YearRate of dutyQuantityValueUnit valueComputed
ad valorem
rate
PoundsPercent
19101Free4,507,693$275,600$0.061
19111do4,371,014265,780.061
19121do5,686,704521,457.092
19131do8,345,631688,771.083
19141do8,393,216531,535.063
19151do3,106,445179,685.058
19161(2)2,246,256154,841.069
1917115 percent + 2½ cents per pound265,51917,168.06553.7
1918do283,33762,497.22126.3
1919do2,061264.12834.5
1920do1,040244.23525.8
1921do250142.56819.4
1922(3){280,22430,414.10938.0
{69,31016,102.23085.1
192355 percent + 7 cents per pound4126,61821,389.16996.4
1924(5)176,08146,786.26681.4
192540 percent + 7 cents per pound4256,12658,958.23070.4
1926do218,43747,351.21772.3
1927(6)500100.20075.0
192820 percent + 3½ cents per pound41,653298.18039.4
1929do433,38544,226.10254.3
1930do500115.23039.4
1931do2,365639.27033.0
1932doNone
1933do3,440641.18638.8
1934doNone
1935do2,605211.08163.0
1936do71,4298,302.11650.1
19377do32,2383,767.11750.0

1 Fiscal year.

2 15 percent ad valorem and 2½ cents per pound effective Sept. 9, 1916.

3 55 percent ad valorem and 7 cents per pound, effective Sept. 22, 1922.

4 Ad valorem based on American selling price or United States value under acts of 1922 and 1930.

5 Ad valorem reduced to 40 percent effective Sept. 22, 1924.

6 Duty reduced to 20 percent ad valorem and 3½ cents per pound effective Nov. 30, 1927.

7 Preliminary.

Source: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

Table 63.—All distillates of tar yielding below 190° C. an amount of tar acids equal to or more than 5 percent: United States imports for consumption, 1918-37