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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1501

(2) balance the level of concessions in the trade between the Commerce and United States and the European Communities. trade. THAI RICE

SEC. 1165. (a) Congress finds that— (1) Rice ranks 9th among major domestic field crops in value of production; (2) Rice accounts for about 5 percent of the value of major field crops produced in the United States; (3) The value of domestic rice production annually is over $1,500,000,000; (4) Ending stocks for rice have sharply increased since 1980; (5) The projected 1985-1986 carryover of rice as a percentage of annual use is 62 percent; (6) Between 1980 and 1983, rice stocks rose and prices fell, pushing rice program costs from less than one-tenth to over nine-tenths of the value of United States rice production; (7) Over the last several years, the percentage of world rice exports from the United States has fallen from a high of 25 percent to 18 percent in 1985; (8) In the last several years, Thailand has become the largest rice exporter in the world, accounting for 30 percent of the world market; (9) Thai rice imports into the United States have displaced normal sales of United States rice and have increased Government costs; (10) In 1983, the United States imported 33.2 million pounds of rice from Thailand, in 1984 the United States imported 51.3 million pounds of rice (an increase of 53 percent), and in the first six months of 1985, rice imports from Thailand to the United States have already reached 58.3 million pounds; and (11) A petition has been filed with the Department of Commerce asking that countervailing duties be imposed upon imports of Thai rice into the United States. (b) Based upon these findings, it is the sense of Congress that— (1) our domestic rice industry is of vital importance and must be protected from unfair foreign competition; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce should give immediate consideration to the countervailing duty petition referred to in subsection (a)(ll). END USERS OP IMPORTED TOBACCO

SEC. 1166. Section 213 of the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 511r) is amended by adding after the subsection added by section 1161 of this Act the following: "(fKl) The certification required under subsection (e)(1) of this section shall also include the identification of any and all end users of such tobacco of which the importer has knowledge. Any flue cured or hurley tobacco permitted entry into the United States must be accompanied by a written identification of any and all end users of such tobacco. In cases in which the importer has no knowledge of the identity of an end user, the importer shall identify any and all purchasers to whom the importer expects to transfer such imported tobacco. The importer shall file with the Department of Agriculture an amended statement if, at any time after the time of entry of such tobacco imports, the importer has knowledge of any additional

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