[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 57968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20477]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Technical Correction to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority delegated to the U.S. Trade 
Representative, the Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(USTR) is making a technical correction to the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

DATES: The changes made by this notice are applicable as of September 
22, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Braeden Young, Director for Mexico and 
the Caribbean, Office of the Western Hemisphere, at 
[email protected] or (202) 395-9620; or Deborah Birnbaum, 
Assistant General Counsel, at [email protected] or (202) 
395-9588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In Presidential Proclamation 9072 of December 23, 2013 (78 FR 
80415), the President designated Cura[ccedil]ao as a beneficiary 
country for purposes of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(CBERA) and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (Title II of the 
Trade and Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106-200) (CBTPA). In that 
Proclamation, the President also delegated authority to the U.S. Trade 
Representative to determine if Cura[ccedil]ao is meeting the customs 
criteria of the CBERA. In August 2015, USTR published a notice in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 51650) announcing the U.S. Trade 
Representative's determination that Cura[ccedil]ao met the CBERA 
customs criteria and USTR therefore was modifying general note 17(a) 
and U.S. note 1 to subchapter XX of chapter 98 of the HTSUS. The August 
2015 notice omitted a modification to U.S. note 7(b) to subchapter II 
of chapter 98 of the HTSUS.

II. Technical Corrections

    Presidential Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415), 
authorizes the U.S. Trade Representative 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 HTSUS. Pursuant to this 
delegated authority, the U.S. Trade Representative is modifying the 
HTSUS to correct to 2015 omission and make the following technical 
changes:

    Effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the effective date of this 
notice, U.S. note 7(b) to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is modified 
by inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of eligible CBTPA 
beneficiary countries ``Cura[ccedil]ao.''

Greta Peisch,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2022-20477 Filed 9-21-22; 8:45 am]
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