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 124 STAT. 4732 PROCLAMATION 8596—NOV. 1, 2010 202(j)(1)(A) of the USBFTA Implementation Act authorizes the Presi- dent to proclaim the rules of origin set out in the USBFTA and any subordinate categories necessary to carry out the USBFTA, subject to certain exceptions set out in section 202(j)(2)(A). 6. I have determined that modifications to the HTS proclaimed pursu- ant to section 202 of the USBFTA Implementation Act and section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act are necessary or appropriate to ensure the con- tinuation of 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 8039. 7. Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (CBERA), as amended by the Haiti Economic Lift Pro- gram Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–171, 124 Stat. 1194) (19 U.S.C. 2701 note) (the ‘‘HELP Act’’), provides that preferential tariff treatment may be provided for apparel and other articles originating in Haiti that are imported directly from Haiti or the Dominican Republic into the cus- toms territory of the United States. 8. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided for under the CBERA, as amended, it is necessary to modify the HTS. 9. Proclamation 7987 of February 28, 2006, implemented the Domini- can Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA–DR). There was a technical error in the form of an inadvertent omission from Annex I of Publication 3829 of the United States Inter- national Trade Commission (USITC) entitled ‘‘Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the Do- minican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to El Salvador,’’ which was incorporated by reference into Proclamation 7987. 10. I have determined that a technical correction to general note 29 to the HTS is necessary to provide the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the CAFTA–DR to originating goods. 11. In Proclamation 8097 two technical errors were made in U.S. note 2 to subchapter XVII of chapter 98 of the HTS as set forth in Annex I of Publication 3898 of the USITC entitled ‘‘Modifications to the Har- monized Tariff Schedule of the United States Under Section 1206 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988,’’ which was in- corporated by reference into Proclamation 8097. 12. I have determined that technical corrections to U.S. note 2 to sub- chapter XVII of chapter 98 of the HTS are necessary to provide the in- tended tariff treatment. 13. Proclamation 8405 of August 31, 2009, modified certain rules of or- igin of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Technical errors, including an inadvertent omission, were made in the modifica- tions to general note 12 to the HTS as provided in Annex I of Publica- tion 4095 of the USITC entitled ‘‘Modifications to the Harmonized Tar- iff Schedule of the United States to Adjust Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement,’’ which was incorporated by reference into Proclamation 8405. 14. I have determined that technical corrections to general note 12 to the HTS are necessary to provide the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the NAFTA to originating goods.