Vernal Express | 1968-08-01 | Page 6 | Bennett Seeks Closure of Wool Import Loopholes

Bennett Seeks Closure of Wool Import Loopholes The Senate Finance Com has agreed to attach his bill to close wool loopholes of the US Tariff Schedules onto a passed House tariff bill Sen Wallace F Bennett R Utah an- an announced announced I I am hopeful that we can get a measure passed to pro pro- protect protect domestic wool producers from foreign producers who are escaping present tariff regula regula- regulations Sen Bennett said This bill is important to Utah threatened by a flood of imports produced abroad at cheaper costs The Bennett bill would pro pro- provide provide vide that tariff provisions which apply to fabrics fabrics- whose chief value is wool also apply to fabrics fab- fab fabrics whose chief weight is wool Earlier this month in reo re- response to protests by Sen Bennett over a Bureau of Cus Cus- Cus Customs toms ruling allowing Australian wool to enter the countrY by what he termed making an run end around duty rates the Bureau initiated steps to alter its ruling and reclassify a large portion of the wool In question was a pro process ess of extracting wool from sheepskins through a boiling process which allow allow- allowed allowed ed the wool to enter the United States at a cheaper rate of duty than wool taken from raw skins