Proclamation 4887.

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96 STAT. 2683 Proclamation 4887 of December 23, 1981 Import Fees on Certain Sugars, Sirups and Molasses By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. The Secretary of Agriculture has advised me that he has reason to believe that certain sugars, sirups and molasses derived from sugarcane or sugar beets, classified under items 155,20 and 155.30, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States

(TSUS)(19 U.S.C. 1202), are being, or are practically certain to be, imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or to materially interfere with the price support operations being conducted by the Department of Agriculture for sugarcane and sugar beets. 2. I agree that there is reason for such belief by the Secretary of Agriculture, and, therefore, I am requesting the United States International Trade Commission to make an immediate investigation with respect to this matter pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), and to report its findings and recommendations to me as soon as possible. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture has also determined and reported to me with regard to such sugars, sirups and molasses that a condition exists which requires emergency treatment and that the import fees hereinafter proclaimed should be imposed without awaiting the report and recommendations of the United States International Trade Commission. 4. I find and declare that the imposition of import fees hereinafter proclaimed, without awaiting the recommendations of the United States International Trade Commission with respect to such action, is necessary in order that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of certain sugars, sirups and molasses described below by value, use and physical description and classified under TSUS items 155,20 and 155.30 will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the price support operations being conducted by the Department of Agriculture for sugarcane or sugar beets. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the Statutes of the United States including[7 USC 624](/us/usc/t7/s624). Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, do hereby proclaim that Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States is[19 USC 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202). amended as follows: 1. Headnote 4 is continued in effect and amended, effective 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) December 24, 1981, by changing paragraph

(c)to read as follows:

(i)The quarterly adjusted fee provided for in items 956,05 and 957.15 shall be the amount of the fee for item 956,15 plus .15 times the amount by which the applicable market stabilization price exceeds the 20 day average of the daily spot (world) price quotations for raw sugar as calculated in paragraph

(ii)hereof.

(ii)The quarterly adjusted fee provided for in item 956.15 shall be the amount by which the average of the daily spot (world) price quotations for 96 STAT. 2684raw sugar for the 20 consecutive market days immediately preceding the 20th day of the month preceding the calendar quarter during which the fee shall be applicable (as reported by the New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange or, if such quotations are not being reported, by the International Sugar Organization), expressed in United States cents per pound, Caribbean ports, in bulk, adjusted to a United States delivered basis by adding applicable duty and attributed costs, is less than the applicable market stabilization price: *Provided,* That whenever the average of such daily spot price quotations for 10 consecutive market days within any calendar quarter, adjusted to a United States delivered basis as provided herein, plus the fee then in effect

(1)exceeds the market stabilization price by more than one cent the fee then in effect shall be decreased by one cent, or

(2)is less than the market stabilization price by more than one cent, the fee then in effect shall be increased by one cent: *Provided further,* That the fee may not be greater than 50 per centum of the average of such daily spot price quotations for raw sugar.

(iii)The market stabilization price for the first, second, and third calendar quarters of 1982 shall be 19.0800 cents per pound. The market stabilization price that shall be applicable to each subsequent fiscal year shall be determined and announced by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter the “Secretary”) in accordance with this headnote no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which such market stabilization price shall be applicable. The market stabilization price shall be equal to the sum of:

(1)the price support level for the applicable fiscal year, expressed in cents per pound of raw cane sugar;

(2)adjusted average transportation costs;

(3)interest costs, if applicable;

(4)an amount adequate to compensate for the estimated value of duty reductions to be granted under the Generalized System of Preferences on imported raw cane sugar, as determined by the Secretary and

(5)0.2 cents. The adjusted average transportation costs shall be the weighted average cost of handling and transporting domestically produced raw cane sugar from Florida to Atlantic Coast ports north of Cape Hatteras, as determined by the Secretary. Interest costs shall be the amount of interest that would be required to be paid by a recipient of a price support loan for raw cane sugar upon repayment of the loan at full maturity. Interest costs shall only be applicable if a price support loan recipient is not required to pay interest upon forfeiture of the loan collateral.

(iv)Attributed costs for the first, second, and third calendar quarters of 1982 shall be 1.5032 cents per pound of imported raw cane sugar. The attributed costs that shall be applicable to each subsequent fiscal year shall be determined and announced by the Secretary in accordance with this headnote no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which such attributed costs shall be applicable. Attributed costs shall be equal to the sum of the costs, as estimated by the Secretary, of freight, insurance, stevedoring, financing, weighing, sampling, and International Sugar Agreement fees which are attributable to the importation of raw cane sugar from Caribbean ports.

