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Proclamation 7214

To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat and for Other Purposes

This proclamation modifies tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on lamb meat imports to exempt goods exported before July 22, 1999, delegates TRQ administration authority to the U.S. Trade Representative, and makes a technical correction to a prior wheat gluten quota proclamation.

Federal Register Open PDF 64 FR 42265

Impact dates

  1. Proclamation effective upon signature

  2. HTS modifications effective for goods exported on or after this date

Key directives

  • Modify HTS subchapter III of chapter 99 per Annex for lamb meat TRQ administration
  • Exempt from TRQ measure goods exported prior to July 22, 1999
  • Delegate authority to USTR to administer lamb meat TRQs including promulgation of regulations
  • Strike and replace third sentence of initial paragraph 4 of Proclamation 7202 with corrected wheat gluten quota reduction language
  • Supersede inconsistent provisions of prior proclamations and Executive orders

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation effective July 30, 1999 upon signature
  • HTS modifications effective for goods exported on or after July 22, 1999
  • USTR authorized to administer lamb meat TRQs

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • TRQs and related actions continue through close of dates when Proclamations 7202 and 7208 cease to be effective

Risks & tensions

  • Technical correction to Proclamation 7202 suggests prior administrative error in wheat gluten quota calculations
  • Delegation to USTR may create inter-agency coordination questions with Customs/Treasury on tariff implementation
  • Exemption for pre-July 22, 1999 exports could create enforcement challenges for determining export dates
Proclamation 7214: To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat and for Other Purposes · Executive Orders