[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 82130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32859]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice Regarding the
Acceptance of Petitions To Grant a Competitive Need Limitation (CNL)
Waiver
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),
in connection with the 2010 GSP Annual Review, has received petitions
to waive the competitive need limitations (CNLs) on imports of certain
products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP
program. This notice announces those petitions that have been accepted
for further review. All other petitions have been rejected.
Authorization of the GSP program expires on December 31, 2010. If and
when the program is reauthorized, a schedule for submission of public
comments and for a public hearing on the petitions will be announced in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of
the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971, the fax
number is (202) 395-9674, and the e-mail address is [email protected].
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.
In a Federal Register notice dated July 15, 2010, USTR announced
that the deadline for the filing of petitions requesting CNL waivers
for the 2010 GSP Annual Review was November 16, 2010 (75 FR 41274). Of
the petitions submitted in response to this notice, the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee has accepted for
review petitions on the following four products: (1) Lysine and its
esters from Brazil (HTS 2922.41.00); (2) pneumatic tires from Sri Lanka
(HTS 4011.93.80); (3) certain rubber gloves from Thailand (HTS
4015.19.10); and (4) calcium silicon ferroalloys from Argentina (HTS
7202.99.20).
Additional information regarding the petitions with respect to
these articles is provided in the ``List of CNL Waiver Submissions
Accepted in the 2010 GSP Annual Review'' that is posted on the USTR Web
site (http://www.ustr.gov). 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 and that such review will take
place.
Section 505 of the Trade Act states that duty-free treatment
provided under the GSP shall not remain in effect after December 31,
2010. If and when the program is reauthorized, a schedule for
submission of public comments and for a public hearing on the petitions
will be announced in the Federal Register.
Receipt of Advice From the USITC
In accordance with authority delegated to the U.S. Trade
Representative by the President, the U.S. Trade Representative has
requested, pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 and in
accordance with section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act, that the U.S.
International Trade Commission (USITC) provide its advice on whether
any industry in the United States is likely to be adversely affected by
a waiver of the CNL specified in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act
for the country specified with respect to the products cited above. The
USITC has also been requested to provide advice as to the probable
economic effect on U.S. industries producing like or directly
competitive articles, on total U.S. imports, and on U.S. consumers.
William D. Jackson,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Generalized System
of Preferences, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2010-32859 Filed 12-28-10; 8:45 am]
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