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PROCLAMATIONS—OCT. 11, 1954

[69 STAT.

IMPOSING IMPORT F E E S ON SHELLED AND PREPARED ALMONDS AND ON SHELLED FILBERTS October 11, 1954 [No. 3073]

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION Post, p. C43.

7 USC 624.

68 Stat.ci9. 7 USC 624.

fUSC 624^'

i^ WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as added by section 31 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 773, reenacted by section 1 of the Act of June 3, 1937, 50 Stat. 246, and amended by section 3 of the Act of July 3, 1948, 62 Stat. 1248, section 3 of the Act of June 28, 1950, 64 Stat. 261, and section 8(b) of the Act of June 16, 1951, 65 Stat. 72 (7 U.S.C. 624), on April 13, 1950 the President caused the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation to determine whether almonds, filberts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, or cashews are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, certain programs undertaken by the Department of Agriculture with respect to almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts with respect to which any such program is being undertaken; and 2. WHEREAS the said Commission instituted such an investigation on April 13, 1950, which it has been conducting since that date on a continuing basis and in the course of which it has from time to time reported to the President regarding the need for the imposition of restrictions pursuant to the said section 22 in order to prevent imports of almonds, filberts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, or cashews from rendering ineffective, or materially interfering with, the said programs, or from reducing substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from almonds, pecans, filberts, or walnuts with respect to which any such program is being undertaken; and 3. WHEREAS import fees on shelled almonds and blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste) imposed pursuant to the President's proclamation of September 29, 1953 (Proclamation 3034; 18 F. R. 6345), which proclamation was issued under the authority of the said section 22, will cease to apply to such articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after September 30, 1954; and 4. WHEREAS further in the course of the said investigation, on September 24, 1954, the said Commission reported to me its findings regarding the need for import restrictions under the said section 22 on certain tree nuts after September 30, 1954; and 5. WHEREAS, on the basis of such report of September 24, 1954, I find that shelled almonds, and blanched, roasted, or otherwise prepared or preserved almonds (not including almond paste), and shelled filberts, whether or not blanched, are practically certain to be imported into the United States during the period October 1, 1954, to September 30, 1955, both dates inclusive, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the programs undertaken by the Department of Agricul^"^® under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, with respect to almonds and filberts, which programs will be in operation during such period; and 6. WHEREAS I find and declare that the imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the Commission to be necessary in order that the entry of almonds and filberts described in the fifth recital of this proclamation will not

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