(v)The Secretary shall determine the amount of the quarterly fees in accordance with this headnote and shall announce such fees not later than the 25th day of the month preceding the calendar quarter during which the fees shall be applicable. The Secretary shall certify the amount of such fees to the Secretary of the Treasury and file notice thereof with the **Federal Register** prior to the beginning of the calendar quarter during which the fees shall be applicable. The Secretary shall determine and announce any adjustment in the fees made within a calendar quarter in accordance with the first proviso of paragraph

(ii)hereof, shall certify such adjusted fees to the 96 STAT. 2685Secretary of the Treasury, and shall file notice thereof with the **Federal Register** within 3 market days of the fulfillment of that proviso.

(vi)If an adjustment is made in the fee in accordance with the first proviso of paragraph

(ii)hereof, any subsequent adjustment made within that quarter shall only be made on the basis of the average adjusted spot price for any 10 consecutive market day period following the effective date of the immediately preceding fee adjustment. No adjustment shall be made in any fee in accordance with the first proviso of paragraph

(ii)hereof during the last fifteen market days of a calendar quarter.

(vii)Any adjustment made in a fee during a quarter in accordance with the first proviso of paragraph

(ii)hereof shall be effective only with respect to sugar entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after 12:01 a.m. (local time at point of entry) on the day following the filing of notice thereof with the **Federal Register:** *Provided,* That such adjusted fee shall not apply to sugar exported (as defined in section 152.1 of the Customs Regulations) on a through bill of lading to the United States from the country of19 CFR 152.1. origin before such time. 2. Items 956.05, 956.15 and 957.15 are continued in effect and amended to read as follows: Item Articles Rates of duty (section 22 fees) Sugars, sirups and molasses derived from sugarcane or sugar beets, except those entered pursuant to a license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with headnote 4(a):. Principally of crystalline structure or in dry amorphous form, provided for in item 155.20, part 10A, schedule 1:. 956 Not to be further refined or improved in quality. 3.1104 per lb. adjusted quarterly beginning January 1, 1982, in accordance with headnote 4(c), but not in excess of 50% ad val. 956 To be further refined or improved in quality. 2.1418 per lb., adjusted quarterly beginning January 1, 1982, in accordance with headnote 4(c}, but not in excess of 50% ad val. 957 Not principally of crystalline structure and not in dry amorphous form, containing soluble nonsugar solids (excluding any foreign substance that may have been added or developed in the product] equal to 6% or less by weight of the total soluble solids, provided for in item 155.30, part 10A, schedule 1. 3.1104 per lb. of total sugars, adjusted quarterly beginning January 1, 1982, in accordance with headnote 4(c), but not in excess of 50% ad val. 3. The provisions of this proclamation shall terminate upon the filing of a notice in the **Federal Register** by the Secretary of Agriculture that the Department of Agriculture is no longer conducting a price support program for sugar beets and sugarcane. 4. The provisions of paragraph (c)(v) of Headnote 4 of Part 3 of the Appendix to the TSUS, as added herein, requiring the determination and announcement by the Secretary of Agriculture not later than the 25th day of the month preceding the calendar quarter during which the fees shall be applicable. shall not apply to the fees to become effective January 1, 1982. 96 STAT. 2686 5. [93 Stat. 1479](/us/stat/93/1479). The provisions of Proclamation 4631 of December 28, 1978 are hereby terminated, except with respect to those articles which are exempted from the provisions of this proclamation under paragraph 6 below. 6. This proclamation shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time} on the day following its signing. However, the provisions of this proclamation shall not apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to Janauary 1, 1982, which are imported to fulfill forward contracts that were entered into prior to June 1, 1981 between

(a)an exporter and an end user of such articles; or

(b)an importer, broker, or operator and an end user of such articles. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN **Editorial Note:** The President’s statement of Dec. 23, 1881, on signing Proclamation 4887, is printed in the *Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents* (vol. 17, p. 1403). 4888 December 23, 1981 Modification of Tariffs on Certain Sugars, Sirups and Molasses Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4888 of December 23, 1981 Modification of Tariffs on Certain Sugars, Sirups and Molasses By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Headnote 2 of Subpart A of Part 10 of Schedule 1 [19 USC 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202).of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, hereinafter referred to as the “TSUS”, provides, in relevant part, as follows: " “(i) . . . if the President finds that a particular rate not lower than such January 1, 1968, rate, limited by a particular quota, may be established for any articles provided for in item 155.20 or 155.30, which will give due consideration to the interests in the United States sugar market of domestic producers and materially affected contracting parties to the General Agreement on [61 Stat. A3](/us/stat/61/A3).Tariffs and Trade, he shall proclaim such particular rate and such quota limitation, . . .” “(ii) . . , any rate and quota limitation so established shall be modified if the President finds and proclaims that such modification is required or appropriate to give effect to the above considerations; . . ,” " 2. Headnote 2 was added to the TSUS by Proclamation No. 3822 of December 16, 1967 (82 Stat. 1455) to carry out a provision in the Geneva

