Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/1279

 PROCLAMATION 4547—JAN. 20, 1978

92 STAT. 3911

order ihat the enirv, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of such sugars will not render or lend to render ineffective. or materially interfere with, the price support operations being conducted by the Department of Agriculture for sugar beets and sugar cane, or reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from such domestic sugar beets or sugar cane. NOW, THEREFORE. I, JIMMY CARTER, America, acting under the authority vested in m e the United States of America, including section Act, as amended, d o hereby proclaim that Part amended as follows:

President of the United States of by the Constitution and Statutes of 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment 3 of the Appendix to the T S U S is

1. Headnote 4 is amended to read as follows: 4. Sugar, sirups, and molasses (a) Lacenses may be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee authorizing the entry of articles exempt from the fees provided for in items 956.05, 956.15, and 957.15 of this part on the condition that such articles will be used only for the production (other than by distillation) of polyhydric alcohols, except polyhydric alcohols for use as a substitute for sugar in human food consumption. Such licenses shall be issued under regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture which he determines aie necessary to insure the use of such articles only for such purposes. (b) "Not to be further refined or improved in Quality" as used in item 956.05 means not to be further refined or improved m quality by being subjected substantially to the processes of (I) affination or defecation, (2) clarification, or (3) further purification by absorption or crystallization. 2. Items 9 5 6. 1 0, 9 5 6. 2 0, 9 5 7. 1 0, and 9 5 7. 2 0 are deleted. 3. The following new items, in numerical sequence, are added following item 955.06: Item

956.05 956.15 957.15

Articles

RaUs of Duty (Section 22 Fees)

Sugars, sirups, and molasses, derived from sugar cane or sugar beets, except those entered pursuant to a license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with headnote 4(a): Principally of crystalline structure or in dry amorphous form, provided for in item 155.20, part lOA, schedule 1; Not to be further refined or improved in quality 3.22^ per lb., not in excess 507o ad val. To be further refined or improved in quality 2.70< per lb., not in excess 50^0 ad val. Not principally of crystalline structure and not in dry amorphous form, contaming soluble non-sugar solids (excluding any foreign substance that may have been added or developed in the product) equal to 6% or less by weight of the total soluble solids, provided for in item 155.30, part IOA. schedule 1 3.22« per lb. total sugars, not in excess 50% ad val.

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With the following exceptions, this proclamation applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the day following its issuance. O n e exception shall be for the sugars of Malawian origin which entered the United Slates before February 15, 1978, pursuant to contracts for delivery to the United Slates entered into before November 11, 1977. Further, if it is established to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Customs that articles subject to proclamations 4 5 3 8 and 4 5 3 9 exported to the United Stales 91 Stat. 1775, before November 11, 1977, or imported to fulfill forward contracts for delivery to 1777. the United Stales entered into before November 11, 1977, could have been, but were not, entered for consumption on or before January 1, 1978, as a result of the delay in transportation to a point within the hmits of a Customs port of entry of the United Stales because of windstorm, fog, or similar stress of weather, the provisions of proclamations 4 5 3 8 and 4 5 3 9 shall not apply to the articles even though they are entered for consumption after January 1, 1978 nor shall the provisions of this proclamation be applicable to them. The proclamation shall continue to apply until I have acted on the Report of the United States International Trade Commission.

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