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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. Allocation. (2) A share in the total quantity provided for in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to Canada in accordance with the principles set forth in Article III of the trade agreement between the United States 53 Stat. 2351. of America and Canada, signed November 17, 1938. Unless other- wise mutually agreed upon, the share to be allocated to Canada shall be that provided for in paragraph (3) of this Article. (3) Of the total quantity of such articles which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during any quota period, not more than 70,000 shall be imported from Canada, nor more than 30,000 from all other foreign countries, of which not more than 500 shall be from any country from which no such articles were Deduction, quota imported in the calendar year 1939. For the quota period from d Dec. 20 , 1940- zov.30, 94i. December 20, 1940, to November 30, 1941, inclusive, there shall be deducted from the foregoing quantities, however, the number of such articles imported from Canada and from all other foreign countries, respectively, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period December 1 to December 19, 1940, inclusive, as determined and made public by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Monthiylimitation. (4) Not more than 25 per centum of the quantity of such articles entitled to entry from Canada or from all other foreign countries, respectively, during any quota period may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during any one month. The period from December 20 to December 31, 1940, inclusive, shall be con- sidered a month, but there shall be deducted from the maximum quantities entitled to entry during such period the number of such articles imported from Canada and from other foreign countries, respectively, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period from December 1 to December 19, 1940, inclusive, as determined and made public by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. If the number of such articles imported from Canada or from all other foreign countries which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period from December 1 to December 19, 1940, inclusive, equals or exceeds the respective maximum quantity entitled to enter during the remainder of December 1940 under the provisions of this para- graph, no further entries of articles chargeable against the maximum quantity equalled or exceeded shall be permitted during that month. al from wahouea- (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) er May lofeach year. above, any part of the total quantity of such articles entitled to entry during any quota period which has not been entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to May 1 of each year, may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of the quota period without reference to the country of exportation or the limitations of paragraph (4). The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall, as soon as possible after May 1 of each year, determine and make public the number of such c - articles which may be entered under the provisions of this paragraph. catesdia crtifi. (6) It is agreed that, if after consultation with the Government of the United States of America the Government of Canada so requests, 1322