Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical speed reducers B4
y selected major producing countries, 1-8 (Quantity in units; value in millions of dollars) United West Year States Germany Japan

Italy Quantity 1 9 1,2 1,1 3 1 8 1,3 1,3 3 1 4 1,0 8 4 1 1 7

7 6 1 1 6 9 7 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 1,1 9 7 1 2 1,0

7 ) 1 1 9 1,0 5 Value 1 1.3 1.1 6.3 1.0 1 1.1 1.6 9.2 1.0 1 8.5

1.1 4.3 1.0 1 3.8 9.3 4.4 2.5 1 4.4 8.6 4.9 2.0 1 5.8 1.3 6.6 2.0 1 5.3 1.7 9.2 2.0 1 5.6 2.2 8.8 2.0 1 4.4 2.8 1.7 3.0 ' Data as published by Eurostatistics 1 appears to be unreliable. Source: Compiled by the staff of the .. International Trade Commission based on data from the National Machine Tool Builders' Association, Economic Handbook of the Machine Tool Industry, various editions, Eurostatistics, and interviews with .. and foreign machine tool builders, August and November 1. The major .. competitor from Japan is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which, in addition to gear-making machine tools, produces wide variety of machine tools ranging from machining centers, lathes and flexible manufacturing systems to precision cutting tools. Other Japanese competitors include Okamoto Machine Tool Works Ltd., Kanzaki Kokyukoki Manufacturing Co., -Ltd., and Kashifuji Works Ltd. Other nations, such as Korea, Taiwan, and India, are developing domestic gear-making machine tool industries. As in West Germany and Japan, these machine tool industries are supported by their governments, both directly and indirectly, particularly through government sponsored-research at state-run universities. APPENDIX GEARS AND GEARING: CONCORDANCE OF HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES NUMBERS AND TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES ANNOTATED NUMBERS, CON- CORDANCE OF SCHEDULE NUMBERS, APPLICABLE .. IMPORT DUTIES, AND TARIFF AND TRADE AGREEMENT TERMS Concordance of .. Imports under HTS and TSUS() Numbers HTS heading/ subheading TSUS() item FITS heading/ subheading TSUS() Item 8.9.5.2 (pt) 6.0 (pt)