To Continue Facilitating Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Large Residential Washers
Record date: 2021-01-21
Proclamation 10133 of January 14, 2021 To Continue Facilitating Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Large Residential Washers A Proclamation 1. On January 23, 2018, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Trade Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2253 ), I issued Proclamation 9694, which imposed a safeguard measure for a period of 3 years plus 1 day comprising both a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of large residential washers (washers) provided for in subheadings 8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2021-01466
- Publication date
- 2021-01-21
- Citation
- 86 FR 6541
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
Proclamation 10133 of January 14, 2021 To Continue Facilitating Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Large Residential Washers A Proclamation 1. On January 23, 2018, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Trade Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2253 ), I issued Proclamation 9694, which imposed a safeguard measure for a period of 3 years plus 1 day comprising both a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imports of large residential washers (washers) provided for in subheadings 8450.11.00 and 8450.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) and a TRQ on covered washer parts provided for in subheadings 8450.90.20 and 8450.90.60 of the HTS. I exempted covered imports from Canada and certain designated beneficiary countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) from the application of the measure. 2. On May 16, 2019, I issued Proclamation 9887, which removed Turkey from the list of GSP beneficiary countries, and modified the safeguard measure so that imports from Turkey were no longer excluded. On May 31, 2019, I issued Proclamation 9902, which removed India from the list of GSP beneficiary countries, and modified the safeguard measure so that imports from India were no longer excluded. 3. On August 7, 2019, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its report pursuant to section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2254(a)(2) ), on the results of its monitoring of developments with respect to the domestic washers industry (ITC, Large Residential Washers: Monitoring Developments in the Domestic Industry, No. TA-204-013). After taking into account the information provided in the ITC's report and receiving a petition from the representative of the majority of the domestic industry, I determined that the domestic industry had begun to make positive adjustment to import competition but that, despite that adjustment, increased imports of washers at peak times of the year impaired the effectiveness of the action I proclaimed in Proclamation 9694. On January 23, 2020, pursuant to sections 204(b)(1)(B) and 204(b)(2) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2254(b)(1)(B) and (b)(2) ), I issued Proclamation 9979 to modify the action I took in Proclamation 9694 by allocating on a quarterly basis, within-quota quantities of 1.2 million units during the third year of the action, beginning February 7, 2020. 4. On December 8, 2020, in response to a petition by the representatives of the domestic industry, the ITC issued its determination and report pursuant to section 204(c) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2254(c) ), finding that the safeguard measure I imposed continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy the serious injury to the domestic industry, and that there is evidence that the domestic industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition (ITC, Large Residential Washers: Extension of Action, No. TA-201-076 (Extension)). 5. Section 203(e)(1)(B) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253(e)(1)(B) ) authorizes the President, after receiving an affirmative determination from the ITC pursuant to section 204(c) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2254(c) ), to extend the effective period of any action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act if the President determines that the action continues to be necessary ( printed page 6542) to prevent or remedy the serious injury and there is evidence that the domestic industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition. 6. Pursuant to section 203(e)(1)(B) of the Trade Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2253(e)(1)(B) ), I have determined that the action continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy the serious injury to the domestic washers industry and there is evidence that the domestic washers industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition, and I have further determined to extend the safeguard measure proclaimed in Proclamation 9694, as modified, as follows: (a) continuation of the tariff-rate quota on imports of washers described in paragraph 1 of this proclamation for an additional period of 2 years, with unchanging within-quota quantities, annual reductions in the rates of duties entered within those quantities in the fourth and fifth years, and annual reductions in the rates of duty applicable to goods entered in excess of those quantities in the fourth and fifth years; and (b) continuation of the tariff-rate quota
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