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Vol. 89, No. 248 

Friday, December 27, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10875 of December 20, 2024 

To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade 

in Agricultural Products and for Other Purposes 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

1. On April 22, 1985, the United States and Israel entered into the Agreement 

on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of 

the United States of America and the Government of Israel (USIFTA), which 

the Congress approved in section 3 of the United States-Israel Free Trade 

Area Implementation Act of 1985 (the ‘‘USIFTA Implementation Act’’) (Public 

Law 99–47, 99 Stat. 82 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note)). Section 4(b) of the USIFTA 

Implementation Act provides that, whenever the President determines that 

it is necessary to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually 

advantageous concessions with respect to Israel provided for by the USIFTA, 

the President may proclaim such withdrawal, suspension, modification, or 

continuance of any duty, or such continuance of existing duty-free or excise 

treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be required or appropriate to carry out the USIFTA. In order to maintain the 

general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with 

respect to agricultural trade with Israel, on July 27, 2004, the United States 

entered into an agreement with Israel concerning certain aspects of trade 

in agricultural products during the period January 1, 2004, through December 

31, 2008 (United States-Israel Agreement Concerning Certain Aspects of 

Trade in Agricultural Products (the ‘‘2004 Agreement’’)). 

2. In Proclamation 7826 of October 4, 2004, the President determined, pursuant to section 4(b) of the USIFTA Implementation Act and consistent with 

the 2004 Agreement, that, in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal 

and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Israel provided for 

by the USIFTA, it was necessary to provide duty-free access into the United 

States through December 31, 2008, for specified quantities of certain agricultural products of Israel. Each year from 2008 through 2023, the United 

States and Israel entered into agreements to extend the period that the 

2004 Agreement was in force for 1-year periods to allow additional time 

for the two governments to conclude an agreement to replace the 2004 

Agreement. To carry out the extension agreements, the President in Proclamations 8334 of December 31, 2008; 8467 of December 23, 2009; 8618 of 

December 21, 2010; 8770 of December 29, 2011; 8921 of December 20, 

2012; 9072 of December 23, 2013; 9223 of December 23, 2014; 9383 of 

December 21, 2015; 9555 of December 15, 2016; 9687 of December 22, 

2017; 9834 of December 21, 2018; 9974 of December 26, 2019; 10128 of 

December 22, 2020; 10326 of December 23, 2021; 10509 of December 23, 

2022; and 10692 of December 29, 2023, modified the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTS) to provide duty-free access into the 

United States for specified quantities of certain agricultural products of 

Israel, each time for an additional 1-year period. On October 31, 2024, 

the United States entered into an agreement with Israel to extend the period 

that the 2004 Agreement is in force through December 31, 2025, and to 

allow for further negotiations on an agreement to replace the 2004 Agreement. 

Pursuant to section 4(b) of the USIFTA Implementation Act, I have determined that it is necessary, in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal 

and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Israel provided for 


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by the USIFTA, to provide duty-free access into the United States through 

the close of December 31, 2025, for specified quantities of certain agricultural 

products of Israel, as provided in Annex I of this proclamation. 

3. Proclamation 10053 of June 29, 2020, implemented the Agreement between 

the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada 

(USMCA) with respect to the United States and, pursuant to section 103 

of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (the 

‘‘USMCA Implementation Act’’) (Public Law 116–113, 134 Stat. 11, 15– 

17 (19 U.S.C. 4513)), incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications and 

rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the USMCA. 

4. In order to provide generally for the preferential tariff treatment being 

accorded under the USMCA, to set forth rules for determining whether 

goods imported into the customs territory of the United States are eligible 

for preferential tariff treatment under the USMCA, to provide tariff-rate 

quotas with respect to certain originating goods of Canada, and to provide 

certain other treatment to originating goods for purposes of the USMCA, 

Proclamation 10053 modified the HTS as set forth in Annex I of Publication 

5060 of the United States International Trade Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’), entitled ‘‘Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States to Implement the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’’ 

(Publication 5060), including by adding general note 11. Proclamation 10053 

further modified the HTS to reflect the termination of tariff treatment under 

the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as set forth in Annex 

III of Publication 5060, including by deleting general note 12. 

5. In order to implement the initial stage of duty reduction provided for 

in the USMCA, to provide for future staged reductions in duties for originating goods provided for in the USMCA, and to provide tariff-rate quotas 

with respect to certain goods provided for in the USMCA, Proclamation 

10053 modified the HTS as set forth in Annex II of Publication 5060. 

