Page images
PDF
EPUB

Schedules of the United States to be published [see letter set forth below].

"SEC. 102. At the earliest practicable date, the President shall take such action as he deems necessary to bring the United States schedules annexed to foreign trade agreements into conformity with the Tariff Schedules of the United States and, after such action is completed, the President shall proclaim

"(1) the rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 and the other provisions of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, which are required or appropriate to carry out the foreign trade agreements to which the United States is a contracting party;

"(2) the temporary modifications set forth in part 2 of the appendix to the tariff schedules (that is, those modifications proclaimed pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1364), and of other trade-agreements legislation);

"(3) the additional import restrictions set forth in part 3 of the appendix to the tariff schedules (that is, those restrictions proclaimed pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624); and

"(4) the nations or areas and countries set forth in general headnote 3(d) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (relating to the treatment of products of certain Communist-dominated nations or areas and countries discriminating against American commerce).

"SEC. 103. The provisions of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as made effective on the date provided by section 501 shall have the status of statutory provisions duly enacted by the Congress, except for

"(1) the rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the tariff schedules proclaimed pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 102 which are lower than the rates of duty in rate column numbered 2 of such schedules for the corresponding items; and

"(2) the provisions proclaimed by the President pursuant to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 102.

"SEC. 104. During the period between the date of the enactment of this Act and the effective date of the Tariff Schedules of the United States

"(1) all public notices which refer to articles in terms of their tariff descriptions and which are issued in connection with investigations by the Commission or other agency, and all findings of recommendations made during such period by any such agency with respect thereto (including findings or recommendations in connection with investigations instituted before the date of the enactment of this Act), shall make reference to the prospectively applicable provisions of such schedules, as determined by the Commission, as well as to the existing provisions; and

"(2) the Commission shall furnish to the President, upon request, any of its outstanding findings restated so as to conform to the Tariff Schedules of the United States to the fullest extent practicable consistent with the purposes of title I of the Customs Simplification Act of 1954.

Any such findings or recommendations with respect to the Tariff Schedules of the United States shall be treated as formal findings or recommendations of the agency involved.

"TITLE II-ADMINISTRATIVE AND SAVING PROVISIONS

"SEC. 201. The Commission is authorized to issue, at appropriate intervals, and to keep up to date, a publication containing current tariff schedules and related matters, including such matter as may be needed for reporting statistics.

"SEC. 202. (a) This Act shall not divest the courts of their jurisdiction over a protest filed under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1514), or by an American manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler under section 516(b) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1516(b)), against a liquidation covering articles en

tered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before the effective date of the Tariff Schedules of the United States.

"(b) If such a protest filed under section 516(b) is sustained in whole or in part by a decision of the United States Customs Court or of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the liquidations covering articles of the character covered by such court decision, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after the date of publication of such court decision, shall be suspended until final disposition is made in accordance with subsection (c).

"(c) If such a protest filed under section 516(b) is not sustained in whole or in part by a final judicial decision, the entries made before the effective date of the Tariff Schedules of the United States shall be liquidated in accordance with such final decision, and all other entries shall be liquidated subject to such schedules. If such a protest is sustained in whole or in part by a final judicial decision, the entries made before the effective date of the Tariff Schedules of the United States shall be liquidated in accordance with such final decision, and the Commission shall report to the President such changes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States as the Commission decides are necessary to conform them to the fullest practicable extent to the substance of such final decision. The President shall, as soon as practicable, proclaim such changes. The changes shall be effective with respect to entries, the liquidation of which was suspended in accordance with subsection (b), covering articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the Tariff Schedules of the United States.

"SEC. 203. For purposes of applying sections 323 and 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended [sections 1323 and 1351 of this title], and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [chapter 7 of this title], with respect to the Tariff Schedules of the United States

"(1) The rate of duty in rate column numbered 2 for each item in schedules 1 to 7, inclusive of the Tariff Schedules of the United States shall be treated as the rate of duty existing on July 1, 1934.

"(2) The lowest preferential or nonpreferential rate of duty in rate column numbered 1 for each item in schedules 1 to 7, inclusive, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States on the effective date provided in section 501(a) of this Act shall be treated as the lowest preferential or nonpreferential rate of duty, respectively, existing on July 1, 1962; except that in the case of any such item included in a supplemental report made pursuant to section 101(c) of this Act to reflect a change proclaimed by the President after July 1, 1962 (other than a change to which the United States was committed on July 1, 1962), the rate treated as the lowest nonpreferential rate of duty existing on July 1, 1962, shall be the rate which the Commission specifically declares in such supplemental report to be the rate which, in its judgment, conforms to the fullest extent practicable to the rate regarded as existing on July 1, 1962, under section 256(4) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [section 1886(4) of this title].

