Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Japan, 1931–1941, Volume II

Executive Order No. 8631, Signed by President Roosevelt, January 10, 1941³⁹

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:

1. Copper

2. Brass and Bronze

3. Zinc

4. Nickel

5. Potash

1. As used in my proclamation of January 10, 1941, issued pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1940, and in these regulations, the above articles and materials shall be construed to include:

A.	Copper:
		Ore, concentrates, matte, and unrefined copper including blister, black or coarse, converter, and anodes.				6401
		Refined copper in bars, billets, cakes, ingots, slabs and other commercial shapes				6412
		Old and scrap copper				6413
		Pipes and tubes				6422
		Plates and sheets				6423
		Rods				6424
		Wire:
			Bare			6425
			Insulated wire and cable:
				Rubber-covered wire		6430
				Weatherproof wire		6431
				Other insulated wire		6435
			Other primary fabrications			6412*
			Fabrications for munitions purposes			6439*
			Alloys, other than brass and bronze
B.	Brass and Bronze:
		Scrap and old				6440
		Ingots and other commercial shapes				6441
		Bars and rods				6448
		Plates and sheets				6450
		Pipes and tubes				6453
		Wire (bare or insulated)				6457
		Other primary fabrications				6479*
		Fabrications for munitions purposes				6479*
C.	Zinc:
		Ore, concentrates, and dross				6570
		Caste in slabs, plates, or blocks				6571
		Rolled in sheets and strips				6572
		Other forms including scrap				6573
		Alloys				6573
		Dust				6586
		Manufactures containing 20% or more zinc				6589*
D.	Nickel:
		Ores, concentrates, and matte				6545
		Metal in any form including ingots, bars, rods, sheets, plates, and scrap				6545
		Alloys containing 10% or more nickel including scrap			{	6545 6610
		Nickel compounds (chemical) containing 10% or more nickel				8399*
E.	Potash:
		Potassium Salts and Compounds				8356
			Potassium hydroxide (KOH)
			Potassium carbonate (K2CO3)
			Potassium chlorate (KClO3)
			Potassium perchlorate (KClO4)
			Potassium cyanide (KCN)
			Potassium iodide (KI)
			Potassium nitrate (KNO3)
			Potassium permanganate (KMnO4)
			Potassium acetate (KC2H3O2)
			Potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3)
			Potassium bitartrate (KHC4H4O6)
		Potassic Fertilizer Materials				8531
			Potassium chloride (KCl)
			Potassium sulphate (K2SO4)
			All other potassic fertilizer materials containing 27% or more potassium oxide (K2O) equivalent
		All combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing containing potash salts of 27% or more potassium oxide (K2O) equivalent

2. The numbers in parenthesis following each material or article designated in paragraph 1 hereof correspond to the “Commodity Number” prefixed to the “Commodity Description” as set out in Schedule B, “Statistical Classification of Domestic Commodities Exported from the United States,” effective January 1, 1939, as amended, issued by the United States Department of Commerce. The words are controlling and the numbers are for statistical classification only. An asterisk (*) indicates that the classification herein is not co-extensive with that in said Schedule B.

3. Regulation 1 of the Regulations issued July 2, 1940, pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1940, is modified only in so far as it applies to Copper, Brass and Bronze, Zinc, Nickel, and Potash in accordance with the foregoing classifications. Regulations 2 to 12 inclusive of the Regulations issued July 2, 1940, pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1940, are applicable to exportation of Copper, Brass and Bronze, Zinc, Nickel and Potash.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The White House, January 10, 1941.

39. Reprinted from Department of State, Bulletin, January 11, 1941 (vol. iv, No. 81), p. 53.