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 Proc. 7383 Title 3--The President of title 3, United States Code, title V of the Act, and sections 50% 502, and 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: (\177) In order to provide separate tariff treatment for the articles specified in section 503(a) of the Act, the HTS is modified as provided in section A of the Annex to this proclamation. (2) In order to make conforming changes to take into account the new permanent tariff categories established in section A of the Annex to this proclamation, the HTS is further modified as provided in section B of the Annex to this proclamation. (3) The Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority set forth in sec- tion 501(e) of the Act to allocate the quantity of imports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.5\177.\1771 and 9902.5%\1772. Any determination by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be set forth in a notice or notices that the Secretary shall cause to be published in the Federal Register. (4) The Secretary is authorized to monitor the most favored nation rate of duty applicable to imports into Canada of worsted wool fabrics of the kind classified under heading 9902.5\177A2 of the HTS and shall notify the President of any reduction, effective on or after May 18, 2000, in the Cana- dian most favored nation rate of duty on such imports. The Secretary shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a notice describing any such reduction. (5) The Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority set forth in sec- tion 504(b)(\177) of the Act to consider, on an annual basis, requests from do- mestic manufacturers of apparel products made of worsted wool fabrics de- scribed in section 504(a) to modify the limitation on the quantity of im- ports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.5\177.\177 and 9902.51A2 of the HTS. (6) The Secretary is authorized to determine, under section 504(b)(3) of the Act, whether the limitation on the quantity of imports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.5\177.\177 and 9902.51.\1772 of the HTS should be modified and to recommend to the President that appropriate modifications be made. (7) The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations to implement the pro- visions of sections 50\177 and 504(b) of the Act, the implementation of which have been delegated to the Secretary pursuant to paragraphs 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this proclamation. (8) The USTR is authorized to exercise the authority set forth in section 504(a) of the Act to monitor market conditions in the United States for the worsted wool articles specified in that section. (9) In order to reflect a change in the name of a designated beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(a) to the HTS is modified by striking "Western Samoa" and by inserting in alphabetical sequence in lieu thereof "Samoa" in the enumeration of independent bene- ficiary developing countries. (\1770) Samoa is designated as a least-developed beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP and title V of the \177974 Act. In order to reflect such designation, general note 4(b)(i) to the HTS, enumerating those countries designated as least-developed beneficiary developing countries 214

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