloe berries and juniper berries: United States 1/Preliminary. 2/ Includes 68,000 pounds, valued at $5,000, from Germany (including Austria). 3 Includes 153,000 pounds, valued at $37,000, from Spain. Less than $500. Source: Official statistics of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Note. There is practically no commercial production of sloe and juniper berries in the United States and exports are probably negligible. |