Commercial Agreement

• Coming into Force: 31 May 1937
• Citation: UNTS v. 179 (p.219)
• Date of Conclusion: 19 February 1937
• Registration Date: 27 July 1937
• Registration Number: 4150
• Subject Terms: Trade
• Type of Document: Bilateral
• Participants: El Salvador,United States
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: United States of America

No

415o.

ETATS-UNIS

D'AMERIQUE

ET

SALVADOR

Accord

commercial,

avec

annexes.

Signi

San-Salvador,

le

19

fivrier

1937.

UNITED

STATES

OF

AMERICA

AND

EL

SALVADOR

Commercial

Agreement,

with

Annexes.

Signed

at

San

Salvador,

February

19

th,

1937.

220

Socie'te'

des

Nations

-

Recuei

des

Traites.

1937

No.

4150.

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COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT

I

BETWEEN

THE

UNITED

STATES

OF

AMERICA

AND

EL

SALVADOR.

SIGNED

AT

SAN

SALVADOR,

FEBRUARY

19TH,

1937.

English

and

Spanish

official texts

communicated

by

the

Chargd

d'Affaires

a.i.

o

the

United

States

ol

America

at

Berne.

The

registration

o

this

Agreement

took

place

July

27th,

1937.

THE

PRESIDENT

OF

THE

UNITED

STATES

OF

AMERICA

and

THE

PRESIDENT

OF

THE

REPUBLIC

OF

EL

SALVADOR,

desiring

to strengthen

the

traditional

bonds

of

friendship

between

the

two

countries

by

maintaining

the

principle

of

equality

of

treatment

as

the

basis

of

commercial

relations

and

by

granting

mutual

and

reciprocal

advantages

for

the

promotion

of

trade,

have

decided

to

conclude a

trade

Agreement

and

for

that

purpose have

appointed

their

Plenipotentiaries

as

follows:

THE

PRESIDENT

OF

THE

UNITED

STATES OF

AMERICA

:

Dr.

Frank

P.

CORRIGAN,

Envoy

Extraordinary

and

Minister

Plenipotentiary to

the

Republic

of

El

Salvador;

THE

PRESIDENT

OF

THE

REPUBLIC

OF

EL

SALVADOR:

Dr.

Miguel

Angel

ARAUJO,

Secretary

of

State

for

Foreign

Affairs

Who,

after

having

exchanged

their

full

powers,

found

to

be

in

good

and

due

form,

have

agreed

upon

the

following

Articles:

Article

I.

Articles

the

growth,

produce

or

manufacture

of

the

United

States

of

America,

enumerated

and

described

in

Schedule

I

annexed

to

this

Agreement

and

made

a

part

thereof,

shall,

on

their

importation

into

the

Republic

of

El

Salvador,

be

exempt

from

ordinary

Customs

duties

in

excess

of

those

set

forth

in

the

said

Schedule.

The

said articles

shall

also

be

exempt

from all

other

duties,

taxes,

fees,

charges

or

exactions,

imposed

on

or

in

connection

with

importation,

in

excess of

those

imposed

on

the

day

of

the

signature

of

this

Agreement

or

required

to

be

imposed

thereafter

under

laws

of

the

Republic

of

El

Salvador

in

force

on

the

day

of

the

signature

of

this

Agreement.

Article

II.

Articles

the

growth,

produce

or

manufacture

of

the

Republic

of

El

Salvador,

enumerated

and

described

in

Schedule

II

annexed

to

this

Agreement

and

made

a

part

thereof,

shall,

on

their

importation

into

the

United States

of

America,

be

exempt

from

ordinary

Customs

duties

in

excess

of

those

set

forth

in

the

said

Schedule.

The said

articles

shall

also

be

exempt

from

all

other

duties,

1

Came

into

force

May 3

Ist,

1937.