    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 7637 of January 10, 2003

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

    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation

    Pursuant to section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``1974
    Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462), the President is authorized to designate
    countries as beneficiary developing countries, and to designate any
    beneficiary developing country as a least-developed beneficiary
    developing country, for purposes of the Generalized System of
    Preferences (GSP).
    Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of title V of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
    2463(c)(1)), the President may withdraw, suspend, or limit the
    application of duty-free treatment accorded under this title with
    respect to any article.
    Section 503(d)(5) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)(5)) provides that
    any waiver granted under section 503(d) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
    2463(d)) shall remain in effect until the President determines that such
    waiver is no longer warranted due to changed circumstances.
    Section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)(1)) authorizes
    the President to provide duty-free treatment for any article described
    in section 503(b)(1)(B) through (G) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
    2463(b)(1)(B)-(G)) that is the growth, product, or manufacture of a
    designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, if, after receiving
    the advice of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC),
    the President determines that such article is not import-sensitive in
    the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.
    Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and taking into account the
    factors set forth in section 502(c) (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)), I have decided
    to designate Afghanistan as a beneficiary developing country for
    purposes of the GSP.
    Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and having considered the
    factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have also decided to
    designate Afghanistan as a least-developed beneficiary developing
    country for purposes of the GSP.
    Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having considered the
    factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have determined to
    withdraw the application of duty-free treatment under the GSP accorded
    to a certain article from Chile.
    Pursuant to section 503(d)(5), I have determined that the waiver granted
    under section 503(d) to Chile for a certain article is no longer
    warranted due to changed circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having received the
    advice of the USITC, I have determined that a certain article is not
    import-sensitive in the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan
    African countries. I have decided to provide duty-free treatment to this
    article when imported from any beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.

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    Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President
    to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (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, 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 of America, including title V and section
    604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461-7, 2483), do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to reflect in the HTS the addition of Afghanistan as a
    beneficiary developing country and as a least-developed beneficiary
    developing country under the GSP, and the withdrawal of duty-free
    treatment under the GSP accorded to a certain article from Chile,
    general note 4 to the HTS is modified as provided in section A of the
    Annex to this proclamation.
    (2) In order to provide duty-free treatment for a certain article
    when imported from a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, the HTS is
    modified by amending and sub-dividing the nomenclature of an existing
    HTS subheading as provided in section B of the Annex to this
    proclamation.
    (3) In order to provide that Chile should not be treated as a
    beneficiary developing country with respect to a certain eligible
    article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn
    for the HTS subheading enumerated in section C of the Annex to this
    proclamation is modified as provided in such section.
    (4) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act
    (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)) previously granted to Chile for HTS subheading
    0811.20.20 shall be terminated on the date of publication of this
    proclamation in the Federal Register
    (5) 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.
    (6) (a) The modifications made by section A of the Annex to this
    proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
    withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set
    forth in that section.
    (b) The modifications made by section B of the Annex to this
    proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
    withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the fifteenth day
    after the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal
    Register.
    (c) The modifications made by section C of the Annex to this
    proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
    withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the thirtieth day
    after the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal
    Register.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
    January, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
    seventh.
    GEORGE W. BUSH

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