611.173/182: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Lane) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 8—1:24 a.m.]
58. My 57, March 7, 2 p.m. Following is Nicaraguan counterproposal on Schedule 1 subject to certain conditions which we shall transmit in my telegram 59:
Nicaraguan tariff item No. 367 proprietary and patent medicines, mixed or compounded: (a) ad valorem 40 per cent (b) ad valorem 60 per cent; No. 368 pharmaceutical products et cetera bound at 30 per cent No. 387 varnishes et cetera 8 centavos gross kilo; 392 (d) paints 3 centavos gross kilo; 503 cotton stockings and socks bound at 1.10 cordobas per gross kilo; 799 hides and skins (b) bound at 19.6 centavos net (e) bound at 7 centavos net; (f) bound at 14 centavos net; 800 hides and skins heavily varnished et cetera bound at 28 centavos net; 890 to 893 inclusive industrial machinery bound free of duty; 896 (a) dynamos et cetera bound free of duty; ex 896 (a) bis, batteries bound at 10 per cent, ad valorem; ex 896 (b) radio equipment et cetera bound at 15 per cent ad valorem; ex 904 typewriters bound at 10 per cent ad valorem; 956 lard 10 centavos per net kilo; 964 wheat flour bound at 2.10 cordobas per 100 net kilos; 987 dried fruits 12 centavos net per net kilo; 990 beans bound at one cordoba per 100 net kilos; 1042 canned fruits 8 centavos net per net kilo; ex 1073 condensed milk, evaporated milk, dried whole milk and dried skimmed milk—7 centavos each per net kilo or, as an alternative, at 5, 4, 10 and 7 centavos per kilo respectively; 1078 canned vegetables 10 centavos net per net kilo, 1082 (a) tires and tubes bound at 30 centavos per net kilo; ex 1082 J rubber heels 15 centavos net per net kilo (present 30 per cent reduction on tariff of 25 centavos will not apply); ex 1113 (Castro wishes to eliminate fresh fruits from Schedule 1 with a view to satisfying local public opinion but stated new tariff provides for duty of only 1 centavo per kilo. He did not accept my compromise offer of limiting this item to apples, grapes and pears).