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 PROCLAMATION 5133—NOV. 30, 1983

98 STAT. 3531

(F) 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 column 2 rates of duty apply; or (G) the articles subject to the provisions of subpart A of part 2 of the Appendix, to the extent that such provisions have not been modified or terminated by the President pursuant to subsection 213(e)(5) of the CBERA." B. Subpart A of part 10 of schedule 1 of the TSUS is modified by adding the following new headnote 4: "4. For such period as there is in effect a proclamation issued by the President pursuant to the authority vested in him by section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624) to protect a price-support program for sugar beets and sugar cane, the importation and duty-free treatment of sugars, sirups, and molasses, provided for in items 155.20 and 155.30, in accordance with general headnote 3(g), shall be governed in the following manner: (a)(i) For all beneficiary countries, except those subject to subparagraph (ii) and paragraph (b), duty-free treatment shall be provided in the same manner as it is provided pursuant to title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), at the time of the effective date of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; except that the President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, may suspend or adjust upward the value limitation provided for in section 504(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 on the duty-free treatment afforded to beneficiary countries under general headnote 3(g) if he finds that such adjustment will not interfere with the price support program for sugar beets and sugar cane and is appropriate in light of market conditions. (ii) As an alternative to subparagraph (i), the President may, at the request of a beneficiary country not subject to paragraph (b) and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, elect to permit sugar, sirups, and molasses from that country to enter duty-free during a calendar year subject to quantitative limitations to be established by the President on the quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses entered from that country. (b) For the following countries whose exports of sugar, sirups, and molasses in 1981 were not eligible for duty-free treatment because of the operation of section 504(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, the quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses which may be entered in any calendar year shall be limited to no more than the quantity specified below: Dominican Republic Guatemala Panama

780,000 metric tons 210,000 metric tons 160,000 metric tons

Such sugar, sirups, and molasses shall be admitted free of duty, except as provided for in paragraph (c). (c) The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, may suspend or adjust upward the quantitative limitations imposed under paragraph (a)(ii) or (b) if he determines such action will not interfere with the price-support program for sugar beets and sugar cane and is appropriate in light of market conditions. The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, may suspend the duty-free treatment for all or part of the quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses permitted to be entered by paragraphs (a)(ii} and (b) if such action is necessary to protect the price-support program for sugar beets and sugar cane. (d) Any quantitative limitation imposed on a beneficiary country under paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) shall apply only to the extent that such limitation permits a lesser quantity of sugar, sirups, and molasses to be entered from that country than the quantity that would be permitted to be entered under any other provision of law."

Editorial Note: Two items on the implementation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act are printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 19, pp. 1628 and 1630): the President's letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, dated Nov. 30, 1983, and the Principal Deputy Press Secretary's statement of Dec. 1, 1983.

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