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

Executive Order No. 8702, Signed by President Roosevelt, March 4, 1941⁵¹

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)	Cadmium			B	F
	Ores and concentrates			6245*	6640*
	Metal			6249*	6640*
	Alloys			6249*	6640*
	Cadmium Salts and Compounds:
		Cadmium chloride		8399.9*	8399*
		Cadmium oxide		8399.9*	8399*
		Cadmium sulfate		8399.9*	8399*
		Cadmium plating salts		8399.9*	8399*
		Cadmium sulfide		8429*	8442*
		Cadmium lithopone		8429*	8442*
(2)	Carbon Black:
	Carbon black, including gas black			8423*	8442*
(3)	Coconut Oil:
	Edible			1420	1449*
	Inedible			2230	2230
(4)	Copra			2220*	2211
(5)	Cresvlic Acid and Cresols			8024*	8069*
(6)	Fatty Acids produced from vegetable oils under export control			2248*	2662*
(7)	Glycerin			8314	8399*
(8)	Palm-Kernel Oil and Palm Kernels:
	Palm-Kernel Oil:
		Edible		1449*	1449*
		Inedible		2249*	2243*
	Palm Kernels			2220*	2220*
(9)	Pine Oil			2117	2189*
(10)	Petroleum Coke			5048	5048*
(11)	Shellac:
	Lac, crude, seed, button, and stick			2189*	2108*
	Unbleached shellac			2189*	2108*
	Bleached shellac			2185	2108
(12)	Titanium:
	Ores and concentrates:
		Ilmenite		6245*	6640*
		Rutile		6245*	6640*
		Metal		6249*	6640*
		Alloys		6249*	6640*
		Titanium Salts and Compounds:
			Titanium dioxide	8428	8442*
			Titanium tetrachloride	8399.9*	8399*

2. The numbers appearing in the columns designated B and F in paragraph 1 hereof refer to the numbers in Schedule B “Statistical 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 (1)-(12).

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.

51. Reprinted from Department of State, Bulletin, March 8, 1941 (vol. iv, No. 89), p. 246.