[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25251-25252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4034]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Rectifications, Technical Corrections, and Conforming Changes to 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Rectifications, technical corrections, and conforming changes 
to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

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SUMMARY: The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is making 
rectifications, technical corrections, and conforming changes to 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 several inadvertent errors and omissions in 
various Presidential Proclamations and make conforming changes to the 
HTS, as set forth herein, so that the intended tariff treatment is 
provided.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.

DATES: Effective Date: As set forth in the Annex to this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elissa M. Alben, Assistant General 
Counsel, (202) 395-9622.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to various statutes implementing 
trade agreements and to section 604 of the Trade At of 1974, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 2483), the President issued proclamations in order to 
reflect in the HTS the substance of those agreements and actions taken 
pursuant to such statutes. This notice corrects several inadvertent 
errors and omissions in the following Presidential Proclamations and 
makes conforming changes to the HTS, so that the intended tariff 
treatment is provided: (1) Presidential Proclamation 7616 of October 
31, 2002, implementing the preferential tariff treatment authorized by 
the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (the ``ATPDEA''); 
(2) Presidential Proclamation No. 7747 of December 30, 2003 (68 FR 
75793) implementing the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(3) Presidential Proclamation No. 7857 of December 20, 2004 (69 FR 
77133) implementing the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; 
(4) Presidential Proclamation No. 7987 of February 28, 2006, 
implementing the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free 
Trade Agreement with respect to El Salvador; (5) Presidential 
Proclamation No. 7995 of March 31, 2006 (71 FR 16967) implementing the 
Agreement on Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits; and (6) Presidential 
Proclamation No. 7996 of March 31, 2006, implementing the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement with 
respect to Honduras and Nicaragua.
    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, and similar modifications in the HTS. Under the 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 
dates specified for the respective actions set forth in such annex.

Rob Portman,
United States Trade Representative.

Annex

    Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates specified below, the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is modified as provided 
herein. The subheadings and superior text of new tariff provisions are 
set forth in columnar format, and material in such columns is inserted 
in the columns of the HTS designated ``Heading/Subheading'', ``Article 
Description'', ``Rates of Duty 1 General'', and ``Rates of Duty 2'', 
respectively.
    1. Effective with respect to goods of Singapore, under the terms of 
general note 25 to the tariff schedule, that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption:
    (A) Effective for such goods on or after January 1, 2004, general 
note 25(n) is modified by redesignating tariff classification rule 
(TCR) 72 to chapter 62 as TCR 74, by striking TCR 71, and by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new TCRs:


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    ``71. A change to subheadings 6211.31 through 6211.49 from any 
other chapter, except from headings 5106 through 5113, 5204 through 
5212, 5307 through 5308 or 5311, chapter 54 or headings 5508 through 
5516, 5801 through 5802 or 6001 through 5005, provided that the good 
is both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in the territory of 
Singapore or of the United States, or both.
    72. A change to subheading 6212.10 from any other chapter, 
except from headings 5208 through 5212, 5407 through 5408, 5512 
through 5516, 5803 through 5804, 5806 or 6001 through 6006, provided 
that the good is both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in the 
territory of Singapore or of the United States, or both.
    73. A change to subheadings 6212.20 through 6212.90 from any 
other chapter, except from headings 5106 through 5113, 5204 through 
5212, 5307 through 5308 or 5311, chapter 54 or headings 5508 through 
5516, 5801 through 5802 or 6001 through 5005, provided that the good 
is both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in the territory of 
Singapore or of the United States, or both.'';

    (B) Effective for such goods on or after January 1, 2004, TCR 37 to 
chapter 85 in general note 25(n) is modified by deleting at each 
instance ``or 8518.50'' and by inserting in lieu thereof ``through 
8518.50''; and
    (C) Effective for such goods on or after January 1, 2006, and 
before the close of December 31, 2006, the special rate of duty of 
``11.36'' followed by the symbol ``SG'' in parentheses is deleted and 
the duty rate ``11.3%'' is inserted in lieu thereof.
    2. Effective with respect to goods of Australia, under the terms of 
general note 28 to the tariff schedule, that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2005:
    (A) General note 28(c)(ii) is modified by inserting in alphabetical 
sequence the following new subdivision:

    ``(E) For the purposes of this note, the term ``adjusted value'' 
means the value determined under Articles 1 through 8, Article 15 
and the corresponding interpretative notes of the Customs Valuation 
Agreement, as adjusted to exclude any costs, charges or expenses 
incurred for transportation, insurance and related services 
incidental to the international shipment of the good from the 
country of exportation to the place of importation.''

