Public Statement Issued by the Exports Administrative Board, October 3, 19172
The Exports Administrative Board has determined that under the President’s proclamation of August 27, 1917,3 the following articles do not require an export license at present except when shipped to Albania, Austria-Hungary, that portion of Belgium occupied by the military forces of Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, her colonies, possessions, [Page 957] or protectorates; Germany, her colonies, possessions, or protectorates; Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, her colonies, possessions, or protectorates; Sweden, Switzerland, or Turkey (excluding any portion of the foregoing occupied by the military forces of the United States or the nations associated with the United States in the war), or any territory occupied by the military forces of Germany or her allies.
The board has further determined that if any of these articles are subsequently classified as requiring a license, nevertheless, they will in general be allowed to proceed without license when covered by ocean bill of lading or by railroad bill of lading marked “for export,” dated on or before the date classified. There may, of course, be some special instances where for certain reasons the embargo will have to be effective immediately, regardless of when the goods were shipped, but these cases will be rare, and special attention will be called to them at the time publicity is given to the fact that they have been classified as requiring a license. All future classification lists will give the date of classification and will be given publicity, so as to minimize any question in the minds of shippers or carriers as to what articles do and what articles do not require a license.
Following is the list of those articles which do not require license:
[List of approximately 600 items omitted.]