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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determinations Under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act;
Correction
AGENCY: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY: The United States Trade
Representative (USTR) published a
document in the Federal Register of
August 4, 2006, concerning a
determination under the African Growth
and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in respect
of Burkina Faso. The document did not
expressly include a modification to list
Burkina Faso in note 2(d) to Subchapter
XIX of chapter 98 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Baltzan, Office of the General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–3582.
Correction
In the Federal Register Notice of
August 4, 2006, the USTR determined
that Burkina Faso had met certain
customs requirements under the AGOA.
President Bush had by Proclamation
7853 previously designated Burkina
Faso as a lesser developed beneficiary
country for purposes of what was then
Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA. U.S.
Note 2(d) to Subchapter XIX of chapter
98 of the HTSUS provides that countries
qualifying for designation as a lesser
developed beneficiary country shall be
enumerated therein. The Federal
Register notice reflecting the USTR’s
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determination in respect of Burkina
Faso did not expressly modify that Note
to include Burkina Faso. Accordingly,
Note 2(d) to subchapter XIX of chapter
98 of the HTSUS is modified by
inserting ‘‘Burkina Faso’’ in alphabetical
sequence in the list of countries.
Peter F. Allgeier,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice Regarding the Review of
Country Practice Petitions for the 2008
Annual Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
accepted petitions in the context of
earlier GSP Annual Reviews, which are
continuing to be evaluated in the 2008
GSP Annual Review, to modify the GSP
status of certain GSP beneficiary
developing countries because of country
practices. This notice sets forth the
schedule for comment and public
hearings on these petitions, for
requesting participation in the hearings,
and for submitting pre-hearing and posthearing briefs and comments. This
notice also announces the continued
evaluation for acceptance of certain
country practice petitions submitted in
the 2008 Annual Review. The list of
country practice petitions currently
under review as well as those petitions
submitted in the 2008 GSP Annual
Review, is available at: https://
www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/
Preference_Programs/GSP/
GSP_2008_Annual_Review/
Section_Index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tameka Cooper, 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, the fax
number is (202) 395–2961, and the email address is
Tameka_Cooper@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 current schedule
for accepted country practice petitions
follows.
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April 2, 2009: Pre-hearing briefs and
comments, requests to appear at the GSP
Subcommittee Public Hearing, and
hearing statements must be submitted
by 5 p.m. EDT.
April 24, 2009: GSP Subcommittee
Public Hearing on all country practice
petitions accepted for the 2008 GSP
Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724
F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508
beginning at 9 a.m. EDT.
May 8, 2009: Post-hearing briefs and
comments must be submitted by 5 p.m.
EDT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP
program provides for the duty-free
importation of eligible articles when
imported from designated 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 1974 Act), and is
implemented in accordance with
Executive Order 11888 of November 24,
1975, as modified by subsequent
Executive Orders and Presidential
Proclamations.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.0(b), the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) has recommended
the acceptance and continuation of the
review of, and the TPSC has accepted
and continued the review of, several
country practice petitions: Petitions
regarding worker rights in Bangladesh,
Niger, the Republic of the Philippines,
and Uzbekistan; and petitions regarding
protection of intellectual property in
Lebanon, Russia, and Uzbekistan. For
additional information, see the ‘‘List of
2008 Annual Review Country Practice
Petitions under Further Review’’ posted
on the USTR Web site and available at:
https://www.regulations.gov/, docket
number USTR–2009–0009. 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
petition has been found eligible for
review by the TPSC and that such
review will take place.
A Federal Register notice dated
January 21, 2009, 74 FR 3657, indicated
that the decision whether to accept the
country practice petitions with respect
to worker rights in Iraq and Sri Lanka
that were submitted for inclusion in the
2008 Annual Review, and a country
practice petition submitted regarding
the Republic of the Philippines, which
has since been withdrawn, was
expected to be announced no later than
March 15, 2009. The decision whether
to accept the country practice petitions
for Iraq and Sri Lanka in the GSP 2008
Annual Review has been further
deferred. Once a decision is made, it
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determinations Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act;
Correction
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a
document in the Federal Register of August 4, 2006, concerning a
determination under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in
respect of Burkina Faso. The document did not expressly include a
modification to list Burkina Faso in note 2(d) to Subchapter XIX of
chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Baltzan, Office of the
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative,
(202) 395-3582.
Correction
In the Federal Register Notice of August 4, 2006, the USTR
determined that Burkina Faso had met certain customs requirements under
the AGOA. President Bush had by Proclamation 7853 previously designated
Burkina Faso as a lesser developed beneficiary country for purposes of
what was then Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA. U.S. Note 2(d) to
Subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTSUS provides that countries
qualifying for designation as a lesser developed beneficiary country
shall be enumerated therein. The Federal Register notice reflecting the
USTR's determination in respect of Burkina Faso did not expressly
modify that Note to include Burkina Faso. Accordingly, Note 2(d) to
subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTSUS is modified by inserting
``Burkina Faso'' in alphabetical sequence in the list of countries.
Peter F. Allgeier,
Acting United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E9-5595 Filed 3-13-09; 8:45 am]
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