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Part XIII





The President





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Proclamation 6704--
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
System of Preferences and for Other Purposes

Memorandum of June 30--Actions Concerning the Generalized System of 
Preferences


                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 126
Friday, July 1, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6704 of June 30, 1994

 
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

                1. Pursuant to title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
                amended (``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), the 
                President may designate specified articles provided for 
                in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
                (``HTS'') as eligible for preferential tariff treatment 
                under the Generalized System of Preferences (``GSP'') 
                when imported from designated beneficiary developing 
                countries. Pursuant to section 504(a)(1) of the 1974 
                Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(a)(1)), the President may withdraw, 
                suspend, or limit the application of duty-free 
                treatment accorded under section 501 of the 1974 Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 2461) with respect to any article or with 
                respect to any country, after considering the factors 
                set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974 Act 
                (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)). Pursuant to section 504(c) of the 
                1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)), beneficiary developing 
                countries, except those designated as least-developed 
                beneficiary developing countries pursuant to section 
                504(c)(6) of the 1974 Act, are subject to limitations 
                on the preferential treatment afforded under the GSP. 
                Pursuant to section 504(c)(5) of the 1974 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) (after application of paragraph 
                (c)(2)) during the preceding calendar year. Further, 
                pursuant to section 504(d)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2464(d)(2), the President may disregard the 
                limitations provided in section 504(c)(1)(B) 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. Pursuant to sections 501, 503(a), and 504(a) of the 
                1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461, 2463(a), and 2464(a)), in 
                order to subdivide and amend the nomenclature of 
                existing provisions of the HTS to modify tariff 
                treatment under the GSP, I have determined, after 
                taking into account information and advice received 
                under section 503(a), that the HTS should be modified 
                to adjust the original designation of eligible 
                articles. In addition, pursuant to title V of the 1974 
                Act, I have determined that it is appropriate to 
                designate specified articles provided for in the HTS as 
                eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the 
                GSP when imported from designated beneficiary 
                developing countries, and that such treatment for other 
                articles should be terminated. I have also determined, 
                pursuant to section 504(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, having 
                considered the factors set forth in sections 501 and 
                502(c) of the 1974 Act, and pursuant to sections 
                504(c)(1) and (c)(2) of the 1974 Act, that certain 
                beneficiary countries should not receive preferential 
                tariff treatment under the GSP with respect to certain 
                eligible articles. Further, I have determined, pursuant 
                to section 504(c)(5) of the 1974 Act, that certain 
                countries should be redesignated as beneficiary 
                developing countries with respect to certain eligible 
                articles. These countries have been previously excluded 
                from benefits of the GSP with respect to such eligible 
                articles pursuant to section 504(c)(1) of the 1974 Act. 
                Last, I have determined that section 504(c)(1)(B) of 
                the 1974 Act should not apply with respect to certain 
                eligible articles pursuant to section 504(d)(2) of the 
                1974 Act.

                3. Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 1993, implemented 
                the North American Free Trade Agreement. Certain 
                conforming changes and technical corrections to the HTS 
                were omitted from this proclamation. I have decided 
                that it is appropriate to modify the HTS to make such 
                changes and corrections.

                4. 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 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, 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 title V and 
                section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:

                    (1) In order to designate certain articles as 
                eligible articles for purposes of the GSP when imported 
                from designated beneficiary developing countries, the 
                HTS is modified as provided in 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 designated beneficiary developing country, the 
                Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the HTS 
                subheadings enumerated in Annex II(a) to this 
                proclamation is modified by inserting in the 
                parentheses the symbol ``A'' as provided in such Annex.
                      (b) In order to designate certain articles as 
                eligible articles for purposes of the GSP when imported 
                from any designated beneficiary developing country 
                excluding India, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn 
                for the HTS subheading enumerated in Annex II(b) to 
                this proclamation is modified by inserting in the 
                parentheses the symbol ``A*'' as provided in such 
                Annex.
                      (c) In order to terminate preferential tariff 
                treatment under the GSP for certain articles imported 
                from all designated beneficiary developing countries, 
                the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the HTS 
                subheading in Annex II(c) to this proclamation is 
                modified by deleting the symbol ``A*'' as set forth in 
                such Annex.
                      (d) In order to restore preferential tariff 
                treatment under the GSP to a country which has been 
                excluded from the benefits of the GSP for an eligible 
                article, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for each 
                of the HTS subheadings enumerated in Annex II(d) to 
                this proclamation is modified: (i) by deleting symbol 
                ``A*'' in parentheses, and (ii) by inserting in such 
                subcolumn the symbol ``A'' in lieu thereof.
                      (e) In order to provide that one or more 
                countries should no longer be treated as a beneficiary 
                developing country with respect to an eligible article 
                for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
                subcolumn for each of the HTS provisions enumerated in 
                Annex II(e) to this proclamation is modified: (i) by 
                deleting the symbol ``A'' in parentheses, and (ii) by 
                inserting in such subcolumn the symbol ``A*'' in lieu 
                thereof.
                    (3) In order to provide that one of 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 for purposes of 
                the GSP, and to provide that one or more countries 
                should no longer be treated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to an eligible article for 
                purposes of the GSP, general note 4 to the HTS is 
                modified as provided in Annex III to this proclamation.
                    (4) In order to provide for the continuation of 
                previously proclaimed staged reductions on certain 
                Canadian goods, falling under HTS provisions modified 
                in Annex I to this proclamation, effective with respect 
                to goods of Canada under the terms of general note 12 
                to the HTS, that are entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates 
                specified in Annex IV to this proclamation, the rate of 
                duty in the HTS set forth in the Rates of Duty 1-
                Special subcolumn followed by the symbol ``CA'' in 
                parentheses for each of the HTS subheadings enumerated 
                in Annex IV to this proclamation is modified as 
                provided in such Annex.
                    (5) In order to provide for the continuation of 
                previously proclaimed staged reductions on certain 
                Mexican goods, falling under HTS provisions modified in 
                Annex I to this proclamation, effective with respect to 
                goods of Mexico under the terms of general note 12 to 
                the HTS, that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
                for consumption, on or after the dates specified in 
                Annex V to this proclamation, the rate of duty in the 
                HTS set forth in the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn 
                followed by the symbol ``MX'' in parentheses for each 
                of the HTS subheadings enumerated in Annex V to this 
                proclamation is modified as provided in such Annex.
                    (6) In order to provide for certain modifications 
                to the GSP, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex 
                VII to this proclamation.
                    (7) In order to correct certain technical errors 
                and to make certain conforming changes in HTS 
                provisions, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex VI 
                to this proclamation.
                    (8) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive orders inconsistent with the provisions of 
                this proclamation are hereby superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.
                    (9)(a) The modifications made by Annexes I, II, and 
                III to this proclamation shall be 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, 1994.
                      (b) The modifications made by Annexes IV, V, VI, 
                and VII to this proclamation shall be effective on or 
                after the dates set forth in such Annexes.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and 
                eighteenth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)>

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