[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 3 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Pages 172-173]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7400--To Designate Swaziland as a Beneficiary Sub-Saharan 
African Country and for Other Purposes

January 17, 2001

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 countries listed in 
section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as ``beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African countries.''
    2. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)) 
provides special rules for certain apparel articles imported from 
``lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.''
    3. Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, designated certain 
countries listed in section 107 of the AGOA as beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African countries and identified which designated beneficiary sub-
Saharan African countries would be considered lesser developed 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under section 112(b)(3)(B) of 
the AGOA.
    4. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having due 
regard for the eligibility criteria set forth therein, I have determined 
that it is appropriate to designate the Kingdom of Swaziland as a 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
    5. The Kingdom of Swaziland satisfies the criteria for treatment as 
a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under section 
112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)).

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    6. Annex II to Proclamation 7388 of December 18, 2000, listed 
certain products that are eligible for preferential tariff treatment 
under section 213(b)(3)(A) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(3)(A)), as amended by section 211(a) of the 
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (Title II of Public Law 
106-200). Section C of that Annex incorrectly stated the staged rate of 
duty to be applied to certain imports under subheading 6402.99.70 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). I have determined 
that this error should be corrected.
    7. Proclamations 7350 and 7351 of October 2, 2000, added new general 
notes 16 and 17 to the HTS and renumbered other general notes. I have 
determined that general note 1 to the HTS should be modified to reflect 
these changes.
    8. 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 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 
sections 506A and 604 of the 1974 Act, sections 111 and 112 of the AGOA, 
section 211 of the CBTPA, and section 213 of the CBERA, do proclaim 
that:
    (1) The Kingdom of Swaziland is designated as a beneficiary sub-
Saharan African country.
    (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 ``Kingdom of 
Swaziland''.
    (3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA, the Kingdom of 
Swaziland shall be considered a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African country.
    (4) Effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2001, HTS subheading 
6402.99.70 is modified by deleting the figure ``11.2%'' from the Rates 
of Duty 1-Special subcolumn and inserting in lieu thereof ``7.5%'' for 
such special rate. Effective with respect to articles entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2002, 
such subheading is modified by deleting the figure ``7.5%'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``3.7%''; for such special rate.
    (5) General note 1 to the HTS is modified by deleting the phrase 
``through 14, inclusive, and general note 16''; and by inserting in lieu 
thereof ``through 18, inclusive''.
    (6) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders 
that are inconsistent with this proclamation are superseded to the 
extent of such inconsistency.
    (7) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this proclamation, the 
modifications to the HTS made by this proclamation shall be effective 
with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the date of publication of this proclamation in 
the Federal Register.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day 
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
fifth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 22, 
2001]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 18, and it will be published in the Federal 
Register on January 23.