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 PUBLIC LAW 102-182—DEC. 4, 1991 105 STAT. 1241 (1) textile and apparel articles which are subject to textile agreements; (2) footwear not designated at the time of the effective date of this Act as eligible for the purpose of the generalized system of preferences under title V of the Trade Act of 1974; (3) tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner, in airtight containers; (4) petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum, provided for in headings 2709 and 2710 of the HTS; (5) watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets and straps), of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material which is the product of any country with respect to which HTS column 2 rates of duty apply; (6) articles to which reduced rates of duty apply under subsection (c); (7) sugars, syrups, and molasses classified in subheadings 1701.11.03, 1701.12.02, 1701.99.02, 1702.90.32, 1806.10.42, and 2106.90.12 of the HTS; or (8) rum and tafia classified in subheading 2208.40.00 of the HTS. (c) DUTY REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN GOODS.— (1) Subject to para- President, graph (2), the President shall proclaim reductions in the rates of duty on handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel that— (A) are the product of any beneficiary country; and (B) were not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible articles for purposes of the generalized system of preferences under title V of the Trade Act of 1974. (2) The reduction required under paragraph (1) in the rate of duty on any article shall— (A) result in a rate that is equal to 80 percent of the rate of duty that applies to the article on December 31, 1991, except that, subject to the limitations in paragraph (3), the reduction may not exceed 2.5 percent ad valorem; and (B) be implemented in 5 equal annual stages with the first Vs of the aggregate reduction in the rate of duty being applied to entries, or withdrawals from warehouse for consumption, of the article on or after January 1, 1992. (3) The reduction required under this subsection with respect to the rate of duty on any article is in addition to any reduction in the rate of duty on that article that may be proclaimed by the President as being required or appropriate to carry out any trade agreement entered into under the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations; except that if the reduction so proclaimed— (A) is less than 1.5 percent ad valorem, the aggregate of such proclaimed reduction and the reduction under this subsection may not exceed 3.5 percent ad valorem, or (B) is 1.5 percent ad valorem or greater, the aggregate of such proclaimed reduction and the reduction under this subsection may not exceed the proclaimed reduction plus 1 percent ad valorem. (d) SUSPENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT.— (1) The President may by proclamation suspend the duty-free treatment provided by this title with respect to any eligible article and may proclaim a duty rate for such article if such action is proclaimed under chapter 1 of 49-194O-92- 10:QL.3Part 2

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