TARIFF related term(s) Foreign Trade

Addresses

Governor's Energy Conference: Carlos V. Rincones, 2097 [7FE]

Analyses

Competitive America Trade Reform Act (S. 2127), 3340-3342 [28FE]

Protection Against Unfair Trade Competition (S. 2099), 3366 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

And Now a Mini-Tariff?, 27562 [1OC]

Beware of Oil Tax Soothsayers, 1308 [30JA]

Business, Workers, Homeowners—The Case Against an Oil Import Fee, 18491 [31JY]

Casualties Start To Pile Up in Oil Patch, 1612 [4FE]

Crude Oil Prices Hit 6-Year Low, 172 [21JA]

Customs Agents Fight Often-Losing Battle Against Illegal Imports, 2212 [18FE]

Four Pillars of U.S. Trade Policy, 5039 [14MR]

From OPEC to GOPEC, 1610 [4FE]

Kachajian's Rebellion, 30740-30742 [14OC]

Oil Contracts Plunge as Doubt Grows OPEC Can Stabilize Petroleum Prices, 1613 [4FE]

Oil's Declining Capital, 1613 [4FE]

OPEC's Price Gamble Finds Little Support, May Reveal Internal Rift, 1611 [4FE]

Reagan Imposes Quotas on European Goods, 11795 [21MY]

Reagan May Ask Japan To Restrict Machine-Tool Shipments to U.S.—President Said Weighing Use of Quotas Based on National Security, 4076 [7MR]

Senate's Bad Tax Idea, 1799 [5FE]

Texas Has a Big Headache, but Oklahoma Hurts All Over, 2097 [7FE]

U.S. Stand on Oil Fee Shows a Troubling Inconsistency, 22050 [15AU]

Bills and resolutions

Apple juice: duty (see H.R. 5505)

Approval procedures: establish (see H.R. 4172)

Bicycles: duty on parts (see S. 2590)

———speedometers (see H.R. 4457)

Bitumen roofing membranes: classification of certain (see H.R. 5456)

Blood analyzers: duty (see H.R. 4733)

Cane sugar: application of Tariff Act's drawback provisions to certain imports (see S. 2637)

Cantaloups: suspension (see S. 2511)

Chemicals: duty-free treatment of certain (see S. 2337; H.R. 4599)

Chinese gooseberries (kiwi): tariff treatment (see H.R. 5359)

Chocolate (see H. Res. 556, 567)

———Japanese import duty (see S. Res. 465)

Civil liberties: prohibit trade benefits under Generalized System of Preferences to certain countries (see H.R. 5374)

Clock radios: duty (see S. 2241; H.R. 4298)

Coal: import fee (see S. 2356)

Color pigments: classification of certain (see H.R. 4536)

Copying machines: duty on certain (see S. 2613)

Customs user fees: eliminate certain (see H.R. 5326)

Cyclosporine: duty-free treatment (see S. 2816; H.R. 5034)

d-6-Methoxy-alpha-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic and its sodium salt: duty (see S. 2321)

d-6-methoxy-oc-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic acid and its sodium salt: duty (see H.R. 4283)

Doll wig yarns: duty (see S. 2761)

Drug abuse: deny most favored nation treatment to certain countries (see H.R. 5329)

Drugs: prohibit importation of paraphernalia (see S. 2693)

Duty-free sales enterprises: customs administration (see H.R. 5411)

Electrostatic copying machines: duty on certain (see H.R. 4532)

Ethlybiphenyl: suspension of duty on isometric mixtures (see H.R. 5001)

Ethyl alcohol: restrictions (see S. 2051; H.R. 4094)

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters: classification (see S. 2338; H.R. 4533)

Feathers and down: duty (see H.R. 4255)

Fluazifop-p-butyl: duty (see H.R. 5057)

Foreign trade: offset injurious effect of substandard foreign wages on U.S. producers (see H.R. 4667)

4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline (chlor amino base): duty (see S. 2360; H.R. 4644, 4651)

