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[86 STAT. 1625]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1625]

86 STAT. ]

PROCLAMATION 4125-APR. 22, 1972

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(64 Stat. A380); No. 2888 of May 13, 1950 (64 Stat. A405); No. 2929 of June 2, 1951 (65 Stat. c l 2); No. 3105 of July 22, 1955 (69 Stat. c44); No. 3513 of December 28, 1962 (77 Stat. 970, 9 7 9); and No. 3822 of December 16, 1967 (82 Stat. 1455), proclaimed such modifications of existing duties as were found to be required or appropriate to carry out certain trade agreements into which he had entered; 2. WHEREAS among the proclaimed modifications were modifications in the rates of duty on certain kinds of ceramic tableware which are now included within items 533.28, 533.31, 533.33, 533.35, 533.36, - ' • ' -^^.^ 533.38, 533.71, 533.73, and 533.75 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (hereinafter referred to as "ceramic tableware"); „ 77A Stat. 239; ^

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3. WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to the President a report of its Investigation No. T E A - I - 2 2 under section 301 of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1901), on the basis of which investigation and a hearing duly held in connection therewith the said Commission has determined that ceramic tableware is, as a result in major part of concessions granted under trade agreements, being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products; 4. WHEREAS section 3 5 1 (a)(1) of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1981 (a)(1)) authorizes the President, upon receiving an affirmative finding of the Tariff Commission under section 301(b) of the TEA with respect to an industry, to proclaim such increase in, or imposition of, any duty or other import restriction on the articles causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry as he determines to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to such industry; 5. WHEREAS section 3 0 2 (a)(2) and section 3 0 2 (a)(3), respectively, of the TEA (19 U.S.C. 1902(a)(2) and 19 U.S.C. 1902 (a)(3)) authorize the President, upon receiving an affirmative finding of the Tariff Commission under section 301(b) of the TEA with respect to an industry, to provide with respect to such industry that its firms may request the Secretary of Commerce for certifications of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title III of the TEA (19 U.S.C. Chapter V H, Subchapter III, Part II) and that its workers may request the Secretary of Labor for certifications of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 3 of Title III of the TEA (19 U.S.C. Chapter VII, Subchapter H I, Part H I);

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