TABLE 1201-A.—Partially manufactured silk:1 Imports for consumption Includes chiefly peigneé (combed silk), and noils exceeding 2 inches in length, but also includes raw silk degummed or dyed or wound on spools or bobbins, etc., and, under the act of 1922, spun-silk sliver and silk and artificial silk mixed, partially manufactured. For artificial silk not twisted or spun see Table 1201-B in artificial silk (rayon) section. 2 Annual average for period from Sept. 22, 1922, to Dec. 31, 1927, inclusive. TABLE 1202.-Spun silk or schappe silk yarn: Imports for consumption 1 Includes 19,397 pounds, valued at $16,752, paying duty of $5,026, recorded in Commerce and Navigation as "spun silk, waste.' ? Includes 6,245 pounds, valued at $1,530, paying duty of $1,359, recorded in Commerce and Navigation as "spun silk, waste." 3 Quantity figures for the years 1898 to 1907, inclusive, are not quite complete the ordinary duty did not amount to 50 per cent" were recorded by value only. the table without corresponding quantities are as follows: 1898, $1,140; 1899, $581; 1902, $497; 1903. $1,747; 1904, $5,570; 1905, $2,278; 1906, $3,148; 1907, $5,250. 4 Spun silk or schappe silk yarn, or yarn of silk and artificial silk, and roving. 5 Annual average for period from Sept. 22, 1922, to Dec. 31, 1927, inclusive. because yarns "on which Values thus included in 1900, $1,761; 1901, $5,917; TABLE 1204.—Sewing silk, twist, floss, and silk threads or yarns of any description, made from raw silk, not specially provided for: Imports for consumption 1 Annual average for period from Sept. 22, 1922, to Dec. 31, 1927, inclusive. TABLE 1205.-Total broad silks (not including pile fabrics):1 consumption Imports for 1 "Broad silks" is the trade designation for woven fabrics in the piece, composed wholly or in chief value of silk, over 12 inches in width. Under the acts of 1890 and 1894, imports of broad silks were listed as "dress and piece goods"; these were recorded by value only. For details of broad silks imported under the acts of 1913 and 1922 see secondary Table 1205-A, 1205-B, 1205-C, 1205-D, and 1205-E. 2 The quantity figures for the years 1898 to 1906, inclusive, are not quite complete because imports of fabrics weighing not more than one-third ounce per square yard and on which the duty was less than 50 per cent ad valorem were not recorded in pounds. Values thus included in the table without corresponding quantities were as follows: 1898, $22,540; 1899, $6,423; 1900, $23,756; 1901, $44,882; 1902, $34,494; 1903, $16,335; 1904, $18,677; 1905, $5,061; 1906, $6,663. 3 The quantities shown here differ by 359 pounds from figures printed in Commerce and Navigation, but are corrected totals. 4 The quantities shown here differ by 9,999 pounds from figures printed in Commerce and Navigation, but are corrected totals. 5 The quantities shown here differ by 10,001 pounds from figures printed in Commerce and Navigation but are corrected totals. 6 The quantities shown here differ by 100,000 pounds from figures printed in Commerce and Navigation but are corrected totals. |