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portation, at the point of direct shipment by the 
seller to the buyer. 
(B) HORTICULTURE SAFEGUARD GOOD.— 
The term ‘‘horticulture safeguard good’’ means 
a good— 
(i) that qualifies as an originating 
good under section 203; 
(ii) that is included in the United 
States Horticulture Safeguard List set 
forth in Annex 3–A of the Agreement; and 
(iii) for which a claim for preferential 
treatment under the Agreement has been 
made. 
(C) UNIT IMPORT PRICE.—The ‘‘unit im-
port price’’ of a good means the price of the 
good determined on the basis of the F.O.B. im-
port price of the good, expressed in either dol-
lars per kilogram or dollars per liter, whichever 
unit of measure is indicated for the good in the 
United States Horticulture Safeguard List set 
forth in Annex 3–A of the Agreement. 
(D) TRIGGER PRICE.—The ‘‘trigger price’’ 
for a good is the trigger price indicated for that 
good in the United States Horticulture Safe-
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guard List set forth in Annex 3–A of the 
Agreement or any amendment thereto. 
(2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to any 
duty proclaimed under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 201, and subject to subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of the Treasury shall assess a 
duty on a horticulture safeguard good, in the 
amount determined under paragraph (3), if the Sec-
retary determines that the unit import price of the 
good when it enters the United States is less than 
the trigger price for that good. 
(3) CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL DUTY.—The 
additional duty assessed under this subsection on a 
horticulture safeguard good shall be an amount de-
termined in accordance with the following table: 
If the excess of the trigger price over 
the unit import price is: 
The additional duty is an 
amount equal to: 
Not more than 10 percent of the trigger price 
0. 
More than 10 percent but not more than 40 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
30 percent of the excess of the appli-
cable NTR (MFN) rate of duty 
over the schedule rate of duty. 
More than 40 percent but not more than 60 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
50 percent of such excess. 
More than 60 percent but not more than 75 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
70 percent of such excess. 
More than 75 percent of the trigger price .......
100 percent of such excess. 
(c) ADDITIONAL DUTIES
ON BEEF SAFEGUARD 
GOODS BASED ON QUANTITY OF IMPORTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘beef safeguard good’’ means a good—
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(A) that qualifies as an originating good 
under section 203; 
(B) that is listed in paragraph 3 of Annex 
I of the General Notes to the Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2–B of the Agreement; 
and 
(C) for which a claim for preferential 
treatment under the Agreement has been made. 
(2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to any 
duty proclaimed under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 201, and subject to subsection (a) of this sec-
tion and paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall assess a duty, in 
the amount determined under paragraph (3), on a 
beef safeguard good imported into the United States 
in a calendar year if the Secretary determines that, 
prior to such importation, the total volume of beef 
safeguard goods imported into the United States in 
that calendar year is equal to or greater than 110 
percent of the volume set out for beef safeguard 
goods in the corresponding year in the table con-
tained in paragraph 3(a) of Annex I of the General 
Notes to the Schedule of the United States to Annex 
2–B of the Agreement. For purposes of this sub-
section, the years 1 through 19 set out in the table