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Proclamation 8536

To Implement Certain Provisions of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to Costa Rica, and for Other Purposes

This proclamation modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to implement preferential tariff treatment and a tariff-rate quota for certain sugar and sugar-containing goods from Costa Rica under CAFTA-DR, effective June 15, 2010. It also makes retroactive technical corrections to general notes 12, 25, and 26 of the HTS for errors in prior proclamations related to NAFTA, the U.S.-Singapore FTA, and the U.S.-Chile FTA.

Federal Register Open PDF 75 FR 34311

Impact dates

  1. HTS modifications for Costa Rican sugar preferential treatment and tariff-rate quota take effect

  2. Technical corrections to general note 12 (NAFTA) effective retroactively

  3. Technical corrections to general notes 25 and 26 (USSFTA and USCFTA) effective retroactively

Key directives

  • Modify HTS per Annex I for preferential tariff treatment and tariff-rate quota for Costa Rican sugar and sugar-containing goods
  • Make technical corrections to general note 12 (NAFTA) per section A of Annex II, effective retroactively to October 3, 2009
  • Make technical corrections to general note 25 (USSFTA) per section B of Annex II, effective retroactively to February 8, 2009
  • Make technical corrections to general note 26 (USCFTA) per section C of Annex II, effective retroactively to February 8, 2009
  • Supersede inconsistent provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders

Timeline

Immediate

  • HTS modifications for Costa Rican sugar tariff-rate quota take effect June 15, 2010

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Retroactive effective dates (February 8, 2009 and October 3, 2009) for technical corrections may create compliance complexity for entries already processed
  • Sugar tariff-rate quotas are politically sensitive in U.S. trade policy; limited scope to Costa Rica may still draw agricultural sector attention
  • Supersession clause in paragraph (7) is broad but standard for trade proclamations
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