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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2018 / Presidential Documents 3557 ANNEX MODIFICATIONS TO CHAPTER 99 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 7, 2018, and through 11:59 p.m. eastern standard time on February 7, 2021, subchapter III of chapter 99 ofthe Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is hereby modified by inserting in numerical sequence the following new U.S. note and provisions: "17. (a) Subheadings 9903.45.01 through 9903.45.06 and any superior texts thereto establish temporary modifications applicable to entries of goods described herein and classified in the enumerated provisions of chapter 84 of the tariff schedule. Whenever any such subheading specifies that the annual aggregate quantity of such goods shall not exceed the quantity established under the terms of this note, when such goods are not the product of a country enumerated in subdivision (b) of this note, any entry of such goods that is in excess of the quantity specified for such provision shall be entered under the over-quota subheading set forth herein for such goods. All such goods shall be subject to duty as provided herein, and such duties shall be cumulative and imposed in addition to the rate of duty established for any such goods in chapter 84 of the tariff schedule. (b) For the purposes of this note and the application of subheadings 9903.45.01 through 9903.45.06, inclusive, the following countries shall not be subject to the rates of duty and tariff-rate quotas provided for herein: Canada; and (2) the following developing countries that are members of the World Trade Organization: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Prin<?ipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen (Republic of), Zambia and Zimbabwe. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:19 Jan 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4790 Sfmt 4790 E:\FR\FM\25JAD3.SGM 25JAD3 ED25JA18.038</GPH> sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PRES DOCS ( 1) 3558 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2018 / Presidential Documents Annex, page 2 (c) (1) (2) For the purposes of subheadings 9903.45.01 and 9903.45.02 of this subchapter, "household-type (residential) washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry, whether or not with a dry linen capacity exceeding 10 kg" (such goods provided for in subheadings 8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00 and reported under statistical reporting numbers 8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080, 8450.20.0040 and 8450.20.0080, respectively, on the effective date of this note) shall include the following goods: automatic clothes washing machines, regardless of the orientation of the rotational axis, each with a cabinet width (measured from its widest point) of at least 62.23 em and no more than 81.28 em, except as provided in this note. Subheadings 9903.45.01 and 9903.45.02 shall not apply to the washing ยท machines specified below: (A) all stacked washer-dryers and all commercial washers: (i) The term "stacked washer-dryers" denotes distinct washing and drying machines that are built on a unitary frame and share a common console that controls both the washer and the dryer. (ii) The term "commercial washer" denotes an automatic clothes washing machine designed for the "pay per use" segment meeting either of the following two definitions: (aa) (I) it contains payment system electronics; (II) it is configured with an externally mounted steel frame at least 15.24 em high that is designed to house a coin/token operated payment system (whether or not the actual coin/token operated payment system is installed at the time of importation); (III) it contains a push button user interface with a maximum of six manually selectable wash cycle settings, with no ability of the end user to otherwise modify water temperature, water level or spin speed for a selected wash cycle setting; and (IV) the console containing the user interface is made of steel and is assembled with security fasteners; or (II) the payment system electronics are enabled (whether or not the payment acceptance device has been installed at the time of importation) such that, in normal operation, the unit cannot begin a wash cycle without first receiving a signal VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:19 Jan 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4790 Sfmt 4790 E:\FR\FM\25JAD3.SGM 25JAD3 ED25JA18.039</GPH> sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PRES DOCS (bb) (I) it contains payment system electronics;

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 3557-3558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X18-90125]



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