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PROCLAMATIONS-JAN . 30 , 1948 Item Rates of duty (paragraph) 404 [first] ................. 5% ad val. 404 [second] ............... 7%% ad val. 506 ....................... 20% ad val. 752 [second] ............... 9% ad val. 1521 ...................... 25% ad val. (section) Rates of import tax 3424...................... $1.50 per 1000 ft., board measure [first such rate] 75¢ per 1000 ft., board measure [first such rate]; WHEREAS (9) said proclamation of December 16, 1947 made effective, on and after January 1, 1948, the rate of duty of 7 cents per pound specified in the first item 709 in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement with respect to not more than 50,000,000 pounds of butter entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consump- tion during the period from November 1 in any year to the following March 31, inclusive (T. D . 51802 (Customs)); WHEREAS (10) said tariff quota provided for in said item 709 became effective on the first day of the third month of the specified five-month quota period, and I determine that it would be appropri- ate in order to carry out said trade agreement specified in the 1st recital of this proclamation to limit the quantity of butter dutiable at the rate of 7 cents per pound which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the remainder of said quota period from January 1 to March 31, 1948, inclusive, to a quantity of not more than 30,000,000 pounds; WHEREAS (11) I determine that the addition of the following items to the list set forth in the 8th recital of said proclamation of January 1, 1948 (13 F. R . 23 and 24) is required or appropriate to carry out said exclusive trade agreement specified in the 3rd recital of this proclamation: Tariff Act of 1930, paragraph Description of Products 211 Earthenware and crockery ware, including white granite and semiporcelain earthen- ware, and cream-colored ware, terra cotta, and stoneware; any of the foregoing which are tableware, kitchenware, or table or kitchen utensils, painted, colored, tinted, stained, enameled, gilded, printed, orna- mented, or decorated in any manner: Plates, not over 6% inches in diameter and valued at 60 cents or more but less than 75 cents per dozen, or over 6% but not over 8% inches in diameter and valued at 70 cents or more but less than 90 cents per dozen, or over 8Y but not over 9% inches in diameter and valued at $1.05 or more but less than $1.30 per dozen, or over 9% inches in diameter and valued at $1.25 or more but less than $1.55 per dozen; cups valued at 80 cents or more but less than $1 per dozen; and saucers valued at 45 cents or more but less than 55 cents per dozen: all the foregoing which are composed of a nonvitrified absorbent body not wholly of clay..................... Rate of Duty 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1103 . 61 Stat., Pt. 5. p. A1228. Ante, p. 1479. Ante, p . 1467. Ante, p. 1480 . 46 Stat. 590. 19U.S.C.§1001 et seq. 12¢ per doz. pieces and 36% ad vaL 68706---51- -rr. i- - -13 62 STAT.] 1485