(1967)Protocol of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Note 1 of Unit A, Chapter 10, Part I of Schedule XX; 19 U.S.T., Part II, 1281). The Geneva Protocol is a trade agreement that was entered into and proclaimed pursuant to section 201(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1821(a)). Section 201(a) of the Trade Expansion Act authorizes the President to proclaim the modification or continuance of any existing duty or other import restriction or such additional import restrictions as he determines to be required or appropriate to carry out any trade agreement entered into under the authority of that Act. 96 STAT. 2687 3. I find that the modifications hereinafter proclaimed of the rates of duty applicable to items 155.20 and 155.30 of the TSUS are appropriate to carry[19 USC 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202). out a trade agreement and give due consideration to the interests in the United States sugar market of domestic producers and materially affected contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. NOW, THEREFORE. I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 201 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and pursuant to[19 USC 1821](/us/usc/t19/s1821). General Headnote 4 and Headnote 2 of Subpart A of Part 10 of Schedule 1 of the TSUS, do hereby proclaim until otherwise superseded by law: A. The rates of duty in rate columns 1 and 2 for items 155.20 and 155.30 of Subpart A of Part 10 of Schedule 1 of the TSUS are modified and the following rates are established: 155.20 2.98125¢ per lb. less 0.0421875¢ per lb. for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 1.9265625¢ per lb. 155.30 dutiable on total sugars at the rate per lb. applicable under Item 155.20 to sugar testing 100 degrees. B. Those parts of Proclamation 4334 of November 16, 1974, Proclamation[88 Stat. 2537](/us/stat/88/2537).[90 Stat. 3126](/us/stat/90/3126); [91 Stat, 1699](/us/stat/91/1699).[91 Stat, 1777](/us/stat/91/1777); [94 Stat. 3715](/us/stat/94/3715). 4463 of September 21, 1976, Proclamation 4466 of October 4, 1976, Proclamation 4539 of November 11, 1977, and Proclamation 4720 of February 1, 1980, which are inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph

(A)above are hereby terminated. C. The provisions of this Proclamation shall apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the day following the date of this Proclamation. However, the provisions of this proclamation shall not apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to January 1, 1982 which are imported to fulfill forward contracts that were entered into prior to June 1, 1981 between:

(a)an exporter and an end user of such articles; or

(b)an importer, broker, or operator and an end user of such articles. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN 4889 December 29, 1981 Staged Reduction of Rates of Duty on Certain Products to Carry Out a Trade Agreement With Japan, and Technical Corrections in the Tariff Schedules of the United States Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4889 of December 29, 1981 Staged Reduction of Rates of Duty on Certain Products To Carry Out a Trade Agreement With Japan, and Technical Corrections in the Tariff Schedules of the United States By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. I have determined, pursuant to section 124(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2134(a)) that certain existing duties of the United **Editorial Note:** The President’s statement of Dec. 23, 1981, on signing Proclamation 4083. is printed in the *Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents* (vol. 17. p. 1403). 96 STAT. 2688States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that one or more of the purposes of the Trade Act would be promoted by entering into the trade agreement with Japan identified in the third recital of this proclamation. 2. Sections 131(a), 132, 133, 134, 135, and 161(b) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2151(a), 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, and 2211(b)) and section 4(c) of Executive [19 USC 2111](/us/usc/t19/s2111) note.Order No. 11846 of March 27, 1975 (3 CFR 1971–1975 Comp. 974) have been complied with. 3. Pursuant to Title I of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2111 *et seq*.), I have, through my duly empowered representative, on September 30, 1981, entered into a trade agreement with Japan pursuant to which United States rates of duty on certain products would be modified as hereinafter proclaimed and as provided for in Annexes I and II to this proclamation, in exchange for certain measures which will benefit United States interests. 4. [19 USC 2101](/us/usc/t19/s2101). Pursuant to the Trade Act, I determine that the modifications or continuance of existing duties hereinafter proclaimed are required or appropriate to carry out the trade agreement identified in the third recital of this proclamation. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including but not limited to sections 124 and 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2134 and 2483), do proclaim that:

(1)The TSUS is hereby modified as provided in Annex I to this proclamation;

(2)Annexes II and III to Presidential Proclamation 4707 of December 11, [93 Stat. 1564, 1629](/us/stat/93/1564/1629).1979, are amended as provided in Annex II to this proclamation;

(3)Annex IV of Proclamation 4707 of December 11, 1979, is superseded to the extent inconsistent with this proclamation.

(4)Whenever the column 1 rate of duty in the TSUS for any item specified in Annex I to this proclamation is reduced to the same level as, or to a lower level than, the corresponding rate of duty inserted in the column entitled “LDDC” by Annex 1 of this proclamation, the rate of duty in the column entitled “LDDC” for such item shall be deleted from the TSUS.

