[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62090-62091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25088]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is making 
technical corrections to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) as set forth in the annex to 
this notice, pursuant to authority delegated to the USTR in 
Presidential Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415). These 
modifications correct inadvertent errors in the Annex to Presidential 
Proclamation 7585 of August 28, 2002 (67 FR 56207) so that the intended 
tariff treatment is provided.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The corrections made in this notice are effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after September 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Industry, Office of the 
United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Room 501, 
Washington DC, 20508. Telephone (202) 395-5656.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 18, 2000, pursuant to section 
203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 
2253), the President issued Proclamation 7274, which imposed additional 
duties on certain circular welded carbon quality line pipe (``line 
pipe'') provided for in subheadings 7306.10.10 and 7306.10.50 of the 
HTS. On July 29, 2002, the United States Trade Representative 
(``USTR'') negotiated an agreement with the Republic of Korea limiting 
the export from Korea and import into the United States of line pipe 
through the implementation of a tariff-rate quota, to take effect on 
September 1, 2002. Proclamation 7585 of August 28, 2002, revised the 
additional duties on line pipe from Korea, replacing them with a 
tariff-rate quota in the terms provided for under the agreement with 
Korea. Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after September 1, 2002, and prior to 
the close of March 1, 2003, Proclamation 7585 modified subchapter III 
of chapter 99 of the HTS so as to provide for such tariff-rate quota.
    Technical errors introduced through the annex to Proclamation 7585 
have come to the attention of USTR. The annex to this notice makes 
technical corrections to the HTS to remedy these errors. In particular, 
the annex to this notice corrects errors in the tariff subheadings 
created by the Annex to Proclamation 7585 and the amount of the tariff-
rate quota.
    Proclamation 6969 authorized the USTR to exercise the authority 
provided to the President under section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2483) to embody rectifications, technical or conforming 
changes, or similar modifications in the HTS. Under authority vested in 
the USTR by Proclamation 6969, the rectifications, technical and 
conforming changes, and similar modifications set forth in the annex to 
this notice shall be embodied in the HTS with respect to goods entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date set 
forth in each item in the Annex to this notice.

Robert B. Zoellick,
United States Trade Representative.

Annex

    Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 
time on September 1, 2002, and prior to the close of March 1, 2003, 
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is modified as follows:
    1. The insertion in the superior text to subheadings 9903.72.20 
through 9903.72.25 made by item 1 of the annex to Presidential 
Proclamation 7585 of August 28, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 56207) should 
have read ``of Canada or of Mexico'', and the HTS is therefore 
modified accordingly.
    2. Subheadings 9903.73.24, 9903.73.25, 9903.73.26, 9903.73.27, 
9903.73.28 and 9903.73.29, as added to the HTS by item 2 of the 
annex to that Proclamation, are redesignated as subheadings 
9903.72.24, 9903.72.25, 9903.72.26, 9903.72.27, 9903.72.28 and 
9903.72.29, respectively.
    3. Subheadings 9903.72.25 and 9903.72.26 (as redesignated by 
item 2 of this annex) are each modified by deleting ``31,751,733 
kg'' and by inserting ``15,875,895 kg'' in lieu thereof.

[FR Doc. 02-25088 Filed 10-2-02; 8:45 am]
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