As a reassurance of the domestic fisheries who supported an escape clause action before the Tariff Commission with respect to tuna canned in brine. on which the tariff had been cut in half. Japan imposed an export quota on her shipments of frozen tuna to this country. Oddly enough this quota restriction represented a sharp cutback of the export volume current at the time and was more drastic than necessary. The figure was set at 12.000 tons per yearwhen the market was attuned to imports of 20.000 tons or more. In due time American canners sought a liberalization of the selfimposed quota.
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