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Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the 2008
Annual Review for Acceptance of
Product and Country Practices
Petitions
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with
the 2008 GSP Annual Review to modify
the list of products that are eligible for
duty-free treatment under the GSP
program and to modify the GSP status
of certain GSP beneficiary developing
countries because of country practices.
This notice announces the product
petitions, other than those requesting
competitive need limitation (CNL)
waivers, and country practice petitions
accepted in previous GSP annual
reviews that continue to be under
review in the 2008 GSP Annual Review,
and sets forth the schedule for comment
and public hearings on these petitions,
for requesting participation in the
hearings, and for submitting pre-hearing
and post-hearing briefs. The list of
accepted petitions is available at:
https://www.ustr.gov/
Trade_Development/
Preference_Programs/GSP/
Section_Index.html. [2008 Annual
review].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regina Teeter, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative,
1724 F Street, NW., Room F–214,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–6971, fax number
is (202) 395–9481, and e-mail address is
Regina_Teeter@ustr.eop.gov.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR
Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates
for conducting an annual review unless
otherwise specified in a Federal
Register notice. The schedule for the
2008 annual review is set forth below.
Notification of any other changes will be
given in the Federal Register.
October 3, 2008—Due date for
submission of pre-hearing briefs and
requests to appear at the GSP
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Subcommittee Public Hearing that
include the name, address, telephone,
fax, email address and organization of
witnesses for accepted product
petitions.
October 10, 2008—Availability of
January through August 2008 data on
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) Web site (https://
dataweb.usitc.gov). The Federal
Register notice announcing the
availability of eight months of import
statistics will not include a ‘‘warning
list’’ of products that may exceed
statutory competitive need limitations
(CNLs). Each interested party is
responsible for conducting its own
review of 2008 import data with regard
to the possible application of GSP CNLs
and submission of a petition to waive
the CNLs.
October 20, 2008—GSP Subcommittee
Public Hearing on all product petitions
accepted for the 2008 GSP Annual
Review in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F St.,
NW., Washington, DC 20508, beginning
at 9:30 a.m.
November 3, 2008—Due date for
submission of post-hearing briefs.
November 13, 2008—Due date for
submission of new petitions to grant
waivers to CNLs for products exceeding
the CNLs in 2008.
December 2008—USITC scheduled to
publish report on products for product
petitions in the 2008 GSP Annual
Review. Comments on USITC report on
these products due 10 calendar days
after USITC date of publication.
June 30, 2009—Modifications to the
list of articles eligible for duty-free
treatment under the GSP resulting from
the 2008 Annual Review will be
announced on or about June 30, 2009,
in the Federal Register, and any
changes will take effect on the effective
date announced.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP
provides for the duty-free importation of
designated articles when imported from
designated beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP is authorized by title
V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2461, et seq.), as amended (the ‘‘1974
Act’’), and is implemented in
accordance with Executive Order 11888
of November 24, 1975, as modified by
subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
A. Petitions Requesting Modifications of
Product Eligibility
In a Federal Register notice dated
May 15, 2008, USTR announced that the
deadline for the filing of product
petitions, other than those requesting
waivers of ‘‘competitive need
limitations’’ (CNLs), and country
practice petitions for the 2008 GSP
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Annual Review was June 18, 2008 (73
FR 28174). The deadline for the filing of
product petitions requesting waivers of
the CNLs was announced to be
November 13, 2008. The product
petitions received have requested
changes in the list of GSP-eligible
products by adding new products and
by removing products from specific
GSP-eligible countries.
The interagency GSP Subcommittee of
the Trade Policy Staff Committee
(TPSC) has reviewed the product
petitions, and the TPSC has decided to
accept for review the product petitions
listed in ‘‘List of Petitions Accepted in
the 2008 GSP Annual Review’’ posted
on the USTR Web site. That list sets
forth, for each type of change requested:
the case number, the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTS)
subheading number, a brief description
of the product (see the HTS for an
authoritative description available on
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) Web site (https://
www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/)), and the
petitioner for each petition included in
this review. Acceptance of a petition for
review does not indicate any opinion
with respect to the disposition on the
merits of the petition. Acceptance
indicates only that the listed petitions
have been found eligible for review by
the TPSC and that such review will take
place.
B. Petitions 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 continued the review
of several country practice petitions (see
‘‘List of Petitions Accepted in the 2008
GSP Annual Review’’ posted on the
USTR Web site). The decision regarding
whether to accept the new country
practice petitions submitted for review
in the 2008 GSP Annual Review is
planned for January 2009. A Federal
Register notice will be published
announcing the decision.
