[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 128 (Monday, July 3, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Part VII





The President





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Proclamation 7325--To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
System of Preferences and for Other Purposes


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 128 / Monday, July 3, 2000 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7325 of June 29, 2000

                
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the 
                Generalized System of Preferences and for Other 
                Purposes

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Pursuant to sections 501, 503(a)(1)(A), and 
                503(c)(1) of title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
                amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461, 
                2463(a)(1)(A), and 2463(c)(1)), the President may 
                designate or withdraw designation of specified articles 
                provided for in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States (HTS) as eligible for preferential tariff 
                treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences 
                (GSP) when imported from designated beneficiary 
                developing countries.

                2. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)), beneficiary developing 
                countries, except those designated as least-developed 
                beneficiary developing countries pursuant to section 
                503(c)(2)(D) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)), 
                are subject to competitive need limitations on the 
                preferential treatment afforded under the GSP to 
                eligible articles.

                3. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(C)), a country that is no longer 
                treated as a beneficiary developing country with 
                respect to an eligible article may be redesignated as a 
                beneficiary developing country with respect to such 
                article if imports of such article from such country 
                did not exceed the competitive need limitations in 
                section 503(c)(2)(A) (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)) during 
                the preceding calendar year.

                4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)), the President may disregard the 
                competitive need limitation provided in section 
                503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible 
                article if the appraised value of the total imports of 
                such article into the United States during the 
                preceding calendar year does not exceed an amount set 
                forth in section 503(c)(2)(F)(ii) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).

                5. Pursuant to section 503(d) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(d)), the President may waive the 
                application of the competitive need limitations in 
                section 503(c)(2)(A) with respect to any eligible 
                article from any beneficiary developing country if 
                certain conditions are met.

                6. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(E)), section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) 
                shall not apply with respect to any eligible article if 
                a like or directly competitive article was not produced 
                in the United States on January 1, 1995.

                7. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the 
                1974 Act, and after receiving advice from the 
                International Trade Commission in accordance with 
                section 503(e), I have determined to designate certain 
                articles, previously designated under section 
                503(a)(1)(B), as eligible articles when imported from 
                any beneficiary developing country.

                8. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined to limit the application of duty-free 
                treatment accorded to certain articles from certain 
                beneficiary developing countries.

                9. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that certain beneficiary countries 
                should no longer receive preferential tariff

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                treatment under the GSP with respect to certain 
                eligible articles imported in quantities that exceed 
                the applicable competitive need limitation.

                10. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that certain countries should be 
                redesignated as beneficiary developing countries with 
                respect to certain eligible articles that previously 
                had been imported in quantities exceeding the 
                competitive need limitations of section 503(c)(2)(A).

                11. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that the competitive need limitation 
                provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) should be 
                waived with respect to certain eligible articles from 
                certain beneficiary developing countries.

                12. Pursuant to section 503(d) of the 1974 Act, I have 
                determined that the competitive need limitations of 
                section 503(c)(2)(A) should be waived with respect to 
                certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary 
                developing countries. I have received the advice of the 
                International Trade Commission on whether any 
                industries in the United States are likely to be 
                adversely affected by such waivers, and I have 
                determined, based on that advice and on the 
                considerations described in sections 501 and 502(c), 
                that such waivers are in the national economic interest 
                of the United States.

                13. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(E) of the 1974 Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(E)), I have determined that the 
                limitation provided for in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) 
                shall not apply with respect to HTS subheading 
                3817.10.50 because no like or directly competitive 
                article was produced in the United States on January 1, 
                1995.

                14. Section 604 of the 1974 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
                2483), authorizes the President to embody in the 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, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 but not limited to 
                title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim 
                that:

                    (1) In order to provide that one or more countries 
                that have not been treated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to one or more eligible articles 
                should be designated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to such article or articles for 
                purposes of the GSP, and that one or more countries 
                should no longer be treated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to one or more eligible articles 
                for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(d) to the HTS 
                is modified as provided in section A of Annex I to this 
                proclamation.
                    (2)(a) In order to designate certain articles as 
                eligible articles for purposes of the GSP when imported 
                from any beneficiary developing country, the Rates of 
                Duty 1-Special subcolumn for certain HTS subheadings is 
                modified as provided in section B(1) of Annex I to this 
                proclamation.
                     (b) In order to provide preferential tariff 
                treatment under the GSP to a beneficiary developing 
                country that has been excluded from the benefits of the 
                GSP for certain eligible articles, the Rates of Duty 1-
                Special subcolumn for each of the HTS subheadings 
                enumerated in section B(2) of Annex I to this 
                proclamation is modified as provided in such section.
                     (c) In order to provide that one or more countries 
                should not be treated as a beneficiary developing 
                country with respect to certain eligible articles for 
                purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
                subcolumn for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in 
                section B(3) of Annex I to this proclamation is 
                modified as provided in such section.
                    (3) A waiver of the application of section 
                503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act shall apply to the 
                eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and to the 
                beneficiary developing countries set forth in Annex II 
                to this proclamation.

