Notice With Respect To List of Countries Denying Fair Market Opportunities for Government-Funded Airport Construction Projects, 22983 [E8-9222]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determinations Under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The United States Trade
Representative (USTR) has determined
that The Gambia has adopted an
effective visa system and related
procedures to prevent unlawful
transshipment and the use of counterfeit
documents in connection with
shipments of textile and apparel articles
and has implemented and follows, or is
making substantial progress toward
implementing and following, the
customs procedures required by the
African Growth and Opportunity Act
(AGOA). Therefore, imports of eligible
products from The Gambia qualify for
the textile and apparel benefits provided
under the AGOA.
DATES: Effective April 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie-Ann Agama, Director for African
Affairs, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–9514.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
AGOA (Title I of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. No.
106–200) provides preferential tariff
treatment for imports of certain textile
and apparel products of beneficiary subSaharan African countries. The textile
and apparel trade benefits under the
AGOA are available to imports of
eligible products from countries that the
President designates as ‘‘beneficiary
sub-Saharan African countries,’’
provided that these countries: (1) Have
adopted an effective visa system and
related procedures to prevent unlawful
transshipment and the use of counterfeit
documents; and (2) have implemented
and follow, or are making substantial
progress toward implementing and
following, certain customs procedures
that assist U.S. Customs and Border
Protection in verifying the origin of the
products.
On April 2, 2003, the President
designated The Gambia a ‘‘beneficiary
sub-Saharan African country.’’
Proclamation 7350 (October 2, 2000)
delegated to the USTR the authority to
determine whether designated countries
have met the two requirements
described above. The President directed
the USTR to announce any such
determinations in the Federal Register
and to implement them through
modifications of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Based on actions that the Government of
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The Gambia has taken, I have
determined that The Gambia has
satisfied these two requirements.
Accordingly, pursuant to the
authority vested in the USTR by
Proclamation 7350, U.S. note 7(a) to
subchapter II of chapter 98 of the HTS,
U.S. note 1 to subchapter XIX of chapter
98 of the HTS, and U.S. note 2(a) to
subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the
HTS, are each modified by inserting
‘‘The Gambia’’ in alphabetical sequence
in the list of countries. The foregoing
modifications to the HTS are effective
with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. Importers
claiming preferential tariff treatment
under the AGOA for entries of textile
and apparel articles should ensure that
those entries meet the applicable visa
requirements. See Visa Requirements
Under the African Growth and
Opportunity Act, 66 FR 7837 (2001).
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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by section 115 of the Airport and
Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion
Act of 1987, Public Law 100–223
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (‘‘the
Act’’), requires USTR to decide whether
any foreign countries have denied fair
market opportunities to U.S. products,
suppliers, or bidders in connection with
airport construction projects of $500,000
or more that are funded in whole or in
part by the governments of such
countries. The list of such countries
must be published in the Federal
Register. For the purposes of the Act,
USTR has decided not to include any
countries on the list of countries that
deny fair market opportunities for U.S.
products, suppliers, or bidders in
foreign government-funded airport
construction projects.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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Notice With Respect To List of
Countries Denying Fair Market
Opportunities for Government-Funded
Airport Construction Projects
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice with respect to a list of
countries denying fair market
opportunities for products, suppliers or
bidders of the United States in airport
construction projects.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 28, 2008.
Jean
Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–9476,
or Maria Pagan, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–7305.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 533 of the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of
1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the
United States Trade Representative
(USTR) has determined not to include
any countries on the list of countries
that deny fair market opportunities for
U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in
foreign government-funded airport
construction projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
533 of the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice With Respect To List of Countries Denying Fair Market
Opportunities for Government-Funded Airport Construction Projects
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice with respect to a list of countries denying fair market
opportunities for products, suppliers or bidders of the United States
in airport construction projects.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202)
395-9476, or Maria Pagan, Associate General Counsel, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-7305.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement
Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) has determined not to include any countries on
the list of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S.
products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport
construction projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 533 of the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended by section 115 of the Airport and
Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987, Public Law 100-223
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (``the Act''), requires USTR to decide
whether any foreign countries have denied fair market opportunities to
U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in connection with airport
construction projects of $500,000 or more that are funded in whole or
in part by the governments of such countries. The list of such
countries must be published in the Federal Register. For the purposes
of the Act, USTR has decided not to include any countries on the list
of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S. products,
suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport construction
projects.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E8-9222 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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