[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 8741 of October 25, 2011

To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``1974
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as added by section 111(a) of the
African Growth and Opportunity Act (title I of Public Law 106-200)
(AGOA), authorizes the President to designate a country listed in
section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as a ``beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country'' if the President determines that the country meets the
eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C.
3703), as well as the eligibility criteria set forth in section 502 of
the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462).
2. Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to designate a
country listed in section 107 of the AGOA as an ``eligible sub-Saharan
African country'' if the President determines that the country meets
certain eligibility requirements.
3. Section 112(c) of the AGOA, as added in section 6002 of the Africa
Investment Incentive Act of 2006 (Division D, title VI of Public Law
109-432) (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)), provides special rules for certain apparel
articles imported from ``lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries.''
4. Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the
1974 Act, I have determined that the Republic of C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire
(C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire), the Republic of Guinea (Guinea), and the Republic
of Niger (Niger) meet the eligibility requirements set forth or
referenced therein, and I have decided to designate C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire,
Guinea, and Niger as eligible sub-Saharan African countries and as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.
5. C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger each satisfy the criterion for
treatment as a ``lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country'' under section 112(c) of the AGOA.
6. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorizes
the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS) the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other
acts affecting import treatment, and actions taken thereunder.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to
section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), and title V and section 604 of
the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461-67, 2483), do hereby proclaim that:
(1) C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger are designated as
eligible sub-Saharan African countries and as beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries.
(2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note
16(a) to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in
the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Republic of
C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire'', ``Republic of Guinea'', and ``Republic of
Niger''.
(3) For purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA, C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire,
Guinea, and Niger are lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
sixth.
BARACK OBAMA