To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other Purposes
Record date: 2017-06-30
Proclamation 9625 of June 29, 2017 To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other Purposes A Proclamation 1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “1974 Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2463(a)(1)(A) ), the President may, after receiving the advice of the United States International Trade Commission (the “Commission”), designate certain articles as eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) when they are imported from designated beneficiary developing countries. 2. Pursuant
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2017-14063
- Publication date
- 2017-06-30
- Citation
- 82 FR 30711
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
Proclamation 9625 of June 29, 2017 To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other Purposes A Proclamation 1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “1974 Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2463(a)(1)(A) ), the President may, after receiving the advice of the United States International Trade Commission (the “Commission”), designate certain articles as eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) when they are imported from designated beneficiary developing countries. 2. Pursuant to sections 501, 503(a)(1)(A), and 503(b)(5) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(b)(5) ), and having received advice from the Commission in accordance with section 503(e) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(e) ), I have determined to designate certain articles as eligible articles when they are imported from beneficiary developing countries. 3. Pursuant to section 503(c)(1) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(1) ), the President may withdraw, suspend, or limit application of the duty-free treatment accorded to specified articles under the GSP when imported from designated beneficiary developing countries. 4. 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. 2462(c) ), I have determined to withdraw the application of duty-free treatment accorded to a certain article. 5. 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 preferential treatment afforded to eligible articles under the GSP. 6. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that in 2016 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. 7. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(i) ) provides that the President may disregard the competitive need limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) ) with respect to any eligible article from any beneficiary developing country if the aggregate appraised value of the imports of any such article into the United States during the preceding calendar year does not exceed the amount set forth in section 503(c)(2)(F)(ii) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii) ). 8. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the 1974 Act, I have determined that the competitive need limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the 1974 Act should be disregarded with respect to certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing countries. ( printed page 30712) 9. 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 ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2) ) with respect to any eligible article from any beneficiary developing country if certain conditions are met. 10. Pursuant to section 503(d)(1) of the 1974 Act, I have received the advice of the 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 a certain eligible article from a certain beneficiary developing country. 11. Presidential Proclamation 8997 of June 27, 2013, suspended Bangladesh's designation as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of the GSP. Presidential Proclamation 9333 of September 30, 2015, terminated Venezuela's designation as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of the GSP. These proclamations made corresponding modifications to general note 4 of the Harmonized
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