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Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 80, No. 249
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Title 3—
Proclamation 9384 of December 23, 2015
The President
To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On September 9, 2012, leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) economies agreed to reduce applied tariff rates to 5 percent or
less by the end of 2015 on 54 environmental goods. On November 19,
2015, leaders of the APEC economies reaffirmed that commitment.
2. Section 103(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4202(a)), authorizes the President, under
certain circumstances, to proclaim such modification of any existing duty
as the President determines to be required or appropriate to carry out an
agreement entered into in accordance with section 103(a). The President
may proclaim such modification provided that the modification does not
reduce the rate of duty to a rate that is less than 50 percent of the rate
of such duty that applied on June 29, 2015.
3. Section 502 of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015
authorizes the President to exercise the authority under section 103(a)(1)(B)
of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of
2015 to implement an agreement by members of APEC to reduce any rate
of duty on certain environmental goods included in Annex C of the APEC
Leaders’ Declaration issued on September 9, 2012.
4. The United States applies duties to imports of certain environmental
goods included in Annex C of the APEC Leaders’ Declaration issued on
September 9, 2012, of 8 percent, 5.6 percent, and 6.7 percent, the same
rates that applied on June 29, 2015. On September 9, 2012, the United
States agreed to cut applied duties on these environmental goods to 5
percent. The United States reaffirmed that commitment on November 19,
2015.
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5. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ‘‘1974 Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2483)
authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTS) the substance of the relevant provisions of that
Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder,
including 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 but not limited
to section 103(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, section 502 of the Protecting Americans from
Tax Hikes Act of 2015, and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim
that:
(1) In order to reduce the applied tariff rates of the United States to
the level agreed upon by APEC leaders, the HTS is modified as set forth
in the Annex to this proclamation.
(2) The modifications to the HTS set forth in the Annex to this proclamation
shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, on or after December 31, 2015.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third
day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
fortieth.
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ANNEX
MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES
Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after December 31, 2015, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is hereby
modified as set forth herein.
1. Subheading 4418.72.95 is modified by deleting from the "Rates of Duty 1-General"
subcolumn the duty rate "8%" and by inserting in lieu thereof the duty rate "5%".
2. Subheading 8404.20.00 is modified by deleting from the "Rates of Duty 1-General"
subcolumn the duty rate "5.6%" and by inserting in lieu thereof the duty rate "5%".
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3. Subheadings 8406.90.20, 8406.90.30, 8406.90.40 and 8406.90.45 are each modified by
deleting from the "Rates of Duty 1-General" subcolumn the duty rate "6.7%" and by inserting in
lieu thereof in each such subheading the duty rate "5%".
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