[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 15 (Monday, April 19, 1993)]
[Pages 571-572]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6543--To Extend Special Rules of Origin Applicable to 
Certain Textile Articles Woven or Knitted in Canada

 April 9, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    1. Pursuant to section 202(d)(1) of the United States-Canada Free-
Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, Public Law 100-449 (``CFTA 
Act''), the President is authorized to proclaim, as a part of the 
Harmonized System (``HS''), the rules of origin set forth in Annex 301.2 
of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (``CFTA''). These annex 
rules of origin were incorporated in general note 3(c)(vii)(R) to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') by 
Proclamation No. 5923 of December 14, 1988.
    2. General note 3(c)(vii)(R)(11)(rr) to the HTS, which incorporates 
the rules of origin set forth in paragraph 18, section XI, of CFTA Annex 
301.2 (``paragraph 18''), provides that non-wool fabric and non-wool 
made-up textile articles, provided for in specific HS chapters, that are 
woven or knitted in Canada from yarn produced or obtained in a third 
country, upon meeting other applicable conditions for preferred tariff 
treatment under the CFTA, shall be afforded such preferential tariff 
treatment to the extent of the annual quantity set forth in that note. 
That note also provides that, after the specified quantity of such goods 
has been entered in an annual period, subsequent entries shall be 
subject to most-favored-nation rates of duty for the remainder of that 
annual period. These quantitative limitations expired on December 31, 
1992. Paragraph 18 further provides that the Parties agree to revisit, 
in consultation with representatives of the industries concerned, the 
quantitative element of the rule for such goods 2 years after the CFTA's 
entry into force, in order to arrive at a mutually satisfactory 
resolution, taking into account the availability of yarns in both 
countries. These discussions have not yet been concluded.
    3. Section 202(d)(2) of the CFTA Act authorizes the President, 
subject to the consultation and lay-over requirements of section 103 of 
the CFTA Act, to proclaim such modifications to the rules as may from 
time to time be agreed to by the United States and Canada. Accordingly, 
in accordance with an agreement between the United States and Canada, I 
have decided to extend the application of the quantitative limits 
provided in paragraph 18 through the close of December 31, 1993, unless 
the United States and Canada reach an earlier resolution regarding 
quantitative limits for these goods. The consultation and lay-over 
requirements of section 103 of the CFTA have been carried out.
    4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
(``Trade Act''), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the 
substance 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, William J. Clinton, 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 202 of the CFTA Act and section 604 of the Trade 
Act, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to extend by 1 year the quantitative provisions of 
paragraph 18, the HTS is modified by striking out ``1992'' from general 
note 3(c)(vii)(R)(11)(rr) and by inserting in lieu thereof ``1993''.
    (2) Any provisions of previous proclamations inconsistent with the 
provisions of this proclamation are hereby superseded to the extent of 
such inconsistency.

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    (3) The modifications made by paragraph (1) of this proclamation 
shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 1993.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of 
April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, and of 
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
seventeenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:55 a.m., April 12, 
1993]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on April 
13. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.