To Modify the List of Products Eligible for Duty- Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences, 54853-54860 [2018-24032]

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54853-54860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24032]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 211 / Wednesday, October 31, 2018 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9813 of October 30, 2018

                
To Modify the List of Products Eligible for Duty-
                Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of 
                Preferences

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 
                1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(1)), the President may withdraw, suspend, or 
                limit application of the duty-free treatment that is 
                accorded to specified articles under the Generalized 
                System of Preferences (GSP) when imported from 
                designated beneficiary developing countries.

                2. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and 
                having considered the factors set forth in sections 501 
                and 502(c) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 
                2462(c)), I have determined to withdraw the application 
                of the duty-free treatment accorded to a certain 
                article.

                3. Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(c)(2)(A)) subjects 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)), 
                to competitive-need limitations on the duty-free 
                treatment accorded to eligible articles under the GSP.

                4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that in 2017 certain beneficiary 
                developing countries exported eligible articles in 
                quantities exceeding the applicable competitive-need 
                limitations. I hereby terminate the duty-free treatment 
                for such articles from such beneficiary developing 
                countries.

                5. Section 503(d)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(d)(1)) provides that the President may waive the 
                application of the competitive-need limitations in 
                section 503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act with respect to any 
                eligible article from any beneficiary developing 
                country if certain conditions are met.

                6. Pursuant to section 503(d)(1) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have received the advice of the United States 
                International Trade Commission on whether any industry 
                in the United States is likely to be adversely affected 
                by such waivers of the competitive-need limitations 
                provided in section 503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act. I have 
                determined, based on that advice and the considerations 
                described in sections 501 and 502(c) of the 1974 Act, 
                and having given great weight to the considerations in 
                section 503(d)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2463(d)(2)), that such waivers are in the national 
                economic interest of the United States. Accordingly, I 
                have determined that the competitive-need limitations 
                of section 503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act should be waived 
                with respect to certain eligible articles from certain 
                beneficiary developing countries.

                7. 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, subject to the considerations set forth in 
                sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, 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.

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                8. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, 
                and having taken into account the considerations set 
                forth in sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, I have 
                determined to redesignate a certain country as a 
                beneficiary developing country with respect to a 
                certain eligible article that during the preceding 
                calendar year had been imported in quantities not 
                exceeding the competitive-need limitations of section 
                503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act.

                9. Section 604 of 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 the 1974 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, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, acting under the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States of America, including title V and section 
                604 of the 1974 Act, do hereby proclaim that:

                    (1) In order to provide that several countries 
                should no longer be treated as beneficiary developing 
                countries with respect to one or more eligible articles 
                for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
                subcolumn for the corresponding HTS subheadings and 
                general note 4(d) to the HTS are modified as set forth 
                in sections A, B, C, and D of Annex I to this 
                proclamation.
                    (2) In order to redesignate a certain article as an 
                eligible article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of 
                Duty 1-Special subcolumn for the corresponding HTS 
                subheadings and general note 4(d) to the HTS are 
                modified as set forth in sections E and F of Annex I to 
                this proclamation.
                    (3) A waiver of the application of section 
                503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act shall apply to the eligible 
                articles in the HTS subheadings exported by the 
                beneficiary developing countries as set forth in Annex 
                II to this proclamation.
                    (4) The modifications to the HTS set forth in 
                Annexes I and II of this proclamation shall be 
                effective with respect to articles entered for 
                consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
                consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 
                time on November 1, 2018.
                    (5) 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.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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[FR Doc. 2018-24032
Filed 10-30-18; 2:00 p.m.]
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