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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 27, 1952

[67 STAT.

6. WHEREAS, after further investigation, including a hearing, for the purpose of determining what action, if any, should be taken under i\^Q gaj^ section 22 with respect to imports of certain tree nuts, to prevent imports of such nuts from entering during the 1952-53 crop year under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, programs undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds, filberts, walnuts, or pecans, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from domestic almonds, filberts, walnuts, or pecans, the Commission reported to me on September 25, 1952 its findings resulting from such investigation; and 7. WHEREAS, on the basis of such further investigation and report of the Commission, I find that shelled almonds, blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) are practically certain to be imported into the United States during the period October 1, 1952 to September 30, 1953, both dates inclusive, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with the program undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended; and 8. WHEREAS I find and declare that the imposition of the fees hereinafter proclaimed are shown by such investigation of the Commission to be necessary in order that the entry of imported shelled almonds, blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the said program undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment ^p^^ g g amended, do hereby proclaim: ^ That a fee of 5 cents per pound shall be imposed upon shelled almonds and blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period October 1, 1952 to September 30, 1953, both dates inclusive, until an aggregate quantity of 7,000,000 pounds of such almonds have been so entered or withdrawn during such period, and a fee of 10 cents per pound shall be imposed upon such almonds entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during such period in excess of an aggregate quantity of 7,000,000 pounds: Provided, That in neither case shall the fee be in excess of 50 per centum ad valorem. The fees imposed by this proclamation shall be in addition to any other duties imposed on the importation of the articles subject to such fees. IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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