PROCLAMATIONS-JAN. 30 , 1948 said description of products, and that the rate in said item be changed to "88% ad val."; AND WHEREAS (15) I determine that it is required or appro- priate to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation and said exclusive trade agreement specified in Ant, p. 1479- the 3rd recital hereof that no modifications of existing duties and Ante, Pp.14 other import restrictions, and no continuance of existing customs or excise treatment, proclaimed to carry out said trade agreement speci- fied in the 1st recital shall be construed as providing for the preferential customs treatment, in respect of rates of ordinary customs duty, of products of the Republic of Cuba, which customs treatment of products of the Republic of Cuba is provided for in said proclamation of January 1, 1948, as amended; Ante, p. 14. PART I NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, Modifications ofex- President of the United States of America, acting under the authority istingduties,etc. of said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to the end 4Uta.SC 131. that said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclama- Ante, p .1479. tion may be carried out, do hereby proclaim, effective on and after January 1, 1948 and subject to the provisions of said Protocol of Effective date. Provisional Application: "1Stat., Pt. 6, (a) That the rates of duty and import tax specified in the column P at the right of the respective descriptions of products listed in the 7th recital of this proclamation shall be applied, subject to the appli- Ante p. 1481. cable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth therein, respec- tively, to articles of the kinds provided for in said descriptions; (b) That the concessions provided for in part I of said schedule XX which are identified in the list set forth in the 8th recital of this 61 Stat. , Pt. 5, proclamation shall no longer be identified in the 8th recital of said Antep. 1484 . proclamation of December 16, 1947 for purposes of applying sub- 61 Stat., Pt. 2, division (a) of said proclamation of December 16, 1947, and the rates of duty and import tax representing such concessions identified in said 8th recital of this proclamation shall be applied, subject to the appli- cable terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in said schedule XX, and in parts I, II, and III, of said general agreement, to articles 61 stat., Pt. 5 , of the kinds provided for in the descriptions of products in the column At. 12 A18, at the left of said rates; (c) That not more than 30,000,000 pounds of butter entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period from January 1 to March 31, 1948, inclusive, shall be dutiable at 7 cents per pound; and (d) That the provisions of the foregoing subdivisions (a), (b), Post,p.1517. and (c) shall not apply to a particular article by virtue of this proclama- tion if, when the article is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, more favorable customs treatment is prescribed therefor by a statute, proclamation, or Executive order then in effect; PART II I DO further proclaim, acting under the authority of said section 350 to the end that said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd 48 stat. 943. 19 u.s. C. 51351. recital of this proclamation may be carried out, effective on and after Ante, p. C14. January 1, 1948 and subject to the provisions of said exclusive trade agreement: (a) That the rates of duty specified in the column at the right of Podt, . 152. the respective descriptions of products listed in the 11th recital of Ante,p.l48s. this proclamation shall be applied subject to the applicable terms conditions, and qualifications set forth therein and in the 8th recital of said proclamation of January 1, 1948, respectively, to products of Ante. p . 7 the Republic of Cuba of the kinds provided for in said descriptions 62 STAT.] 1487
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