6. A technical error was made in the modifications to U.S. note 3(d) to 

subchapter II of chapter 98 of the HTS, and certain references to general 

note 12 were inadvertently not modified. I have determined that additional 

modifications to the HTS are necessary or appropriate to provide for the 

intended tariff treatment under the USMCA, including certain technical 

or conforming changes within the tariff schedule. 

7. Proclamation 7987 of February 28, 2006, implemented the Dominican 

Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR–CAFTA) 

with respect to the United States and, pursuant to section 201 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘‘DR–CAFTA Act’’) (Public Law 109–53, 119 Stat. 462, 

467 (19 U.S.C. 4001 note)), incorporated in the HTS the tariff modifications 

and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out certain provisions 

of the DR–CAFTA. 

8. A rule of origin under the DR–CAFTA, found in general note 29 to 

the HTS, contains a reference to general note 12. Proclamation 10053 deleted 

general note 12 but omitted a conforming change to the reference in general 

note 29. I have determined that an additional modification to the HTS 

is necessary or appropriate to reflect this conforming change. 

9. Section 602 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 

116–260, 134 Stat. 1182, 2152–54), made technical corrections to other laws, 

including replacing certain references to the NAFTA with references to 

the USMCA in sections 112 and 113(b) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (the ‘‘AGOA’’) (title I of Public Law 106–200, 114 Stat. 251, 

258–265 (19 U.S.C. 3721, 3722(b))), as amended by the Africa Investment 

Incentive Act of 2006 (title VI of Public Law 109–432, 120 Stat. 2922, 

3190–94), and in sections 212(a), 213(b), and 213A(b) of the Caribbean 

Basin Economic Recovery Act (the ‘‘CBERA’’) (title II of Public Law 98– 

67, 97 Stat. 369, 384–85, 388 (19 U.S.C. 2702(a)(1), 2703(b), 2703a(b))), 

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(title II of Public Law 106–200, 114 Stat. 251, 275–288), the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (title 

V of Public Law 109–432, 109 Stat. 2922, 3181–87), and the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (subtitle 

D of Public Law 110–234, 122 Stat. 923, 1527–47). 

10. I have determined that additional modifications to the HTS are necessary 

or appropriate to provide for the intended tariff treatment under the AGOA 

and the CBERA, including certain technical or conforming changes within 

the tariff schedule. 

11. Section 104(c) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (the 

‘‘TPEA’’) (Public Law 114–27, 129 Stat. 362, 365 (19 U.S.C. 2466a note)) 

authorizes the President to proclaim modifications that may be necessary 

to add the special tariff treatment symbol ‘‘D’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn 

of the HTS for each article classified under a heading or subheading with 

the special tariff treatment symbol ‘‘A’’ or ‘‘A*’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn 

of the HTS. Pursuant to section 104(c) of the TPEA, Proclamation 9466 

of June 30, 2016, modified the HTS to add the special tariff treatment 

symbol ‘‘D’’ in the HTS as set forth in Annex III of that proclamation. 

12. The modifications to the HTS authorized in Proclamation 9466 included 

certain technical errors. I have determined that additional modifications 

to the HTS are necessary or appropriate to provide for the intended tariff 

treatment under the AGOA, as authorized by section 104(c) of the TPEA, 

including certain technical or conforming changes within the tariff schedule. 

13. Proclamation 6763 of December 23, 1994, implemented, with respect 

to the United States, the trade agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round 

of multilateral trade negotiations, including Schedule XX–United States of 

America, annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on 

Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Schedule XX), that were entered into pursuant 

to sections 1102(a) and (e) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness 

Act of 1988 (the ‘‘1988 Act’’) (Public Law 100–418, 102 Stat. 1107, 1126 

(19 U.S.C. 2902(a) and (e))), as amended by Public Law 103–49, 107 Stat. 

239, and approved in section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 

Act (the ‘‘URAA’’) (Public Law 103–465, 108 Stat. 4809, 4814–15 (19 U.S.C. 

3511(a))). 

14. Pursuant to the authority provided in section 111 of the URAA (19 

U.S.C. 3521) and sections 1102(a) and (e) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902(a) 

and (e)), Proclamation 6763 included the staged reductions in rates of duty 

that the President determined to be necessary or appropriate to carry out 

the terms of Schedule XX. 

15. Section 1205(a) of the 1988 Act (102 Stat. 1150 (19 U.S.C. 3005(a))) 

directs the Commission to keep the HTS under continuous review and 

to periodically recommend to the President such modifications to the HTS 

as the Commission considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the 

purposes set forth in that subsection. 

