[Federal Register: July 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 128)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 8033--To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized
System of Preferences
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 8033 of June 30, 2006
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the
Generalized System of Preferences
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C.
2463(c)(2)(A)), beneficiary developing countries,
except those designated as least-developed beneficiary
developing countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries as provided in 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 Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) to eligible articles.
2. Section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2463(c)(2)(C)) provides that 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) of the 1974 Act during the
preceding calendar year.
3. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2463(c)(2)(F)(i)) provides that the President may
disregard the competitive need limitation provided in
section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) (19 U.S.C.
2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible
article from any beneficiary developing country if the
aggregate appraised value of the 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) (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).
4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I
have determined that certain beneficiary developing
countries have exported certain eligible articles in
quantities exceeding the applicable competitive need
limitation in 2005, and I therefore terminate the duty-
free treatment for such articles from such beneficiary
developing countries.
5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act,
and subject to the considerations set forth in sections
501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, I have determined to
redesignate certain countries 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) of the 1974 Act.
6. 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) of the 1974 Act
should be disregarded with respect to certain eligible
articles from certain beneficiary developing countries,
as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.
7. In Proclamation 7758 of March 1, 2004, I determined
that Barbados had become a ``high income'' country, and
terminated the designation of Barbados as a beneficiary
developing country for purposes of the GSP, effective
January 1, 2006. I have determined that an additional
change should be made to general note 4(d) of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
to reflect that determination.
8. 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
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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, 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 title V and section 604 of the
1974 Act, do hereby proclaim:
(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 redesignated as beneficiary developing
countries with respect to such article or articles for
purposes of the GSP, and, in order to provide 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) 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 such HTS subheadings is modified
as provided in section B(1) of Annex I to this
proclamation.
(3) In order to provide that one or more countries
should not be treated as beneficiary developing
countries with respect to certain eligible articles for
purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special
subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified as
provided for in section B(2) of Annex I to 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
thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord two
thousand six, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
(Presidential Sig.)B
Billing code 3195-01-P
[FR Doc. 06-6034 Filed 7-3-06; 8:48 am]
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