Extension of Sugar Act of 1948: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4521, a Bill to Amend and Extend the Sugar Act of 1948, and for Other Purposes. June 27, 28, 29, July 11, 26, 27, and 31, 1951 |
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Page 183 - ... during a previous representative period, of the total quantity or value of imports of the product, due account being taken of any special factors which may have affected or may be affecting the trade in the product.
Page 140 - Hon. HAROLD D. COOLEY, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Washington, DC DEAR MR.
Page 143 - Boileau, if you desire to make a statement to the committee in reference to this matter, we will be very glad to hear you at this time. STATEMENT OF HON.
Page 250 - ... prices which will not be excessive to consumers and which will fairly and equitably maintain and protect the welfare of the domestic sugar industry...
Page 250 - Secretary shall also determine the amount of sugar needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the Territory of Hawaii, and in Puerto Rico, and shall establish quotas for the amounts of sugar which may be marketed for local consumption in such areas equal to the amounts determined to be needed to meet the requirements of consumers therein.
Page 2 - Act of 1946. (c) For foreign countries other than the Republic of the Philippines, by prorating among such areas an amount of sugar, raw value, equal to the amount determined pursuant to section 201 less the sum of the quotas established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section...
Page 93 - In applying import restrictions to any product, contracting parties shall aim at a distribution of trade in such product approaching as closely as possible to the shares which the various contracting parties might be expected to obtain in the absence of such restrictions, and to this end shall observe the following provisions!
Page 256 - ... shall take into consideration the relationship between the prices at wholesale for refined sugar that would result from such determination and the general cost of living in the United States as compared with the relationship between prices at wholesale for refined sugar and the general cost of living in the United States obtaining during 1947 prior to the termination of price control of sugar as indicated by the Consumers...
Page 38 - ... price due to this tax, Congress should provide that the rate of the processing tax shall in no event exceed the amount by which the tariff on sugar is reduced below the present rate of import duty. By further amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Secretary of Agriculture should be given authority to license refiners, importers, and handlers to buy and sell sugar from the various producing areas only in the proportion which recent marketings of such areas bear to total United States...
Page 106 - AFTERNOON SESSION The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order.