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To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to
the Products of Ukraine, and for Other Purposes
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 31, 2006

To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to
the Products of Ukraine, and for Other Purposes
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America




1. Ukraine has demonstrated a strong desire to build a friendly and
cooperative relationship with the United States and has been found to be in
full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements under Title IV
of the Trade Act of 1974 (the "1974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.).

2. Pursuant to section 2(a) of Public Law 109-205, 120 Stat. 313 (19 U.S.C.
2434), and having due regard for the findings of the Congress in section
1(a) of said law, I hereby determine that chapter 1 of title IV of the 1974
Act (19 U.S.C. 2431-2439) should no longer apply to Ukraine.

3. Section 2103(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, 19 U.S.C. 3803(a), authorizes
the President, under certain circumstances, to proclaim such modification
of any existing duty as the President determines to be required or
appropriate to carry out an agreement entered into in accordance with
section 2103(a). The United States, a major producer and exporter of
multi-chip integrated circuits, applies duties to imports of multi-chip
integrated circuits of less than 5 percent ad valorem. On January 17, 2006,
the United States entered into an agreement to cut to zero applied duties
on certain multi-chip integrated circuits.

4. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorizes the
President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United
States the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts
affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to
section 2(a) of Public Law 109-205, section 2103(a) of the Trade Act of
2002, and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:

(1) Nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) shall be
extended to the products of Ukraine, which shall no longer be subject to
chapter 1 of title IV of the 1974 Act.

(2) The extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Ukraine
shall be effective as of the date of signature of this proclamation.

(3) In order to implement the agreement on multi-chip integrated circuits,
the HTS is modified to provide for application of zero duties to goods
entered under tariff item 8543.89.96.

(4) The modification to the HTS made pursuant to paragraph 3 of this
proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after April 1, 2006.

(5) All provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are
inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to
the extent of such inconsistency.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty first day of
March, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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