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PROCLAMATION 4102-J AN. 29, 1972

for in items 542.11 through 542.98 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (hereinafter referred to as "sheet glass");

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3. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 351(a)(1) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (hereinafter "TEA") (19 U.S.C. 1981 (a)(1)) and 76 Stat. 899. in accordance with Article X IX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter "GATT") (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 UST (pt. 2) 1786), the President by Proclamation No. 3967 of February 27, 1970 (35 F.R. 3975), proclaimed increased duties on imports of sheet 84 stau 22^16. glass in Subpart A of Part 2 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules note. of the United States (hereinafter "TSUS") which duties are scheduled 77A Stat. 435. to be reduced on January 31, 1972; 4. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3 0 1 (b)(1) of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1901 (b)(1)) the Tariff Commission on August 16, 1971, instituted an investigation, the report to the President on which is to be made not later than January 31, 1972, to determine whether glass of the kinds provided for in items 541.11 through 541.31, 542.11 through 542.98, 543.11 through 543.69 and 544.31 through 544.32 of the TSUS are, as a result in major part of concessions granted thereon under trade agreements, being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products; 5. WHEREAS, pursuant to section 351(c)(2) of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1981 (c)(2)), after taking into account advice received from the Tariff Commission under section 3 5 1 (d)(3) of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1981 (d)(3)) and after seeking advice of the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor, I have determined that the extension as hereinafter proclaimed of the increased duties currently in effect on imports of sheet glass provided for in items 923.31 through 923.75 of the TSUS from January 31, 1972 to April 30, 1972 is in the national interest;

76 Stat. 883.

76 Stat. 899.

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 section 351(c)(2) of the TEA, do proclaim that— 1. The tariff concessions on sheet glass in Part I of Schedule XX to the GATT shall be modified in part as provided for in paragraph 2 below;

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2. Effective with respect to items entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period commencing on the date of this proclamation and terminating at the close of January 31, 1974, so much of Subpart A of Part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS as follows item 922.50 and precedes item 924.00 is modified to read as set out

84 Stat. 2218.

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