Proclamation 4809—To Make Effective the Amendments of Section 3(b) of Public Law 96-490 and for Other Purposes

1. Proclamation No. 4768 of June 28, 1980, implementing the Customs Valuation Code, made numerous changes to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202) and established staged reductions in the rates of duty proclaimed therein, pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other trade agreements.

2. Pursuant to the authority of sections 503(a) (1) and 503(a)(2) (A) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 251), and by Proclamation No. 4768, I designated certain articles, identified by specific TSUS item numbers, to receive advanced staging of reductions in the rates of duty applicable to such items.

3. Section 3 of the Act to Approve and Implement the Protocol to the Trade Agreement relating to Customs Valuation, and for Other Purposes (Public Law 96490 of December 2, 1980) made a number of technical amendments to schedule 4 of the TSUS and authorized the President to proclaim the effective date for certain of those amendments.

4. In order to continue the previously proclaimed staged reductions and the provisions for advanced staging established

pursuant to sections 503(a) (1) and 503 (a) (2) (A) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 for those products affected by the technical amendments made by P.L. 96490, it is necessary to make certain conforming modifications to the TSUS.

Now, Therefore, I, Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including but not limited to Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, Titles II and V of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, and Section 3(b) of P.L. 96-490, do proclaim that:

(1) The amendments to the TSUS set forth in section 3(b) of P.L. 96-490 shall be effective on the date of this Proclamation and shall be effective as to articles exported to the United States on or after the date of this Proclamation;

(2) Schedule 4, part 1C of the TSUS is modified by deleting items 411.40 (as amended by P.L. 96-490) and 411.42 and by substituting the following in lieu thereof:

"Papaverine and its salts:

411.40 Products provided for in the Chemical Appendix to the Tariff Schedules 26.9% ad val. 11.6% ad val. 7?¢ per lb. + 104%

ad cal.

411.42 Other 11.6% ad val. 7?¢ per lb.+ 104%

ad cal.";

(3) The rates of duty established for products of least developed developing countries (LDDC's) by Proclamation No. 4768 for item numbers 404.32, 406.36, and 408.24 of the TSUS shall be the rates inserted in the column entitled "LDDC" for items 403.74, 406.73, and 408.31, respectively, as added by section 3(a) of P.L. 96-490;

(4) The rates of duty, including rates in the column entitled "LDDC", and the staged reductions in those rates, established by Proclamation No. 4768 for item numbers 403.76, 408.32, 411.40, and 411.42, shall continue to apply to such item numbers, whether the provisions of the TSUS referred to by these item numbers were amended by P.L. 96-490 or modified by this Proclamation;

(5) The amendments made by paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of this Proclamation shall be effective on the date of this Proclamation and shall be effective with respect to articles exported on or after the date of this Proclamation.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.

JIMMY CARTER