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61 STAT.] GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE-OCT. 30,1947 SCHEDULR XX UIB D STAT. OF AMERIA Part I (continued) Tariff Act of 19O, -__reg i[46Sat.679;19U. S.C.j1201. A1231 Description of Products Fish, fresh or frozen (whether or not pecked in ice), filleted, skinned, boned, sliced, or divided into portions, not specially provided for: Cod, haddock, hake, pollock, cusk, and rosefih. ............................... Otri.............. ... .... .... .... ... .. Provided. That of cod, haddock, hake, pollock, cusk, and rosefish of the foregoing descrip- tion, entered in any calendar year, not more than an aggregate quantity of 15,000 ,000 pounds, or not more than a quantity equal to 15 per centum of the average aggregate appar- ent annual consumption of such fish during the 5 calendar years immediately preceding the year in which the imported fish are entered, whichever quantity is greater, shall be dutiable at 1-7/8 cents per pound. Of the total quantity of such fish entitled to entry at the rate of 1-7/8 cents per pound in any calendar year, not more than one-fourth shall be so entitled during the first S months, not more than one-half duLing the first 6 months, and not more than three-fourths during the first 9 months of that year. Ay such fish not subject to the rate of 1-7/8 cents per pound shall be dutiable at.................. For the purpose of this proviso, "ap- parent consumption" shall be the sum of (a) the production in the United States of fresh mid frozen fillets, steaks, and stioks of the named fish as defined on the date of this Agreement, and as reported,by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, (b) the quantity of suoh fillets, steaks, and sticks entered into the Unit d States free of duty under paragraph 1730(a), Tariff Act of 1930,1'1 and (c) the quantity of the named fish en- tered into the United States and provided for in paragraph 717(b), Tariff Act of 1930. 717(b) Rate of Duty pa lb. 1-7/s* per lb. 1-1/sa per lb. X-l/%i We 12b