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PROCLAMATION 3964-FEB. 21, 1970

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3. WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report of its Investigation No. T E A - I - 1 4 under section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1901), on the basis of 76 Stat. 8 8 3. which investigation and a hearing duly held in connection therewith the said Commission has determined that pianos provided for in T S U S item 725.02 are, as a result in major part of concessions granted under 82 Stat. 1591. trade agreements, being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products; and 4. WHEREAS I have determined that an increase in the prevailing rate of duty on pianos, except grand pianos, provided for in T S U S item 725.02, to a rate of duty of 13.5 percent ad valorem as hereinafter proclaimed is necessary to prevent serious injury to the piano industry: NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including sections 201(a)(2), 302(a)(2) and (3), and 351(a)(1) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1821(a)(2), 19 U.S.C. 1902(a)(2) and (3), and 1981(a)(1)), and in accordance with section 253(d) of said Act (19 76 Stat. 872. U.S.C. 1883(d)), and Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 U S T (pt. 2) 1786), do proclaim that— (1) Item 725.02 in Part I of Schedule X X to the Geneva (1967) Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (19 U S T (pt. 2) 1723) is superseded by the same article descriptions and item numbers as are provided for in the modification of Proclamation 3822 set forth in paragraph (2)(a) hereof, with "8.5% ad val." in the rate of duty column in each of the new items 725.01 and 725.03; except that, (i) so long as the articles provided for in new item 725.01 in Schedule X X are dutiable under item 924.00 (added to the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules by paragraph (3) hereof), the rate in said item 725.01 shall be the rate in said item 924.00, and (ii) thereafter the staging of further reductions in the duty applicable to such articles shall be subject to general note 3(d) (ii) to the said Schedule X X; (2) Proclamation No. 3822 is modified— (a) I n Annex II, by inserting after section E the following new section: "Section F. Effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after February 21, 1970: Schedule 7, Part 3, Subpart A 1. Item 725.02 is superseded by: [Stringed mvisical instruments:] Pianos (including player pianos, whether or not with keyboards); h a r p sichords, clavichords, and other keyboard stringed i n s t r u m e n t s: 725.01 Pianos (including player pianos, whether or not with keyboards), except grand pianos [See Annex III ] 725.03 Other [See Annex III ]

[40% ad val.]; [40% ad val. ] "

82 Stat. 1455.

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