[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 3, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
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[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effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from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