97-21429. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Notice Regarding the 1997 Annual GSP Review and Completion of the Expedited Indonesian Melamine Dinnerware Review

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43408-43414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21429]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Notice Regarding the 
1997 Annual GSP Review and Completion of the Expedited Indonesian 
Melamine Dinnerware Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the petitions that were accepted for the 
Annual Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) review for modifications 
of GSP product eligibility. The dates for hearings on these product 
reviews and for the submission of comments will be notified later. The 
expedited review of the GSP eligibility of melamine dinnerware from 
Indonesia was completed with the decision that denial of continued GSP 
eligibility was not warranted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 
17th Street, NW, Room 518, Washington, D.C. 20506. The telephone number 
is [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. 1997 GSP Product Review

    Pursuant to Title V the Trade Act of 1974, (``Trade Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2461 et seq.), the GSP program grants duty-free treatment to 
designated eligible articles that are imported from designated 
beneficiary developing countries. In a notice dated May 21, 1997, USTR 
initiated the 1997 Annual GSP Review provided for in the GSP 
regulations (15 CFR 2007 et seq.) and announced a deadline of July 2, 
1997 for the filing of petitions requesting modifications in the list 
of eligible articles (62 Federal Register 27828). Petitions may request 
that products be added or removed from the list of eligible articles or 
that a country be granted a waiver of ``competitive need limits'' 
(CNLs) for an eligible article pursuant to section 503(c) of the Trade 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2464(c)).
    The GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), 
after reviewing the product petitions submitted, has decided that the 
petitions listed in the attached annex should be accepted for 
consideration in the 1997 Annual GSP Review. The annex sets forth the 
case number, product identification, the change requested and the 
petitioner for each product included in the 1997 Annual GSP Review.
    The opportunities for public comment on the products under review, 
including the dates for a public hearing and procedures for 
participating in the hearing, will be published in a subsequent notice.

II. Expedited Review of Melamine Dinnerware Petition

    As part of an expedited review of a petition to suspend GSP 
eligibility for melamine institutional tableware from Indonesia, USTR 
requested comments on the petition by July 2, 1997 (62 Federal Register 
2852). As a result of that review, the GSP TPSC Subcommittee had 
decided that removal of GSP eligibility was not warranted.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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