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 PUBLIC LAW 98-67 —AUG. 5, 1983 97 STAT. 391 light of market conditions. The President, upon the recommen- dation of the Secretary of Agriculture, may suspend the duty- free treatment for all or part of the quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses permitted to be entered by paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) if such action is necessary to protect the price-support pro- gram for sugar beets and sugar cane. (4) Any quantitative limitation imposed on a beneficiary coun- try under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) shall apply only to the extent that such limitation permits a lesser quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses to be entered from that country than the quantity that would be permitted to be entered under any other provision of law. (e)(1) The President may by proclamation suspend the duty-free treatment provided by this title with respect to any eligible article and may proclaim a duty rate for such article if such action is proclaimed pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 or section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. (2) In any report by the International Trade Commission to the President under section 201(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding any article for which duty-free treatment has been proclaimed by the President pursuant to this title, the Commission shall state whether and to what extent its findings and recommendations apply to such article when imported from beneficiary countries. (3) For purposes of subsections (a) and (c) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, the suspension of the duty-free treatment pro- vided by this title shall be treated as an increase in duty. (4) No proclamation which provides solely for a suspension referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection with respect to any article shall be made under subsections (a) and (c) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 unless the United States International Trade Commission, in addition to making an affirmative determination with respect to such article under section 201(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, determines in the course of its investigation under section 201(b) of such Act that the serious injury (or threat thereof) substan- tially caused by imports to the domestic industry producing a like or directly competitive article results from the duty-free treatment provided by this title. (5)(A) Any proclamation issued pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 that is in effect when duty-free treatment pursu- ant to section 101 of this title is proclaimed shall remain in effect until modified or terminated. (B) If any article is subject to import relief at the time duty-free treatment is proclaimed pursuant to section 211, the President may reduce or terminate the application of such import relief to the importation of such article from beneficiary countries prior to the otherwise scheduled date on which such reduction or termination would occur pursuant to the criteria and procedures of subsections (h) and (i) of section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974. (f)(1) If a petition is filed with the International Trade Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding a perishable product and alleging injury from imports from beneficiary countries, then the petition may also be filed with the Secretary of Agriculture with a request that emergency relief be granted pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection with respect to such article. (2) Within fourteen days after the filing of a petition under paragraph (1) of this subsection— Suspension. 19 USC 2253. 19 USC 1862. 19 USC 2251. 19 USC 2253. 19 USC 2251. 19 USC 2253. Ante, p. 384. 19 USC 2253. Emergency relief, petition filing. 19 USC 2251.

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