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PROCLAMATIONS — M A Y 16, 1957

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6. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the President on October 30, 1947, i9use 1351. entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (61 Stat. (pt. 4) 3699), which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America; 7. WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 2764 of January 1, 1948 (62 Stat. (pt. 2) 1465), the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out the said agreement specified in the sixth recital of this proclamation on and after January 1, 1948, which proclamation has been supplemented by Proclamation No. 3105, of July 22, 1955 (69 Stat. c44), by the other proclamations listed in the thirteenth recital of the said proclamation of June 13, 1956, and by the said proclamation of June 13, 1956; and 8. WHEREAS, in view of the partial termination of the said proclamation of December 16, 1947, pursuant to the agreement referred to in the fourth recital of this proclamation, provided for in Part I of this proclamation, I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out the said exclusive trade agreement specified in the sixth recital of this proclamation that the following new item be inserted, in numerical order, in the list set forth in the sixteenth recital of the said proclamation of July 22, 1955, as amended by the said proclamation of June 13, 1956: Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph

"771

Description of Products

White or Irish potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes as defined in item 771 [first] in Part I of Schedule X X to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Geneva—1947), as modified, entered a t any time, other than during the period December 1 to the last d a y of the following February, inclusive, if a t the time such potatoes are entered the quantity of such potatoes (other than the product of Cuba) which h a d theretofore been entered after the preceding September 14 exceeds 600,000 bushels of 60 pounds each, b u t does not exceed 1,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each Provided, That if for any calendar year the production of white or Irish potatoes, including seed potatoes, in the United States, according to the estimate made as of September 1 by the United States Department of Agriculture, is less than 350,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each, a n additional quantity of such potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes, equal to the a m o u n t by which such estimated production is less than 350,000,000 bushels shall be added to each of the quantities specified in this item for the purpose of determining the application of the rate provided for in this item during that part of the 12-month period, beginning on September 15 of that year, to which this item is applicable.":

Rate of duty

67>2f5 per lb.

Post, p. c48.

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