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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the Initiation
of Child Labor Review in the
Production of Certain GSP-Eligible
Hand-Loomed or Hand-Hooked
Carpets
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The 2004 Miscellaneous
Trade and Technical Corrections Act
(H.R. 1047) (the ‘‘2004 Act’’), as
approved by Congress, authorized the
President to designate seven tariff lines
relating to carpets (5702.51.20 (now
5702.50.20), 5702.91.30, 5702.92.00
(now 5702.92.10), 5702.99.10 (now
5702.99.05), 5703.10.00 (now
5703.10.20), 5703.20.10, and 5703.30.00
(now 5703.30.20)) as eligible for dutyfree treatment under the GSP program.
These tariff lines cover certain handloomed or hand-hooked carpets and
other textile floor coverings made of
wool, cotton, fine animal hair, or manmade textile materials. Pursuant to the
authorization in the 2004 Act, the
President designated these seven tariff
lines as eligible for duty-free treatment
under the GSP program. The GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) is conducting a
triennial review of whether each
beneficiary country is taking steps to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor,
including the use of bonded child labor,
in the production of such carpets
imported under the U.S. GSP program.
If sufficient steps are not underway, the
TPSC will recommend to the President
changes in GSP coverage that would
eliminate from duty-free treatment
under the GSP program those carpets
found to be made with the worst forms
of child labor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC, Office
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of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR), 1724 F Street,
NW., Room F–220, Washington, DC
20508. The telephone number is (202)
395–6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
connection with the President’s
designation of seven carpet tariff lines
as GSP eligible articles, the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC is reviewing
whether each beneficiary country that
supplies the identified hand-loomed or
hand-hooked carpets under the GSP
program is taking sufficient steps to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor,
including the use of bonded child labor,
in the production of these items. The
top suppliers of these carpet tariff lines
under the GSP program to the United
States in 2006 (the most recent year for
which full-year data are available) were:
India, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia,
Pakastan, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa,
and Nepal.
Upon a finding during the review that
a country is not taking steps to eliminate
the worst forms of child labor, including
the use of bonded child labor, in
production of certain hand-loomed or
hand-hooked carpets imported under
the U.S. GSP Program, the TPSC will
recommend changes in the GSP
coverage that would eliminate those
carpets from duty-free treatment under
the GSP program. The review will be
repeated at three-year intervals.
For purposes of this review, the term
‘‘worst forms of child labor’’ means (19
U.S.C. 2467(6)) (A) All forms of slavery
or practices similar to slavery, such as
the sale or trafficking of children, debt
bondage and serfdom, or forced or
compulsory labor, including forced or
compulsory recruitment of children for
use in armed conflict;
(B) The use, procuring, or offering of
a child for prostitution, for the
production of pornography or for
pornographic purposes;
(C) The use, procuring, or offering of
a child for illicit activities in particular
for the production and trafficking of
drugs; and
(D) Work which, by its nature or the
circumstances in which it is carried out,
is likely to harm the health, safety, or
morals of children.
The work referred to in subparagraph
(D) shall be determined by the laws,
regulations, or competent authority of
the beneficiary developing country
involved.
Opportunities for Public Comment
and Inspection of Comments: The GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC invites
comments for this review. Submissions
should comply with 15 CFR Part 2007,
except as modified below. All
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submissions should identify the subject
article(s) in terms of the country and the
eight-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States subheading
number. The deadline for submission is
February 15, 2008.
Requirements for Submissions: In
order to facilitate prompt processing of
submissions, USTR requires 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, and including attachments,
with the total submission not to exceed
25 single-spaced standard letter-size
pages in 12-point type and three
megabytes as sent as a digital file
attached to an e-mail transmission. Email submissions should use the
following subject line: ‘‘Child Labor
Review in the Production of Certain
GSP-Eligible Hand-loomed or Handhooked Carpet Lines’’ followed by the
country and the eight-digit HTSUS
subheading number. Documents must
be submitted in English in one of the
following formats: WordPerfect (.WPD),
Adobe (.PDF), MSWord (.DOC), or text
(.TXT) files. Documents cannot be
submitted as electronic image files or
contain embedded images, e.g., ‘‘.JPG’’,
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should be included in the same file as
the submission itself, and not as
separate files.
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confidential information, a nonconfidential version of the submission
must also be submitted that indicates
where confidential information was
redacted by inserting asterisks where
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‘‘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
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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 name, organization name,
address, telephone number and e-mail
address. The e-mail address for these
submissions is
FR0081@USTR.EOP.GOV. (Note: The
letters ‘‘FR’’ in the e-mail address are
followed by the number, zero, not a
letter. Documents not submitted in
accordance with these instructions
might not be considered in this review.
If unable to provide submissions by email, please contact the GSP
Subcommittee to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission.)
