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TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice of the Results of the
2005 Annual Product and Country
Practices Reviews, and Certain
Previously-Deferred Country Practice
Decisions
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
disposition of the product petitions
accepted for review in the 2005 GSP
Annual Product Review, the results of
the 2005 Country Practices Review, the
results of the 2005 De Minimis Waiver
and Redesignation Reviews, the 2005
Competitive Need Limitation (CNL)
removals, and certain previouslydeferred country practice decisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR),
Room F–220, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–6971 and the
facsimile number is (202) 395–9481.
The e-mail address is
FR0441@USTR.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP
program provides for the duty-free
importation of designated articles when
imported from beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP program is
authorized by Title V of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as
amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’), and is
implemented in accordance with
Executive Order 11888 of November 24,
1975, as modified by subsequent
Executive Orders and Presidential
Proclamations.
In the 2005 Annual Product Review,
the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee reviewed
petitions to change the product coverage
of the GSP. The disposition of those
petitions is described in Part I of
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‘‘Results of the 2005 GSP Annual
Review’’, available at https://
www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/
Preference_Programs/GSP/
Section_Index.html (‘‘2005 Results
List’’).
The disposition of petitions
considered in the 2005 Country
Practices Review, and certain
previously-deferred country practice
petitions, is described in Part II pf the
2005 Results List.
In the 2005 De Minimis Waiver and
Redesignation Review, the GSP
Subcommittee evaluated the appraised
import values of each GSP-eligible
article in 2005 to determine whether an
article from a GSP beneficiary
developing country exceeded the GSP
CNLs. De minimis waivers were granted
to certain articles that exceeded the 50
percent import share CNL, but for which
the aggregate value of the imports of that
article was below the 2005 de minimis
level of $17.5 million. Part III pf the
2005 Results List contains a list of the
articles and the associated countries
granted de minimis waivers.
An article from a GSP-eligible country
that had previously exceeded one of the
CNLs, but had fallen below the CNL for
total annual trade in 2005 was
redesignated for GSP eligibility
pursuant to the 2005 review. That
article and country are listed in Part IV
of the 2005 Results List. Articles that
exceeded one of the GSP CNLs in 2005,
and that are newly excluded from GSP
eligibility for a specific country, are
listed in Part V of the 2005 Results List.
Marideth J. Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) Program, Chairman, GSP
Subcommittee.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice of the Results of
the 2005 Annual Product and Country Practices Reviews, and Certain
Previously-Deferred Country Practice Decisions
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the disposition of the product petitions
accepted for review in the 2005 GSP Annual Product Review, the results
of the 2005 Country Practices Review, the results of the 2005 De
Minimis Waiver and Redesignation Reviews, the 2005 Competitive Need
Limitation (CNL) removals, and certain previously-deferred country
practice decisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The GSP Subcommittee, Office of the
United States Trade Representative (USTR), Room F-220, 1724 F Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971 and
the facsimile number is (202) 395-9481. The e-mail address is
FR0441@USTR.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program provides for the duty-free
importation of designated articles when imported from beneficiary
developing countries. The GSP program is authorized by Title V of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the ``Trade
Act''), and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of
November 24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
In the 2005 Annual Product Review, the GSP Subcommittee of the
Trade Policy Staff Committee reviewed petitions to change the product
coverage of the GSP. The disposition of those petitions is described in
Part I of ``Results of the 2005 GSP Annual Review'', available at
https://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/
Section_Index.html (``2005 Results List'').
The disposition of petitions considered in the 2005 Country
Practices Review, and certain previously-deferred country practice
petitions, is described in Part II pf the 2005 Results List.
In the 2005 De Minimis Waiver and Redesignation Review, the GSP
Subcommittee evaluated the appraised import values of each GSP-eligible
article in 2005 to determine whether an article from a GSP beneficiary
developing country exceeded the GSP CNLs. De minimis waivers were
granted to certain articles that exceeded the 50 percent import share
CNL, but for which the aggregate value of the imports of that article
was below the 2005 de minimis level of $17.5 million. Part III pf the
2005 Results List contains a list of the articles and the associated
countries granted de minimis waivers.
An article from a GSP-eligible country that had previously exceeded
one of the CNLs, but had fallen below the CNL for total annual trade in
2005 was redesignated for GSP eligibility pursuant to the 2005 review.
That article and country are listed in Part IV of the 2005 Results
List. Articles that exceeded one of the GSP CNLs in 2005, and that are
newly excluded from GSP eligibility for a specific country, are listed
in Part V of the 2005 Results List.
Marideth J. Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program,
Chairman, GSP Subcommittee.
[FR Doc. E6-10441 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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