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54 STAT.] SWITZERLAND-RECIPROCAL TRADE-NOV. 28, 1940 Description of Articles Rate of Duty 1629 (b) Handkerchiefs, wholly or in part of machine-made lace; handkerchiefs embroidered (whether with a plain or fancy initial, monogram, or otherwise, and whether or not the embroidery is on a scal- loped edge), tamboured, appliqued, or from which threads have been omitted, drawn, punched, or cut, and with threads introduced after weaving to finish or ornament the open- work, not including one row of straight hem- stitching adjoining the hem; any of the forego- ing, finished or unfinished, which contain no handmade lace, which are not embroidered, tamboured, or appliqued in any part by hand, from which threads have not been omitted, drawn, punched, or cut by hand, and having no threads introduced by hand to finish or ornament the openwork: Composed wholly or in chief value of cotton Composed wholly or in chief value of vege- table fiber other than cotton: If finished and valued at 80 cents or more per dozen If unhemmed and without any finished edge, and valued at 45 cents or more per dozen Provided, That no handkerchiefs which were provided for in item 1529 (b) of Schedule II of the Trade Agreement between the United States of America and Switzerland, as pro- claimed by the President of the United States of America on January 9, 1936, shall be ex- cluded from classification under this item by reason of incidental handwork necessary to finish the machine work or to mend or correct defects. 24 each and 30% ad val. 2j each and 80% ad val. 20 each and 30% ad val. IN TSTIMONY WBOrm0F, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this twenty-eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] forty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CODELL HULL Secretary of State. United States Tariff Act of 1930 Paragraph 2463