THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
TO MODIFY DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES - - - - - - - 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 title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
(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 designated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to such article or articles for purposes of the GSP, and 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) (a) 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 certain HTS subheadings is modified as provided in section B(1) of Annex I to this proclamation.
(b) In order to provide preferential tariff treatment under the GSP to a beneficiary developing country that has been excluded from the benefits of the GSP for certain eligible articles, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in section B(2) of Annex I to this proclamation is modified as provided in such section.
(c) In order to provide that one or more countries should not be treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to certain eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated in section B(3) of Annex I to this proclamation is modified as provided in such section.
(3) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act shall apply to the eligible articles in the HTS subheadings and to the beneficiary developing countries set forth in Annex II 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of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(5) (a) The modifications made by Annex I to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2000.
(b) The action taken in Annex II to this proclamation shall be effective on the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register.
(c) The action taken in paragraph 13 of this proclamation shall be effective on the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth-- day of June, 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 I
Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
Effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2000.
Section A. General note 4(d) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is modified by:
(1). deleting the following subheadings and the country set out opposite such subheadings:
0811.20.40 Chile
1701.91.10 Brazil
7202.50.00 Russia
(2). adding, in numerical sequence, the following provisions and countries set out opposite them:
0713.90.80 India
0714.90.45 Costa Rica
1102.90.30 El Salvador
2001.90.45 India
2008.19.25 Peru
2008.99.45 Dominican Republic
4010.19.50 Brazil
4104.39.20 India
4412.92.40 Ecuador
5007.90.30 India
5702.39.10 India
6302.99.10 India
7113.19.25 India
7113.20.25 India
7418.19.10 India
8211.95.50 Pakistan
8450.90.20 Ecuador
8708.99.67 Brazil
(3). adding, in alphabetical order, the country or countries set out opposite the following subheadings:
0714.20.10 Colombia
1602.50.20 Brazil
1702.30.22 Jamaica
2004.10.40 Peru
2008.19.30 Turkey
2008.50.20 Turkey
2905.42.00 Brazil
3212.90.00 Colombia
4106.20.30 Pakistan
7801.99.30 Colombia
Section B. Each enumerated article's preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) in the HTS is modified as provided in this section.
(1). For subheadings 7202.99.10 and 8104.30.00, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol "A+" and inserting an "A" in lieu thereof.
(2). For the following subheadings, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol "A*" and inserting an "A" in lieu thereof.
0811.20.40 1701.91.10 7202.50.00
(3). For the following provisions, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol "A" and inserting an "A*" in lieu thereof:
0713.90.80 2008.19.25 4412.92.40 7113.19.25 8450.90.20 0714.90.45 2008.99.45 5007.90.30 7113.20.25 8708.99.67 1102.90.30 4010.19.50 5702.39.10 7418.19.10 2001.90.45 4104.39.20 6302.99.10 8211.95.50
Annex II
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) Subheadings and Countries Granted Waivers of the Application of Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act HTS Subheading Country 7202.50.00 Russia 7202.99.10 Brazil
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