12 2 STA T .5 2 97PROCL A M AT I O N8 2 40— APR. 17 , 2008 Atechni c al c or rection to the HTS i s re qu ire d to re f lect the w ai v er of the CNL for i mp orts from Colom b ia under HTS subheadin g170 1 . 11.0 5 . 11. I n P residential Proclamation 8 0 9 7of D ecember 2 9 , 200 6 , I modified the HTS pursuant to section 1206 ( a ) of the O mnibus Trade and Com - petitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U .S.C. 3 006(a)) to conform the HTS to the International Convention on the Harmoni z ed Commodit y Description and Coding System (the ‘ ‘Convention ’ ’). Additional conforming changes to the HTS are required to implement the intended tariff treat- ment. 12. Section 60 4 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, author- izes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of relevant pro- visions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, and of ac- tions ta k en thereunder. NO W ,TH ER E F ORE, I, G EORGE W. B USH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to section 104 of the AGOA and title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 – 67, 2483), do proclaim that
(1) Togo is designated as an eligible sub-Saharan African country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of the AGOA. (2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note 16(a) to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ‘‘Republic of Togo,’’ effec- tive with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the thirtieth day after the date of this procla- mation. (3) For purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA, as amended, Togo is a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. (4) In order to provide the tariff treatment intended under section 112 of the AGOA, as amended, the HTS is modified as set forth in the Anne x to this proclamation. (5) The Solomon Islands is designated as a least-developed beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP program. (6) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note 4(b)(i) is modified by adding in alphabetical order ‘‘The Solomon Islands,’’ ef- fective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the sixty-fifth day after the date of this proclamation. (7) For purposes of the GSP program, in order to provide the intended tariff treatment for imports from J amaica, under HTS subheading 2202.90.37, general note 4(d) is modified by adding in numerical order ‘‘2202.90.37’’ and by inserting ‘‘Jamaica’’ next to ‘‘2202.90.37.’’ (8) For purposes of the GSP program, in order to provide the intended tariff treatment for imports from Colombia, under HTS subheading 1701.11.05, general note 4(d) is modified by deleting ‘‘Colombia’’ from the list of countries enumerated next to HTS subheading ‘‘1701.11.05.’’ (9) In order to conform the HTS to the Convention, additional U.S. note 3(d) to subchapter X X of chapter 98 and additional U.S. note 4(d) to subchapter XXI of chapter 98 of the HTS are each modified by delet-
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