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54 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-RECIPROCAL TRADE-NOV. 17, 1938 SCHEDULE I PART I NOTE: Articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States of America specified in this Part shall not, on their importation into the United Kingdom, from whatever place arriving, be subject to duties or charges of any kind other or higher than those set out in this Part in respect of such articles except that where any of the arti- cles specified in Section A, Part I, of this Schedule which are liable in whole or in part on the day of the signature of this Agreement to duties set forth in Part 5 or Part 6 of "Customs and Excise Tariff of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in operation on the 20th August, 1938", published by His Majesty's Stationery Office under the authority of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, they shall continue to be subject to such duties at rates now in force or as subsequently changed by law. SECTION A Article Rate of Duty Wheat in grain Free Maize in grain, other than flat white maize Free Rice, husked, including cargo rice and cleaned rice whole, but not including broken rice %d. per lb. Oatmeal (including all cuts of oatmeal, oat groats, oat flour and feeding oatmeal or ground oats; but not including oat husks, oat dust or oat husk meal); rolled cats and flaked oats 5s. Od. per cwt. Maize starch 10 per cent. ad valorem Linseed cake and linseed meal 10 per cent. ad valorem Fish meal, other than herring meal 10 per cent. ad valorem Crushed oyster shells 10 per cent. ad valorem Hams, not preserved in airtight containers Free NOTE: The quantity of United States hams per- mitted to be imported shall be the subject of consultation from time to time between the two Governments. The quantity shall not be less than 500,000 cwts. a year, nor more than the quantity which could, in the opinion of the United Kingdom Government, be accommodated on the United Kingdom market without causing instability in the prices of hams and/or bacon. The provisions of this Schedule in respect of both the duty and quota treatment of hams shall, after the expiration of three years, be subject to revision by the Government of the United King- dom after consultation with the Government of the United States of America. Pork, chilled or frozen Free NOTE: The right is reserved to regulate quanti- tatively the imports of pork, chilled or frozen, into the United Kingdom. Pigs' tongues, preserved in airtight containers Pigs' heads, pigs' feet and pigs' offal, edible, not pre- served in airtight containers Sausage casings, wholly of animal origin Fresh or raw fruit: Apples Pears 10 per cent. ad valorem Free 10 per cent. ad valorem 3s. Od . per cwt. from 16th August to 15th April inclusive 3s. Od . per cwt. from 1st August to 31st January inclusive 1907