GATT: negotiations by member nations (see H. Con. Res. 385)

Gifts: export of certain under general license (see H.R. 5719, 5733)

Hatter's fur: duty-free importation (see S. 2521)

Hawaii: duty-free entry of certain parts for W.M. Keck Observatory project (see S. 2367; H.R. 4254)

Imports: deny benefits under Generalized System of Preferences to countries aiding other countries to circumvent certain quantitative limitations (see S. 2783)

Intellectual property rights: protection (see H.R. 4312)

Iron and steel industry: armor wire for processing into electromechanical cables (see H.R. 4732)

———classification of iron or steel slabs (see H.R. 4547)

———classification of slabs (see S. 2696)

———tariff for pipe and tube products (see H.R. 4565)

Jacquard cards: duty (see S. 2668; H.R. 5198)

Japan: duty on imported chocolate (see S. Res. 465)

Kiwi (Chinese gooseberries): tariff treatment (see H.R. 5359)

Mancozeb, dinocap, stabilizer: duty on mixtures (see S. 2232; H.R. 4377)

Maneb, zineb, mancozeb, metiram, stabilizer: duty on mixtures (see S. 2236; H.R. 4373)

m-Diethylaminophenol: duty (see H.R. 4218)

Meat: products processed abroad, from domestic cattle (see H.R. 4744)

Meat Import Act: amend tariff for meat processed abroad from U.S. cattle (see S. 2478)

Menthol feedstocks: duty (see S. 2470; H.R. 5063)

Merchant marine: information to be included on manifests submitted for vessels arriving from a contiguous country (see H.R. 4740)

Most favored nation principle: countries aiding other countries to circumvent certain trade obligations to the U.S. (see H.R. 5098)

Needles: duty on certain (see S. 2729)

1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethanol (dicofol): duty on mixtures (see S. 2235; H.R. 4374)

1-(3-Sulfopropyl) pyridinium hydroxide: duty (see S. 2615; H.R. 4196)

1-(4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl)-4-hydroxydiphenylmethyl-i-piperidinyl)-1-butanone: duty (see H.R. 4404)

Petroleum: duties on certain tubular goods (see H.R. 5331)

———import fee (see S. 2779, 2886; S. Res. 335; H.R. 4454, 4662, 4828, 5667)

———increase tariff (see H.R. 4564)

Pigments: classification of certain (see S. 2591)

Plastic sheeting: duty on certain (see H.R. 5424)

Plywood: duty on certain types (see S. 2222)

Polyvinylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride (cholestyramine resin USP): duty on certain (see S. 2233; H.R. 4376)

Roofing membranes: classification of certain (see S. 2618)

Roses: duty (see S. 2389)

Sales enterprises: customs administration of duty-free regulations (see H.R. 5411)

———customs administration's duty-free treatment (see S. 2860)

Sethoxydim: duty (see S. 2774; H.R. 4219)

Shock wave lithotripters: duty (see S. 2597)

Shoe industry: duty on certain rubber footwear (see H.R. 5131)

Silicon electrical steel: treatment (see H.R. 4047)

Silk yarn: suspension of duty (see S. 2490; H.R. 4875)

Small business: relief under countervailing duty laws (see S. 2063)

Sodium polyacrylate polymers: duty on certain mixtures (see H.R. 5421)

———suspension of duty on certain mixtures (see S. 2826)

Speedometers: duty on certain (see S. 2363)

Surimi: duty (see H.R. 4771)

Tariff and customs matters (see H.R. 5686)

Taxation: deduction for cost of providing goods and services (see H. Res. 404)

Terfenadone: suspension of duty (see S. 2509)

Textile reeling or winding machines: duty (see H.R. 4517)

3-amino-3-methyl-1-butyne: duty (see S. 2234; H.R. 4375)

3-Ethylamino-p-cresol: duty (see S. 2774; H.R. 4549)

