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US – President issues Proclamation modifying the HTS

By 5 Mins Read

On December 21, 2018, the President signed the Presidential Proclamation to Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes (not yet published in the Federal Register). The Proclamation:

  • Terminates the designation of Mauritania as a beneficiary sub‑Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the “Trade Act”), effective January 1, 2019, and deletes “Islamic Republic of Mauritania” from the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in general note 16(a) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTS”). The modification to the HTS set forth above shall be effective with respect to articles that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2019.

US – President implements Nepal Preference Program, restores AGOA benefits to the Central African Republic. and revises certain FTA rules of origin

By 3 Mins Read

On December 20, 2016, the Federal Register published Proclamation 9555 of December  2016 – To Implement the Nepal Preference Program and for Other Purposes. Some of the modifications are needed to update the rules of origin in FTAs due to changes in the Harmonized System.  The Proclamation modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTS) as follows: