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9. Customs Tariffs and Import and Export 
Prohibitions. 
A: Customs Duties 
The following table gives a survey of the approximate 
number of customs rates, applicable to electrical goods in 
different countries. It is noticeable that in the countries which 
have high protective tariffs, the classification is most detailed. 
By increasing the items, it is attempted to assimilate the 
specific duties to an ad valorem duty. 
Number of Customs Rates in force for Electrical Goods. 
Countries 
Argentine’... Ln 
Belglom .'. oi. vii a 
Germany. Lb Siti wn, 
FRamee wiv: v viuileis roa mite dun 
Dial ov oi Ta wn 
Japan’. gi aes 
ASLrIa SR che 
No. of 
Rates 
90 
55 
40 
3 
71 
110 
110 
70 
Countries 
Poland. . =... 
Russi, hE 
Sweden ive. vino. 
Switzerland . ....... vo 
SPAT cov oe ait oa 
Czecho-Slovakia . . . . . . 
United States of America 
No. of 
Rates 
95 
55 
60 
45 
51 
55 
15 1) 
1) The small number of rates in the United States of America is due to 
the fact that there electrical goods are almost all subject to ad valorem duty. 
For the purpose of investigating the customs dues, twenty 
of the chief electrical importing countries were considered. 
These countries together take about 85 9, of the world’s total 
electrical imports. The same grouping was made in this case 
as for the export trade previously dealt with. Including the 
group “Apparatus and installation materials”, Europe ac- 
counts for about 75 9, of the imports of the countries in 
question. In subdividing the various groups according to 
weight, the subdivision was made, as far as possible, to cor- 
respond with the customs tariffs. 
The customs dues are shown as percentages in the Appendix, 
Table V 1 to 3. The duties are calculated, for 1913 and 1926