3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone (nitro sulfon B): duty (see S. 2361; H.R. 4644)

Toys: duty on certain (see S. 2607)

———duty on certain stuffed figures (see S. 2399)

———eliminate duty on certain (see H.R. 4579)

Triphenyl phosphate: extend suspension of duty (see S. 2501)

2,4-dinitro-6-octyl phenyl crotonate: duty on mixtures (see S. 2237; H.R. 4372)

2,6-dinitro-4-octyl phenyl crotonate and nitrooctyl phenols (dinocap): duty on mixtures (see S. 2237; H.R. 4372)

Umbrellas: duty on frames (see S. 2616)

Vacuum flasks: reduction of duty on glass inners (see S. 2694)

Vinyl acetates: duty on certain (see S. 2488)

Virgin Islands: excise taxes on rum (see H.R. 4578)

Weaving machinery: duty on certain (see S. 2669; H.R. 5199)

Work gloves: classification (see H.R. 4122)

———classification of certain (see S. 2104)

Documents

Most Favored Nation Status Relative To Human Rights Practices (excerpt), 17966 [29JY]

Letters

Duty-free entry of certain telescope components: California Institute of Technology, 7385 [14AP]

———Dept. of the Treasury, 7385, 7386 [14AP]

Future of U.S. textile industry: Warren Christopher, 18906 [4AU]

Import fee on crude oil: Senator Boren, 173 [21JA]

Multi-Fiber Arrangement: several Senators, 9647 [6MY]

Potash industry: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 14787 [20JN]

Romania most favored nation status: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 17960 [29JY]

Lists

Organizations endorsing the Principles to Govern U.S. Trade Policy, 9338 [1MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 18227 [30JY], 18769 [1AU], 25837 [24SE], 27551 [1OC]

Maine, 6313 [26MR]

Oil import fee: Texas, 30703 [14OC]

Texas, 30503 [14OC]

Petitions

Comprehensive Trade Policy Reform Act: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 14298 [18JN]

Imported oil and petroleum tariffs and duties: Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Inc., 8284 [22AP]

National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: Alliance, OH, City Council, 16327 [14JY]

———Amherst, OH, City Council, 16327 [14JY]

Save American Industry/Jobs Day: Mahoning County, OH, Board of Commissioners, 8412 [22AP]

———Youngstown, OH, City Council, 8412 [22AP]

Remarks in House

Chocolate: tariff (H. Res. 567), 27334 [30SE]

EEC: foreign trade, 21141 [13AU]

———generalized system of preferences, 22048 [15AU]

Foreign trade: amend relative to certain tariff and customs matters (H.R. 5686), 30774-30817 [14OC]

———import fee on certain oil, 17992, 17994, 17995, 17996 [29JY]

———oil import fee, 24775 [19SE], 28713 [6OC]

———protect U.S. intellectual property rights (H.R. 4312), 3747 [5MR]

Iron and steel industry: correct tariff rate inversion on certain pipe and tube products (H.R. 4565), 7253 [10AP]

Kiwi fruit: impose de minimus import duty (H.R. 5359), 20189 [8AU]

Natural resources: subsidies, 11550 [21MY]

Petroleum: import duty, 22049 [15AU]

———import fee on certain, 17992, 17994, 17995, 17996 [29JY]

———import fees, 1749 [5FE], 1799 [5FE], 3019 [27FE]

———oil import fee, 24778 [19SE], 28713 [6OC]

Plastic sheeting: duty suspension on certain (H.R. 5425), 22150 [15AU]

Romania: disapproving President's recommendation relative to most favored nation status (H. Res. 475), 17957 [29JY], 17966 [1AU]-17968 [29JY]

———most favored nation status, 17994 [29JY]

Synthetic fuel: tariff treatment of ethanol imports (H.R. 4094), 1059 [30JA]

Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (H.R. 2451), 3850 [6MR]

Taxation: deduction for cost of providing goods and services (H. Res. 404), 5777 [20MR]

