[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38856-38867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18731]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Notice Regarding the
1995 Annual GSP Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of the product petitions that are being accepted for
consideration in the 1995 Annual GSP Review.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the acceptance of petitions that were
filed in the 1995 Annual GSP Review requesting a modification in the
list of articles that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the
GSP program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600
17th Street, N.W., Room 518, Washington, D.C. 20506. The telephone
number is (202) 395-6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program grants duty-free treatment
to designated eligible articles that are imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries. The GSP program is authorized by
Title V the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C.
2461 et seq.), and was implemented by Executive Order 11888 of November
24, 1975, and modified by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential
Proclamations. The GSP regulations provided for an annual GSP
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review, unless otherwise specified by Federal Register notice (15 CFR
2007.3 et seq.).
In a notice dated May 4, 1995, USTR initiated the 1995 Annual GSP
Review and announced a deadline of June 14, 1995 for the filing of
petitions (60 FR 22083). USTR received petitions requesting that
products be added to, or removed from, the list of articles that are
eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program, or that a
country be granted a waiver of the ``competitive need limits'' (CNLs)
for an eligible article. The CNLs are set forth in section 504(c) of
the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)).
USTR also received petitions requesting that certain practices in
certain beneficiary developing countries be reviewed to determine
whether such countries are in compliance with the eligibility criteria
that are set forth in sections 502(b) and 502(c) of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2462(b) and 2462(c)). The consideration of these so-called
``country practice'' petitions is ongoing.
In accordance with the statutory and regulatory requirements, USTR
has reviewed all of the product petitions and has decided which
petitions should be accepted for consideration in the 1995 Annual GSP
Review. The annex to this notice sets forth the products and the
actions that will be considered in the 1995 Annual GSP Review.
Ordinarily, at the time that USTR announces the acceptance of
petitions for review, we announce a review timetable that includes a
public hearing and an opportunity for public comment on the products
and actions that are being considered in the annual review. We are not
announcing a review timetable at this time, however, because the GSP
program expires on July 31, 1995. Once the program is reauthorized by
the Congress, then USTR will announce a review timetable and offer an
opportunity for public comment.
As noted above, the consideration of the ``country practice''
petitions is ongoing. USTR will announce which ``country practice''
petitions are being accepted for review once the GSP program has been
reauthorized.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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