"(3) Legislation entering into force after the effective date provided for in section 501(a) of this Act which results in the permanent reclassification of any article without specifying the rate of duty applicable thereto, and proclamations under section 202(c) of this Act, shall be considered as having been in effect since June 30, 1962."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1966 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-651, Oct. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 897, provided that: "This Act [see Short Title note below] shall become effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after a date to be proclaimed by the President, which date shall be within a period of three months after the date on which the United States instrument of ratification of the Agreement on the Im

portation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials shall have deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations." See, Proc. 3754, set out below.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENTS AND
MODIFICATIONS

Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-241, Oct. 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 933, as amended by Pub. L. 90-36, § 1, June 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 94, provided that:

"(a) Except as otherwise provided, the amendments and repeals made by this Act [to the Tariff Schedules of the United States] shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after the 60th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. [Oct. 7, 1965].

"(b) Upon request therefor filed with the collector of customs concerned on or before September 30, 1967, the entry or withdrawal of any article

"(1) which was made after August 30, 1963, and before the 61st day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 7, 1965], and

"(2) with respect to which the amount of duty would be smaller if the amendments and repeals made by this Act [to the Tariff Schedules of the United States] (other than the amendments made by sections 28(a), 53(a), 78(a) and (b), and 87(a)) [to items 520.19-520.21, 685.40, Sched. 7, Pt. 8, Subpt. A, headnote 3, items 750.26-750.33, and 909.25 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] applied to such entry or withdrawal,

shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 [section 1514 of this title] or any other provision of law, be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal had been made on the 61st day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 7, 1965]."

Pub. L. 89-283, title IV, § 401, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1021, provided that:

"(a) The modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in this title [to section 1202 of this title and schedules 2, 3, and 5-7 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] shall not enter into force except as proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 201(a) of this Act [section 2011(a) of this title].

"(b) The rates of duty in column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States which are modified pursuant to section 201(a) of this Act [section 2011(a) of this title] shall be treated

"(1) as not having the status of statutory provisions enacted by the Congress, but

"(2) as having been proclaimed by the President as being required to carry out a foreign trade agreement to which the United States is a party."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF TARIFF CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1962

Section 501(a) of Pub. L. 87-456, title V, May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 78, provided that: "Except as provided in subsection (b) [set out as a note under section 4501 of Title 261, the repeal of titles I and II of the Tariff Act of 1930 and the substitution of a new title I therefor, as provided for in title I of this Act, and the provisions of title III shall become effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 10th day following the date of the proclamation of the President provided for in section 102 [see Proclamation set forth below]."

SHORT TITLE OF 1966 AMENDMENT

Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 89-651, Oct. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 897, provided that: "This Act [which enacted section 1544 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, amended Schedules 2, 7, and 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States and section 2602 of title 28, and enacted notes hereunder and under section 1981 of this title] may be cited as the 'Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1965 AMENDMENT Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 89-241, Oct. 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 933, provided that: "This Act [which amended section 1202 of this title and Schedules 1 to 8 and Appendix to Schedules, and enacted provisions set out as notes hereunder and under section 1981 of this title] may be cited as the "Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965'."

Section 1(c) of Pub. L. 89-241, Oct. 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 933, provided that: "Title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 [this subtitle], as in effect on or after August 31, 1963, may be cited as the "Tariff Schedules of the United States'."

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 87-456, May 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 72 provided: "That this Act [which amended section 1312 of this title, section 1856 of Title 7, Agriculture, section 41 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, sections 4501 and 6418 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, section 474 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and section 2201 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, repealed sections 193 to 195, 196a, 420, 13018, 1308, 1367, 1489, 1504 and 1508 of this title and section 2383 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and enacted provisions set out as notes preceding section 1202 of this title, under section 1861 of this title and section 4501 of title 26] may be cited as the 'Tariff Classification Act of 1962'."

PURPOSE OF Educational, SCIENTIFIC, and CulturaL
MATERIALS IMPORTATION ACT OF 1966

Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 89-651, Oct. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 897 provided that: "The purpose of this Act [see Short Title note above] is to enable the United States to give effect to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials, opened for signature at Lake Success on November 22, 1950, with a view to contributing to the cause of peace through the freer exchange of ideas and knowledge across national boundaries."

