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STAT.]

PROCLAMATION

4253-OCT.

31, 1973

1259

PROCLAMATION 4253

Proclamation Amending Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States with Respect to the Importation of Agricultural Commodities By the President of the United States of America

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October 31, 1973

A Proclamation

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WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), limitations have been imposed by

64stat. 26I;

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Presidential proclamations on the quantities of certain dairy products which may be imported into the United States in any quota year; and WHEREAS the import restrictions proclaimed pursuant to said section 22 are set forth in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States; and ' WHEREAS the Secretary of Agriculture has reported to me that he believes that additional quantities of butter, butter substitutes containing butterfat and butter oil provided for in items 950.05 and 950.06 of part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) may be entered for a temporary period without rendering or tending to render ineffective, or materially interfering with, the price support program now conducted by the Department of Agriculture for milk or reducing substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk; and WHEREAS, under the authority of section 22, I have requested the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation with respect to this matter; and WHEREAS the Secretary of Agriculture has determined and reported to me that a condition exists with respect to such articles provided

65 Stat. 7 5.

77A Stat. 4 4 1. 19 USC 1202.

77A Stat. 442; 77 Stat. 1028.

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