THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
TO MODIFY THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF WHEAT GLUTEN - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
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 sections 204, 503, and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that:
(1) In order to modify the scope of the quantitative limitations applicable to imports of wheat gluten under HTS heading 1109, and to allocate the quota quantities for the third quota year on a quarterly basis, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation.
(2) Such imported wheat gluten that is the product of Poland shall be included within the scope of the quantitative limitations during the third quota year, as provided in the Annex.
(3) 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of previous proclamations and Executive orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(4) Effective at the close of June 1, 2002, or such other date that is 1 year from the close of the action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act, as modified by this proclamation, HTS subheadings 9903.11.08 through 9903.11.11 and the superior text thereto shall be deleted from the HTS.
(5) Pursuant to section 503(b)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(b)(2)), duty-free treatment for certain wheat gluten that is the product of beneficiary countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (Title V of the Trade Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2461-2467)), is suspended.
(6) The modifications to the HTS made by this proclamation and the Annex thereto shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT June 1, 2000, and shall continue in effect through the close of June 1, 2001, unless such actions are earlier expressly modified or terminated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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ANNEX
Section A
Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:00 a.m. EDT June 1, 2000, subheading 1109.00.10 and subheading 1109.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are each modified by deleting the symbol "A" in the rates of duty 1-special subcolumn.
Section B
Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:00 a.m. EDT June 1, 2000, subheading 9903.11.07 is deleted and the following new subheadings and superior text thereto are inserted in lieu thereof, with the superior text at the same level of indentation as the article description of subheading 9903.11.06:
":Wheat gluten, whether or not dried, except products of : :Canada, of Mexico, of Israel, of beneficiary : :countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic : :Recovery Act (as enumerated in general note 7 to : :this schedule) or the Andean Trade Preference Act : :(as enumerated in general note 11 to this : :schedule), or of countries (except Poland) : :enumerated in general note 4(a) to this schedule : :as that note existed on June 1, 1998 (provided : :for in subheadings 1109.00.10 and 1109.00.90), if : :entered during the period from June 1, 2000, : :through June 1, 2001, inclusive: : 9903.11.08 : If entered during the period from June 1, 2000, : : through August 31, 2000, in the respective : : aggregate quantity of goods the product of a : : foreign country specified below, after which : : no wheat gluten the product of such country : : may be entered during the remainder of such : : period: : : Australia................. : 7,953,500 kg : European Community........ : 6,885,750 kg : Other countries........... : 1,318,250 kg 9903.11.09 : If entered during the period from September 1, : : 2000, through through November 30, 2000, in : : the respective aggregate quantity of goods : : the product of a foreign country specified : : below, after which no wheat gluten the : : product of such country may be entered during : : the remainder of such period: : : Australia................. : 7,953,500 kg : European Community........ : 6,885,750 kg : Other countries........... : 1,318,250 kg 9903.11.10 : If entered during the period from December 1, : : 2000, through February 28, 2001, in the : : respective aggregate quantity of goods the : : product of a foreign country specified below, : : after which no wheat gluten the product of : : such country may be entered during the : : remainder of such period: : : Australia................. : 7,953,500 kg : European Community........ : 6,885,750 kg : Other countries........... : 1,318,250 kg 9903.11.11 : If entered during the period from March 1, 2001, : : through June 1, 2001, in the respective : : aggregate quantity of goods the product of a : : foreign country specified below, after which : : no wheat gluten the product of such country : : may be entered during the remainder of such : : period: : : Australia................. : 7,953,500 kg : European Community........ : 6,885,750 kg : Other countries........... : 1,318,250 kg"
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