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 PROCLAMATION 6641—DEC. 15, 1993 108 STAT. 5135 erential tariff treatment previously afforded to other designated beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the GSP should be continued in the HTS provisions established by Annex II to this proclamation, and that other technical and conforming changes are necessary to reflect that Mexico is no longer eligible to receive benefits of the GSP. 6. Section 4 of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 ("the Israel FTA Implementation Act") (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) and Presidential Proclamation No. 5365 of August 30, 1985, implemented reduced duties for products of Israel. I have determined that the duty-free treatment previously proclaimed for goods covered by provisions of the former Tariff Schedules of the United States enumerated in Annex X to Presidential Proclamation No. 5365 should be reflected in the pertinent HTS provisions as of the date provided in such Annex. 7. Section 681(b)(1) of the NAFTA Implementation Act provides for a new "Note 4" to be added to chapter 86 of the HTS. Pursuant to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System ("the Harmonized System"), approved by the Congress in section 1203 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 ("the 1988 Act") (19 U.S.C. 3003), the provisions designated as "Notes" in chapters 1 through 97 of the HTS reflect the corresponding provisions of the Harmonized System, while the designation "Additional U.S. Note" is given to any provision in such a chapter that is of U.S. origin. Accordingly, pursuant to section 1204 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3004), I have decided that it is appropriate to insert in chapter 86 of the HTS as "Additional U.S. Note 1" the new note enacted in such section 681(b)(1) of the NAFTA Implementation Act. 8. Pursuant to section 1102(a) of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902(a)), on December 5, 1988, the United States entered into a trade agreement providing for the reduction of rates of duty applicable to imports of certain tropical products. This trade agreement with other contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat, (parts 5 and 6)), as amended, committed the United States to make, on a provisional basis, temporary tariff reductions on enumerated tropical products. Such tariff reductions were accorded by Presidential Proclamation No. 6030 of September 28, 1989, effective through December 31, 1992, and were subsequently extended through December 31, 1993, by Presidential Proclamation No. 6515 of December 16, 1992. 9. Pursuant to section 1102 of the 1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 2902), I have determined that the modification or continuance of existing duties is required or appropriate to carry out the trade agreement on tropical products. Accordingly, I have decided to extend the effective period of the temporary duty reductions on such enumerated tropical products, as set forth in heading 9903.10.01 through 9903.10.42, inclusive, of the HTS, through December 31, 1994. 10. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, confers authority upon the President to embody in the HTS the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, of other Acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder. NOW. THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to title II and section 321 of the NAFTA Implementation

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