19 U.S.C. § 2011

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1202 of this titleThe Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, referred to in text, is not set out in the Code. See Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out under .

Pub. L. 89–283section 1202 of this titlesection 1202 of this titleTitle IV of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means title IV of which amended and Schedules 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, and enacted provisions set out as a note preceding .

January 16, 1965Oct. 21, 1965Sept. 8, 1966The Agreement, referred to in subsec. (b), is the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products, which was entered into between the United States and Canada on , see Proc. No. 3682, , 30 F.R. 13683 and Proc. No. 3743, , 31 F.R. 12003, set out as notes below.

Amendments

Pub. L. 100–4181988—Subsecs. (a), (b). substituted “Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States” for “Tariff Schedules of the United States”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–418Jan. 1, 1989section 1217(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100–418section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable with respect to articles entered on or after such date, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

Executive Documents

Proc. No. 3682. Implementation of Agreement Concerning Automotive Products

Oct. 21, 1965Proc. No. 3682, , 30 F.R. 13683, provided:

January 16, 1965WHEREAS the United States and Canada on , entered into an Agreement Concerning Automotive Products, which provides that Canada shall accord duty-free treatment to imports of certain automotive products of the United States and that, after enactment of implementing legislation, the United States shall accord duty-free treatment to certain automotive products of Canada retroactively to the earliest date administratively possible following the date on which the agreement has been implemented by Canada (art. II, 89th Cong. 1st sess., H. Rep. 537, 38);

January 16, 1965January 18, 1965WHEREAS the agreement of , was implemented by Canada through the granting of the requisite duty-free treatment to United States products on ;

section 1202 of this title19 U.S.C. 1202January 16, 196579 Stat. 1016WHEREAS title II [sections 2011 to 2015 of this title] and IV [amending ] of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 have been enacted to provide for modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States () to implement the agreement of , such modifications to enter into force in the manner proclaimed by the President ();

section 2013 of this titlesection 1202 of this titleJanuary 17, 196579 Stat. 1016WHEREAS sections 201(a) and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [subsec. (a) of this section and ] authorize the President to proclaim the modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in sections 403, 404, and 405 of that Act [amending ] with retroactive effect as of the earliest date after , which he determines to be practicable, and section 401(b) of that Act provides that the rates of duty in column numbered 1 of the tariff schedules that are modified pursuant to such proclamation shall be treated as having been proclaimed by the President as being required to carry out a foreign trade agreement to which the United States is a party (); and

January 17, 1965January 18, 1965WHEREAS I determine that the earliest date, after , as of which it is practicable to give retroactive effect to this proclamation is :

section 2013 of this titlesection 1202 of this titlesection 1202 of this titleDecember 20, 1965January 18, 1965NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly sections 201(a) and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [subsec. (a) of this section and ], do proclaim (1) that the modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in sections 403 and 404 of that Act [amending ] shall enter into force on the day following the date of this proclamation, and (2) that the modifications of the tariff schedules provided for in section 405 of that Act [amending ] shall enter into force on , effective with respect to articles which are or have been entered for consumption, or for warehouse, on or after .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-first day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth.

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Proc. No. 3743. Implementation of Agreement Concerning Automotive Products

Sept. 8, 1966Proc. No. 3743, , 31 F.R. 12003, provided:

January 16, 1965WHEREAS the United States and Canada on , entered into an Agreement Concerning Automotive Products, which provides that Canada shall accord duty-free treatment to imports of certain automotive products of the United States and that, after enactment of implementing legislation, the United States shall accord duty-free treatment to certain automotive products of Canada retroactively to the earliest date administratively possible following the date on which the agreement has been implemented by Canada (art. II, 89th Cong. 1st sess., H. Rep. 537, 38);

January 16, 1965January 18, 1965WHEREAS, the agreement of , was implemented by Canada through the granting of the requisite duty-free treatment to United States products on ;

section 1202 of this title19 U.S.C. 1202January 16, 196579 Stat. 1016WHEREAS titles II [sections 2011 to 2015 of this title] and IV of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [amending ] have been enacted to provide for modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States () to implement the agreement of , such modifications to enter into force in the manner proclaimed by the President ();

section 1202 of this titleJanuary 17, 1965WHEREAS sections 201 and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [sections 2011 and 2013 of this title] authorize the President to proclaim such modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as will provide for the duty-free treatment of Canadian articles which are original motor-vehicle equipment either if the modifications of such articles are set forth in title IV of that Act [amending ] or if the President subsequently determines that the importation of the articles is actually or potentially of commercial significance and that such duty-free treatment is required by the agreement, such proclamation to provide for retroactive effect for such duty-free treatment as of the earliest date after , which the President determines to be practicable;

October 21, 1965section 1202 of this titleWHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 3682 of (30 F.R. 13683), the President pursuant to sections 201 and 203 [sections 2011 and 2013 of this title] proclaimed the modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in title IV of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [amending ]; and

January 16, 1965section 2013 of this titleJanuary 17, 1965January 18, 1965WHEREAS I determine (a) under subsection (b) of section 201 [subsection (b) of this section] that the importation of the Canadian articles which are original motor-vehicle equipment and which are dutiable under TSUS items 688.04, 688.06, and 688.15 is actually or potentially of commercial significance and that duty-free treatment of such Canadian articles is required to carry out the agreement of , and (b) under section 203 [] that the earliest date, after , as of which it is practicable to give retroactive effect to this proclamation is :

section 2013 of this titleJanuary 18, 1965NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON, B. JOHNSON, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly sections 201(b) and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [subsection (b) of this section and ] do proclaim that the Tariff Schedules of the United States are modified by inserting in proper numerical sequence new items 688.05, 688.07, and 688.16, each such item having the article description “If Canadian article and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6) . . .” subordinate to the immediately preceding article description and having “Free” in rate of duty column numbered 1. Such modifications shall enter into force on the day following the date of this proclamation and shall be effective with respect to articles which are or have been entered for consumption, or for warehouse, on or after .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.

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