Apple boxes. 2.984 kilograms per box. This schedule tare includes the paper wrappers, if any, on the apples.
China clay in so-called half-ton casks: 26.856 kilograms per cask.
Figs in skeleton cases: Actual tare for outer containers plus 13 percent of the gross weight of the inside wooden boxes and figs.
Fresh tomatoes: 113 grams per 100 paper wrappings.
Lemons and oranges: 283 grams per box and 142 grams per half box for paper wrappings, and actual tare for outer containers.
Ocher, dry, in casks: Eight percent of the gross weight.
Ocher, in oil, in casks: Twelve percent of the gross weight.
Pimientos in tins imported from Spain: The following schedule drained weight shall be used as the Customs dutiable weight in the liquidation of entries, the difference between the weight of the new contents of pimientos in tins and such drained weight being the allowance made in liquidation for tare for water:
Size can | Drained weight |
3 kilo | 13.6 kilograms-case of 6 tins. |
794 grams | 16.7 kilograms-case of 24 tins. |
425 grams | 8.0 kilograms-case of 24 tins. |
198 grams | 3.9 kilograms-case of 24 tins. |
113 grams | 2.4 kilograms-case of 24 tins. |
Tobacco, leaf not stemmed: 5.9 kilograms per bale: Sumatra: actual tare for outside coverings, plus 1.9 kilograms for the inside matting and, if a certificate is attached to the invoice certifying that the bales contain paper wrapping and specifying whether light or heavy paper has been used, either 113 grams or 227 grams for the paper wrapping according to the thickness of paper used.
19 C.F.R. §159.22