Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 69, No. 239

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 7853 of December 10, 2004

To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act With Respect to Burkina Faso 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation

1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘1974 

Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as added by section 111(a) of the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act (title I of Public Law 106–200) (AGOA), authorizes the President to designate a country listed in section 107 of the AGOA 

(19 U.S.C. 3706) as a ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African country’’ if the President determines that the country meets the eligibility requirements set forth 

in section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), as well as the eligibility 

criteria set forth in section 502 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462). 

2. Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to designate a country 

listed in section 107 of the AGOA as an ‘‘eligible sub-Saharan African 

country’’ if the President determines that the country meets certain eligibility 

requirements. 

3. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)) provides special 

rules for certain apparel articles imported from ‘‘lesser developed beneficiary 

sub-Saharan African countries.’’

4. Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the 

1974 Act, I have determined that Burkina Faso meets the eligibility requirements set forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to designate Burkina 

Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. 

5. Burkina Faso satisfies the criterion for treatment as a ‘‘lesser developed 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African country’’ under section 112(b)(3)(B) of the 

AGOA. 

6. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President 

to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of theUnited States (HTS) 

the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts 

affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, 

modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import 

restriction. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States 

of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 506A 

and 604 of the 1974 Act and section 104 of the AGOA, do proclaim that: 

(1) Burkina Faso is designated as an eligible sub-Saharan African country 

and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. 

(2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note 16(a) 

to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list 

of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ‘‘Burkina Faso.’’

(3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA, Burkina Faso is 

a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. 

(4) The modification to the HTS made by this proclamation shall be 

effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, 15 days after the date of this proclamation. 

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(5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that 

are inconsistent with this proclamation are superseded to the extent of 

such inconsistency. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of 

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