Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/1608

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97 STAT. 1576 PROCLAMATION 5050—APR. 15, 1983 (6) With the exception of paragraph (3][b), this proclamation shall be effec- tive with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con- sumption, on or after April 16, 1983, and before the close of April 15, 1988, unless the period of its effectiveness is earlier expressly modified or termi- nated. (7) The Commissioner of Customs shall take such action as the United States Trade Representative shall direct in the implementation and admin- istration of the import relief herein proclaimed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sev- enth. RONALD REAGAN ANNEX I (a) Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS is modified— (1) by adding in numerical sequence the following new headnote 9: "9. Tariff-rate quota as to certain motorcycles; United States International Trade Commission (USITC) surveys on such motorcycles. — The provisions of this headnote apply to item 924.20 of this subpart and shall remain in effect through April 15, 1988. (a) The additional duties on motorcycles shall be assessed on each motorcycle imported in excess of the number of motorcycles provided for each of the following countries in any year from April 16 to April 15, inclusive, as set forth in this table: Restraint period April 16, 1983, through April 15, 1984 April 16, 1984, through April 15, 1985 April 16, 1985, through April 15, 1986 April 16, 1986, through April 15, 1987 April 16, 1987, through April 15, 1988 Quota quantity Federal Republic of German y 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,500 10,000 Japan 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 All other foreign countries 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 (b) the USITC shall conduct surveys with respect to the motorcycles subject to temporary duty increases as follows: (1) Quarterly. —Surveys by calendar quarter to obtain monthly data on U.S. production, U.S. pro- ducers' sales, shipments and inventories, U.S. importers' sales and inventories, imports for con- sumption, dealers' inventories, U.S. exports, employment, employee-hours, wages, prices, and ap- parent U.S. consumption. The initial survey shall cover the last quarter of 1982 and the first and second quarters of 1983; the last such survey shall cover the quarter which ends not less than 60 days prior to the termination of the import relief. The results of these surveys shall be published within 60 days of the end of the quarter. (2) Annually.— Annual surveys to obtain from domestic producers data by calendar quarter on profits, unfilled orders, and inventories, annual data on capital expenditures and capacity, and a summary on an annual basis of action taken to adjust to imports and of progress in the adjust- ment program; and to obtain from importers data by calendar quarter on prices, unfilled orders, and inventories. The initial survey shall cover calendar year 1983, and subsequent surveys shall cover calendar years beginning with 1984. The results of each such survey shall be published by the end of the first quarter of each year thereafter so long as the import relief is in effect." (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new item and rates of duty: