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African Growth and Opportunity Act
Implementation Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public
Comments on Annual Review of
Country Eligibility for Benefits Under
the African Growth and Opportunity
Act
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The African Growth and
Opportunity Act Implementation
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (the ‘‘Subcommittee’’) is
requesting written public comments for
the annual review of the eligibility of
sub-Saharan African countries to receive
the benefits of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA). The
Subcommittee will consider these
comments in developing
recommendations on AGOA country
eligibility for the President. Comments
received related to the child labor
criteria may also be considered by the
Secretary of Labor for the preparation of
the Department of Labor’s report on
child labor as required under section
412(c) of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000. This notice identifies the
eligibility criteria that must be
considered under AGOA, and lists those
sub-Saharan African countries that are
currently eligible for the benefits of the
AGOA, and those that are currently
ineligible for such benefits.
DATES: Public comments are due at the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
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(USTR) by noon, Friday, October 14,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submission by electronic
mail: FR0525@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The
public is strongly encouraged to submit
documents electronically rather than by
facsimile. See requirements for
submissions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
procedural questions, please contact
Gloria Blue, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,
Room F516, Washington, DC, 20508, at
(202) 395–3475. All other questions
should be directed to Constance
Hamilton, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for Africa, Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative, at (202) 395–
9514.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
AGOA (Title I of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000, Public Law
106–200) (19 U.S.C. 3721 et seq.), as
amended, authorizes the President to
designate sub-Saharan African countries
as beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries eligible for duty-free treatment
for certain additional products under
the Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP) (Title V of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) (the ‘‘1974
Act’’)), as well as for the preferential
treatment the AGOA provides for
certain textile and apparel articles.
The President may designate a
country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country eligible for both the
additional GSP benefits and the textile
and apparel benefits of the AGOA (if the
country also meets certain statutory
requirements intended to prevent
unlawful transshipment of such articles)
if he determines that the country meets
the eligibility criteria set forth in: (1)
Section 104 of the AGOA; and (2)
section 502 of the 1974 Act. For 2005,
37 countries have been designated as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries. These countries, as well as
the 11 countries currently ineligible, are
listed below. Section 506A of the 1974
Act provides that the President shall
monitor, review, and report to Congress
annually on the progress of each subSaharan African country in meeting the
foregoing eligibility criteria in order to
determine whether each beneficiary
sub-Saharan African country should
continue to be eligible, and whether
each sub-Saharan African country that
is currently not a beneficiary subSaharan African country, should be
designated as such a country. The
President’s determinations will be
included in the annual report submitted
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to Congress as required by Section 106
of the AGOA. Section 506A of the 1974
Act requires that, if the President
determines that a beneficiary subSaharan African country is not making
continual progress in meeting the
eligibility requirements, he must
terminate the designation of the country
as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country.
The Subcommittee is seeking public
comments in connection with the
annual review of the eligibility of
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries for the AGOA’s benefits. The
Subcommittee will consider any such
comments in developing
recommendations on country eligibility
for the President. Comments related to
the child labor criteria may also be
considered by the Secretary of Labor in
making the findings required under
section 504 of the 1974 Act.
The following sub-Saharan African
countries were designated as beneficiary
sub-Saharan African countries in 2005:
Angola
Republic of Benin
Republic of Botswana
Burkina Faso
Republic of Cameroon
Republic of Cape Verde
Republic of Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabonese Republic
The Gambia
Republic of Ghana
Republic of Guinea
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Kenya
Kingdom of Lesotho
Republic of Madagascar
Republic of Malawi
Republic of Mali
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Republic of Mauritius
Republic of Mozambique
Republic of Namibia
Republic of Niger
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Republic of Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Republic of Senegal
Republic of Seychelles
Republic of Sierra Leone
Republic of South Africa
Kingdom of Swaziland
United Republic of Tanzania
Republic of Uganda
Republic of Zambia
The following sub-Saharan African
countries were not designated as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries in 2005:
Republic of Burundi
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Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
State of Eritrea
Republic of Liberia
Somalia
Republic of Togo
Republic of Sudan
Republic of Zimbabwe
Requirements for Submissions: In
order to facilitate the prompt processing
of submissions, USTR strongly urges
and prefers electronic (e-mail)
submissions to FR0525@ustr.eop.gov in
response to this notice. In the event that
an e-mail submission is impossible,
submissions should be made by
facsimile. Persons making submissions
by e-mail should use the following
subject line: ‘‘2005 AGOA Annual
Country Review.’’ Documents should be
submitted as WordPerfect, MSWord, or
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documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Quattro
Pro or Excel. For any document
containing business confidential
information submitted electronically,
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confidential version should begin with
the characters ‘‘BC-’’ and the file name
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the characters ‘‘P-’’. The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’
should be followed by the name of the
submitter. Persons who make
submissions by e-mail should not
provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
Written comments will be placed in a
file open to public inspection pursuant
to 15 CFR 2003.5, except confidential
business information exempt from
public inspection in accordance with 15
CFR 2003.6. Confidential business
information submitted in accordance
with 15 CFR 2003.6 must be clearly
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at the top of each page, including any
cover letter or cover page, and must be
accompanied by a nonconfidential
summary of the confidential
information. All public documents and
nonconfidential summaries shall be
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USTR Reading Room. The USTR
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appointment only, Monday through
Friday, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
timetable for the hearing and public
comments on petitions requesting
modifications in the status of certain
GSP beneficiary countries.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR
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for conducting the annual country
practice review unless otherwise
specified in a Federal Register notice.
The current revised schedule follows.
Notification of any other changes will be
given in the Federal Register.
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A hearing will be held by the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC on
November 30, 2005, beginning at 10
a.m., in combined Rooms 1 and 2, 1724
F Street NW., Washington, DC. The
hearing will be open to the public and
a transcript of the hearing will be made
available for public inspection or can be
purchased from the reporting company.
No electronic media coverage will be
allowed.
All interested parties wishing to make
an oral presentation at the hearing must
submit, following the ‘‘Requirements for
Submissions’’ below, the name, address,
telephone number, and facsimile
number and e-mail address, if available,
of the witness(es) representing their
organization to Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director of the GSP Program
and Chairman of the GSP Subcommittee
of the TPSC by 5 p.m., November 9,
2005. Requests to present oral testimony
in connection with the public hearing
must be accompanied by a written brief
or statement, in English, and also must
be received by 5 p.m., November 9,
2005. Oral testimony before the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC will be
limited to five-minute presentations that
summarize or supplement information
contained in briefs or statements
submitted for the record. Post-hearing
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below and are submitted, in English, by
5 p.m., December 14, 2005. Parties not
wishing to appear at the public hearing
may submit post-hearing written briefs
or statements, in English, by 5 p.m.,
December 14, 2005.
Modifications to the list of countries
eligible for GSP benefits resulting from
the 2005 Annual Review of Country
Practice Cases will be announced on or
about June 30, 2006, in the Federal
Register, and any changes will take
effect on the effective date announced.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United
States Trade Representative, 1724 F
Street, NW., Room F–220, Washington,
DC 20508. Telephone number is (202)
395–6971; fax number is (202) 395–
9481.
The GSP
statute, Title V of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) provides dutyfree treatment to designated eligible
articles that are imported from
designated beneficiary developing
countries. USTR has received a number
of petitions requesting that certain
practices in certain beneficiary
developing countries be reviewed to
determine whether such countries are in
compliance with the eligibility criteria
set forth in sections 502(b) and 502(c) of
the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(a),
2462(b), and 2462(c)).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Petitions Accepted for Review
Regarding Country Practices
Pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.0(b), the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) has recommended,
and the TPSC has accepted, certain
country practice petitions (see Annex A)
to be included in the 2005 Annual
Review. Acceptance of a petition for
review is not indicative of the ultimate
disposition of the petition. Acceptance
indicates only that the listed petitions
warrant further consideration.
