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Digitized from Box 23 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 29, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE
PRESIDENT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
March 26, 1976
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Pursuant to Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act, as amended, I have been advised by the Secretary
of Agriculture, and I agree with him, that there is
reason to believe that mixtures of dried milk and other
ingredients are being and are practically certain to be
imported under such conditions and in such quantities
as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially
interfere with, the price support program for milk under-
taken by the Department of Agriculture, or to reduce
substantially the amount of products processed in the
United States from domestic milk.
Specifically, reference is made to the following mixtures:
Dried milk (described in items 115.45, 115.50,
115.55, and 118.05) which contains not over
5.5 percent by weight of butterfat and which
is mixed with other ingredients, including
but not limited to sugar, if such mixtures
are capable of being further processed or
mixed with similar or other ingredients and
are not prepared for marketing to the retail
consumers in the identical form and package
in which imported; all the foregoing mixtures
wherever classified under the Tariff Schedules
of the United States.
The Secretary has also advised me, pursuant to Section 22(b)
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, that a
condition exists requiring emergency treatment with respect
to these mixtures and has, therefore, recommended that I
take immediate action under Section 22(b) to restrict the
quantity of the aforementioned mixtures, which may be
entered. It is my intention promptly to issue a procla-
mation establishing a quota of zero pounds for the
aforementioned mixtures, such quota to continue in effect
pending Presidential action upon receipt of the report
and recommendation of the United States International Trade
Commission with respect thereto.
The United States International Trade Commission is
therefore directed to make an immediate investigation
under Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act,
as amended, to determine whether the above-described
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mixtures are being, or are practically certain to be,
imported under such conditions and in such quantities
as to render or tend to render ineffective or materially
interfere with the price support program now conducted
by the Department of Agriculture for milk, or to reduce
substantially the amount of products processed in the
United States from domestic milk, and to report its
findings and recommendations to me at the earliest
practicable date.
The Secretary of Agriculture has further advised me that
the monetary limitation in headnote 2(b) of Part 3 of
the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States
for the exclusion from the quota restrictions provided
for in Part 3 of articles (except cotton and cotton
waste) with an aggregate value of not over $10 in any
shipment, if imported as samples for taking orders, for
the personal use of the importer, or for research, is
no longer a realistic figure. This limitation was
originally established by Presidential Proclamation
No. 3025 of June 30, 1953. The Secretary has recom-
mended that an adjustment of this limitation be made,
and that the authority for making such an adjustment
and any further adjustments which may become necessary
in the future be vested in the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Commission is therefore further directed to advise
me with respect to this recommendation, including the
amounts of any increases deemed appropriate at the present
time.
Sincerely,
GERALD R. FORD
The Honorable Will E. Leonard
Chairman
United States International
Trade Commission
Washington, D.C. 20436
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