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B-180009 1 (1974-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRCTD - ot to be released outside the n at oQ iP ccountig Office except on the bass of specific by the 0iieo Con-eRsoA 5 TAE COMPTROLLER aNRLO &N DSAE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 -2 B-180009 J 10 1974 RELEASED The Honorable John Melcher t House of Representatives I Dear Mr. Melcher: Your November 2, 1973, letter asked us to obtain certain information on i~ atatmso.butter.,andobutte:rsubstitutes- (butter oil) authorized by the October 31, 1973, Presidential Proclamation No. 4253. This proc- lamation temporarily amended the U,.S.,,,,ta ,ffscheules by adding a new section which authorized the impor tation from Nov mer 1 to December 31, 1973, of 56 million pounds of butter and 22.6 million pounds of butter oil with over 45 percent butterfat. These quantities were in addition to the annual quota quantities of 707,000 pounds of butter and 1.2 million pounds of butter oil. We discussed your request with Customs officials and by letter dated January 3, 1974, we requested the information from the Commissioner of Customs. Customs furnished some of the requested information by letter dated March 12, 1974 (see enclosure), but said some of the re- quested information was confidential business information which it could not make available. The information from Customs shows that, on the December 31, 1973, closing date, about 55 million pounds of the 56-million-pound quota for butter had been imported. Of this 55 million, about 46 million pounds were exported before the November 1, 1973, effective date of the proc- lamation. The 22.6-million-pound quota on butter oil authorized by the proclamation was filled on December 14, 1973. About 11 million pounds of this was exported to the United States before the effective date of the proclamation. Also Customs officials said: --Customs did not assess or collect countervailing duties on butter or butter oil imported under Proclamation No. 4253. --Customs initiates countervailing duty investigations only after it receives a complaint from an outside source. --Customs had not received any complaints on importing merchandise authorized by the proclamation but is in- formally investigating a complaint received in 1968 on importing dairy products. ~4'2~~ Qq3

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