[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 26 (Monday, July 3, 2006)]
[Pages 1251-1252]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8033--To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized 
System of Preferences

June 30, 2006

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    1. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)), beneficiary 
developing countries, except those designated as least-developed 
beneficiary developing countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries as provided in section 503(c)(2)(D) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
2463(c)(2)(D)), are subject to competitive need limitations on the 
preferential treatment afforded under the Generalized System of 
Preferences (GSP) to eligible articles.
    2. Section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(C)) 
provides that 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 
competitive need limitations in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act 
during the preceding calendar year.
    3. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
2463(c)(2)(F)(i)) provides that the President may disregard the 
competitive need limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) (19 
U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with respect to any eligible article from 
any beneficiary developing country if the aggregate appraised value of 
the imports of such article into the United States during the preceding 
calendar year does not exceed an amount set forth in section 
503(c)(2)(F)(ii) (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)).
    4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I have 
determined that certain beneficiary developing countries have exported 
certain eligible articles in quantities exceeding the applicable 
competitive need limitation in 2005, and I therefore terminate the duty-
free treatment for such articles from such beneficiary developing 
countries.
    5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, and subject to 
the considerations set forth in sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, I 
have determined to redesignate certain countries as beneficiary 
developing countries with respect to certain eligible articles that 
previously had been imported in quantities exceeding the competitive 
need limitations of section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act.
    6. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 Act, I have 
determined that the competitive need limitation provided in section 
503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act should be disregarded with respect 
to certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing 
countries, as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation.
    7. In Proclamation 7758 of March 1, 2004, I determined that Barbados 
had become a ``high income'' country, and terminated the designation of 
Barbados as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP, 
effective January 1, 2006. I have determined that an additional change 
should be made to general note 4(d) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTS) to reflect that determination.
    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, George W. Bush, President of the United States 
of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution 
and the laws of the United States, including title V and section 604 of 
the 1974 Act, do hereby proclaim:
    (1) In order to provide that one or more countries that have not 
been treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or 
more eligible articles should be redesignated as beneficiary developing 
countries with respect to such article or articles for purposes of the 
GSP, and, in order to provide that one or more countries should no 
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be treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or 
more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(d) to the 
HTS is modified as provided in section A of Annex I to this 
proclamation.
    (2) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP when imported from any beneficiary developing 
country, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for such HTS subheadings 
is modified as provided in section B(1) of Annex I to this proclamation.
    (3) In order to provide that one or more countries should not be 
treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to certain 
eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified as provided for in 
section B(2) of Annex I to this proclamation.
    (4) 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 thirtieth day 
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
thirtieth.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:48 a.m., July 3, 2006]

Note: This proclamation and its annex will be published in the Federal 
Register on July 5.