Opportunities for Public Comment
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
invites comments in support of or in
opposition to any petition that have
been accepted for review. Submissions
should comply with 15 CFR Part 2007,
except as modified below.
Requirements for Submission
In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR will
accept only electronic e-mail
submissions in response to this notice.
Hand-delivered submissions will not be
accepted. These submissions should be
single-copy transmissions in English
with the total submission not to exceed
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20 single-spaced standard letter-size
pages. E-mail submissions should use
the following subject line: ‘‘2005 GSP
Annual Country Practice Review’’
followed by the subject country, case
number, and, as appropriate ‘‘Written
Comments’’, ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Testify’’, ‘‘Pre-hearing brief’’, or ‘‘Posthearing brief’’. Documents must be
submitted in English in one of the
following formats: MSWord (.DOC),
WordPerfect (.WPD), or text (.TXT) files.
Documents may not be submitted as
electronic image files or contain
imbedded images (for example, ‘‘.JPG’’,
‘‘.TIF’’, ‘‘.PDF’’, ‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘.GIF’’).
Supporting documentation submitted as
spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel
files, formatted for printing on 81⁄2 x 11
inch paper. Any data attachments to the
submission must be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
If the submission contains business
confidential information, a nonconfidential version of the submission
must also be submitted that indicates
where confidential information was
redacted by inserting asterisks where
material was deleted. In addition, the
confidential submission must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top and bottom of each page of the
document. The non-confidential version
must also be clearly marked at the top
and bottom of each page (either
‘‘PUBLIC VERSION’’ or ‘‘NONCONFIDENTIAL’’). Documents that are
submitted without any marking might
not be accepted or will be considered
public documents.
For any document containing
business confidential information
submitted as an electronic attached file
to an e-mail transmission, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC-’’,
and the file name of the public version
should begin with the characters ‘‘P-’’.
The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’ should be followed
by the name of the party (government,
company, union, association, etc.)
which is making the submission.
E-mail submissions should not
include separate cover letters or
messages in the message area of the email; information that might appear in
any cover letter should be included
directly in the attached file containing
the submission itself, including the
sender’s e-mail address and other
identifying information. The e-mail
address for these submissions is
FR0441@USTR.GOV. Documents not
submitted in accordance with these
instructions might not be considered in
this review. If unable to provide
submissions by e-mail, please contact
the GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC to
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of
the Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public Comments on Annual Review of
Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and
Opportunity Act
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (the ``Subcommittee'')
is requesting written public comments for the annual review of the
eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of
the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Subcommittee will
consider these comments in developing recommendations on AGOA country
eligibility for the President. Comments received related to the child
labor criteria may also be considered by the Secretary of Labor for the
preparation of the Department of Labor's report on child labor as
required under section 412(c) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000.
This notice identifies the eligibility criteria that must be considered
under AGOA, and lists those sub-Saharan African countries that are
currently eligible for the benefits of the AGOA, and those that are
currently ineligible for such benefits.
DATES: Public comments are due at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative
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(USTR) by noon, Friday, October 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submission by electronic mail: FR0525@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade
Policy Staff Committee, at (202) 395-6143. The public is strongly
encouraged to submit documents electronically rather than by facsimile.
See requirements for submissions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions, please
contact Gloria Blue, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street, NW., Room F516, Washington, DC, 20508, at (202) 395-3475. All
other questions should be directed to Constance Hamilton, Deputy
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative, at (202) 395-9514.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AGOA (Title I of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106-200) (19 U.S.C. 3721 et seq.),
as amended, authorizes the President to designate sub-Saharan African
countries as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries eligible for
duty-free treatment for certain additional products under the
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (Title V of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) (the ``1974 Act'')), as well as for the
preferential treatment the AGOA provides for certain textile and
apparel articles.