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                    (4) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions 
                taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.
                    (5)(a) The modifications made by Annex I to this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after July 1, 2000.
                     (b) The action taken in Annex II to this 
                proclamation shall be effective on the date of 
                publication of this proclamation in the Federal 
                Register.
                     (c) The action taken in paragraph 13 of this 
                proclamation shall be effective on the date of 
                publication of this proclamation in the Federal 
                Register.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>

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                Annex I

 
 
 
                                                              Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
                                                              Effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2000.
                                                              Section A. General note 4(d) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is modified by:
                                                              (1). deleting the following subheadings and the country set out opposite such subheadings:
 


 
 
 
                                                                    0811.20.40 Chile                    ..................................  7202.50.00
                                                                                                                                             Russia
                                                                    1701.91.10 Brazil                   ..................................  ............
 


 
 
 
                                                              (2). adding, in numerical sequence, the following provisions and countries set out opposite them:
 


 
 
 
                                                               0713.90.80 India                                   .............................  5007.90
                                                                                                                                                  .30
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               0714.90.45 Costa Rica                              .............................  5702.39
                                                                                                                                                  .10
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               1102.90.30 El Salvador                             .............................  6302.99
                                                                                                                                                  .10
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               2001.90.45 India                                   .............................  7113.19
                                                                                                                                                  .25
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               2008.19.25 Peru                                    .............................  7113.20
                                                                                                                                                  .25
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               2008.99.45 Dominican Republic                      .............................  7418.19
                                                                                                                                                  .10
                                                                                                                                                  India
                                                               4010.19.50 Brazil                                  .............................  8211.95
                                                                                                                                                  .50
                                                                                                                                                  Pakist
                                                                                                                                                  an
                                                               4104.39.20 India                                   .............................  8450.90
                                                                                                                                                  .20
                                                                                                                                                  Ecuado
                                                                                                                                                  r
                                                               4412.92.40 Ecuador                                 .............................  8708.99
                                                                                                                                                  .67
                                                                                                                                                  Brazil
 


 
 
 
                                                              (3). adding, in alphabetical order, the country or countries set out opposite the following subheadings:
 


 
 
 
                                                                  0714.20.10 Colombia                      ................................  2008.50.20
                                                                                                                                              Turkey
                                                                  1602.50.20 Brazil                        ................................  2905.42.00
                                                                                                                                              Brazil
                                                                  1702.30.22 Jamaica                       ................................  3212.90.00
                                                                                                                                              Colombia
                                                                  2004.10.40 Peru                          ................................  4106.20.30
                                                                                                                                              Pakistan
                                                                  2008.19.30 Turkey                        ................................  7801.99.30
                                                                                                                                              Colombia
 


 
 
 
                                                              Section B. Each enumerated article's preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) in the HTS is
                                                               modified as provided in this section.
                                                              (1). For subheadings 7202.99.10 and 8104.30.00, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol ``A+''
                                                               and inserting an ``A'' in lieu thereof.
                                                              (2). For the following subheadings, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol ``A*'' and inserting
                                                               an ``A'' in lieu thereof.
 


 
 
 
                                                                0811.20.40                                                         .....................
                                                                1701.91.10                                                         .....................
                                                                7202.50.00                                                         .....................
 


 
 
 
                                                              (3). For the following provisions, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol ``A'' and inserting an
                                                               ``A*'' in lieu thereof:
 


 
 
 
                                                                                          0713.90.80   2008.19.25   4412.92.40   7113.19.25   8450.90.20
                                                                                          0714.90.45   2008.99.45   5007.90.30   7113.20.25   8708.99.67
                                                                                          1102.90.30   4010.19.50   5702.39.10   7418.19.10
                                                                                          2001.90.45   4104.39.20   6302.99.10   8211.95.50
 


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                Annex II

 
 
 
                                                              Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
                                                              Subheadings and Countries Granted Waivers of the Application of Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act
 


 
 
 
                                                                 HTS Subheading                                          Country
                                                                 7202.50.00                                              Russia
                                                                 7202.99.10                                              Brazil
 


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