To Modify the List of Beneficiary Developing Countries Under the Trade Act of 1974

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 23425-23429]

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[FR Doc No: 2019-10761]

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Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 98 / Tuesday, May 21, 2019 /

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Proclamation 9887 of May 16, 2019

To Modify the List of Beneficiary Developing

Countries Under the Trade Act of 1974

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

1. In Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 1975, the

President designated Turkey as a beneficiary developing

country for purposes of the Generalized System of

Preferences (GSP) (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.).

2. Pursuant to section 502(d)(1) of the Trade Act of

1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C.

2462(d)(1)), the President may withdraw, suspend, or

limit the application of the duty-free treatment

accorded under the GSP with respect to any beneficiary

developing country. In taking any action under section

502(d)(1) of the 1974 Act, the President shall consider

the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the

1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)).

limit the application of the duty-free treatment

accorded under the GSP with respect to any beneficiary

developing country. In taking any action under section

502(d)(1) of the 1974 Act, the President shall consider

the factors set forth in sections 501 and 502(c) of the

1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462(c)).

3. Section 502(c)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.

2462(c)(2)) provides that, in determining whether to

designate any country as a beneficiary developing

country, the President shall take into account, among

other factors, the level of economic development of

such country, including its per capita gross national

product, the living standards of its inhabitants, and

any other economic factors that the President deems

appropriate.

4. Consistent with section 502(d)(1) of the 1974 Act,

and having considered the factors set forth in sections

501 and 502(c), I have determined that, based on its

level of economic development, it is appropriate to

terminate Turkey's designation as a beneficiary

developing country effective May 17, 2019.

5. Section 502(f)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.

2462(f)(2)) requires the President to notify the

Congress and the affected beneficiary developing

country, at least 60 days before termination, of the

President's intention to terminate the affected

country's designation as a beneficiary developing

country, together with the considerations entering into

such decision

the President to notify the

Congress and the affected beneficiary developing

country, at least 60 days before termination, of the

President's intention to terminate the affected

country's designation as a beneficiary developing

country, together with the considerations entering into

such decision. I notified the Congress and Turkey on

March 4, 2019, of my intent to terminate Turkey's

designation, together with the considerations entering

into my decision.

6. Pursuant to section 203 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C.

2253), and after receiving a report from the

International Trade Commission prepared under section

202 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2252), the President may

implement a measure in the form of a safeguard to

address increased imports of articles that are a

substantial cause of serious injury to a domestic

industry producing like or directly competitive

products. When acting pursuant to section 203 of the

1974 Act, the President shall take action that he

determines will facilitate efforts of the domestic

industry to make a positive adjustment to import

competition and provide greater economic and social

benefits than costs.

r directly competitive

products. When acting pursuant to section 203 of the

1974 Act, the President shall take action that he

determines will facilitate efforts of the domestic

industry to make a positive adjustment to import

competition and provide greater economic and social

benefits than costs.

7. In Proclamation 9693 of January 23, 2018, I,

pursuant to section 203 of the 1974 Act, implemented a

safeguard measure on imports of certain crystalline

silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells, whether or not

partially or fully assembled into other products

(including, but not limited to, modules, laminates,

panels, and building-integrated materials) (``CSPV

products''). In Proclamation 9694 of January 23, 2018,

I, pursuant to section 203 of the

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1974 Act, implemented a safeguard measure on imports of

large residential washers.

8. The safeguard measures implemented by Proclamations

9693 and 9694 exempt imports of covered products from

developing countries that are Members of the World

Trade Organization (WTO), including Turkey, if such a

country's individual share of total imports of the

product does not exceed 3 percent and if imports of all

such countries with less than 3 percent import share do

not collectively account for more than 9 percent of

total imports of the product.

Trade Organization (WTO), including Turkey, if such a

country's individual share of total imports of the

product does not exceed 3 percent and if imports of all

such countries with less than 3 percent import share do

not collectively account for more than 9 percent of

total imports of the product.

9. Consistent with my determination that it is

appropriate to terminate the designation of Turkey as a

beneficiary developing country under the GSP, effective

May 17, 2019, I have determined to remove it from the

list of developing country WTO Members exempt from

application of the safeguard measures on CSPV products

and large residential washers. To reflect Turkey's

removal from the list, I have determined that it is

appropriate to revise subdivision (b)(2) of U.S. note

17 and subdivision (b) of U.S. note 18 to subchapter

III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States (HTS) to delete the references to

Turkey.

10. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483)

authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the

substance of the relevant provisions of the 1974 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.

19 U.S.C. 2483)

authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the

substance of the relevant provisions of the 1974 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, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, acting under the authority

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States of America, including title V and

sections 203 and 604 of the 1974 Act, do hereby

proclaim that:

(1) The designation of Turkey as a beneficiary

developing country is terminated, effective May 17,

2019.

(2) To reflect this termination, general notes 4(a)

and 4(d) and pertinent subheadings of the HTS are

modified as set forth in Annex A to this proclamation.

(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.

(4) The exemption for Turkey from application of

the safeguard measures on CSPV products and large

residential washers is removed, effective May 17, 2019.

s and

Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions

taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent

of such inconsistency.

(4) The exemption for Turkey from application of

the safeguard measures on CSPV products and large

residential washers is removed, effective May 17, 2019.

(5) To reflect this revision, subdivision (b)(2) of

U.S. note 17 and subdivision (b) of U.S. note 18 to

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS are each

modified as set forth in Annex B to this proclamation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two

thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

third.

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