Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of the United States Trade Representative AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority delegated to the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) in Presidential Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 ( 62 FR 4415 ), USTR is making technical corrections to general note 12(t) and chapters 29, 42, 64, 98, and 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTS”), as set forth in the annex to this notice. These modifications correct inadvertent errors and omissions, so that the intended tariff treatment is provided, in: (1) The rules of origin for certain goods of chapter 34 under the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”); (2) the tariff provisions previously proclaimed in chapter 29 to cover particular chemical products; (3) chapter 42 for goods of beneficiary countries of the Andean Trade Preference Act; (4) the named subheadings of heading 6406 of the HTS for goods of Jordan; (5) note 3(b) to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 for textile and apparel goods eligible for special tariff benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act; (6) note 3(b) to subchapter XX of chapter 98 for goods eligible for special tariff benefits under the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; and (7) chapter 99 for certain steel products. EFFECTIVE DATE: The corrections made in this notice are effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse…