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 12 2 STA T .5 2 3 2 PROCL A M AT I O N8 21 4—DE C.2 7, 2 0 07 tocar r y o u tt heUSCFTA,s u bj ecttothee x ce p t i o n s state d in section 20 2 ( o ) (2)(A) .6 . I ha v e deter m ined that the modi f ications to the H TS proc l aimed pur - suant to section 202 of the USCFTA Act and section 1 206(a) of the 1 98 8 Act are necessary or appropriate to ensure the continuation of tar- iff and certain other treatment accorded ori g inating goods under tariff categories modified in P roclamation 809 7 and to carry out the duty re- ductions proclaimed in Proclamation 77 4 6. 7. Presidential Proclamation 7747 of D ecember 3 0, 2003, implemented the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) w ith re- spect to the United States and, pursuant to section 201 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘ ‘USSFTA Act ’ ’ ) (19 U.S.C. 380 5 note), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.12 of the USSFTA and the schedule of re- ductions with respect to the United States set forth in Annex 2 B of the USSFTA. 8. In order to ensure the continuation of the staged reductions in rates of duty for originating goods from Singapore in categories that were modified to conform to the Convention, in Presidential Proclamation 8097, I proclaimed modifications to the HTS that I determined were necessary or appropriate to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747. 9. Singapore is a party to the Convention. Because the substance of the changes to the Convention are reflected in slightly differing form in the national tariff schedules of the parties to the USSFTA, the provisions set out in Annexes 3A and 3B of that Agreement must be changed to ensure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the USSFTA to originating goods will continue to be provided under the tariff categories that were modified in Presidential Proclamation 8097. The USSFTA parties have agreed to ma k e these changes. 10. Section 202 of the USSFTA Act provides certain rules for deter- mining whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of im- plementing tariff treatment under the USSFTA. Section 202(o) of the USSFTA Act authori z es the President to proclaim the rules of origin set out in the USSFTA and any subordinate tariff categories necessary to carry out the USSFTA, subject to certain exceptions set out in sec- tion 202(o)(2)(A). 11. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed pursuant to section 202 of the USSFTA Act are necessary or appro- priate to ensure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded originating goods under tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097 and to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747. 12. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’;) (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the provisions of that Act, and of other Acts, affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. Section 1206(c) of the 1988 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3006(c)), provides that any modifications proclaimed by the President under section 1206(a) of that Act may not take effect before

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