12 2 STA T .5 2 8 1 PROCL A M AT I O N 8228 — MAR. 28 , 2 0 08 Proclam a ti o n82 28o fM arc h 28 , 2 0 08 ToM o difytheHarm o n i z ed Tariff Sc hed ul eofthe U nited State s and for O ther P ur p oses BythePr e sid e n t of the U nited S t a tes of Am eri c a A Proc l amation 1.Section 1 205(a) o f t h e Om ni busTr a d e and C om p etiti v eness A ct of 1 98 8 (the ‘ ‘1988 Act ’ ’) (19 U .S.C. 3 005(a)) directs the United States I nternationa l Trade Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) to k eep the H ar - moni z ed Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) under continuous revie w and periodicall y to recommend to the P resident such modifica- tions to the HTS as the Commission considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes set forth in that subsection. In 200 6, the Commission recommended modifications to the HTS pursuant to sec- tion 1205 of the 1988 Act to conform the HTS to amendments made to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity D e- scription and Codin g System (the ‘‘Convention’’). In Presidential Proc- lamation 809 7 of December 29, 2006, I modified the HTS pursuant to section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3006(a)) to conform the HTS to the Convention. 2. The Commission has recommended further modifications to the HTS pursuant to sections 1205(a) and (d) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3005(a) and (d)) to alleviate unnecessary administrative burdens, and to ensure that the prior modifications proclaimed in Proclamation 8097 maintain substantial rate neutrality. 3. Section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act authorizes the President to proclaim modifications to the HTS based on the recommendations of the Com- mission under section 1205 of the 1988 Act, if he determines that the modifications are in conformity with United States obligations under the Convention and do not run counter to the national economic inter- est of the United States. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed in this proclamation pursuant to section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act are in conformity with United States obligations under the Convention and do not run counter to the national economic inter- est of the United States. 4 . Presidential Proclamation 7746 of December 30, 2003, implemented the United States-Chile F ree Trade Agreement with respect to the United States, and Presidential Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, implemented the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement with respect to the United States. In Presidential Proclamation 8097, I proclaimed modifications to the HTS that I determined were nec- essary or appropriate to continue to carry out the duty reductions pro- claimed in Proclamations 7746 and 7747. 5. In Presidential Proclamation 8214 of December 27, 2007, I further modified the HTS pursuant to section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act to en- sure the continuation of tariff and certain other treatment accorded originating goods under tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097 and to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamations 7746 and 7747. Technical rectifications to the HTS are re q uired to provide the intended tariff treatment.
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