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[71 Stat. 36]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 36]

C36

PROCLAMATIONS—MAY 16, 1957 Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph

771

Description of Products

White or Irish potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes as defined in the preceding item Provided, That not more than 600,000 bushels of 60 pounds each of such potatoes entered during any 12-month period beginning on September 15 in any year shall be dutiable a t 37)^ cents per 100 pounds; and any such potatoes entered during any such 12-month period in excess of 1,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each shall be dutiable a t Provided further, That if for any calendar year the production of white or Irish potatoes, including seed potatoes, in the United States, according to the estimate m a d e as of September 1 by the United States Department of Agriculture, is less than 350,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each, an additional quantity of such potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes, equal to the a m o u n t by which such estim a t e d production is less than 350,000,000 bushels shall be added to each of the quantities specified in the preceding proviso in this item for the purpose of determining the application of the rates provided for in this item during the 12-month period beginning on September 15 of that calendar year; and Provided further, That in computing the quantity of imports specified in the foregoing provisos to this item white or Irish potatoes produced in the Republic of Cuba shall not be included.";

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Rate of duty

37}^fi per 100 lb.

75^ per 100 lb.

5. WHEREAS, in view of the partial termination of the said proclamation of December 16, 1947, pursuant to the agreement referred to in the fourth recital of this proclamation, provided for in Part T of this proclamation, I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out the said trade agreement specified in the first recital of this proclamation that the following new item be inserted, following item 765, in the list set forth in the sixteenth recital of the said proclamation of June 13, 1956, as amended by the said proclamation of September 28, 1956: Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph "771

Description of Products White or Irish potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes as defined in item 771 [first] in Part I of Schedule X X to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Geneva—1947), as modified, entered during the period from December 1, in any year, to the last d a y of the following February, inclusive, if a t the time such potatoes are entered the quantity of such potatoes (other than the product of Cuba) which h a d theretofore been entered after the preceding September 14 exceeds 600,000 bushels of 60 pounds each, b u t does not exceed 1,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each Provided, That if for any calendar year the production of white or Irish potatoes, including seed potatoes, in the United States, according to the estimate m a d e as of September 1 by the United States Department of Agriculture, is less than 350,000,000 bushels of 60 pounds each, an additional quantity of such potatoes, other than certified seed potatoes, equal to the a m o u n t by which such estimated production is less than 350,000,000 bushels shall be added to each of the quantities specified in this item for the purpose of determining the application of the r a t e provided for in this item during the following months of December, January, and February. ";

Rate of duty

60^ p e r 100 lb.