Proc. 8114 Title 3--The President IMPLEMENTATION OF HAITIAN HEMISPHERIC OPPORTUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP ENCOURAGEMENT ACT OF 2006 A. Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 4, 2007, in order to give effect to the provisions of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act of 2006, subchapter XX of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is modified by inserting in numerical sequence the following new U.S. note and tariff provision, with the material inserted in the columns labeled "HeadingdSubheading", "Article Description" and "Rates of Duty 1 Special": "6. Implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006. (a) For purposes of heading 9820.85.44, any product of Haiti described in such heading and classifiable in subheading 8544.30.00 of the tariff schedule that is imported directly from Haiti into the customs territory of the United States shall be eligible for the duty treatment provided therein during the period from December 20, 2006, through December 19, 2011, inclusive, provided that\177o (i) the cost or value of the materials produced in Haiti or one or more of the countries set forth in subdivision (b) of this note, or any combination thereof, plus (ii) the direct costs of processing operations (as defined in general note 7(b) to the tariff schedule) performed in Haiti or the United States, or both, is not less than 50 percent of the declared customs value of such product. (b) For purposes of subdivision (a)(i) of this note, the countries included are the United States, lsrael, Canada, Mexmo, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and designated beneficiary countries enumerated in general notes 1 I, 16 or 17 to the tariff schedule." "9820.85.44 : Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of : : :
- a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships, the : :
- foregoing the product of Haiti and entered : : :
- under the terms of U.S. note 6 to this : : :
- subchapter ......................................................... : : Free" :
B. Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 20, 2007, subchapter XX of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is modified by inserting in numerical sequence the following new provisions, with the material in the new headings inserted in the columns labeled "Heading/Subheading", "Article Description" and "Rates of Duty 1 Special": 1. U.S. note 6(b) to such subchapter (as added by section A of this annex) is modified by redesignating the text set forth in such paragraph as subdivision (i); by deleting "subdivision (a)(i)" and by inserting in lieu thereof "subdivistons (a)(i) and (c)"; and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new subdivision: "(ii) For purposes of this note, an applicable I-year period shall comprise the time period starting on December 20 in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010 and ending on December 19 in the succeeding year." 2. U.S. note 6 is further modified by inserting the following new provisions at the end thereof: 2O
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