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Proclamation 3967 ADJUSTMENT OF DUTIES ON CERTAIN SHEET GLASS February 27, 1970

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

48 Stat. 943; 76 Stat. 8 8 1. 19 USC 1351.

77A Stat. 246. 19 USC 1202.

65 Stat. 74; 72 Stat. 676. 19 USC 1364 note.

76 Stat. 882. 19 USC p r e c. 1202 note. 77A Stat. 3. 19 USC 1202.

76 Stat. 899.

Ante,

p. 2201.

76 Stat. 8 8 3.

1. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the President, by Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947, No. 2929 of June 2, 1951, and No. 3140 of June 13, 1956 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103, 65 Stat. cl2, and 70 Stat. c33), proclaimed such modifications of existing duties as were found to be required or appropriate to carry out trade agreements into which he had entered; 2. WHEREAS among the proclaimed modifications were modifications in the rates of duty on glass of the kinds which are now provided for in items 542.11-.98 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (hereinafter referred to as "sheet glass"); 3. 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. 3455 of March 19, 1962 (76 Stat. 1454), 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, increased duties on imports of sheet glass; 4. 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31, 1963, the Tariff Schedules of the United States ( T S U S), which reflected, with modifications, and, in effect, superseded. Proclamation No. 3455 by providing for the increased duties on imports of sheet glass in Subpart A of Part 2 of the Appendix to the T S U S; 5. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3 5 1 (c)(1)(A) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1981(c)(1)(A)) and in accordance with Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Ihe President by Proclamation No. 3762 of January 11, 1967 (81 Stat. 1076), terminated the increased duties on imports of certain sheet glass, and reduced the increased duties on other sheet glass; 6. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 351(c)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1981(c)(2)) and in accordance with Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the President by Proclamation No. 3816 of October 11, 1967 (81 Stat. 1139) and Proclamation No. 3951 of December 24, 1969 (34 F.R. 20381), extended the remaining increased rates of duty on imports of sheet glass provided for in Subpart A of Part 2 of the Appendix to the T S U S to the close of March 31, 1970; 7. WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report of its Investigation No. T E A - I - 1 5 under section 301(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1901 (b)), on the basis

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