[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 25 (Monday, June 28, 1993)]
[Pages 1172-1175]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6575--To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
System of Preferences and for Other Purposes

 June 25, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    1. Pursuant to title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``1974 
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), the President may designate specified 
articles provided for in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (``HTS'') as eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the 
Generalized System of Preferences (``GSP'') when imported from 
designated beneficiary developing countries.

    2. Pursuant to section 504(c) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)), 
beneficiary developing countries, except those designated as least-
developed beneficiary developing countries pursuant to section 504(c)(6) 
of the 1974 Act, are subject to limitations on the preferential 
treatment afforded under the GSP. Pursuant to section 504(c)(5) of the 
1974 Act, a country that is no longer treated as a beneficiary 
developing country with respect to an eligible article may be 
redesignated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to such 
article if imports of such article from such country did not exceed the 
limitations in section 504(c)(1) (after application of paragraph (c)(2)) 
during the preceding calendar year. Pursuant to section 504(d)(1) of the 
1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(d)(1)), section 504(c)(1)(B) of the 1974 Act 
shall not apply with respect to any eligible article if a like or 
directly competitive article is not produced in the United States on 
January 3, 1985. Further, pursuant to section 504(d)(2) of the 1974 Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2464(d)(2)), the President may disregard the limitations 
provided in section 504(c)(1)(B) with respect to any eligible article if 
the appraised value of the total imports of such article into the United 
States during the preceding calendar year is not in excess of an amount 
that bears the same ratio to $5,000,000 as the gross national product of 
the United States for that calendar year (as

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determined by the Department of Commerce) bears to the gross national 
product of the United States for calendar year 1979.
    3. Section 502(b)(7) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(7)) provides 
that a country that has not taken or is not taking steps to afford 
internationally recognized worker rights, as defined in section 
502(a)(4) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(4)), is ineligible for 
designation as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP. 
Pursuant to section 504 of the 1974 Act, the President may withdraw, 
suspend, or limit the application of duty-free treatment under the GSP 
with respect to any article or with respect to any country upon 
consideration of the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 
1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)).
    4. Pursuant to sections 501, 503(a), and 504(a) of the 1974 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2461, 2463(a), and 2464(a)), in order to subdivide and amend the 
nomenclature of existing provisions of the HTS to modify the GSP, I have 
determined, after taking into account information and advice received 
under section 503(a), that the HTS should be modified to adjust the 
original designation of eligible articles. In addition, pursuant to 
title V of the 1974 Act, I have determined that it is appropriate to 
designate specified articles provided for in the HTS as eligible for 
preferential tariff treatment under the GSP when imported from 
designated beneficiary developing countries, and that such treatment for 
other articles should be terminated. I have also determined, pursuant to 
sections 504(a), (c)(1), and (c)(2) of the 1974 Act, that certain 
beneficiary countries should no longer receive preferential tariff 
treatment under the GSP with respect to certain eligible articles. 
Further, I have determined, pursuant to section 504(c)(5) of the 1974 
Act, that certain countries should be redesignated as beneficiary 
developing countries with respect to certain eligible articles. These 
countries have been previously excluded from benefits of the GSP with 
respect to such eligible articles pursuant to section 504(c)(1) of the 
1974 Act. Further, pursuant to section 504(d)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2464(d)(1)), I have determined that the limitation provided for 
in section 504(c)(1)(B) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)(1)(B)) should 
not apply with respect to certain eligible articles because no like or 
directly competitive article was produced in the United States on 
January 3, 1985. Last, I have determined that section 504(c)(1)(B) of 
the 1974 Act should not apply with respect to certain eligible articles 
pursuant to section 504(d)(2) of the 1974 Act.
    5. Pursuant to sections 502(b)(7), 502(c)(7), and 504 of the 1974 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(7), 2462(c)(7), and 2464), I have determined that 
it is appropriate to provide for the suspension of preferential 
treatment under the GSP for articles that are currently eligible for 
such treatment and that are imported from Mauritania. Such suspension is 
the result of my determination that Mauritania has not taken and is not 
taking steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights, as 
defined in section 502(a)(4) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(4)).
    6. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 
and 2462), and having due regard for the eligibility criteria set forth 
therein, I have determined that it is appropriate to designate Albania 
as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP.
    7. Proclamation 6517 of December 23, 1992, withdrew the duty-free 
treatment accorded under the GSP, pursuant to title V of the 1974 Trade 
Act, to imports of sulfanilic acid, provided for in HTS subheading 
2921.42.24. Proclamation 6544 of April 13, 1993, made further 
modifications in the HTS provisions for such goods. Through technical 
error, the HTS provisions created in the annexes to such proclamations 
were not properly structured and numbered. Therefore, I have decided 
that it is necessary and appropriate to modify the HTS to correct these 
errors.
    8. Section 604 of the 1974 Act, as amended (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 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