16. Pursuant to sections 1205(c) and (d) of the 1988 Act (102 Stat. 1150– 

51 (19 U.S.C. 3005(c) and (d))), in 2010, 2015, and 2021, the Commission 

recommended modifications to the HTS to conform the HTS to amendments 

made to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and the Protocol thereto (the ‘‘Convention’’). 

17. Section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act (102 Stat. 1151 (19 U.S.C. 3006(a))) 

authorizes the President to proclaim modifications to the HTS based on 

the recommendations of the Commission under section 1205 of the 1988 

Act if the President determines that the modifications are in conformity 

with United States obligations under the Convention and do not run counter 

to the national economic interest of the United States. 

18. Proclamation 8771 of December 29, 2011, Proclamation 9549 of December 

1, 2016, and Proclamation 10326 of December 23, 2021, modified the HTS 

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Proclamation 8771, Proclamation 9549, and Proclamation 10326 each included certain technical errors. 

19. Proclamation 8771 incorrectly modified the column 2 rate of duty for 

subheadings 0401.40.25 and 0401.50.25, and the ‘‘General’’ subcolumn rate 

of duty for column 1 and the column 2 rate of duty for subheading 6505.00.01. 

I have determined that additional modifications to the HTS are necessary 

or appropriate to provide for the intended tariff treatment. 

20. Proclamation 9549 and Proclamation 10326 each created certain new 

subheadings with the special tariff treatment symbol ‘‘A’’ or ‘‘A*’’ in the 

‘‘Special’’ subcolumn of the HTS, but omitted the special tariff treatment 

symbol ‘‘D’’. I have determined that additional modifications to the HTS 

are necessary or appropriate to provide for the intended tariff treatment 

under the AGOA, including certain technical or conforming changes within 

the tariff schedule. 

21. Proclamation 10326 also included technical errors with respect to other 

subheadings. I have determined that additional modifications to the HTS 

are necessary or appropriate to provide for the intended tariff treatment, 

including the tariff treatment previously proclaimed in Proclamation 6763. 

22. In Proclamation 9705 of March 8, 2018, pursuant to section 232 of 

the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (the ‘‘Trade Expansion Act’’) 

(Public Law 87–794, 76 Stat. 872, 877 (19 U.S.C. 1862)), the President 

concurred with the finding of the Secretary of Commerce that steel articles, 

as defined in clause 1 of Proclamation 9705 (as amended by clause 8 

of Proclamation 9711 of March 22, 2018), are being imported into the United 

States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to 

impair the national security of the United States, and decided to adjust 

the imports of steel articles by imposing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff 

on such articles imported from all countries except Canada and Mexico. 

Proclamation 9740 of April 30, 2018, and Proclamation 9759 of May 31, 

2018, modified the HTS to provide quotas with respect to steel articles 

imported from certain countries. Proclamation 10328 of December 27, 2021, 

Proclamation 10356 of March 31, 2022, Proclamation 10406 of May 31, 

2022, and Proclamation 10691 of December 28, 2023, modified the HTS 

to provide tariff-rate quotas with respect to steel articles imported from 

certain countries. 

23. On July 1, 2024, the Commission, in cooperation with the interagency 

Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, implemented certain 

changes in 10-digit statistical reporting categories of the HTS under section 

484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, 723 (19 U.S.C. 

1484(f))), as amended by section 637 of the North American Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103–182, 107 Stat. 2057, 2202). 

I have determined that certain conforming amendments to the HTS are 

necessary in order to ensure the maintenance of duty rates, quotas, and 

tariff-rate quotas for steel articles under tariff categories that were modified. 

24. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’) 

(Public Law 93–618, 88 Stat. 1978, 2073 (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 taken 

thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition 

of any rate of duty or other import restriction. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited 

to section 4(b) of the USIFTA Implementation Act, section 104(c) of the 

TPEA, section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act, section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

Act, and section 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that: 

(1) In order to implement tariff commitments under the 2004 Agreement 

through December 31, 2025, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex 

I of this proclamation. 


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(2) The modifications and technical rectifications to the HTS made by 

Annex I of this proclamation shall enter into effect on the applicable 

dates set forth in Annex I of this proclamation. 

(3) In order to make the modifications and technical rectifications to 

the HTS described in paragraphs 3 through 24 of this proclamation, the 

HTS is modified as set forth in Annex II of this proclamation. These 

modifications and technical rectifications shall enter into effect on the 

applicable dates set forth in Annex II of this proclamation. 

(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. 

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

of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

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