Opportunities for Public Comment and
Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC
invites comments in support of or in
opposition to any petition which has
been accepted thus far for the 2008 GSP
Annual Review. Submissions should
comply with 15 CFR Part 2007, except
as modified below. All submissions
should identify the subject article(s) in
terms of the case number and eight digit
HTSUS subheading number, if
applicable, as shown in the ‘‘List of
Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP
Annual Review’’ available at: https://
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Review].
Requirements for Submissions
Comments must be submitted, in
English, to the Chairman of the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) on the deadlines set
forth in this notice.
In order to facilitate prompt
processing of submissions, USTR
strongly recommends that comments be
set out in digital files attached to e-mails
transmitted to the following address:
FR0807@ustr.eop.gov (Note: The digit
before the number ‘‘8’’ in the email
address is the number ‘‘zero’’, not a
letter. If you are unable to provide
comments by e-mail, please contact
Regina Teeter at USTR’s GSP Office at
(202) 395–6971 to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission. For
security reasons, hand-delivered
submissions will not be accepted.
Comments should be provided in a
single copy and must not exceed 30
single-spaced standard letter-size pages
in 12-point type and three megabytes as
a digital file attached to an e-mail
transmission. E-mails should use the
following subject line: ‘‘2008 GSP
Annual Review’’ followed by the Case
Number and, if a product petition, the
eight digit HTSUS subheading number
found in the ‘‘List of Petitions Accepted
in the 2008 GSP Annual Review’’ (for
example, 2008–05 7202.99.20) and, as
appropriate ‘‘Written Comments’’,
‘‘Notice of Intent To Testify’’, ‘‘Prehearing brief’’, ‘‘Post-hearing brief’’ or
‘‘Comments on USITC Advice’’. (For
example, an e-mail subject line might
read ‘‘2008–05 7202.99.20 Written
Comments’’.) The transmittal message or
cover letter accompanying a submission
must be set out exclusively in the digital
file attached to the e-mail
transmission—not in the message
portion of the e-mail—and must include
the sender’s name, organization name,
address, telephone and fax numbers,
and e-mail address.
Digital files must be submitted in one
of the following formats: WordPerfect
(.WPD), Adobe (.PDF), MSWord (.DOC),
or text (.TXT) files. Comments may not
be submitted as electronic image files or
contain embedded images, e.g., ‘‘.JPG’’,
‘‘.TIF’’, ‘‘.BMP’’, or ‘‘.GIF’’. Spreadsheet
data may be submitted as Excel files,
formatted for printing on 81⁄2 x 11 inch
paper. To the extent possible, any data
accompanying the submission should be
included in the same file as the
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confidential information that the
submitter wishes to protect from public
disclosure, the confidential version
must be marked ‘‘BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top and bottom
of each page. In addition, the
submission must be accompanied by a
non-confidential version that indicates,
with asterisks, where confidential
information was redacted or deleted.
The top and bottom of each page of the
non-confidential version must be
marked either ‘‘PUBLIC VERSION’’ or
‘‘NON–CONFIDENTIAL’’. Business
confidential comments that are
submitted without the required
markings or are not accompanied by a
properly marked non-confidential
version as set forth above may not be
accepted or may be treated as public
documents.
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business confidential version of a
submission 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
person (government, company, union,
association, etc.) making the
submission.
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relating to this review will be available
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to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, by
calling (202) 395–6186.
Notice of Public Hearing
A hearing will be held by the GSP
Subcommittee of the TPSC on October
20, 2008, for product petitions accepted
for the 2008 GSP Annual Review (i.e.,
for product petitions other than those
requesting CNL waivers) beginning at
9:30 a.m. at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F
St., NW., Washington, DC 20508. 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 above
‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’, the
name, address, telephone number,
facsimile number, and e-mail address (if
available), of the witness(es)
representing their organization to
Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of
the GSP Program by 5 p.m., October 3,
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2008. 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., October 3, 2008.
Oral testimony before the GSP
Subcommittee will be limited to fiveminute presentations that summarize or
supplement information contained in
briefs or statements submitted for the
record. Post-hearing briefs or statements
will be accepted if they conform with
the regulations cited above and are
submitted, in English, by 5 p.m.,
November 3, 2008. Parties not wishing
to appear at the public hearing may
submit pre-hearing briefs or statements,
in English, by 5 p.m., October 3, 2008,
and post-hearing written briefs or
statements, in English, by 5 p.m.,
November 3, 2008.
With respect to petitions to add or
remove articles from the ‘‘List of
Product Petitions Accepted in the 2008
GSP Annual Review,’’ and in
accordance with sections 503(d)(1)(A) of
the 1974 Act and the authority
delegated by the President, pursuant to
section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
the U.S. Trade Representative has
requested that the USITC provide its
advice on the probable economic effect
of such additions or removals on U.S.
industries producing like or directly
competitive articles and on consumers.
