[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 3, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 3CFR7553]

Proc. 7553

Proclamation 7553 of May 3, 2002

To Restore Nondiscriminatory Trade Treatment (Normal Trade Relations 
Treatment) to the Products of Afghanistan

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

          1. Section 118(a)(1) of Public Law 99-190, 99 Stat. 1319, 
          authorized the President to deny nondiscriminatory trade 
          treatment to the products of Afghanistan and thereby cause 
          such products to be subject to the rate of duty in column 2 of 
          the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
          2. Presidential Proclamation 5437 of January 31, 1986, 
          modified the HTS so as to deny nondiscriminatory trade 
          treatment to the products of Afghanistan.
          3. Restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment will 
          support U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Afghanistan 
          and facilitate increased trade with the United States, which 
          could contribute to economic growth and assist Afghanistan in 
          rebuilding its economy.
          4. Pursuant to section 118(c)(1) of Public Law 99-190, I have 
          determined that it is appropriate to restore nondiscriminatory 
          trade treatment to the products of Afghanistan and thereby 
          cause such products to be subject to the applicable rate of 
          duty in column 1 of the HTS.
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United 
          States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by 
          the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including 
          section 118 of Public Law 99-190, and section 604 of the Trade 
          Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), do hereby proclaim 
          that:
          (1) Nondiscriminatory trade treatment (normal trade relations 
          treatment) shall be restored to the products of Afghanistan;
          (2) General note 3(b) of the HTS is modified to exclude 
          Afghanistan; and
          (3) The restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment and 
          the modification to general note 3(b) of the HTS shall be 
          effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
          warehouse for consumption, on or after the thirtieth day after 
          the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal 
          eister.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day 
          of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the 
          Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
          and twenty-sixth.

GEORGE W. BUSH