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99–011 2002

107th Congress, 2nd Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–208

TO RESTORE NONDISCRIMINATORY TRADE

TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF AFGHANISTAN

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A PROCLAMATION RESTORING NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS (NTR)

TARIFF TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF AFGHANISTAN, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 99–190, SEC. 118

MAY 6, 2002.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed

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To the Congress of the United States:

Public Law 99–190, 99 Stat. 1319, which took effect on December

19, 1985, authorized the President to deny normal trade relations

(NTR) tariff treatment to the products of Afghanistan. On January

31, 1986, President Reagan issued a proclamation denying NTR

treatment to Afghanistan.

I have determined that it is appropriate to restore NTR treatment to the products of Afghanistan. Restoration of NTR treatment

will support U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Afghanistan

and facilitate increased trade with the United States, which could

contribute to economic growth and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding

its economy. Therefore, in accordance with section 118 of Public

Law 99–190, I hereby provide notice that I have issued the attached proclamation restoring NTR tariff treatment to the products

of Afghanistan. The Proclamation shall take effect 30 days after it

is published in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 3, 2002.

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TO RESTORE NONDISCRIMINATORY TRADE TREATMENT (NORMAL

TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT) TO THE PRODUCTS OF AFGHANISTAN

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

1. Section 118(a)(1) of Public Law 99–190, 99 Stat. 1319, authorized the President to deny nondiscriminatory trade treatment to

the products of Afghanistan and thereby cause such products to be

subject to the rate of duty in column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTS).

2. Presidential proclamation 5437 of January 31, 1986, modified

the HTS so as to deny nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the

products of Afghanistan.

3. Restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment will support

U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Afghanistan and facilitate

increased trade with the United States, which could contribute to

economic growth and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding its economy.

4. Pursuant to section 118(c)(1) of Public Law 99–190, I have determined that it is appropriate to restore nondiscriminatory trade

treatment to the products of Afghanistan and thereby cause such

products to be subject to the applicable rate of duty in column 1

of the HTS.

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, including

section 118 of Public Law 99–190, and section 604 of the Trade Act

of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), do hereby proclaim that:

(1) Nondiscriminatory trade treatment (normal trade relations treatment) shall be restored to the products of Afghanistan;

(2) General note 3(b) of the HTS is modified to exclude Afghanistan; and

(3) The restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment and

the modification to general note 3(b) of the HTS shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the thirtieth day after the

date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and

of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

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