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PROCLAMATION 3815-OCT. 11, 1967

[81 STAT.

I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second.

Proclamation 3815 EXTENSION OF INCREASED DUTY ON IMPORTS OF CARPETS AND RUGS October 11, 1967

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 and in accordance with Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 U.S.T. (pt. 2) 1786), the President by Proclamation No. 3454 of March 19, 1962 (76 Stat. 1452), as modified by Proclamation No. 3458 of March 27, 1962 (76 Stat. 1457), proclaimed, effective after the close of business June 17, 1962, and until the President otherwise proclaimed, an increased duty on imports of certain carpets and rugs and other floor coverings; ^^?2?2"°*^ ^'*'''

77A Stat. 436. 19 USC 1202.

76 Stat. 899. 19 USC 1981.

2. WHEREAS, after compliance with the requirements of Section 102 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 73), the President by Proclamation No. 3548 of August 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 1017), proclaimed, effective on and after August 31, 1963, the Tariff Schedules of the United States, which reflected, with modifications, and, in effect, superseded. Proclamation No. 3454 by providing for the increased duty on imports of such floor coverings in item 922.50 in Subpart A of Part £ of the Appeudix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States; ^^

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3. WHEREAS the increased duty on imports of floor coverings provided for in item 922.50 will terminate at the close of October 11, 1967, in accordance with Section 351(c)(1)(B) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, uuless extended under Section 351(c)(2) of that Act: \ / \ /

4. WHEREAS, in relation to the possible extension of such increased duty, I have received and taken into account the advice from the Tariff Commission and the advice of the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Labor in accordance with Section 351(c)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, recommendations of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations in accordance with Sections 3(b), 3 (j), and 5(c) of Executive Order No. 11075 of January 15, 1963 (48 C F R 1.3(b), 1.3(j), and 1.5(c)), and advice of other interested agencies of the Government; and 5. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 351(c)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and in accordance with Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, I have determined that the ex-

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