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[76 Stat. 1455]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 1455]

76 STAT.]

PROCLAMATION 3455-MAR. 19, 1962

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item 219 in Part I of Schedule XX-1956, and the current United States duties reflecting the said prevailing tariff concessions are those specified in the said item 219 as follows: Tariff Act of 1930, par. 219

Bates of Duty

Description of Products

Cylinder, crown, and sheet glass, by whatever process made, and for whatever purpose used: Not over 384 square inches Over 384 but not over 864 square inches. -. 0.9^ per IbOver 864 but not over 2400 square inches Over 2400 square inches Provided: That none of the foregoing weighing under 16 ounces but not under 12 ounces per square foot shall be subject to a less rate of duty than.

0.7^ per lb. 1.1(5 per lb. 1.4^ per lb. 17% ad val.

5. WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report of its Investigation No. Y-101 under section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1364), on the basis of which investigation, and a hearing held in connection therewith, the Commission has found that, as a result in part of the duties reflecting the concessions granted thereon in the said General Agreement, as supplemented, cylinder, crown, and sheet glass provided for in paragraph 219 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (except such glass weighing not over 4 ounces per square foot), whether or not subject to additional duties under paragraph 224 of the said Act, is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities, both actual and relative, as to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like products; and that, in order to remedy the serious injury to the domestic industry concerned, it is necessary that there be applied to such glass the duties hereinafter proclaimed; 6. WHEREAS, upon modification of the said prevailing concessions as hereinafter proclaimed, it will be appropriate, to carry out the said General Agreement, to apply to the glass referred to in the fifth recital of this proclamation the duties hereinafter proclaimed: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and by section 7(c) of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions of Article X IX of the said General Agreement, do proclaim that, effective after the close of business April 18, 1962, and until the President otherwise proclaims— (a) The descriptions of products in the said item 219 in Part I of Schedule XX-1956 and the pertinent rates in " B " and " C " of the "Rates of Duty" columns are hereby modified to read as follows: Tariff Act of 1930, par. 219

Rates of Duty

Description of Products B Cylinder, crown, and sheet glass, by whatever process made, and for whatever purpose used: Not over 384 square inches: other Over 384 but not over 864 square inches: Weighing not over 4 ounces per square foot other

0.7«^ per lb. 1.3(* per lb. 0.9^ per lb 1.60 per lb

Over 2400 square Inches: other Provided: That none of the foregoing weighing under 16 ounces but not under 12 oimces per square foot shall be subject to a less rate of duty than.

and

C

r

1.90 per lb. 2.40 per lb. 3.50 per lb. 17% ad val.