    (B) General note 28(h)(ii)(A) is modified by striking ``and';
    (C) General note 28(n) is modified by inserting in TCR 16(B) to 
chapter 61 the expression ``a garment described in heading 6102,'' 
immediately after ``with respect to';
    (D) General note 28(n) is modified by inserting in TCR 39 to 
chapter 61 the number ``54'' immediately after ``5311, chapter''; and
    (E) U.S. note 3 to subchapter XIII of chapter 99 is modified by 
striking the expression ``but no later than 2008'' and by inserting in 
lieu thereof ``but no later than 2007''.
    3. Effective with respect to (1) goods of El Salvador, under the 
terms of general note 29 to the tariff schedule, that are entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1, 2006, 
and (2) goods of Honduras or of Nicaragua, under the terms of such 
general note 29, that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after April 1, 2006:
    (A) Subheadings 2207.10.60 and 2207.20.00 are each modified by 
inserting in alphabetical sequence in the parenthetical expression 
after the duty rate of ``Free'' in the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
subcolumn the symbol ``P,''; and
    (B) General note 29(n) is modified by striking, in TCR 32 for 
chapter 62, the number ``6208.91.00'' and by inserting in lieu thereof 
``6208.91.30''.
    4. Effective with respect to goods that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after April 1, 2006, chapter 85 
of the HTS is modified as follows:
    (A) The following new additional U.S. note 14 to chapter 85 is 
inserted in numerical sequence:

    ``14. For the purposes of subheading 8543.89.93, the term 
``multichip integrated circuits'' refers to multichip integrated 
circuits consisting of two or more interconnected monolithic 
integrated circuits combined to all intents and purposes 
indivisibly, whether or not on one or more insulating substrates, 
with or without lead frames, but with no other active or passive 
circuit elements.'';

    (B) Subheading 8543.89.96 is renumbered as 8543.89.97 and the 
following new subheading is inserted in numerical sequence:

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[8543                 Electrical machines
                       and apparatus, having
                       individual functions,
                       not specified or
                       included elsewhere in
                       this chapter; parts
                       thereof:]
 
                      [Other machines and
                       apparatus:]
 
[8543.89              Other:]
 
                      [Other:]
 
                      [Other:]
 
``8543.89.93                Multichip         Free        ..........................  35%'' ; and
                             integrated
                             circuits
                             described in
                             additional U.S.
                             note 14 to
                             chapter 85.
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    (C) Effective on the later of January 1, 2007, or the effective 
date after January 1, 2007 of a proclamation that reflects 
modifications of heading 8543 of the Harmonized Commodity Description 
and Coding System in the tariff schedule, additional U.S. note 14 to 
chapter 85 and subheading 8543.89.93 are deleted.
    5. Effective with respect to goods of designated beneficiary 
countries under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act 
enumerated in U.S. note 1 to subchapter XXI of chapter 98 of the tariff 
schedule that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after October 31, 2002, U.S. note 4(d) to such subchapter is 
modified by striking the expressions ``entered free of duty as'' and 
``Israel under the terms of general note 8 to the tariff schedule or as 
a good of Canada or a good of Mexico under the terms of general note 12 
to the tariff schedule'', and by inserting in after ``product of'' the 
expression ``Israel, Canada or Mexico''.
    6. Effective with respect to goods of Nicaragua under the terms of 
general note 29 to the tariff schedule that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after April 1, 2006, U.S. note 
15(a) to chapter 99 is modified by inserting a comma after the 
expression ``originating goods''.

[FR Doc. 06-4034 Filed 4-25-06; 3:18 pm]
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