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 Proclamations Proc. 8033 countries or beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries as provided in sec- tion 503(c)(2)(D) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)), are subject to competitive need limitations on the preferential treatment afforded under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to eligible articles. 2. Section 503(c)(2)(C) of the \177974 Act (\1779 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 de- veloping country with respect to such article if imports of such article from such country did not exceed the competitive need limitations in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the \177974 Act during the preceding calendar year. 3. Section 503(c)(2)(F)(i) of the \177974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(i)) pro- vides that the President may disregard the competitive need limitation pro- vided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) (\1779 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(A)(i)(II)) with re- spect to any eligible article from any beneficiary developing country if the aggregate appraised value of the imports of such article into the United States during the preceding calendar year does not exceed an amount set forth in section 503(c)(2)(F)(ii) (\1779 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(F)(ii)). 4. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(A) of the \177974 Act, I have determined that certain beneficiary developing countries have exported certain eligible arti- cles in quantities exceeding the applicable competitive need limitation in 2005, and I therefore terminate the duty-free treatment for such articles from such beneficiary developing countries. 5. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(C) of the \177974 Act, and subject to the con- siderations set forth in sections 501 and 502 of the \177974 Act, I have deter- mined to redesignate certain countries as beneficiary developing countries with respect to certain eligible articles that previously had been imported in quantities exceeding the competitive need limitations of section 503(c)(2)(A) of the \177974 Act. 6. Pursuant to section 503(c)(2)(F) of the \177974 Act, I have determined that the competitive need limitation provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the \177974 Act should be disregarded with respect to certain eligible articles from certain beneficiary developing countries, as set forth in Annex II to this proclamation. 7. In Proclamation 7758 of March l, 2004, I determined that Barbados had become a "high income" country, and terminated the designation of Bar- bados as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP, effec- tive }anuary \177, 2006. I have determined that an additional change should be made to general note 4(d) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to reflect that determination. 8. Section 604 of the \177974 Act, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the relevant provi- sions of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposi- tion of any rate of duty or other import restriction. 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 title V and section 604 of the \177974 Act, do hereby proclaim: 103

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