Proclamation 3184—Terminating in Part Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947 with Respect to Certain Potatoes, and Making Related Adjustments

1. Whereas, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (48 Stat. (pt. 1) 943, ch. 474, 57 Stat. (pt. 1) 125, ch. 118, 59 Stat. (pt. 1) 410, ch. 269), the President on October 30, 1947, entered into a trade agreement with certain foreign countries, which trade agreement consists of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Protocol of Provisional Application of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, together with a Final Act (61 Stat. (pts. 5 and 6) A7, All, and A2050);

2. Whereas by Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103), the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out the said trade agreement specified in the first recital of this proclamation on and after January 1, 1948, which proclamation has been supplemented by the other proclamations listed in the third recital of Proclamation No. 3140 of June 13, 1956 (3 CFR, 1956 Supp., p. 24), by the said proclamation of June 13, 1956, by Proclamation No. 3143 of June 25, 1956 (3 CFR, 1956 Supp., p. 33), by Proclamation No. 3146, of June 29, 1956 (3 CFR, 1956 Supp., p. 35), and by Proclamation No. 3160 of September 28, 1956 (3 CFR, 1956 Supp., p. 44);

3. Whereas items 771 [first] and 771 [second], and the appropriate headings, in Part I of Schedule XX annexed to the said General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which items were given effect by the said proclamation of December 16, 1947, read as follows:

4. Whereas agreement for the partial withdrawal of the said items 771 [first] and 771 [second], so that they would be applied as though they read as follows, has been reached as compensatory adjustment, under paragraph 1 of Article XXVIII of the said General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, for a modification thereunder by Canada of its tariff concession on potatoes in the said General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade:

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 I 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:

6. Whereas, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the President on October 30, 1947, entered into an exclusive trade agreement with the Government of the Republic of Cuba (61 Stat. (pt. 4) 3699), which exclusive trade agreement includes certain portions of other documents made a part thereof and provides for the treatment in respect of ordinary customs duties of products of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States of America;

7. Whereas by Proclamation No. 2764 of January 1, 1948 2 (62 Stat. (pt. 2) 1465), the President proclaimed such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States of America and such continuance of existing customs or excise treatment of articles imported into the United States of America as were then found to be required or appropriate to carry out the said agreement specified in the sixth recital of this proclamation on and after January 1, 1948, which proclamation has been supplemented by Proclamation No. 3105, of July 22, 1955 (69 Stat. C44), by the other proclamations listed in the thirteenth recital of the said proclamation of June 13, 1956, and by the said proclamation of June 13, 1956; and

8. 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 I of this proclamation, I determine that it is required or appropriate to carry out the said exclusive trade agreement specified in the sixth recital of this proclamation that the following new item be inserted, in numerical order, in the list set forth in the sixteenth recital of the said proclamation of July 22, 1955, as amended by the said proclamation of June 13, 1956:

Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do proclaim, effective on and after September 15, 1957, as follows:

PART I

In accordance with the agreement specified in the fourth recital of this proclamation, the said items 771 [first] and 771 [second] set forth in the third recital of this proclamation are withdrawn in part and the said proclamation of December 16, 1947, is terminated in part so far as it relates to potatoes provided for in such items but not provided for in the same items as set forth in the fourth recital of this proclamation, with the result that the said proclamation of December 16, 1947, shall be applied as though the said items 771 [first] and 771 [second] read as set forth in the fourth recital of this proclamation.

PART II

To the end that the trade agreement specified in the first recital of this proclamation may be carried out, the list set forth in the thirteenth recital of the said proclamation of June 13, 1956, as amended, shall be further amended by the insertion therein of the new item as set forth in the fifth recital of this proclamation.

PART III

To the end that the exclusive trade agreement specified in the sixth recital of this proclamation may be carried out, the list set forth in the thirteenth recital of the said proclamation of July 22, 1955, as amended, shall be further amended by the insertion therein of the new item as set forth in the eighth recital of this proclamation.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 16th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-first.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

Secretary of State