Executive Office of the President
Proclamation 9333 of September 30, 2015 To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other Purposes A Proclamation 1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 503(a)(1)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “1974 Act”) ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2463(a)(1)(B) ), the President may designate certain articles as eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) when imported from a least-developed beneficiary developing country if, after receiving the advice of the United States International Trade Commission (the “Commission”), the President determines that such articles are not import-sensitive in the context of imports from least-developed beneficiary developing countries. 2. Pursuant to sections 501, 503(a)(1)(B), and 503(b)(5) of the 1974 Act, as amended ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 , 2463(a)(1)(B) , and 2463(b)(5) ), and after receiving advice from the Commission in accordance with section 503(e) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(e) ), I have determined to designate certain articles as eligible articles when imported from a least-developed beneficiary developing country. 3. Section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(C) ) provides that a country that is no longer treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to an eligible article may be redesignated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to such article, subject to the considerations set forth in sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462 ), if imports of such article from such country did not exceed the competitive need limitations in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A) ) during the preceding calendar year. 4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, and having taken into account the considerations set forth in sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, I have determined to redesignate certain countries as beneficiary developing countries with re…
Citation: 80 FR 60249