PROC. NO. 4074. IMPOSITION OF SUPPLEMENTAL DUTY
FOR BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PURPOSES

Proc. No. 4074, Aug. 15, 1971, 36 F.R. 15724, as amended by Proc. No. 4098, Dec. 20, 1971, 36 F.R. 2420, provided:

WHEREAS, there has been a prolonged decline in the international monetary reserves of the United States, and our trade and international competitive position is seriously threatened and, as a result, our continued ability to assure our security could be impaired;

WHEREAS, the balance of payments position of the United States requires the imposition of a surcharge on dutiable imports;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution and the statutes, including, but not limited to, the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended [this chapter] (hereinafter referred to as "the Tariff Act"), and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [section 1801 et seq. of this title] (hereinafter referred to as "the TEA"), the President entered into, and proclaimed tariff rates under trade agreements with foreign countries;

WHEREAS, under the Tariff Act, the TEA, and other provisions of law, the President may, at any time, modify or terminate, in whole or in part, any proclamation made under his authority;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including, but not limited to, the Tariff Act, and the TEA, respectively, do proclaim as follows:

A. I hereby declare a national emergency during which I call upon the public and private sector to make the efforts necessary to strengthen the international economic position of the United States.

B. [Terminated by Proc. No. 4098, Dec. 20, 1971, 36 F.R. 24201.]

C. [Terminated by Proc. No. 4098, Dec. 20, 1971, 36 F.R. 24201.]

D. This Proclamation shall be effective 12:01 a.m., August 16, 1971.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-sixth.

RICHARD NIXON.

PROC. No. 3754. EFFECTIVE DATE OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL MATERIALS IMPORTATION ACT OF 1966

Proc. No. 3754, Nov. 3, 1966, 31, F.R. 14381, provided: WHEREAS Section 2 of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966, approved October 14, 1966 (Pub. Law 89-651) [set out as a note above], provides that the Act shall become effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after a date proclaimed by the President, which date shall be within a period of three months after the date on which the United States instrument of ratification of the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials (commonly referred to as the Florence Agreement) shall have been deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations; and

WHEREAS such instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on November 2, 1966:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including Section 2 of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966, do proclaim that that Act shall become effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after February 1, 1967.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this third day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first. [SEAL]

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

PRESIDENTIAL LETTER DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF TARIFF SCHEDULES OF UNITED STATES

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, August 15, 1963.

DEAR MR. ADMINISTRATOR: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 101(d) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, I hereby direct you to publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER the Tariff Schedules of the United States, which shall consist of

1. the general headnotes and rules of interpretation;

PROC. No. 3548. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TARIFF SCHEDULE Proc. No. 3548, Aug. 21, 1963, 28, F.R. 9279, provided: WHEREAS I have caused the Tariff Schedules of the United States to be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER in conformity with Section 101(d) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-456, 76 Stat. 72) [set forth above];

WHEREAS I have taken such action as I deem necessary to bring the United States schedules annexed to foreign trade agreements into conformity with the Tariff Schedules of the United States as provided for in Section 102 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, as amended (P.L. 87-456, 76 Stat. 72, as amended by Section 257(g) of P.L. 87-794, 76 Stat. 882) [set forth above]; and

WHEREAS I have determined that the rates and provisions proclaimed in paragraph 1 of this proclamation are required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements to which the United States is a party:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority of the Constitution and statutes, including Section 102 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, as amended, do proclaim:

1. The rates of duty in column numbered 1 of Schedules 1 to 8, inclusive (except the rates for the items listed in Annex A which is attached and made a part of this proclamation), and the other provisions of the Tariff Schedules of the United States which relate thereto;

2. The temporary modifications set forth in Part 2 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States;

3. The additional import restrictions set forth in Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States; and

4. The nations or areas and countries set forth in general headnote 3(d) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (relating to the treatment of products of certain Communist-dominated nations or areas).

The Tariff Schedules of the United States shall become effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 31, 1963.

As to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 31, 1963, the provisions of all prior proclamations which provide for customs treatment inconsistent with the Tariff Schedules of the United States are hereby superseded.

IN WITNESS WHEREAS, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-first day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightyeighth.

[SEAL]

JOHN F. KENNEDY.

ANNEX A

2. schedules 1 to 8 inclusive; and

ITEMS IN TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES 1. Schedules 1-7

3. the appendix to the Tariff Schedules as set forth in the report of the United States Tariff Commission, "Tariff Classification Study, Proposed Revised Tariff Schedules of the United States," dated November 15, 1960, as changed by the First through

[blocks in formation]

Seventh Supplemental Reports.

[blocks in formation]

It is requested that this letter be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

131.20

[blocks in formation]

Sincerely,

[blocks in formation]

JOHN F. KENNEDY.

[blocks in formation]

HON. BERNARD L. BOUTIN,

145.41

[blocks in formation]

Administrator, General Services Administration,

[blocks in formation]

Washington 25, D.C.

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

1. Tariff treatment of imported articles-All articles imported into the customs territory of the United States from outside thereof are subject to duty or exempt therefrom as prescribed in general headnote 3.

