Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
AMENDING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Title V and Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2066, 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.; 88 Stat. 2073, 19 U.S.C. 2483), and as President of the United States of America, in order to modify, as provided by Section 504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2070, 19 U.S.C. 2464(c) ), the limitations on preferential treatment for eligible articles from countries designated as beneficiary developing countries, and to adjust the original designation of eligible articles taking into account information and advice received in fulfillment of Sections 503(a) and 131-134 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2069, 19 U.S.C. 2463(a); 88 Stat. 1994, 19 U.S.C. 2151-2154), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202) are modified by striking out items 791.24 and 791.26, including the superior heading thereto, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "791.26 Other. . . .5% ad val. 15% ad val." SEC. 2. Annex II of Executive Order No. 11888, as amended, listing articles that are eligible for benefits of the GSP when imported from any designated beneficiary country is further amended by deleting item 652.99 and by adding items 145.08, 653.00, and 653.01 thereto. SEC. 3. Annex III of Executive Order No. 11888, as amended, listing articles that are eligible for benefits of the GSP when imported from all designated beneficiary countries except those specified in General Headnote 3(c)(iii) of the TSUS, is further amended by deleting item 145.08 therefrom. SEC. 4. General Headnote 3(c) (iii) of the TSUS, listing articles that are eligible for benefits of the GSP except when imported from the beneficiary countries listed opposite those articles, is amended by deleting therefrom the following: "145.08. . . Philippine Republic 724.35. . . Republic of Korea"; and by adding thereto, in numerical sequence, the following: "724.35. . . Mexico". SEC. 5. The amendments made by Executive Order 12124 of February 28, 1979, with respect to TSUS items 680.55 and 680.56 shall be effective as to articles that are both (1) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (2) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 21, 1978, and as to which the liquidations of the entries or withdrawals have not become final and conclusive under Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514). SEC. 6. The amendments made with respect to items 145.08 and 724.35 by Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Order shall be effective as to articles that are both (1) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (2) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 1, 1979, and as to which the liquidations of the entries or withdrawals have not become final and conclusive under Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514). SEC. 7. The amendments made with respect to items 652.99, 653.00, and 653.01 by Section 2 of this Order shall be effective as to articles that are both (1) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (2) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 26, 1979, and as to which the liquidations of the entries or withdrawals have not become final and conclusive under Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 u.s.c. 1514). SEC. 8. The amendments made by Section 1 of this Order shall be effective with respect to articles that are both (1) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (2) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the third day following the date of publication of this Order in the FEDERAL REGISTER. JIMMY CARTER The White House, December 11, 1979. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:53 a.m., December 12, 1979]