PROCLAMATION 4477—NOV. 16, 1976
91 STAT. 1711
(v)(a) by adding the following sentence after the second sentence to headnote 19 USC 1202.
2(f): "With respect to item 923.25 there is no limitation specified for the increase permitted in any quota quantity but any establishment or increase in a bcise limit for item 923.25 must be accompanied by an equal tonnage reduction in the quota quantity from Japan for one or more of the other items during the same restraint period."
(b) by deleting "923.24" from the tabulation in headnote 2(f) and substituting "923.26" in lieu thereof; and (c) by inserting the following in the tabulation to headnote 2(f) in numerical sequence: Restraint Periods Item
June 14, 1976-June 13, 1977 (1,000 s. tons)
Maximum increase (percent)
19.8
No limitation
Base limit 923.25
June 14, 1977-June 13, 1978
June 14, 1978-June 13, 1979
(1,000 s. tans)
Maximum increase (pfrcent)
(1,000 s. tons)
Maximum increase (percent)
22.0
No limitation
24.3
No limitation
Base limit
Base limit
(vi) by deleting item 923.24 and substituting in lieu thereof the following: Item
Articles
Quota Quantity (in short tons) Effective on or after—
>i
• •
Alloy tool steel of the types provided for in items 608.52, 608.76, 608.78, 608.85, 608.88, 609.06, 609.07, and 609.08: 923.25 Alloy tool steel within the specifications of headnote 2(a) (iv): Japan European Economic Community Canada Sweden other: Cotmtries entitled to the rate of duty in rates of duty column numbered 1 (total) other (total) 923.26 other (see headnote 2(a) (iii)): Japan European Economic Community Canada Sweden other: Countries entitled to the rate of duty in rates of duty column numbered 1 (total) other (total)
June 14, 1976 June 14, 1977 June 14, 1978
19,800 3,500 65 7,000
22,000 3,600 65 8,000
24,300 3,500 65 8,000
50 None
50 None
50 None
3,500 3,400 1,900 8,500
3,700 3,500 2,000 8,600
3,800 3,600 2,000 8,700
3,800 6
3,700 6
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3,800 6
B. The modifications of subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS, made by 19 USC 1202. this proclamation, shall be effective on the third day after the date of publication of this proclamation in the FEDERAL REGISTER as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after June 14, 1976. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and first. GERALD R.
FORD
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