March 30, 1982
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of
America, including Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2066, 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), as
amended, section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2073, 19 U.S.C. 2483), and section
503(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 251), and as President of the United
States of America, in order to modify, as provided by sections 504(a) and (c) of the Trade Act of
1974 (88 Stat. 2070, 19 U.S.C. 2464(a) and (c)), the limitations on preferential treatment for
eligible articles from countries designated as beneficiary developing countries, to adjust the
original designation of eligible articles after taking into account information and advice received in
fulfillment of sections 503(a) and 131 - 134 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2069, 19 U.S.C.
2463; 88 Stat. 1994, 19 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), to modify the designations of beneficiary
developing countries in accord with my notification to the Congress of March 18, 1982, and in
accord with technical changes in the identification of certain beneficiary developing countries, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. In order to subdivide and amend the nomenclature of existing items for purposes of the
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19
U.S.C. 1202) are modified as provided in Annex I, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 2. Annex II of Executive Order No. 11888 of November 24, 1975, as amended, listing
articles that are eligible for benefits of the GSP when imported from any designated beneficiary
developing country, is amended by substituting therefor the new Annex II attached hereto and
made a part hereof.
Sec. 3. Annex III of Executive Order No. 11888, as amended, listing articles that are eligible for
benefits of the GSP when imported from all designated beneficiary countries except those
specified in General Headnote 3(c)(iii) of the TSUS, is amended by substituting therefor the new
Annex III, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 4. General Headnote 3(c)(iii) of the TSUS, listing articles that are eligible for benefits of the
GSP except when imported from the beneficiary countries listed opposite those articles, is
modified by substituting therefor the General Headnote 3(c)(iii) set forth in Annex IV, attached
hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 5. In order to provide staged reductions in the rates of duty for those new TSUS items
created by Annex I to this Order, Annex III to Presidential Proclamation 4707 of December 11,
1979, and Annex III to Presidential Proclamation 4768 of June 28, 1980, are amended by Annex
V to this Order, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 6. General Headnote 3(c)(i) of the TSUS listing the designated beneficiary developing
countries for purposes of the GSP is modified as provided in Annex VI, attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
Sec. 7. Whenever the column 1 rate of duty in the TSUS for any item specified in Annex I to this
Order is reduced to the same level as, or to a lower level than, the corresponding rate of duty
inserted in the column entitled ``LDDC'' by Annex I of this Order, the rate of duty in the column
entitled ``LDDC'' for such item shall be deleted from the TSUS.
Sec. 8. Annexes III and IV of Presidential Proclamation 4707 of December 11, 1979, and
Annexes II, III and IV of Presidential Proclamation 4768 of June 28, 1980, are superseded to the
extent inconsistent with this Order.
Sec. 9. Unless otherwise specified, the amendments made by this Order shall be effective with
respect to articles both: (1) imported on or after January 1, 1976, and (2) entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on and after March 31, 1982.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
March 30, 1982.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:06 p.m., March 30, 1982T1]
Note: The annexes are printed in the Federal Register of March 31, 1982.