Public versions of all documents
relating to this review will be available
for review approximately two weeks
after the relevant due date by
appointment in the USTR public
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Washington, DC. Appointments may be
made from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
Marideth Sandler
Executive Director, Generalized System of
Preferences, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
Initiation of Child Labor Review in the Production of Certain GSP-
Eligible Hand-Loomed or Hand-Hooked Carpets
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The 2004 Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act
(H.R. 1047) (the ``2004 Act''), as approved by Congress, authorized the
President to designate seven tariff lines relating to carpets
(5702.51.20 (now 5702.50.20), 5702.91.30, 5702.92.00 (now 5702.92.10),
5702.99.10 (now 5702.99.05), 5703.10.00 (now 5703.10.20), 5703.20.10,
and 5703.30.00 (now 5703.30.20)) as eligible for duty-free treatment
under the GSP program. These tariff lines cover certain hand-loomed or
hand-hooked carpets and other textile floor coverings made of wool,
cotton, fine animal hair, or man-made textile materials. Pursuant to
the authorization in the 2004 Act, the President designated these seven
tariff lines as eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program.
The GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is
conducting a triennial review of whether each beneficiary country is
taking steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including the
use of bonded child labor, in the production of such carpets imported
under the U.S. GSP program. If sufficient steps are not underway, the
TPSC will recommend to the President changes in GSP coverage that would
eliminate from duty-free treatment under the GSP program those carpets
found to be made with the worst forms of child labor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC,
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), 1724 F Street,
NW., Room F-220, Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202)
395-6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In connection with the President's
designation of seven carpet tariff lines as GSP eligible articles, the
GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC is reviewing whether each beneficiary
country that supplies the identified hand-loomed or hand-hooked carpets
under the GSP program is taking sufficient steps to eliminate the worst
forms of child labor, including the use of bonded child labor, in the
production of these items. The top suppliers of these carpet tariff
lines under the GSP program to the United States in 2006 (the most
recent year for which full-year data are available) were: India,
Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakastan, Egypt, Turkey, South
Africa, and Nepal.
Upon a finding during the review that a country is not taking steps
to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including the use of
bonded child labor, in production of certain hand-loomed or hand-hooked
carpets imported under the U.S. GSP Program, the TPSC will recommend
changes in the GSP coverage that would eliminate those carpets from
duty-free treatment under the GSP program. The review will be repeated
at three-year intervals.
For purposes of this review, the term ``worst forms of child
labor'' means (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)) (A) All forms of slavery or practices
similar to slavery, such as the sale or trafficking of children, debt
bondage and serfdom, or forced or compulsory labor, including forced or
compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
(B) The use, procuring, or offering of a child for prostitution,
for the production of pornography or for pornographic purposes;
(C) The use, procuring, or offering of a child for illicit
activities in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs;
and
(D) Work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is
carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety, or morals of
children.
The work referred to in subparagraph (D) shall be determined by the
laws, regulations, or competent authority of the beneficiary developing
country involved.
Opportunities for Public Comment and Inspection of Comments: The
GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC invites comments for this review.
Submissions should comply with 15 CFR Part 2007, except as modified
below. All
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submissions should identify the subject article(s) in terms of the
country and the eight-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States subheading number. The deadline for submission is February 15,
2008.
Requirements for Submissions: In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR requires 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, and including attachments, with the total submission not to
exceed 25 single-spaced standard letter-size pages in 12-point type and
three megabytes as sent as a digital file attached to an e-mail
transmission. E-mail submissions should use the following subject line:
``Child Labor Review in the Production of Certain GSP-Eligible Hand-
loomed or Hand-hooked Carpet Lines'' followed by the country and the
eight-digit HTSUS subheading number. Documents must be submitted in
English in one of the following formats: WordPerfect (.WPD), Adobe
(.PDF), MSWord (.DOC), or text (.TXT) files. Documents cannot be
submitted as electronic image files or contain embedded images, e.g.,
``.JPG'', ``.TIF'', ``.BMP'', or ``.GIF''. Supporting documentation
submitted as spreadsheets are acceptable as Excel files, formatted for
printing on 8\1/2\ x 11 inch paper. To the extent possible, any data
attachments to the submission should be included in the same file as
the submission itself, and not as separate files.
If the submission contains business confidential information, a
non-confidential 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 ``NON-CONFIDENTIAL''). 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 e-mail; information that might
appear in any cover letter should be included directly in the attached
file containing the submission itself, including the sender's name,
organization name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. The e-
mail address for these submissions is FR0081@USTR.EOP.GOV. (Note: The
letters ``FR'' in the e-mail address are followed by the number, zero,
not a letter. 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 to
arrange for an alternative method of transmission.)
Public versions of all documents relating to this review will be
available for review approximately two weeks after the relevant due
date by appointment in the USTR public reading room, 1724 F Street,
NW., Washington, DC. Appointments may be made from 9:30 a.m. to noon
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling (202) 395-6186.
Marideth Sandler
Executive Director, Generalized System of Preferences, Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative.
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