Comments by interested persons on the
USITC Report prepared as part of the
product review other than those
requesting CNL waivers should be
submitted by 5 p.m., 10 calendar days
after the date of USITC publication of its
report.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP) Program, 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
2008 Annual Review for Acceptance of Product and Country Practices
Petitions
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in connection with the 2008 GSP Annual Review to
modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment
under the GSP program and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP
beneficiary developing countries because of country practices. This
notice announces the product petitions, other than those requesting
competitive need limitation (CNL) waivers, and country practice
petitions accepted in previous GSP annual reviews that continue to be
under review in the 2008 GSP Annual Review, and sets forth the schedule
for comment and public hearings on these petitions, for requesting
participation in the hearings, and for submitting pre-hearing and post-
hearing briefs. The list of accepted petitions is available at: https://
www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/Section_
Index.html. [2008 Annual review].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Teeter, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative, 1724 F Street, NW., Room F-214,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971, fax
number is (202) 395-9481, and e-mail address is Regina_
Teeter@ustr.eop.gov.
DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR Part 2007) provide the schedule of
dates for conducting an annual review unless otherwise specified in a
Federal Register notice. The schedule for the 2008 annual review is set
forth below. Notification of any other changes will be given in the
Federal Register.
October 3, 2008--Due date for submission of pre-hearing briefs and
requests to appear at the GSP
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Subcommittee Public Hearing that include the name, address, telephone,
fax, email address and organization of witnesses for accepted product
petitions.
October 10, 2008--Availability of January through August 2008 data
on the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Web site (https://
dataweb.usitc.gov). The Federal Register notice announcing the
availability of eight months of import statistics will not include a
``warning list'' of products that may exceed statutory competitive need
limitations (CNLs). Each interested party is responsible for conducting
its own review of 2008 import data with regard to the possible
application of GSP CNLs and submission of a petition to waive the CNLs.
October 20, 2008--GSP Subcommittee Public Hearing on all product
petitions accepted for the 2008 GSP Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2,
1724 F St., NW., Washington, DC 20508, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
November 3, 2008--Due date for submission of post-hearing briefs.
November 13, 2008--Due date for submission of new petitions to
grant waivers to CNLs for products exceeding the CNLs in 2008.
December 2008--USITC scheduled to publish report on products for
product petitions in the 2008 GSP Annual Review. Comments on USITC
report on these products due 10 calendar days after USITC date of
publication.
June 30, 2009--Modifications to the list of articles eligible for
duty-free treatment under the GSP resulting from the 2008 Annual Review
will be announced on or about June 30, 2009, in the Federal Register,
and any changes will take effect on the effective date announced.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP provides for the duty-free
importation of designated articles when imported from designated
beneficiary developing countries. The GSP is authorized by title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the ``1974
Act''), and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of
November 24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
A. Petitions Requesting Modifications of Product Eligibility
In a Federal Register notice dated May 15, 2008, USTR announced
that the deadline for the filing of product petitions, other than those
requesting waivers of ``competitive need limitations'' (CNLs), and
country practice petitions for the 2008 GSP Annual Review was June 18,
2008 (73 FR 28174). The deadline for the filing of product petitions
requesting waivers of the CNLs was announced to be November 13, 2008.
The product petitions received have requested changes in the list of
GSP-eligible products by adding new products and by removing products
from specific GSP-eligible countries.
The interagency GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) has reviewed the product petitions, and the TPSC has
decided to accept for review the product petitions listed in ``List of
Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP Annual Review'' posted on the USTR
Web site. That list sets forth, for each type of change requested: the
case number, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)
subheading number, a brief description of the product (see the HTS for
an authoritative description available on the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) Web site (https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/)), and the
petitioner for each petition included in this review. Acceptance of a
petition for review does not indicate any opinion with respect to the
disposition on the merits of the petition. Acceptance indicates only
that the listed petitions have been found eligible for review by the
TPSC and that such review will take place.
B. Petitions 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
continued the review of several country practice petitions (see ``List
of Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP Annual Review'' posted on the
USTR Web site). The decision regarding whether to accept the new
country practice petitions submitted for review in the 2008 GSP Annual
Review is planned for January 2009. A Federal Register notice will be
published announcing the decision.
