[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7373-7374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2136]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 7400 of January 17, 2001

                
To Designate Swaziland as a Beneficiary Sub-
                Saharan African Country and for Other Purposes

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
                amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as 
                added by section 111(a) of the African Growth and 
                Opportunity Act (Title I of Public Law 106-200) (AGOA), 
                authorizes the President to designate countries listed 
                in section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as 
                ``beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.''

                2. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 
                3721(b)(3)(B)) provides special rules for certain 
                apparel articles imported from ``lesser developed 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.''

                3. Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, designated 
                certain countries listed in section 107 of the AGOA as 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries and 
                identified which designated beneficiary sub-Saharan 
                African countries would be considered lesser developed 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under section 
                112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA.

                4. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, and 
                having due regard for the eligibility criteria set 
                forth therein, I have determined that it is appropriate 
                to designate the Kingdom of Swaziland as a beneficiary 
                sub-Saharan African country.

                5. The Kingdom of Swaziland satisfies the criteria for 
                treatment as a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan 
                African country under section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA 
                (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)).

                6. Annex II to Proclamation 7388 of December 18, 2000, 
                listed certain products that are eligible for 
                preferential tariff treatment under section 
                213(b)(3)(A) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 
                Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(3)(A)), as amended by 
                section 211(a) of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership 
                Act (CBTPA) (Title II of Public Law 106-200). Section C 
                of that Annex incorrectly stated the staged rate of 
                duty to be applied to certain imports under subheading 
                6402.99.70 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States (HTS). I have determined that this error 
                should be corrected.

                7. Proclamations 7350 and 7351 of October 2, 2000, 
                added new general notes 16 and 17 to the HTS and 
                renumbered other general notes. I have determined that 
                general note 1 to the HTS should be modified to reflect 
                these changes.

                8. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (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 of America, including sections 506A and 
                604 of the 1974 Act, sections 111 and 112 of the AGOA, 
                section 211 of the CBTPA, and section 213 of the CBERA, 
                do proclaim that:

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                    (1) The Kingdom of Swaziland is designated as a 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
                    (2) In order to reflect this designation in the 
                HTS, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by 
                inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Kingdom of 
                Swaziland''.
                    (3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the 
                AGOA, the Kingdom of Swaziland shall be considered a 
                lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                country.
                    (4) Effective with respect to articles entered, or 
                withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
                January 1, 2001, HTS subheading 6402.99.70 is modified 
                by deleting the figure ``11.2%'' from the Rates of Duty 
                1-Special subcolumn and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``7.5%'' for such special rate. Effective with respect 
                to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after January 1, 2002, such 
                subheading is modified by deleting the figure ``7.5%'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``3.7%'' for such special 
                rate.
                    (5) General note 1 to the HTS is modified by 
                deleting the phrase ``through 14, inclusive, and 
                general note 16'' and by inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``through 18, inclusive''.
                    (6) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive Orders that are inconsistent with this 
                proclamation are superseded to the extent of such 
                inconsistency.
                    (7) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this 
                proclamation, the modifications to the HTS made by this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after the date of publication of 
                this proclamation in the Federal Register.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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