Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-23 | Page 3 | Trade Treaty Aids Exports

TRADE THEA TREATY TY AIDS EXPORTS WASHINGTON Dec 23 3 UP-A UP new cw export market for American farm arm produce was opened today inthe in the 10 reciprocal trade agreement I signed with the Netherlands The text of the agreement which was vaa signed here Friday revealed that hat for the tho first time under the reciprocal trade agreement pro pro- gram larger shares of oC import quotas quotas quo- quo tas as were provided The government bound itself to purchase from the United States five per cent of ot the total otal Dutch con consumption of wheat and nd wheat flour each year That ThatIs Is more than double the amount purchased purchased pur- pur chased In recent years The United States agreed to reduce reduce re- re duce uce the American tariff on cigar wrapper tobacco from the present rate ate of 2275 per pound to per cr pound on June 30 30 1936 HoIland Holand HoI Hol- loiland land and was wa granted 22 additional commodities on the free list Concessions granted by Holland to o the United States include binding binding bind- bind ing ng on the Netherlands free tree list American cotton sulphur copper in pigs ingots in bars turpentine borax orax lubricating oil in bulk squared fir tir and pine lumber and breakfast foods in bulk