Virgin Islands: excise taxes on rum (H.R. 4578), 7531 [15AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: grain, 2497 [20FE]

Bicycles: duty on parts (S. 2590), 15105 [24JN]

Cane sugar: application of Tariff Act's drawback provisions to certain imports (S. 2637), 15987 [26JN]

Chemicals: extend existing suspension of duty on triphenyl phosphate (S. 2501), 11756 [21MY]

———suspend duty on terfenadone (S. 2509), 12240 [3JN]

Chocolate: Japanese import duty (S. Res. 465), 20542 [11AU], 21627 [14AU]

Clock radios: duty (S. 2241), 6342 [26MR]

Coal: import duty (S. 2356), 8307 [22AP]

Competitive America Trade Reform Act: enact (S. 2127), 3321-3323 [28FE]

Copying machines: duty on certain (S. 2613), 15982 [26JN]

Cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers: suspend duty on certain mixtures (S. 2826), 23820 [17SE]

Customs Service: increase effectiveness in law enforcement matters (S. 2748), 21391 [13AU]

d-6-Methoxy-alpha-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic acid and its sodium salt: duty (S. 2321), 7959 [17AP]

EEC: agricultural trade talks, 8092 [21AP]

Energy Security Policy Act: enact (S. 2779), 21904 [15AU]

Exercise equipment: duty on certain speedometers (S. 2363), 8683 [24AP]

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters: amend schedule (S. 2338), 8066 [18AP]

Foreign trade: allow duty-free entry of certain telescope components, 7383 [14AP]

———application of countervailing duties relative to input resource subsidies (S. 1292), 4147 [10MR]

———deficit, 3429 [3MR], 5039 [14MR]

———direct court access for industries affected by unfair practices (S. 1655), 14417 [18JN], 14818 [20JN]

———extend suspension applicable to certain imported cantaloups (S. 2511), 12481 [4JN]

———lower duty rate on glass inners for vacuum flasks (S. 2694), 17917 [29JY]

———machine tool imports, 10109 [8MY]

———policy, 21460-21462, 21464 [14AU]

———prohibit importation of drug paraphernalia (S. 2693), 17917 [29JY]

———provide a 5-year suspension of the duty on silk yarn (S. 2490), 11734 [21MY]

———quotas on imports of European goods, 11795 [21MY]

———reform issues, 33343 [17OC]

———relief for industries injured by unfair competition (S. 2099), 2726-2729 [25FE]

———requirement for import licenses for certain imports (S. 2744), 21387 [13AU]

4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline (chlor amino base): duty (S. 2360), 8536 [23AP]

GATT: round agenda, 25462 [23SE]

Hawaii: duty-free entry of certain parts for W.M. Keck Observatory project (S. 2367), 8685 [24AP]

Imports: deny benefits under Generalized System of Preferences to countries aiding other countries to circumvent certain quantitative limitations (S. 2783), 21962 [15AU]

———proposed surcharge, 27562 [1OC]

Japan: duty on imported chocolate (S. Res. 465), 20542 [11AU], 21627 [14AU]

———restrictive trade practices, 1163 [30JA]

———trade practices relative to U.S. tobacco products, 18051 [30JY]

Machine tool industry: import quotas, 4076 [7MR]

Meat Import Act: treatment of meat products processed from U.S. cattle (S. 2478), 11715 [21MY]

Menthol feedstocks: duty (S. 2470), 11320 [20MY]

National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: observance, 14417 [18JN]

Petroleum: import fee, 21915 [15AU], 24884-24894 [19SE], 30703 [14OC]

———import fee (S. 2779), 21904, 21944-21947, 22032 [15AU]

———import fee (S. 2886), 26838 [27SE]

———import fees, 172 [21JA], 1152 [30JA], 1610 [4FE], 2097 [7FE]

———increase tariff, 18488-18490-18504 [31JY]

Pigments: classification of certain (S. 2591), 15105 [24JN]