Opportunities for Public Comment and Inspection of Comments
The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC invites comments in support of or
in opposition to any petition which has been accepted thus far for the
2008 GSP Annual Review. Submissions should comply with 15 CFR Part
2007, except as modified below. All submissions should identify the
subject article(s) in terms of the case number and eight digit HTSUS
subheading number, if applicable, as shown in the ``List of Petitions
Accepted in the 2008 GSP Annual Review'' available at: https://
www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/Section_
Index.html [2008 Annual Review].
Requirements for Submissions
Comments must be submitted, in English, to the Chairman of the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) on the
deadlines set forth in this notice.
In order to facilitate prompt processing of submissions, USTR
strongly recommends that comments be set out in digital files attached
to e-mails transmitted to the following address: FR0807@ustr.eop.gov
(Note: The digit before the number ``8'' in the email address is the
number ``zero'', not a letter. If you are unable to provide comments by
e-mail, please contact Regina Teeter at USTR's GSP Office at (202) 395-
6971 to arrange for an alternative method of transmission. For security
reasons, hand-delivered submissions will not be accepted. Comments
should be provided in a single copy and must not exceed 30 single-
spaced standard letter-size pages in 12-point type and three megabytes
as a digital file attached to an e-mail transmission. E-mails should
use the following subject line: ``2008 GSP Annual Review'' followed by
the Case Number and, if a product petition, the eight digit HTSUS
subheading number found in the ``List of Petitions Accepted in the 2008
GSP Annual Review'' (for example, 2008-05 7202.99.20) and, as
appropriate ``Written Comments'', ``Notice of Intent To Testify'',
``Pre-hearing brief'', ``Post-hearing brief'' or ``Comments on USITC
Advice''. (For example, an e-mail subject line might read ``2008-05
7202.99.20 Written Comments''.) The transmittal message or cover letter
accompanying a submission must be set out exclusively in the digital
file attached to the e-mail transmission--not in the message portion of
the e-mail--and must include the sender's name, organization name,
address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address.
Digital files must be submitted in one of the following formats:
WordPerfect (.WPD), Adobe (.PDF), MSWord (.DOC), or text (.TXT) files.
Comments may not be submitted as electronic image files or contain
embedded images, e.g., ``.JPG'', ``.TIF'', ``.BMP'', or ``.GIF''.
Spreadsheet data may be submitted as Excel files, formatted for
printing on 8\1/2\ x 11 inch paper. To the extent possible, any data
accompanying the submission should be included in the same file as the
submission itself, and not in a separate file.
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If the submission contains business confidential information that
the submitter wishes to protect from public disclosure, the
confidential version must be marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the
top and bottom of each page. In addition, the submission must be
accompanied by a non-confidential version that indicates, with
asterisks, where confidential information was redacted or deleted. The
top and bottom of each page of the non-confidential version must be
marked either ``PUBLIC VERSION'' or ``NON-CONFIDENTIAL''. Business
confidential comments that are submitted without the required markings
or are not accompanied by a properly marked non-confidential version as
set forth above may not be accepted or may be treated as public
documents.
The digital file name assigned to any business confidential version
of a submission 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 person
(government, company, union, association, etc.) making the submission.
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.
Notice of Public Hearing
A hearing will be held by the GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC on
October 20, 2008, for product petitions accepted for the 2008 GSP
Annual Review (i.e., for product petitions other than those requesting
CNL waivers) beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F St., NW., Washington, DC 20508.
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 above ``Requirements for
Submissions'', the name, address, telephone number, facsimile number,
and e-mail address (if available), of the witness(es) representing
their organization to Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of the GSP
Program by 5 p.m., October 3, 2008. 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.,
October 3, 2008. Oral testimony before the GSP Subcommittee will be
limited to five-minute presentations that summarize or supplement
information contained in briefs or statements submitted for the record.
Post-hearing briefs or statements will be accepted if they conform with
the regulations cited above and are submitted, in English, by 5 p.m.,
November 3, 2008. Parties not wishing to appear at the public hearing
may submit pre-hearing briefs or statements, in English, by 5 p.m.,
October 3, 2008, and post-hearing written briefs or statements, in
English, by 5 p.m., November 3, 2008.
With respect to petitions to add or remove articles from the ``List
of Product Petitions Accepted in the 2008 GSP Annual Review,'' and in
accordance with sections 503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act and the authority
delegated by the President, pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade Representative has requested that the USITC
provide its advice on the probable economic effect of such additions or
removals on U.S. industries producing like or directly competitive
articles and on consumers. Comments by interested persons on the USITC
Report prepared as part of the product review other than those
requesting CNL waivers should be submitted by 5 p.m., 10 calendar days
after the date of USITC publication of its report.
Marideth Sandler,
Executive Director, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E8-21341 Filed 9-11-08; 8:45 am]
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