118 STAT. 4092 PROCLAMATION 7747—DEC. 30, 2003 Act, section 301 of title 3, United Code, and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: (1) In order to provide generally for the preferential tariff treatment being accorded under the USSFTA, to set forth rules for determining whether goods imported into the customs territory of the United States are eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the USSFTA, to pro- vide certain other treatment to originating goods for the purposes of the USSFTA, and to provide tariff-rate quotas with respect to certain origi- nating goods, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex I of Publica- tion 3651 of the United States International Trade Commission, enti- tled Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Implementing the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agree- ment (Publication 3651), which is incorporated by reference into this proclamation. (2) In order to implement the initial stage of duty elimination pro- vided for in the USSFTA and to provide for future staged reductions in duties for products of Singapore for purposes of the USSFTA, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex II of Publication 3651, effective on the dates specified in the relevant sections of such publication and on any subsequent dates set forth for such duty reductions in that pub- lication. (3) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to exercise the author- ity of the President under section 105(a) of the USSFTA Act to estab- lish or designate an office within the Department of Commerce to carry out the functions set forth in that section. (4) (a) The amendments to the HTS made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the relevant dates indicated in Annex II to Publication 3651. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (4)(a) of this proclamation, this proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or with- drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2004. (5) The CITA is authorized to exercise the authority of the President under section 205 of the USSFTA Act to exclude textile and apparel goods from the customs territory of the United States; to determine whether an enterprise’s production of, and capability to produce, tex- tile and apparel goods are consistent with statements by the enterprise; to find that an enterprise has knowingly or willfully engaged in cir- cumvention; and to deny preferential tariff treatment to textile and ap- parel goods. (6) The CITA is authorized to exercise the authority of the President under subtitle B of title III of the USSFTA Act to review requests and to determine whether to commence consideration of such requests; to cause to be published in the Federal Register a notice of commence- ment of consideration of a request and notice seeking public comment; to determine whether imports of a Singaporean textile or apparel arti- cle constitute a substantial cause of serious damage, or actual threat thereof, to a domestic industry producing an article that is like, or di- rectly competitive with, the imported article; and to provide relief from imports of an article that is the subject of such a determination. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 8087 Sfmt 8087 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.004 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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