RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON L/143/Add.l 11 July 1960 TARIFF AND TRADES Limited Distribution Original: English IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF JAPAN Addendum Liberalization Measures Effective as from 7 April 1960 The following note has been transmitted by the Government of Japan Another step of import liberalization was taken by the Tapanese Government as from 7 April 1960. The details of the new measures are, except for the minor changes indicated below, as announced in January and circulated to the contracting parties in L/1143. I. Automatic Approval. System (1) Removal of dollar discrimination (a) Dollar discrimination on iron and steel scrap, beef tallow, and lard (crude) was removed, as announced in L/1143. (b) It was definitely decided that cattle hides and kip skins were to be added to the Automatic Approval System on 1 July 1960. (2) Automatic approval system items (a) Record mother (including recorded tape) listed as one of the man items in Annex C of L/1143 was transferred to the Automatic Fund Allocation System. (b) The sixty-five items in Annex I were added to the Automatic Approval System in addition to those in Annex C of L/1143. (c) But the following items were deleted from the category of chemicals in the said Amnex. (1) Synthetic resin and auxiliaries: Nos. 22, 23, 24, 31, 40, 44, 45 and 48. (10) Other chemicals: Nos. 53 and 54,
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RESTRICTEDGENERAL AGREEMENT ON L/143/Add.l
11 July 1960TARIFFAND TRADES Limited Distribution
Original: English
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF JAPAN
Addendum
Liberalization Measures Effective as from 7 April 1960
The following note has been transmitted by the Government of Japan
Another step of import liberalization was taken by the Tapanese Governmentas from 7 April 1960.
The details of the new measures are, except for the minor changes indicatedbelow, as announced in January and circulated to the contracting parties in L/1143.
I. Automatic Approval. System
(1) Removal of dollar discrimination
(a) Dollar discrimination on iron and steel scrap, beef tallow, andlard (crude) was removed, as announced in L/1143.
(b) It was definitely decided that cattle hides and kip skins were tobe added to the Automatic Approval System on 1 July 1960.
(2) Automatic approval system items
(a) Record mother (including recorded tape) listed as one of the manitems in Annex C of L/1143 was transferred to the Automatic FundAllocation System.
(b) The sixty-five items in Annex I were added to the Automatic ApprovalSystem in addition to those in Annex C of L/1143.
(c) But the following items were deleted from the category of chemicalsin the said Amnex.
(1) Synthetic resin and auxiliaries: Nos. 22, 23, 24, 31, 40,44, 45 and 48.
(10) Other chemicals: Nos. 53 and 54,
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III.Automatic Fund Allocation System
The 153 items (68 finished goods and 85 materials and semi-processedgoods) listed in Annex II were newly added to the Automatic Fund AlloationList in addition to the items in Annex D in L/1143.
At the same time,four item viz.Nos, 4, 5, 6 and 7 under section (11)other inorganic chemicals, were deleted from the list in innex D.
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ANNEXI
Items newly added to the Automatic Approval System Listin addition to items in innex C of L/1143 with.
Waste leather (excluding cattle lather, horseleather and swine leather)
Synthetic perfumes
Cresol, cresolic acid, xylenol and xylenolacid(limited only to those containing more than95 per cent in volume of tar acid ard less than45 per cent in weight of phenol)
Furfural
Other
I. Agricultural and aquatic products(1) Beet pulp
(2) Cedar oil
(3) Natural chicle gum and its compounds (Chicle, Jolutong, Sorva,Pendan, and crude products, pure produces and compounded productsof the natural products similar to the above, and these are tobe used mainly as materials for making chewing gm and must befree of synthetic resin and synthetic rubber)
(4) Hyponex
(5) Tomato fix
(6) Berry set
II. Synthetic resin
1. chemicals
(1) Resin modified xylen form aldehyde resin(2) Aryl sulfamide form aldehyde resin
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(3) Melamine acryl copolymer (only aqueous dispersion)(4) Polyvinyl isobuty other
2. Auxliaries of synthetic resin
(1 )Alkyl suphonis acid ester of phenol and cresol(2) 2-ethylhexyl-epoxy tallate(3)Diiodecyl-4.5-poxy-tetrahydro-phtalate