81 FR 1851 - To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Executive Office of the President

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 9 (January 14, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2016)]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2016 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9388 of January 11, 2016

                
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth 
                and Opportunity Act

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. In Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, the 
                President designated the Republic of South Africa 
                (South Africa) as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                country for purposes of section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade 
                Act of 1974 (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), 
                as added by section 111(a) of the African Growth and 
                Opportunity Act (title I of Public Law 106-200) (AGOA).

                2. Sections 506A(d)(4)(C) (19 U.S.C. 2466a(d)(4)(C)) 
                and 506A(c)(1) (19 U.S.C. 2466a(c)(1)) of the 1974 Act 
                authorize the President to suspend the application of 
                duty-free treatment provided for any article described 
                in section 506A(b)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2466a(b)(1)) or 19 U.S.C. 3721 with respect to a 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African country if he 
                determines that the beneficiary country is not meeting 
                the requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 
                1974 Act and that suspending such duty-free treatment 
                would be more effective in promoting compliance by the 
                country with those requirements than terminating the 
                designation of the country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan 
                African country for purposes of section 506A of the 
                1974 Act.

                3. Pursuant to section 506A(c)(1) of the 1974 Act, I 
                have determined that South Africa is not meeting the 
                requirements described in section 506A(a)(1) of the 
                1974 Act and that suspending the application of duty-
                free treatment to certain goods would be more effective 
                in promoting compliance by South Africa with such 
                requirements than terminating the designation of South 
                Africa as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. 
                Accordingly, I have decided to suspend the application 
                of duty-free treatment for all AGOA-eligible goods in 
                the agricultural sector from South Africa for purposes 
                of section 506A of the 1974 Act, effective on March 15, 
                2016.

                4. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
                authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized 
                Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) the 
                substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and 
                of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions 
                thereunder, including removal, modification, 
                continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other 
                import restriction.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States of America, including but not limited to 
                sections 506A(d)(4)(C), 506A(c)(1), and 604 of the 1974 
                Act, do proclaim that:

                    (1) The application of duty-free treatment for all 
                AGOA-eligible goods in the agricultural sector from 
                South Africa is suspended for purposes of section 506A 
                of the 1974 Act, effective on March 15, 2016.
                    (2) In order to reflect in the HTS that beginning 
                on March 15, 2016, the application of duty-free 
                treatment for all AGOA-eligible goods in the 
                agricultural sector from South Africa shall be 
                suspended, the HTS is modified as set forth in the 
                Annex to this proclamation.

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                    (3) Any provisions of previous proclamations and 
                Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions 
                taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent 
                of such inconsistency.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and fortieth.

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