[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 9 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Pages 229-230]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Presidential Determination Under Section 490(b)(1)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act Relating to the Largest Exporting and Importing Countries 
of Certain Precursor Chemicals

February 28, 2007

 Presidential Determination No. 2007-14

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination under Section 490(b)(1)(A) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act Relating to the Largest Exporting and Importing 
Countries of Certain Precursor Chemicals

    Pursuant to section 490(b)(1)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act, I 
hereby determine that the top five exporting and importing countries of 
pseudoephedrine and ephedrine in 2005 (Belgium, China, Germany, India, 
Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, 
Taiwan, and the United Kingdom) have cooperated fully with the United 
States or have taken adequate steps on their own to achieve full 
compliance with the goals and objectives established by the United 
Nations Convention Against Illicit

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Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
    You are directed to publish this determination in the Federal 
Register, and are authorized and directed to transmit to the Congress 
the report under section 722 of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 1.