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Executive Order No. 8703, Signed by President Roosevelt, March 4, 194152

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress approved July 2, 1940, entitled “An Act To expedite the strengthening of the national defense”, I hereby prescribe the following additional regulations governing the exportation of the articles and materials named in my proclamation of March 4, 1941:

1. The articles and materials named in the said proclamation shall be construed to include the following:

(1) Jute: B F
Fiber 3499* 3409*
Burlaps, except when used as a covering for other merchandise or as a component part of other products 3229* 3220
Bags, except when used as a container for other merchandise 3224 3224
(2) Lead:
Ore and matte 6640* 6640*
Pigs and bars 6507 6515*
Sheets and pipes 6508 6515*
Solder 6512 6515*
(3) Borax:
Boric acid 8308 8309*
Borates, crude and refined 8362 8379*
(4) Phosphates:
Phosphoric acid 8309* 8309.9*
Phosphorus (elemental) 8399.9* 8399*
Phosphate rock containing 20% or more phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) equivalent } 8513*
8514*		 8551*
Superphosphate containing 40% or more phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) equivalent 8519* 8551*

2. The numbers appearing in the columns designated B and F in paragraph 1 hereof refer to the numbers in Schedule B “Statistical [Page 258] Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States”, and Schedule F “Foreign Exports (Re-Exports)”, respectively, issued by the United States Department of Commerce, both effective January 1, 1941. The words are controlling and the numbers are included solely for the purpose of statistical classification. An asterisk (*) indicates that the classification herein is not co-extensive with that in said Schedules B and F.

3. Regulations 2 to 12 inclusive of the regulations issued July 2, 1940, pursuant to section 6 of the act of July 2, 1940, are applicable to the exportation of the articles and materials listed in paragraph 1 (l)-(4).

4. Executive Order No. 8640 is hereby amended to include within its provisions the articles and materials named in my proclamation of March 4, 1941.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The White House, March 4, 1941.
  1. Reprinted from Department of State, Bulletin, March 8, 1941 (vol. iv, No. 89), p. 247.↩