(5)Each of the modifications made by this proclamation shall be effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on and after January 1, 1982. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN Annex I MODIFICATIONS OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES Notes: 1. Bracketed matter is included to assist in the understanding of ordered modifications. 2. The following items, with or without preceding superior descriptions, supersede matter now in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS). The items and superior descriptions are set forth in columnar form, and material in such columns is inserted in the columns of the TSUS designated “Item”, “Articles”, “Rates of Duty 1”, “Rates of Duty LDDC”, and “Rates of Duty 2”, respectively. Subject to the above notes the TSUS is modified as follows: Items 687.65, 687.70, 687.75, and 687.76 and their superior heading are superseded by: 96 STAT. 2689 [Electronic :] [Other:] “687.66 Electronic tubes, except cathode-ray tubes. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. Transistors and other related electronic crystal components; mounted piezo-electric crystals:. 687.70 Transistors [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.72 Diodes and rectifiers [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.74 Monolithic integrated circuits. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.77 Other integrated circuits. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.79 Mounted piezo-electric crystals. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 887.81 Other [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. Other, including parts not specially provided for: 687.83 Parts of electronic tubes. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.85 Parts of semiconductors. [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.87 Other [See Annex II]. 4.2 pct ad val 35 pct ad val. 687.89 Any article described in the foregoing items 687.66 to 687.87, inclusive, if Canadian article and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6). Free”. Annex II Annex III, Section A to Presidential Proclamation No. 4707 of December 11, 1979, is amended— 1. by deleting in the column entitled “Item in TSUS as modified by Annex II”, the TSUS item number “321.25” and substituting “351.25” in lieu thereof; 2. by deleting in the column entitled “1987” as to TSUS item 722.42, the rate of duty of “2%” and substituting “2.2%” in lieu thereof; 3. by deleting, in the column entitled “1982” as to TSUS item 730.63. the rate of duty of “13.3%” and substituting “11.3%” in lieu thereof; 4. by deleting the following TSUS item numbers with their corresponding rates of duty and footnotes: 687.58; 687.65; 687.70; 687.75; 708.85; 709.40; and 5. by inserting the following TSUS item numbers in numerical sequence, with their corresponding rates of duty and footnotes, as follows: Item in TSUS as modified by Annex II Rate from which staged Rates of duty, effective with respect to articles entered on and after January 1, —— 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* 2 687.58 6 pct ad val 5.8 2 5.6

(2)2 687.65 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6

(2)2 687.66 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 2 687.70 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2 687.72 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2 687.74 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 96 STAT. 2690 Item in TSUS as modified by Annex II Rate from which staged Rates of duty, effective with respect to articles entered on and after January 1, —— 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Footnote 2 for items 687.58, 687.65, 687.66, 687.70, 687.72, 687.74, 687.75, 687.77, 687.79, 687.81, 687.83, 687.85, and 687.87: 2 Item 687.58 discontinued effective March 31, 1981, and superseded by items 687.65, 687.70, and 687.75. Item 687.65 is renumbered as item 687.72 and item 687.75 is discontinued and is superseded by items 687.66, 687.74, 687.77, 687.79, 687.81, 687.83, 687.85, and 687.87, effective January 1, 1982. *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* *Percent* 2 687.75 6 pct ad val 2 25.8 2 5.6

(2)2 687.77 6 pct ad val 2 25.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2 687.79 6 pct ad val 2 25.8 2 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 2 687.81 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2 687.83 6 pct ad val 2 25.8 2 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 2 687.85 6 pct ad val 2 25.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 2 687.87 6 pct ad val 2 5.8 2 5.6 4.24 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 708.85 12.5 pct ad val 11.8 11 9.6 8.8 8.1 7.3 6.6 6.6 709.40 6 pct ad val 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 4890 January 18, 1982 National Jaycee Week, 1982 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4890 of January 18, 1982 National Jaycee Week, 1982 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation More than sixty years ago, the Jaycee idea began in St. Louis, Missouri. Today there are more than three hundred thousand members in 8,318 chapters across the country. Over the years, the Jaycees have worked to meet the vital needs of our ever-changing and increasingly complex society. Motivated by their creed, “Service to humanity is the best work of life,” hundreds of thousands of Jaycees have reached out to their fellow citizens in need and, in the process, have enriched their own lives. In recognition of the accomplishments of this unique organization, the Congress[95 Stat. 1725](/us/stat/95/1725). of the United States has, by Senate Joint Resolution 117 (P.L. 97–144), authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of January 17, 1982, through January 23, 1982, as “National Jaycee Week.” NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning January 17, 1982, as National Jaycee Week, and I call upon the people of the United States to observe that period with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and sixth. RONALD REAGAN 4891 January 20, 1982 Solidarity Day Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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