[House Document 104-26]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House
Document 104-26
INTENTION TO ADD ARMENIA TO THE LIST OF BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION OF HIS INTENTION TO ADD ARMENIA TO THE LIST OF BENEFICIARY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP),
PURSUANT TO 19 U.S.C. 2462(A)
February 6, 1995.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed February 6, 1995.
To the Congress of the United States:
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program offers
duty-free treatment to specified products that are imported
from designated beneficiary countries. It is authorized by the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
I am writing to inform you of my intent to add Armenia to
the list of beneficiary developing countries for purposes of
the GSP program. I have carefully considered the criteria
identified in sections 501 and 502 of the Trade Act of 1974. In
light of these criteria, I have determined that it is
appropriate to extend GSP benefits to Armenia.
I am also writing to inform you of my decision to terminate
the designation of The Bahamas and the designation of Israel as
beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP
program. Pursuant to section 504(f) of the Trade Act of 1974, I
have determined that the per capita gross national products of
The Bahamas and of Israel have exceeded the applicable limit
provided for in section 504(f). Accordingly, I have determined
that it is appropriate to terminate the designation of The
Bahamas and Israel as GSP beneficiaries.
This notice is submitted in accordance with sections
502(a)(1) and 502(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974.
William J. Clinton.
THE WHITE HOUSE, February 3, 1995.
TO AMEND THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
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By the President of the United States of America
a proclamation
1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462), and
having due regard for the eligibility criteria set forth
therein, I have determined that it is appropriate to designate
Armenia as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
2. Pursuant to section 504(f) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2462(f)), I have determined that the per capita gross national
product of The Bahamas has exceeded the applicable limit
provided for in section 504(f). Accordingly, pursuant to
section 504(a) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(a)), I have
determined that it is appropriate to suspend the designation of
The Bahamas as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of
the GSP, and pursuant to section 504(f) of the Trade Act, I
have determined that it is appropriate to terminate such
designation.
3. Pursuant to section 504(f) of the Trade Act, I have
determined that the per capita gross national product of Israel
has exceeded the applicable limit provided for in section
504(f). Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate
to terminate the designation of Israel as a beneficiary
developing country for purposes of the GSP.
4. 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, 504, and 604 of the
Trade Act, do proclaim that:
(1) General note 4(a) to the HTS, listing those countries
whose products are eligible for benefits of the GSP, is
modified by: (a) inserting ``Armenia'' in alphabetical order in
the list of independent countries;
(b) deleting ``Bahamas, The'' and ``Israel'' from the list
of independent countries; and
(c) deleting ``Bahamas, The'' from the list of Member
Countries of the Caribbean Common Market, and amending the
heading of that list to read ``Member Countries of the
Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM), except The Bahamas''.
(2) General note 4(d) to the HTS is modified as provided in
Annex I to this proclamation.
(3) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive
orders inconsistent with the provisions of this proclamation
are hereby superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
(4) (a) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph
(1)(a) of this proclamation 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.
(b) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraphs (1)(b),
(1)(c), and (2) shall be effective on July 1, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third
day of February, 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 nineteenth.
William J. Clinton
Annex I.--Modifications to General Note 4(d) of the HTS
Effective with respect to articles both: (i) imported on or
after January 1, 1976, and (ii) entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 1995.
General note 4(d) is modified by:
(a) deleting the following HTS subheadings and the country
set out opposite such subheadings:
3909.10.00 Israel
4011.91.50 Israel
8419.19.00 Israel
8419.90.10 Israel
8517.30.15 Israel
(b) deleting the country set out opposite the following HTS
subheadings:
2903.40.40 Israel
2903.59.40 Israel
2918.90.30 Bahamas
2933.40.10 Israel
7113.19.50 Israel