[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 8214 of December 27, 2007

To Adjust the Rules of Origin Under the United States-Chile Free Trade
Agreement and the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Section 1206(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
(the ``1988 Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 3006(a)) authorizes the President to
proclaim modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS) based on the recommendations of the U.S. International
Trade Commission (the ``Commission'';) under section 1205 of the 1988
Act (19 U.S.C. 3005), if he determines that the modifications are in
conformity with United States obligations under the International
Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
(the ``Convention'';) and do not run counter to the national economic
interest of the United States. In 2006, the Commission recommended
modifications to the HTS pursuant to section 1205 of the 1988 Act to
conform the HTS to amendments made to the Convention. In Presidential
Proclamation 8097 of December 29, 2006, I modified the HTS pursuant to
section 1206 of the 1988 Act to conform the HTS to the amendments to the
Convention.
2. Presidential Proclamation 7746 of December 30, 2003, implemented the
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (USCFTA) with respect to the
United States and, pursuant to section 201 of the United States-Chile
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USCFTA Act'';) (19 U.S.C.
3805 note), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined to
be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 3.3
(including the schedule of United States duty reductions with respect to
originating goods set forth in Annex 3.3 to the USCFTA), 3.7, 3.9, and
3.20(8), (9), (10), and (11) of the USCFTA.
3. In order to ensure the continuation of the staged reductions in rates
of duty for originating goods from Chile in categories that were
modified to conform to the Convention, I proclaimed in Presidential
Proclamation 8097 modifications to the HTS that I determined were
necessary or appropriate to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in
Proclamation 7746.
4. Chile is a party to the Convention. Because the substance of changes
to the Convention are reflected in slightly differing form in the
national tariff schedules of the parties to the USCFTA, the rules of
origin set out in Annex 4.1 of that Agreement must be changed to ensure
that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the USCFTA to
originating goods will continue to be provided under the tariff
categories that were modified in Proclamation 8097. The USCFTA parties
have agreed to make these changes.
5. Section 202 of the USCFTA provides certain rules for determining
whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of implementing
tariff treatment under the USCFTA. Section 202(o) of the USCFTA Act
authorizes the President to proclaim the rules of origin set out in the
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to carry out the USCFTA, subject to the exceptions stated in section
202(o)(2)(A).
6. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed
pursuant to section 202 of the USCFTA Act and section 1206(a) of the
1988 Act are necessary or appropriate to ensure the continuation of
tariff and certain other treatment accorded originating goods under
tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097 and to carry out the
duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7746.
7. Presidential Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, implemented the
United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) with respect to
the United States and, pursuant to section 201 of the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USSFTA Act'';)
(19 U.S.C. 3805 note), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I
determined necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 2.2,
2.5, 2.6, and 2.12 of the USSFTA and the schedule of reductions with
respect to the United States set forth in Annex 2B of the USSFTA.
8. In order to ensure the continuation of the staged reductions in rates
of duty for originating goods from Singapore in categories that were
modified to conform to the Convention, in Presidential Proclamation
8097, I proclaimed modifications to the HTS that I determined were
necessary or appropriate to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in
Proclamation 7747.
9. Singapore is a party to the Convention. Because the substance of the
changes to the Convention are reflected in slightly differing form in
the national tariff schedules of the parties to the USSFTA, the
provisions set out in Annexes 3A and 3B of that Agreement must be
changed to ensure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded
under the USSFTA to originating goods will continue to be provided under
the tariff categories that were modified in Presidential Proclamation
8097. The USSFTA parties have agreed to make these changes.
10. Section 202 of the USSFTA Act provides certain rules for determining
whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of implementing
tariff treatment under the USSFTA. Section 202(o) of the USSFTA Act
authorizes the President to proclaim the rules of origin set out in the
USSFTA and any subordinate tariff categories necessary to carry out the
USSFTA, subject to certain exceptions set out in section 202(o)(2)(A).
11. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed
pursuant to section 202 of the USSFTA Act are necessary or appropriate
to ensure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded
originating goods under tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097
and to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747.
12. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade
Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS
the substance of the 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. Section 1206(c) of the 1988 Act, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 3006(c)), provides that any modifications proclaimed by the
President under section 1206(a) of that Act may not take effect before

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the thirtieth day after the date on which the text of the proclamation
is published in the Federal Register.
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 but not limited to
section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act, section 202 of the USSFTA Act, section
202 of the USCFTA Act, and section 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim
that:
(1) In order to reflect in the HTS the modifications to the rules of
origin under the USCFTA, general note 26 to the HTS is modified as
provided in Annex I to this proclamation.
(2) In order to reflect in the HTS the modifications to the rules of
origin under the USSFTA, general note 25 to the HTS is modified as
provided in Annex II to this proclamation.
(3) 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.
(4) The modifications and technical rectifications to the HTS set forth
in Annexes I and II to this proclamation shall be effective with respect
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after the later of (i) February 1, 2008, or (ii) 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 twenty-seventh day
of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
second.
GEORGE W. BUSH

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PROCLAMATION 8215--JAN. 14, 2008