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States of America, including but not limited to title V and section 604 
of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP when imported from designated beneficiary developing 
countries, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex I to this 
proclamation.
    (2)(a) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles 
for purposes of the GSP when imported from any designated beneficiary 
developing country, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the HTS 
subheading enumerated in Annex II(a) to this proclamation is modified by 
inserting in the parentheses the symbol ``A'' as provided in such Annex.
    (b) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP when imported from any designated beneficiary 
developing country excluding India, the Rates of Duty 1-special 
subcolumn for the HTS subheading enumerated in Annex II(b) to this 
proclamation is modified by inserting in the parentheses the symbol 
``A*'' as provided in such Annex.
    (c) In order to restore preferential tariff treatment under the GSP 
to a country which has been excluded from the benefits of the GSP for an 
eligible article, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for each of the 
HTS subheadings enumerated in Annex II(c) to this proclamation is 
modified: (i) by deleting symbol ``A*'' in parentheses, and (ii) by 
inserting in such subcolumn the symbol ``A'' in lieu thereof.
    (d) In order to provide that one or more countries should no longer 
be treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to an 
eligible article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
subcolumn for each of the HTS provisions enumerated in Annex II(d) to 
this proclamation is modified: (i) by deleting the symbol ``A'' in 
parentheses, and (ii) by inserting in such subcolumn the symbol ``A*'' 
in lieu thereof.
    (3) In order to provide for the suspension of preferential treatment 
under the GSP for Mauritania, to provide for the addition of Albania as 
a beneficiary developing country under the GSP, to provide that one or 
more countries that have not been treated as beneficiary developing 
countries with respect to an eligible article should be redesignated as 
beneficiary developing countries with respect to such article for 
purposes of the GSP, and to provide that one or more countries should no 
longer be treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to an 
eligible article for purposes of the GSP, general note 3(c)(ii) to the 
HTS is modified as provided in Annex III to this proclamation.
    (4) In order to ensure the withdrawal of GSP treatment from imports 
of sulfanilic acid and to correct technical errors in certain HTS 
provisions, as created in the Annex to Proclamation 6517 and modified in 
Annex II to Proclamation 6544, such annexes are hereby superseded, and 
the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex IV to this proclamation.
    (5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive orders 
inconsistent with the provisions of this proclamation are hereby 
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
    (6)(a) The modifications made by Annexes I, II, and III(a) to this 
proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles both: (i) 
imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (ii) entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 1993.
    (b) The modification made by Annex III(b) to this proclamation shall 
be effective with respect to articles both: (i) imported on or after 
January 1, 1976, and (ii) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after 60 days after the date of publication of this 
proclamation in the Federal Register.
    (c) The modifications made by Annex IV to this proclamation shall be 
effective with respect to articles both: (i) imported on or after 
January 1, 1976, and (ii) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after January 12, 1993.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth 
day of June, 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, 4:53 p.m., June 25, 
1993]


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Note: This proclamation and the attached annexes will be published in 
the Federal Register on June 29.