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 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 104 STAT. 657 complete report regarding the operation of this title, including the results of a general review of beneficiary countries based on the considerations described in subsections (b) and (c).". SEC. 215. TREATMENT OF ARTICLES GROWN, PRODUCED, OR MANUFAC- TURED IN PUERTO RICO. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 213(a) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) The duty-free treatment provided under this chapter shall apply to an article (other than an article listed in subsection (b)) which is the growth, product, or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico if— "(A) the article is imported directly from the beneficiary country into the customs territory of the United States, "(B) the article was by any means advanced in value or improved in condition in a beneficiary country, and (C) if any materials are added to the article in a beneficiary country, such materials are a product of a beneficiary country or the United States.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 19 USC 2703 (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with ^°^- respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after October 1, 1990. (2) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, upon proper request filed with the appropriate customs officer after September 30, 1990, and before April 1, 1991, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse— (A) which was made after August 5, 1983, and before October 1, 1990, and with respect to which liquidation has not occurred before October 1, 1990, and (B) with respect to which there would have been no duty, or a lesser duty, if the amendment made by subsection (a) applied, shall be liquidated as though such amendment applied to such entry or withdrawal. SEC. 216. APPLICATION OF ACT IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN AREA. It is the sense of the Congress that there should be undertaken special efforts in order to improve the ability of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States countries and Belize to benefit from the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. PART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE AND OTHER PROVISIONS AFFECTING CBI BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES SEC. 221. INCREASE IN DUTY-FREE TOURIST ALLOWANCES. (a) DUTY-FREE ALLOWANCE FOR RETURNING RESIDENTS. —Subchapter IV of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended— (1) by inserting the following new note at the end of the notes to such subdiSLotGi** "4. As used in subheadings 9804.00.70 and 9804.00.72, the term 'beneficiary country' means a country listed in general note 3(c)(v)(A).";

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