    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PROCLAMATION 9188--OCT. 3, 2014

    Proclamation 9188 of October 3, 2014

    To Modify the List of Beneficiary Developing Countries Under the Trade

    Act of 1974

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    1. Sections 501(1) and (4) of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``1974 Act'')
    (19 U.S.C. 2461(1) and (4)), provide that, in determining whether duty-
    free treatment would be appropriate under the Generalized System of
    Preferences, the President shall have due regard for, among other
    factors, the effect such action would have on furthering the economic
    development of a beneficiary developing country through the expansion of
    its exports and the extent that the beneficiary developing country would
    be competitive with respect to eligible articles. Section 502(c) of the
    1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)), provides that, in determining whether to
    designate any country as a beneficiary developing country, the President
    shall take into account various factors, including the country's level
    of economic development, the country's per capita gross national
    product, the living standards of its inhabitants, and any other economic
    factors he deems appropriate. Section 502(d)(1) of the 1974 Act (19
    U.S.C. 2462(d)(1)), authorizes the President to withdraw or suspend the
    designation of any country as a beneficiary developing country after
    considering the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974
    Act. Section 502(f)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(f)(2)), requires
    the President to notify the Congress and the affected country, at least
    60 days before termination, of the President's intention to terminate
    the affected country's designation as a beneficiary developing country.
    2. Consistent with section 502(d) of the 1974 Act, and having considered
    the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have determined that
    Russia is sufficiently advanced in economic development and improved in
    trade competitiveness that it is appropriate to terminate the
    designation of Russia as a beneficiary developing country effective
    October 3, 2014. I notified the Congress and Russia on May 7, 2014, of
    my intent to terminate Russia's designation. In order to reflect the
    termination of Russia's designation as a beneficiary developing country,
    I have determined that it is appropriate to modify general notes 4(a)
    and 4(d) and pertinent subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
    the United States (HTS).
    3. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the
    President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provisions
    of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions
    thereunder, including removal, modification, continuance, or imposition
    of any rate of duty or other import restriction.
    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, including but not limited to title V and
    section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:

    (1) The designation of Russia as a beneficiary developing country is
    terminated, effective on October 3, 2014.

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    (2) In order to reflect the termination of Russia's designation as a
    beneficiary developing country, general notes 4(a) and 4(d) and
    pertinent subheadings of the HTS are modified as set forth in the Annex
    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.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
    October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
    ninth.
    BARACK OBAMA

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