2. Customs territory of the United States-The term "customs territory of the United States", as used in the schedules, includes only the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

3. Rates of duty-The rates of duty in the "Rates of Duty" columns numbered 1 and 2 of the schedules apply to articles imported into the customs territory of the United States as hereinafter provided in this headnote:

(a) Products of insular possessions:

(i) Except as provided in headnote 4 of schedule 7, part 7, subpart A, and in head

note 6 of schedule 7, part 2, subpart E, articles, imported from insular possessions of the United States which are outside the customs territory of the United States are subject to the rates of duty set forth in column numbered 1 of the schedules, except that all such articles the growth or product of any such possession, or manufactured or produced in any such possession from materials the growth, product, or manufacture of any such possession or of the customs territory of the United States, or of both, which do not contain foreign materials to the value of more than 50 percent of their total value (or more than 70 percent of their total value with respect to watches and watch movements), coming to the customs territory of the United States directly from any such possession, and all articles previously imported into the customs territory of the United States with payment of all applicable duties and taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation which were shipped from the United States, without remission, refund, or drawback of such duties or taxes, directly to the possession from which they are being returned by direct shipment, are exempt from duty.

(ii) In determining whether an article produced or manufactured in any such insular possession contains foreign materials to the value of more than 50 percent, no material shall be considered foreign which, at the time such article is entered, may be imported into the customs territory from a foreign country, other than Cuba or the Philippine Republic, and entered free of duty.

(iii) Subject to the limitations imposed under sections 503(b) and 504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 [sections 2463(b) and 2464(c) of this title], articles designated eligible articles under section 503 of such Act [section 2463 of this title] which are imported from an insular possession of the United States shall receive duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such articles imported from a beneficiary developing country under V of such Act [section 2461 et seq. of this title].

(b) Products of Cuba-Products of Cuba imported into the customs territory of the United States, whether imported directly or indirectly, are subject to the rates of duty set forth in column numbered 1 of the schedules. Preferential rates of duty for such products apply only as shown in the said column 1.1

(c) Products of Countries Designated Beneficiary Developing Countries for Purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): (i) The following countries and territories are designated beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences, provided for in Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2066, 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.):

(a) Independent

Countries-Afghani

stan, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bah'By virtue of section 401 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, the application to products of Cuba of either a preferential or other reduced rate of duty in column 1 is suspended. See general headnote 3(e), infra.

rain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldive Islands, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of China, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Western Samoa, Yemen Arab Republic, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

(b) Non-Independent Countries and Territories-Afars and Issas (French Territory of the), Antigua, Belize, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Solomon Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comora Islands, Cook Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and Dependencies, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, Gilbert Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, Macao, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Hebrides Condominium, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Island, Portuguese Timor, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Seychelles, Spanish Sahara, Tokelau Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, British, Wallis and Futuna Islands. (ii) Articles for which the designations "A" or "A" appear in the column entitled "GSP" of the schedules are those designated by the President to be eligible articles for purposes of the GSP pursuant to Section 503 of the Trade Act [19 U.S.C. 2463]. The designation "A" signifies that all beneficiary developing countries are eligible for preferential treatment with respect to all articles provided for in the designated TSUS item, while the designation "A*" indicates that certain beneficiary developing countries, specifically enumerated in subdivision (c)(iii) of this headnote, are not eligible for such preferential treatment with regard to any article provided for in the designated TSUS item. Whenever an eligible article is imported into the customs territory of the United States directly from a country or territory listed in subdivision (c)(i) of this headnote, it shall receive dutyfree treatment, unless excluded from such treatment by subdivision (c)(iii) of this headnote, provided that, in accordance with

regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury:

(A) The sum of (1) the cost or value of the materials produced in the beneficiary developing country, plus (2) the direct costs of processing operations performed in such country is not less than 35 percent of the appraised value of such article at the time of its entry into the customs territory of the United States; or

(B) The sum of (1) the cost or value of the material produced in two or more beneficiary developing countries which are members of the same association of countries which is treated as one country under Section 502(a)(3) of the Trade Act [19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(3)], plus (2) the direct cost of processing operations performed in such countries is not less than 50 percent of the appraised value of such article at the time of its entry into the customs territory of the United States;

and provided further that, for the purposes of (A) above, the term "country" does not include an association of countries which is treated as one country under Section 502(a)(3) of the Trade Act [19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(3)], but does include a country which is a member of any such association.

(iii) The following designated eligible articles provided for in TSUS item numbers preceded by the designation “A*”, if imported from a beneficiary developing country set opposite the TSUS item numbers listed below, are not entitled to the duty-free treatment provided for in subdivision (c)(ii) of this headnote:

[blocks in formation]

106.60 107.20

107.45

107.48

Argentina

107.70

111.92.

Philippine Republic

121.52

India

121.55

India

130.35

Brazil

130.40

Mexico

130.63

Mexico

131.35

Hong Kong

[blocks in formation]
« PreviousContinue »