The President may designate a country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country eligible for both the additional GSP benefits and the
textile and apparel benefits of the AGOA (if the country also meets
certain statutory requirements intended to prevent unlawful
transshipment of such articles) if he determines that the country meets
the eligibility criteria set forth in: (1) Section 104 of the AGOA; and
(2) section 502 of the 1974 Act. For 2005, 37 countries have been
designated as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. These
countries, as well as the 11 countries currently ineligible, are listed
below. Section 506A of the 1974 Act provides that the President shall
monitor, review, and report to Congress annually on the progress of
each sub-Saharan African country in meeting the foregoing eligibility
criteria in order to determine whether each beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country should continue to be eligible, and whether each sub-
Saharan African country that is currently not a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country, should be designated as such a country. The
President's determinations will be included in the annual report
submitted to Congress as required by Section 106 of the AGOA. Section
506A of the 1974 Act requires that, if the President determines that a
beneficiary sub-Saharan African country is not making continual
progress in meeting the eligibility requirements, he must terminate the
designation of the country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country.
The Subcommittee is seeking public comments in connection with the
annual review of the eligibility of beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries for the AGOA's benefits. The Subcommittee will consider any
such comments in developing recommendations on country eligibility for
the President. Comments related to the child labor criteria may also be
considered by the Secretary of Labor in making the findings required
under section 504 of the 1974 Act.
The following sub-Saharan African countries were designated as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in 2005:
Angola
Republic of Benin
Republic of Botswana
Burkina Faso
Republic of Cameroon
Republic of Cape Verde
Republic of Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabonese Republic
The Gambia
Republic of Ghana
Republic of Guinea
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Kenya
Kingdom of Lesotho
Republic of Madagascar
Republic of Malawi
Republic of Mali
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Republic of Mauritius
Republic of Mozambique
Republic of Namibia
Republic of Niger
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Republic of Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Republic of Senegal
Republic of Seychelles
Republic of Sierra Leone
Republic of South Africa
Kingdom of Swaziland
United Republic of Tanzania
Republic of Uganda
Republic of Zambia
The following sub-Saharan African countries were not designated as
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in 2005:
Republic of Burundi
Central African Republic
Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
State of Eritrea
Republic of Liberia
Somalia
Republic of Togo
Republic of Sudan
Republic of Zimbabwe
Requirements for Submissions: In order to facilitate the prompt
processing of submissions, USTR strongly urges and prefers electronic
(e-mail) submissions to FR0525@ustr.eop.gov in response to this notice.
In the event that an e-mail submission is impossible, submissions
should be made by facsimile. Persons making submissions by e-mail
should use the following subject line: ``2005 AGOA Annual Country
Review.'' Documents should be submitted as WordPerfect, MSWord, or text
(.TXT) files. Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets are
acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel. For any document containing
business confidential information submitted electronically, the file
name of the business confidential version should begin with the
characters ``BC-'' and the file name of the public version should begin
with the characters ``P-''. The ``P-'' or ``BC-'' should be followed by
the name of the submitter. Persons who make submissions by e-mail
should not provide separate cover letters; information that might
appear in a cover letter should be included in the submission itself.
Similarly, to the extent possible, any attachments to the submission
should be included in the same file as the submission itself, and not
as separate files.
Written comments will be placed in a file open to public inspection
pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except confidential business information
exempt from public inspection in accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6.
Confidential business information submitted in accordance with 15 CFR
2003.6 must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top of
each page, including any cover letter or cover page, and must be
accompanied by a nonconfidential summary of the confidential
information. All public documents and nonconfidential summaries shall
be available for public inspection in the USTR Reading Room. The USTR
Reading Room is open to the public, by appointment only, Monday through
Friday, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. An appointment to
review the file may be made by calling
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(202) 395-6186. Appointments must be scheduled at least 48 hours in
advance.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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