[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9406 of March 14, 2016

To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. In Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, the President designated the
Republic of South Africa (South Africa) as a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country for purposes of section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of
1974 (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).
2. Sections 506A(d)(4)(C) (19 U.S.C. 2466a(d)(4)(C)) and 506A(c)(1) (19
U.S.C. 2466a(c)(1)) of the 1974 Act authorize the President to suspend
the application of duty-free treatment provided for any article
described in section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)(1))
or 19 U.S.C. 3721 with respect to a beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country if he determines that the beneficiary country is not meeting the
requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act and that
suspending such duty-free treatment would be more effective in promoting
compliance by the country with those requirements than terminating the
designation of the country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country
for purposes of section 506A of the 1974 Act.
3. In Proclamation 9388 of January 11, 2016, pursuant to section
506A(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, I determined that South Africa was not
meeting the requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act
and that suspending the application of duty-free treatment to certain
goods would be more effective in promoting compliance by South Africa
with such requirements than terminating the designation of South Africa
as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. Thus, pursuant to section
506A(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, I suspended the application of duty-free
treatment for all AGOA-eligible goods in the agricultural sector from
South Africa for purposes of section 506A of the 1974 Act, effective on
March 15, 2016.
4. Pursuant to section 506A of the 1974 Act, based on actions that the
Government of South Africa has taken to come into compliance with the
requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, I have
determined that suspending the application of duty-free treatment to
certain goods is no longer necessary to promote compliance by South
Africa with such requirements.
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
sections 506A(d)(4)(C) and 506A(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
(1) Proclamation 9388 of January 11, 2016, is hereby revoked.
(2) 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
fortieth.
BARACK OBAMA