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PROCLAMATIONS—MAR. 16, 1956

[70 STAT.

3. WHEREAS the Government of the United States and the Government of Iceland by an exchange of notes dated March 5 and 6, 1956, have agreed to the withdrawal, effective April 14, 1956, of tuna from said item 718 (b), with the result that the said item shall thereafter read as follows: United States Tariff Act of 1930 paragraph

718 (b)

19 USC 1351. 6 usT 5833.

69 Stat. 044.

Description of Article

Fish, prepared or preserved in any manner, when packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than fifteen pounds each (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances; except herring, smoked or kippered or in tomato sauce, packed in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than one pound each; and except salmon, anchovies, and tuna)

Rate of duty

1 2 ^ % ad valorem

4. WHEREAS, under the authority of the said section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the President on June 8, 1955, entered into a trade agreement providing for the accession of Japan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which trade agreement consists of the Protocol of Terms of Accession of Japan to the General Agreement, including Schedule X X contained in Annex A thereto, and by Proclamation N o. 3105 of July 22, 1955 (20 F. R.

5379), he proclaimed the said trade agreement, which proclamation was supplemented by a notification of August 22, 1955 from the President to the Secretary of the Treasury (20 F. R. 6211); 5. WHEREAS item 718 (b) in Part I of the said Schedule X X reads as follows: "Tariff Act of 1930 paragraph

"718 (b)

Description of Product.s

Fish, prepared or preserved in any manner, when packed in air-tight containers weighing with their contents not more than 15 pounds each (except fish packed in oil or in oil and other substances): "Tuna "NOTE: The United States reserves the right to increase the rate of duty on fish of the foregoing description which are entered in any calendar year in excess of an aggregate quantity equal to 20 per centum of the United States pack of canned tuna fish during the immediately preceding calendar year, as reported by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.";

Rate of duty

12>^% ad val.

6. WHEREAS on March 16, 1956 the Government of the United States notified the Executive Secretary to the CONTRACT I N G P A R T I E S to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that it invoked the reservation contained in the note to the said item 718 (b) set forth in the fifth recital of this proclamation, effective April 14, 1956; and 7. WHEREAS the first general note to the said Schedule X X specified in the fourth recital of this proclamation provides that the provisions of that schedule are subject to the following general note to Schedule X X to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, of October 30, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A1362):

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