The Cambridge Tile Mfg. Co.

operations, production, and sales

The company operates one manufacturing establishment located in

an industrial suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The company has no other

For business reasons,

holdings or interests in other companies.

operations had been divided into the following four product divisions: (1) one-fire wall tile (Camtile); (2) two-fire wall tile (Suntile); (3) ceramic mosaic tile; and (4) miscellaneous nontile products (adhesives used for ceramic tile installation, and plastic floor covering materials and installations). Production facilities are located in two principal buildings.

Employment

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Table 1.--Ceramic floor and wall tile:

U.S. rates of duty in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), effective August 31,

1963 1/

1 The Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) simplified the tariff treatment for ceramic floor and wall tile by eliminating the proliferation of rate provisions under par. 202(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

2/ The rates in col. 1 apply to all products except (a) Philippine articles, which receive preferential treatment, (b) products of most Communist-controlled countries, which are dutiable at the rates shown in col. 2, and (c) certain products of insular possessions.

Table 2.--Ceramic floor and wall tiles: U.S. rates of duty under the Tariff Act of
1930, as modified prior to August 31, 1963

:

: 1/1/48; GATT.

: 6/30/56; GATT.

1/ Originally provided for in the Tariff Act of 1930. This rate applied to products of Communistdominated countries or areas designated by the President in accordance with sec. 5 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended.

2/ The date shown represents that of the trade agreement in which the modified rate was effected; GATT refers to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

3/ Not applicable to mosaic tile.

Terminated; effective Jan. 1, 1951.

The rate of duty on ceramic mosaic tiles valued at not more than 28-4/7 cents per square foot was 7 cents per square foot but not less than 35 percent or more than 49 percent ad valorem from Jan. 1, 1948, to June 6, 1951. This rate was established to avoid increasing the Cuban margin of preference.

6/ Applicable to glazed clay tile.

Table 3.--Ceramic floor and wall tile (except quarry tile): U.S. producers' shipments, imports for consumption, exports of domestic merchandise, and apparent consumption, 1955-69

1 Data for 1955-67 compiled from reports to the Tariff Commission by domestic producers, except data for wall tile (glazed ceramic tile other than mosaic) in 1955-62 which is partly estimated.

2/ Data adjusted to compensate for incorrect quantities reported for the imports from Italy.

3/ Adjusted; subject to revision.

Source: Compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted.