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PROCLAMATIONS—SEPT. 22, 1958

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(1) the dutiable zinc content (as shown on the entry in accordance with the applicable customs regulations) of zinc-bearing ores the product of a country specified below, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, and (2) the dutiable zinc content (as shown on the warehouse withdrawal for consumption in accordance with the applicable customs regulations) of zinc-bearing ores the product of such country, with respect to which duty was collected under section 312 of the Tariff Act of 1930 upon withdrawal for consumption from customs bonded warehouse of "metal producible" within the meaning of the said section 312, are determined by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to have reached the aggregate quantity specified below for such country, no zinc-bearing ores the product of such country may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of such period; and no article may be withdrawn for consumption from any customs bonded warehouse during the remainder of such period if by reason of such withdrawal duty would become collectible under section 312 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in cancellation of a bond charge covering any ziric-bearing ore the product of such country: Mexico 35,240 short tons Canada 33,240 short tons Peru 17,560 short tons All other foreign countries (total) 8,920 short tons The foregoing quantitative restrictions shall not apply to any ore the zinc content of which is not subject to duty or which contains less than one per centum of zinc (whether or not the zinc content thereof is subject to duty); to any article imported by or for the account of the Government of the United States; or to any imported article which is under contract for delivery in the United States for the account of a corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States. Zinc in blocks, pigs, or slabs, and zinc dust 0.7^ per lb. Whenever, in any three-month period beginning October 1 in 1958, and January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 in any subsequent year, the total aggregate quantity of the articles described above in this item (except zinc dust) and in the second item 394 in Part I of Schedule XX annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as authenticated on October 30, 1947 (old and worn-out zinc, fit only to be remanufactured, zinc dross, and zinc skimmings), the product of a country specified below, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, is determined by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to have reached the aggregate quantity specified below for such country, no such articles the product of such country may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of such period: Canada 18,920 short tons Belgium and Luxembourg (total) 3,760 short tons Mexico 3,160 short tons Belgium Congo 2,720 short tons Peru 1,880 short tons Italy 1,800 short tons All other foreign countries (total) 3,040 short tons The foregoing quantitative restrictions shall not apply to any article described in this item which is not subject to duty; to any such article imported by or for the account of the Government of the United States; or to any imported article which is under contract for delivery in the United States for the account of a corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States.

(b) The articles described in the said items entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 1958, and until the President otherwise proclaims, shall be subject to the quantitative limitations specified in the said items, as modified by paragraph (a) above, except that no such quantitative limitation shall be applied to any article described in item 392 or item 394 or in clause numbered (1) of item 391 or clause numbered (1) of item 393 which was exported to the United States prior to the date of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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