[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 146 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 39095-39097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18923]
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Part IV
The President
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Proclamation 6813--To Amend the Generalized System of Preferences
Notice of July 28, 1995--Continuation of Iraqi Emergency
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 146 / Monday, July 31, 1995 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 6813 of July 28, 1995
To Amend the Generalized System of Preferences
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Pursuant to section 504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended (``Trade Act'')(19 U.S.C. 2464(c)),
beneficiary developing countries are subject to
limitations on the preferential treatment afforded
under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
Pursuant to section 504(c)(3) of the Trade Act, the
President may waive the application of section 504(c)
of the Trade Act after receiving the advice of the
International Trade Commission, determining that the
waiver is in the national economic interest of the
United States, and publishing such determination in the
Federal Register. Pursuant to section 504(c)(5) of the
Trade Act, 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 limitations in section 504(c)(1) of the
Trade Act during the preceding calendar year. Pursuant
to section 504(d)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2464(d)(2)), the President may disregard the
limitations provided in section 504(c)(1)(B) of the
Trade Act with respect to any eligible article if the
appraised value of the total imports of such article
into the United States during the preceding calendar
year is not in excess of an amount that bears the same
ratio to $5,000,000 as the gross national product of
the United States for that calendar year (as determined
by the Department of Commerce) bears to the gross
national product of the United States for calendar year
1979.
2. Section 502(b)(7) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2462(b)(7)) provides that a country that has not taken
or is not taking steps to afford workers in that
country internationally recognized worker rights, as
defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2462(a)(4)), is ineligible for designation as a
beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP.
Section 502(c)(7) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2462(c)(7)) provides that, in determining whether to
designate a country as a beneficiary developing country
under the GSP, the President shall take into account
whether the country has taken or is taking steps to
afford internationally recognized worker rights to
workers in that country. Section 504 of the Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 2464) authorizes the President to withdraw,
suspend, or limit the application of duty-free
treatment under the GSP with respect to any country
after considering the factors set forth in sections 501
and 502(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and
2462(c)).
3. Pursuant to section 504(c)(3) of the Trade Act, I
have determined that it is appropriate to waive the
application of section 504(c) of the Trade Act with
respect to certain eligible articles from a beneficiary
developing country. I have received the advice of the
International Trade Commission on whether any
industries in the United States are likely to be
adversely affected by such waivers and I have
determined, based on that advice and the considerations
described in sections 501 and 502(c) of the Trade Act,
that such waivers are in the national economic interest
of the United States. Pursuant to section 504(c)(5) of
the Trade Act, I have determined that a country should
be redesignated as a beneficiary developing country
with respect to certain eligible articles. Pursuant to
section 504(d)(2) of
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the Trade Act, I have determined that section 504(c)(1)(B) of the Trade
Act should not apply with respect to certain eligible
articles.
4. Pursuant to sections 502(b)(7), 502(c)(7), and 504
of the Trade Act, I have determined that Maldives has
not taken and is not taking steps to afford
internationally recognized worker rights to workers in
Maldives. Accordingly, I have determined that it is
appropriate to suspend the designation of Maldives as a
beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP.
5. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Trade Act,
and having due regard for the eligibility criteria set
forth therein, I have determined that it is appropriate
to designate Moldova as a beneficiary developing
country for purposes of the GSP.
6. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483)
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) the
substance of the provisions of that Act, and of other
acts affecting import treatment, and actions
thereunder.
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, including but not limited to sections
501, 502, 504, and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim
that:
(1) In order to restore preferential tariff treatment
under the GSP to a country that has been excluded from
the benefits of the GSP for certain eligible articles,
the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for HTS
subheadings 0713.31.40, 1102.30.00, 1103.14.00,
4104.39.20, 7113.11.50, 7113.20.50, 9401.40.00,
9401.61.60, 9401.69.80, 9403.30.80, 9403.40.90, and
9403.50.90 are modified by deleting the symbol ``A*''
in parentheses, and by inserting the symbol ``A'' in
lieu thereof.
(2) In order to provide that a country that has not
been treated as a beneficiary developing country with
respect to certain eligible articles should be restored
as a beneficiary developing country with respect to
such articles for purposes of the GSP, general note
4(d) to the HTS is modified by deleting the following
from such note: ``0713.31.40 Thailand'', ``1102.30.00
Thailand'', ``1103.14.00 Thailand'', ``4104.39.20
Thailand'', ``7113.11.50 Thailand'', ``7113.20.50
Thailand'', ``9401.40.00 Thailand'', ``9401.61.60
Thailand'', ``9401.69.80 Thailand'', ``9403.30.80
Thailand'', ``9403.40.90 Thailand'', and ``9403.50.90
Thailand''.
(3)(a) The waivers of the application of section 504(c)
of the Trade Act shall apply to imports of eligible
articles from Thailand that are provided for in HTS
subheadings 6702.90.65, 7113.11.20, 7113.19.50, and
9403.60.80.
(b) In order to restore preferential tariff
treatment: (i) the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn
for HTS subheadings 6702.90.65, 7113.11.20, and
9403.60.80 are modified by deleting the symbol ``A*''
in parentheses, and by inserting the symbol ``A'' in
lieu thereof; (ii) general note 4(d) is modified by
deleting the following from such note: ``6702.90.65
Thailand'', ``7113.11.20 Thailand'', and ``9403.60.80
Thailand''; and (iii) general note 4(d) is modified by
deleting ``Thailand'' set out opposite 7113.19.50.
(4) General note 4 to the HTS, listing those countries
whose products are eligible for benefits of the GSP, is
modified by: (a) deleting ``Maldives'' from the list of
independent countries in general note 4(a), and
deleting ``Maldives'' from the list of least-developed
beneficiary developing countries in general note 4(b);
and
(b) inserting ``Moldova'' in alphabetical order in
the list of independent countries in general note 4(a).
(5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and
Executive orders inconsistent with the provisions of
this proclamation are hereby superseded to the extent
of such inconsistency.
(6)(a) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraphs
(1) and (2) shall be effective July 31, 1995.
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(b) The United States Trade Representative shall
issue a notice in the Federal Register announcing when
the modifications to the HTS made by paragraph (3)(b)
shall be effective.
(c) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph
(4)(a) shall be effective 60 days after the date of
publication of this proclamation in the Federal
Register.
(d) The modification to the HTS made by paragraph
(4)(b) shall be effective with respect to articles that
are: (i) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (ii)
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption,
on or after 15 days after the date of publication of
this proclamation in the Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and twentieth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 95-18923
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