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PROCLAMATIONS—AUG. 14, 1»58

[72 STAT.

61 Stat. 1103.

and by Proclamation N o. 2761A of December 16, 1947 (3 C F R, 1943 1958 C o m p., p. 139), proclaimed such modifications of existing

61 Stat. A1305.

duties and other import restrictions of the United States and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out such trade agreement on and after January 1, 1948; 2. WHEREAS item 1520 in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva-1947) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade read as follows: Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph

1520

65 Stat. 74. 66 Stat. Cl6. 61 Stat. A58.

66 Stat. cl6.

• Stat. cl6.

61 Stat. A1305. Termination of Proclamation No. 2960. 19 USC 1361. 19 USC 1364. 61 Stat. A58. 66 Stat. Cl6. 61 Stat. A1305. 61 Stat. 1103.

Description of Products

Rate of duty

Hatters' furs, or furs not on the skin, prepared for hatters'use, including fur skins carroted 15% ad val.

3. WHEREAS, after investigation and report to the President by the United States Tariff Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 (19 U.S.C. 1364), the President by Proclamation No. 2960 of January 5, 1952 (3 CFR, 1952 Supp., p. 18), invoked Article X IX of the General Agreement and modified the tariff concession therein with respect to the products described in the said item 1520 by substituting for the rate " 1 5 % ad val." the rate "47^^ per lb., but not less than 1 5 % nor more than 35% ad val.", effective February 9, 1952; 4. WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 2960, since February 9, 1952, the products described in item 1520 have been subject to the rate of duty of 47K cents per pound, but not less than 15 per cent nor more than 35 per cent ad valorem; and 5. WHEREAS, after investigation, including a hearing, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Executive Order No. 10401 of October 14, 1952 (3 CFR, 1952 Supp., p. 105), the United States Tariff Commission has reported to me its finding that the modification of the concession as set forth in the third recital of this proclamation by Proclamation No. 2960 no longer remains necessary in order to prevent or remedy serious injury or the threat thereof to the domestic industry producing products like or directly competitive with the products described in item 1520 and has recommended that the original concession, as set forth in the second recital of this proclamation, be restored in full: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended, and of Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, do hereby terminate the said Proclamation No. 2960, effective at the close of business September 13, 1958, to the end that item 1520 as originally set forth in Part I of Schedule X X (Geneva-1947) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall thereafter be applied in accordance with the provisions of the said Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-third. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: CHRISTIAN A.

HERTER,

Acting Secretary of State.

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