[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 2006)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 38255-38258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6034]



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The President





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Proclamation 8033--To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
System of Preferences
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                Proclamation 8033 of June 30, 2006

                
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the 
                Generalized System of Preferences

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 
                1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(A)), beneficiary developing countries, 
                except those designated as least-developed beneficiary 
                developing countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                countries as provided in section 503(c)(2)(D) of the 
                1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)), are subject to 
                competitive need limitations on the preferential 
                treatment afforded under the Generalized System of 
                Preferences (GSP) to eligible articles.

                2. Section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(C)) provides that 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 competitive need limitations in 
                section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act during the 
                preceding calendar year.

                3. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(F)(i)) provides that the President may 
                disregard the competitive need limitation provided in 
                section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible 
                article from any beneficiary developing country if the 
                aggregate appraised value of the imports of such 
                article into the United States during the preceding 
                calendar year does not exceed an amount set forth in 
                section 503(c)(2)(F)(ii) (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).

                4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that certain beneficiary developing 
                countries have exported certain eligible articles in 
                quantities exceeding the applicable competitive need 
                limitation in 2005, and I therefore terminate the duty-
                free treatment for such articles from such beneficiary 
                developing countries.

                5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, 
                and subject to the considerations set forth in sections 
                501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, I have determined to 
                redesignate certain countries as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to certain eligible articles 
                that previously had been imported in quantities 
                exceeding the competitive need limitations of section 
                503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act.

                6. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that the competitive need limitation 
                provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act 
                should be disregarded with respect to certain eligible 
                articles from certain beneficiary developing countries, 
                as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.

                7. In Proclamation 7758 of March 1, 2004, I determined 
                that Barbados had become a ``high income'' country, and 
                terminated the designation of Barbados as a beneficiary 
                developing country for purposes of the GSP, effective 
                January 1, 2006. I have determined that an additional 
                change should be made to general note 4(d) of the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) 
                to reflect that determination.

                8. 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

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                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, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 title V and section 604 of the 
                1974 Act, do hereby proclaim:

                (1) In order to provide that one or 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 or articles for 
                purposes of the GSP, and, in order to provide that one 
                or more countries should no longer be treated as 
                beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or 
                more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, general 
                note 4(d) to the HTS is modified as provided in section 
                A of Annex I to this proclamation.

                (2) In order to designate certain articles as eligible 
                articles for purposes of the GSP when imported from any 
                beneficiary developing country, the Rates of Duty 1-
                Special subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified 
                as provided in section B(1) of Annex I to this 
                proclamation.

                (3) In order to provide that one or more countries 
                should not be treated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to certain eligible articles for 
                purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
                subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified as 
                provided for in section B(2) of Annex I to this 
                proclamation.

                (4) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions 
                taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.

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

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