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 93 STAT. 1482 19 USC 1202.

PROCLAMATION 4632—JAN. 4, 1979

(2] Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation. [3) GSP eligibility is removed for the bolts and nuts covered by items 923.51 and 923.52 of the Annex to this proclamation. (4) This proclamation shall be effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 6, 1979, and before the close of January 5, 1982, unless the period of its effectiveness is earlier expressly modified or terminated. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. JIMMY CARTER ANNEX Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is modified— (a) by adding the following new headnote 4: "4. United States International Trade Commission (USITC) surveys on certain bolts, nuts and screws of iron or steel.—The USITC shall conduct surveys with respect to products of the types subject to temporary duty increases under items 923.50 to 923.53, inclusive, as follows: (a) Quarterly.—Surveys by calendar quarter to obtain monthly data on U.S. production, U.S. producers' shipments, imports for consumption, U.S. exports, apparent U.S. consumption, employment, man-hours and prices. The initial survey shall cover the third and fourth quarters of 1978 and the first quarter of 1979; the last such survey shall cover the quarter which ends not less than 60 days prior to the termination of the import relief. The results of these surveys shall be published within 60 days of the end of the quarter. (b) Annually.—Annual surveys to obtain from domestic producers data by calendar quarter on profits, unfilled orders, and inventories, and annual data on capital expenditures and capacity; and to obtain from importers data by calendar quarter on prices, unfilled orders and inventories. The initial survey shall cover calendar year 1978, and the results of this and subsequent surveys shall be published by the end of the first quarter of each year thereafter so long as the import relief is in effect." ei IS m eiieci. (b) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new provisions: Rates of duty "Item

Articles

923.50 Lag screws or bolts, of iron or steel, provided for in item 646.49 15% ad val. 923.51 Bolts (except mine-roof bolts) and such bolts and their nuts imported in the same shipment, of iron or steel, provided for in item 646.54 0.20 per lb. -I15% ad val. 923.52 Nuts, of iron or steel, provided for in item 646.56 0.10 per lb. + 15% ad val. 923.53 Screws, of iron or steel, having shanks or threads over 0.24 inch in diameter, provided for in item 646.63 15% ad val.

Effective Period

No change.

On or before 1/5/82

0.20 per lb. -I15% ad val.

On or before 1/5/82

0.10 per lb. + 15% ad val.

On or before 1/5/82

No change.

On or before 1/5/82"

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