[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 122 (Friday, June 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 30661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15046]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice of Effective Date

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of effective date for goods of Canada for certain 
modifications of the NAFTA Rules of Origin.

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SUMMARY: In Proclamation 8323 of November 25, 2008, the President 
modified the rules of origin for certain goods of Canada under the 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) incorporated in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (the ``HTS''). The 
proclamation stated that the modifications would be effective on the 
date that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in 
the Federal Register and are effective with respect to goods of Canada 
that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the date indicated in the notice. The purpose of this notice is 
to announce that the effective date for the modifications is July 1, 
2009. The changes were printed in the Federal Register of November 28, 
2008, Volume 73, Number 230, page 72,682.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Caroyl Miller, Deputy Textile Negotiator, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20508, fax number (202) 395-5639.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Proclamation 6641 of December 
15, 1993, implemented the NAFTA with respect to the United States and, 
pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
(Pub.L. 103-182) (the ``NAFTA Implementation Act''), incorporated in 
the HTS the tariff modifications and rules of origin necessary or 
appropriate to carry out the NAFTA. Section 202 of the NAFTA 
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332) provides rules for determining 
whether goods imported into the United States originate in the 
territory of a NAFTA country and thus are eligible for the tariff and 
other treatment contemplated under the NAFTA. Section 202(q) of the 
NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(q)) authorizes the President 
to proclaim, as a part of the HTS, the rules of origin set out in the 
NAFTA and to proclaim modifications to such previously proclaimed rules 
of origin, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of 
section 103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3313(a)).
    The President determined that the modifications to the HTS 
contained in Proclamation 8323 pursuant to sections 201 and 202 of the 
NAFTA Implementation Act were appropriate and proclaimed such changes 
with respect to goods of Canada and modified general note 12 to the 
HTS. The proclamation further provides that the effective date of the 
modifications shall be on the date that the USTR announces in a notice 
published in the Federal Register. The modifications are effective with 
respect to goods of Canada entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption on the date indicated in this notice.
    On May 27, 2008, the government of Canada notified the U.S. 
government that it had obtained the necessary authorization to 
implement the rule of origin changes with respect to goods of the 
United States. Subsequently, officials of the government of Canada and 
the Government of the United States agreed to implement these changes 
with respect to each other's eligible goods, effective July 1, 2009.

Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E9-15046 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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