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Petroleum and refined products
Ceramic tile, earthenware and glass products Metals, their alloys, and their basic shapes
and forms
Electrical machinery and parts, including
electronic components
Footwear, gloves and luggage
Headwear and materials for making headwear Photographic equipment and parts
Watches, clocks and other timing apparatus
and parts Furniture
Other offers can be described more summarily.
The
Japanese propose a tariff cut of 50 per cent, subject to a list of exceptions consisting of 34 products or product categories, including textile products and footwear. Primary products, including unwrought metals, are specifically excluded from their offer.
The Nordic group say they would prefer preference-giving countries to give duty free entry without exception to products in Chapters 25 to 99, although they consider textiles, footwear and glassware to be the most sensitive
sectors.
The Swiss propose a limited but unspecified tariff cut for all products in Chapters 25 to 99 except those which bear revenue duties or are of an agricultural nature.
Canada proposes cuts to the British preferential rate or one third below the post-Kennedy m.f.n. rates whichever is the lower. They exclude from their offer all products which they regard as primary products, e.g. wood pulp and unwrought metals. They also exclude goods under export restraint to Canada and those on which they are not released from contractual preference rights.
Austria offers unspecified "substantive linear" cuts on virtually all goods in Chapters 25 to 99 with the exception of cotton textiles.
The Irish Republic has offered to reduce duties by one third on all goods in Chapters 25 to 99 but put forward a substantial exceptions list which includes textiles and footwear.
New Zealand has supplied a relatively short list of items on which an unspecified tariff cut would be made, while Australia has not offered anything beyond the unilateral scheme which she already operates.
Processed Agricultural Products
The E.E.C. do not propose that the duty free quota technique should be extended to processed agricultural products. They have offered very minor tariff reductions on a limited number of such products which account in total for only a small proportion of their imports. The United States have
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