[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Proclamation 7637 of January 10, 2003
 
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of
Preferences

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Pursuant to section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``1974
Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462), the President is authorized to designate
countries as beneficiary developing countries, and to designate any
beneficiary developing country as a least-developed beneficiary
developing country, for purposes of the Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP).
Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of title V of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2463(c)(1)), the President may withdraw, suspend, or limit the
application of duty-free treatment accorded under this title with
respect to any article.
Section 503(d)(5) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)(5)) provides that
any waiver granted under section 503(d) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2463(d)) shall remain in effect until the President determines that such
waiver is no longer warranted due to changed circumstances.
Section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)(1)) authorizes
the President to provide duty-free treatment for any article described
in section 503(b)(1)(B) through (G) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.
2463(b)(1)(B)-(G)) that is the growth, product, or manufacture of a
designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, if, after receiving
the advice of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC),
the President determines that such article is not import-sensitive in
the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.
Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and taking into account the
factors set forth in section 502(c) (19 U.S.C. 2462(c)), I have decided
to designate Afghanistan as a beneficiary developing country for
purposes of the GSP.
Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and having considered the
factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have also decided to
designate Afghanistan as a least-developed beneficiary developing
country for purposes of the GSP.
Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having considered the
factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c), I have determined to
withdraw the application of duty-free treatment under the GSP accorded
to a certain article from Chile.
Pursuant to section 503(d)(5), I have determined that the waiver granted
under section 503(d) to Chile for a certain article is no longer
warranted due to changed circumstances.
Pursuant to section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act, and having received the
advice of the USITC, I have determined that a certain article is not
import-sensitive in the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan
African countries. I have decided to provide duty-free treatment to this
article when imported from any beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.

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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 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, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 (19 U.S.C. 2461-7, 2483), do proclaim that:
(1) In order to reflect in the HTS the addition of Afghanistan as a
beneficiary developing country and as a least-developed beneficiary
developing country under the GSP, and the withdrawal of duty-free
treatment under the GSP accorded to a certain article from Chile,
general note 4 to the HTS is modified as provided in section A of the
Annex to this proclamation.
(2) In order to provide duty-free treatment for a certain article
when imported from a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, the HTS is
modified by amending and sub-dividing the nomenclature of an existing
HTS subheading as provided in section B of the Annex to this
proclamation.
(3) In order to provide that Chile should not be treated as a
beneficiary developing country with respect to a certain eligible
article for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn
for the HTS subheading enumerated in section C of the Annex to this
proclamation is modified as provided in such section.
(4) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2) of the 1974 Act
(19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)) previously granted to Chile for HTS subheading
0811.20.20 shall be terminated on the date of publication of this
proclamation in the Federal Register
(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.
(6) (a) The modifications made by section A of the Annex to this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set
forth in that section.
(b) The modifications made by section B of the Annex to this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the fifteenth day
after the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal
Register.
(c) The modifications made by section C of the Annex to this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the thirtieth day
after the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal
Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
seventh.
GEORGE W. BUSH

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