Plywood: duty on certain (S. 2222), 5941 [21MR]

Potash industry: impact of imports, 14787 [20JN]

Reform: Senate postponement of legislation, 28828 [6OC]

Roofing membranes: classification of certain (S. 2618), 15985 [26JN]

Roses: duty (S. 2389), 9299 [1MY]

Sethoxydim: duty (S. 2774), 21935 [15AU]

Shock wave lithotripters: duty (S. 2597), 15434 [25JN]

Small business: relief under countervailing duty laws (S. 2063), 1909 [6FE]

Taxation: payment of duties on imported ethyl alcohol (S. 2051), 1725 [5FE]

Textile industry: Multi-Fiber Arrangement, 9646 [6MY]

3-Ethylamino-p-cresol: duty (S. 2775), 21935 [15AU]

3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone (nitro sulfon B): duty (S. 2361), 8536 [23AP]

Toys: duty on certain stuffed figures (S. 2399), 9305 [1MY]

Work gloves: classification (S. 2104), 2850 [26FE]

World Trade Forum: principles to govern U.S. trade policy, 9338 [1MY]

Reports filed

Alleviate International Debt Crisis, Expand World Trade, Promote International Financial System Stability (H.R. 4574) (H. Rept. 99-577), 9552 [6MY]

Chocolate: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 567) (H. Rept. 99-925), 27116 [29SE]

Direct Court Access for Industries Affected by Unfair Foreign Trade Practices: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1655) (S. Rept. 99-295), 10404 [13MY]

Direct Court Access for Industries Affected by Unfair Trade Practices: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1655), 5664 [20MR]

Federal Enforcement of Steel Import Program (H. Rept. 99-937), 27550 [1OC]

Manufacture and Distribution of Copyrighted Material: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 99-303), 11218 [19MY]

Statements

Impact of Imports on Domestic Textile Industry: George F. Payne, 18905 [4AU]

Oil Import Fee: Senator Domenici, 18447 [31JY]

Trade Policy: Senate Democratic Caucus of International Trade Legislation, 21461 [14AU]

Studies

Budgetary and Economic Effects of Oil Taxes: CBO (excerpt), 18497 [31JY]

Summaries

Background Information on H.R. 5686, Relating to Certain Tariff and Customs Matters, 30783-30814 [14OC]

Protection Against Unfair Trade Competition (S. 2099), 3366 [28FE]

Tables

Investigations relative to methods of competition in import trade that injure or negatively impact on a domestic industry, 30816 [14OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 475, disapproving President's recommendation relative to most favored nation status for Romania, 17957 [29JY]

H. Res. 567, chocolate tariff, 27334 [30SE]

H.R. 5686, tariff schedules and customs classifications, 30774-30782 [14OC]

S. 2063, Small Business Trade Remedy Act, 1910 [6FE]

S. 2099, protection against unfair competition from foreign trade, 3363-3365 [28FE]

S. 2127, Competitive America Trade Reform Act, 3323-3340 [28FE]

S. 2241, duty on clock radios, 6342 [26MR]

S. 2338, amend tariff schedule for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters, 8067 [18AP]

S. 2367, duty-free entry of certain parts for W.M. Keck Observatory project in Hawaii, 8686 [24AP]

S. 2399, duty on certain stuffed toys, 9305 [1MY]

S. 2478, Meat Import Act amendment, 11715 [21MY]

S. 2490, provide a 5-year suspension of the duty on silk yarn, 11734 [21MY]

S. 2501, extend existing suspension of duty on triphenyl phosphate, 11756 [21MY]

S. 2597, suspend duty on shock wave lithotripters, 15434 [25JN]

S. 2694, lower duty rate on glass inners for vacuum flasks, 17917 [29JY]

S. 2779, petroleum import fee, 21945 [15AU]

S. 2826, suspend duty on certain mixtures of cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers, 23820 [17SE]

S. Res. 465, Japanese import duty on imported chocolate, 20542, 20559 [11AU]