To Modify the Rules of Origin for the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and for Other Purposes, 30499-30504 [2011-13171]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30499-30504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13171]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 25, 2011 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 8682 of May 23, 2011

                
To Modify the Rules of Origin for the United 
                States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and for Other 
                Purposes

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. On May 6, 2003, the President entered into the 
                United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA). 
                The USSFTA was approved by the Congress in section 
                101(a) of the United States-Singapore Free Trade 
                Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USSFTA Act'') 
                (Public Law 108-78, 117 Stat. 948) (19 U.S.C. 3805 
                note).

                2. Presidential Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, 
                implemented the USSFTA with respect to the United 
                States and, pursuant to the USSFTA Act, incorporated in 
                the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
                (HTS) the tariff modifications and rules of origin 
                necessary or appropriate to carry out the USSFTA.

                3. Section 202 of the USSFTA Act provides rules for 
                determining whether goods imported into the United 
                States originate in the territory of a USSFTA Party and 
                thus are eligible for the tariff and other treatment 
                contemplated under the USSFTA. Section 202(o) 
                authorizes the President to proclaim, as part of the 
                HTS, the rules of origin set out in the USSFTA and to 
                proclaim modifications to previously proclaimed rules 
                of origin, subject to the consultation and layover 
                requirements of section 103(a) of the USSFTA Act.

                4. The United States and Singapore have agreed to 
                modify the USSFTA rules of origin by adding certain 
                rules of origin. I have determined that modification of 
                the USSFTA rules of origin set forth in Proclamation 
                7747 is therefore necessary.

                5. On July 24, 2010, in accordance with section 103(a) 
                of the USSFTA Act, the United States Trade 
                Representative submitted a report to the Committee on 
                Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Finance of the Senate that set forth the 
                proposed modifications to the USSFTA rules of origin. 
                The consultation and layover period specified in 
                section 103(a) expired on November 22, 2010.

                6. Presidential Proclamation 8097 of December 29, 2006, 
                modified the HTS pursuant to section 1206 of the 
                Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 
                U.S.C. 3006) to conform the HTS to amendments to the 
                International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity 
                Description and Coding System.

                7. Presidential Proclamation 8214 of December 27, 2007, 
                modified the HTS, including adjustments to rules of 
                origin under the USSFTA to ensure that the tariff and 
                certain other treatment accorded originating goods of 
                Singapore under tariff categories modified in 
                Proclamation 8097 continued, and to carry out the duty 
                reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747. A rule of 
                origin was inadvertently omitted from general note 25 
                of the HTS. I have determined that a technical 
                correction to general note 25 to the HTS is necessary 
                to provide for the intended tariff and certain other 
                treatment accorded under the USSFTA to originating 
                goods of Singapore.

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                8. On April 12, 2006, the United States entered into 
                the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement 
                (USPTPA), and on June 24 and June 25, 2007, the Parties 
                to the USPTPA signed a protocol amending the USPTPA. 
                The Congress approved the USPTPA as amended in section 
                101(a) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion 
                Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USPTPA Act'') 
                (Public Law 110-138, 121 Stat. 1455) (19 U.S.C. 3805 
                note).

                9. Section 201 of the USPTPA Act authorizes the 
                President to proclaim such modifications or 
                continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-
                free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as 
                the President determines to be necessary or appropriate 
                to carry out or apply Articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3.13 
                and Annex 2.3 of the USPTPA.

                10. U.S. General Note 5 to Annex 2.3 of the USPTPA 
                provides that originating goods of Peru shall not be 
                subject to any duty provided for in heading 9901 of the 
                HTS, provided that certain conditions specified in that 
                note are met.

                11. Pursuant to section 201 of the USPTPA Act, I have 
                determined that modifications to the HTS are necessary 
                to carry out U.S. General Note 5 to Annex 2.3 of the 
                USPTPA.

                12. Presidential Proclamation 6641 of December 15, 
                1993, implemented the North American Free Trade 
                Agreement (NAFTA) with respect to the United States 
                and, pursuant to the North American Free Trade 
                Agreement Implementation Act (the ``NAFTA Act'') 
                (Public Law 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057), incorporated in 
                the HTS the schedule of duty reductions and rules of 
                origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the NAFTA.

                13. Section 202 of the NAFTA Act (19 U.S.C. 3332) 
                provides rules for determining whether goods imported 
                into the United States originate in a NAFTA Party and 
                thus are eligible for the tariff and other treatment 
                contemplated under the NAFTA.

                14. Presidential Proclamation 8405 of August 31, 2009, 
                modified the HTS, including adjustments to rules of 
                origin under the NAFTA, to ensure that the tariff and 
                certain other treatment accorded originating goods of 
                Canada and Mexico under tariff categories modified in 
                Proclamation 8097 continued. Two technical errors were 
                made in the modifications to general note 12 to the 
                HTS. I have determined that technical corrections to 
                general note 12 to the HTS are necessary to provide for 
                the intended tariff and certain other treatment 
                accorded under the NAFTA to originating goods.

                15. Presidential Proclamation 8536 of June 12, 2010, 
                made technical corrections to certain rules of origin 
                under the NAFTA. Two additional errors in general note 
                12 were not corrected in that proclamation. I have 
                determined that further technical corrections to 
                general note 12 are necessary to provide the tariff and 
                certain other treatment accorded under the NAFTA to 
                originating goods.

                16. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, 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, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States of America, including section 202 of the 
                USSFTA Act, section 201 of the USPTPA Act, and section 
                604 of the Trade Act of 1974, do proclaim that:

                (1) In order to modify the rules of origin under the 
                USSFTA, general note 25 to the HTS is modified as 
                provided in Annex I to this proclamation.

                (2) The modifications made by section A of Annex I to 
                this proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                goods of Singapore that are entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after May 24, 2011.

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                (3) The modification made by section B of Annex I to 
                this proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                goods of Singapore that are entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after February 7, 
                2008.

                (4) In order to implement certain provisions of Annex 
                2.3 of the USPTPA, the HTS is modified as provided in 
                Annex II to this proclamation.

                (5) The modifications made by Annex II to this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                originating goods of Peru entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2011.

                (6) In order to make technical corrections necessary to 
                provide the intended rules of origin under the NAFTA, 
                the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex III to this 
                proclamation.

                (7) The modifications to the HTS set forth in Annex III 
                to this proclamation shall be effective with respect to 
                articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after October 2, 2009.

                (8) 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 
                twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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