Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§1355 Suspension of Processing Tax on Coconut Oil

Title 22 › Chapter 15— THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES › Subchapter IV— GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE RELATIONS › § 1355

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

After consulting the President of the Philippines, the President must announce if neither copra nor Philippine coconut oil is available for processing in the United States. Then IRC section 2470(a)(2) is suspended until 30 days after he again, after consulting, announces availability.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1355

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Whenever the President, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, finds that adequate supplies of neither copra nor coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States, he shall so proclaim, and after the date of such proclamation the provisions of section 2470(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be suspended until the expiration of 30 days after he proclaims that, after consultation with the President of the Philippines, he has found that such adequate supplies are so readily available.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Suspension of Provisions Section not applicable during such time as the revised agreement between the United States and the Philippines is in effect, see section 1373 of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 2470(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, referred to in text, is a reference to section 2470(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. section 2470 was repealed by section 7851 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Title 26, and was reenacted as section 4511 and 4513 of Title 26. The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was redesignated the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095. section 4511 and 4513 of Title 26 were repealed by Pub. L. 87–456, title III, § 302(d), May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 77, effective Aug. 31, 1963.

Executive Documents

Termination of Suspension of Additional Rate on Coconut OilBy Proc. No. 2847,
July 28, 1949, 14 F.R. 4773, 63 Stat. 1279, the President found that “adequate supplies of copra and coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States” and that upon the expiration of 30 days from
July 28, 1949, the suspension of the provisions of section 2470(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 will be terminated. Suspension ProclamationBy Proc. No. 2693,
June 28, 1946, 11 F.R. 7255, 60 Stat. 1349, the President found that “adequate supplies of neither copra nor coconut oil, the product of the Philippines, are readily available for processing in the United States,” and therefore the provisions of section 2470(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 are suspended.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1355

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

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Apr 5, 2026

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