[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22083-22084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11051]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Deadline for Submission
of Petitions in the 1995 Annual GSP Review
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representatives.
ACTION: Notice of the 1995 Annual GSP Review.
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SUMMARY: The notice announces the deadline for the submission of
petitions in the 1995 Annual GSP Review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600
17th Street, NW., Room 518, Washington, DC 20506. The telephone number
is (202) 395-6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Announcement of 1995 Annual GSP Review
The GSP regulations (15 CFR 2007.3 et seq.) provided for annual
review, unless otherwise specified by Federal Register notice. Notice
is hereby given that, in order to be considered in the 1995 Annual GSP
Review, all petitions to modify the list of articles eligible for duty-
free treatment under the GSP and requests to review the GSP status of
any beneficiary developing country must be received by the GSP
Subcommittee no later than 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 14, 1995. Petitions
submitted after the deadline will not be considered for review and will
be returned to the petitioner. 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 the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.),
and was implemented by Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 1975, and
modified by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations.
A. 1995 Annual GSP Review
Interested parties or foreign governments may submit petitions: (1)
To designate additional articles as eligible for GSP; (2) to withdraw,
suspend or limit GSP duty-free treatment accorded either to eligible
articles under the GSP or to individual beneficiary developing
countries with respect to specific GSP eligible articles; (3) to waive
the competitive need limits for individual beneficiary developing
countries with respect to specific GSP eligible articles; (4) to have
the GSP status of any eligible beneficiary developing country reviewed
with respect to any of the designation criteria listed in sections
502(b) or 502(c) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2462 (b) and (c)); and,
(5) to otherwise modify GSP coverage.
B. Identification of Product Requests With Respect to the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) was
implemented by the United States on January 1, 1989, and replaces the
former Tariff Schedules of the United States nomenclature. All product
petitions must include a detailed description of the product and the
HTS subheading in which the product is classified.
C. Submission of Petitions and Requests
Petitions to modify GSP treatment should be addressed to GSP
Subcommittee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,
NW., Room 518, Washington, DC 20506. All such submissions must conform
with the GSP regulations, which are set forth at 15 CFR 2007. These
regulations were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February
11, 1986 (FR 5035). The regulations are printed in ``A Guide to the
U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)'' (August 1991) (``GSP
Guide''). Information submitted will be subject to public inspection by
appointment only with the staff of the USTR Public Reading Room, except
for information granted ``business confidential'' status pursuant to 15
CFR 2003.6 and other qualifying information submitted in confidence
pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.7. An original and fourteen (14) copies of each
petition must be submitted in English. If the petition contains
business confidential information, an original and fourteen (14) copies
of a nonconfidential version of the submission along with an original
and fourteen (14) copies of the confidential version must be submitted.
In addition, the submission containing confidential information should
be clearly marked ``confidential'' at the top and bottom of each and
every page of the submission. The version that does not contain
business confidential information (the public version) should also be
clearly marked at the top and bottom of each page (either ``public
version'' or ``nonconfidential'').
Petitioners are strongly advised to review the GSP regulations.
Petitioners are reminded that submissions that do not provide all
information required by Sec. 2007.1 of the GSP regulations will not be
accepted for review except upon a detailed showing in the submission
that the petitioner made a good faith effort to obtain the information
required. These requirements will be strictly enforced. Petitions with
respect to competitive need waivers must meet the informational
requirements for product addition requests in Sec. 2007.1(c). A model
petition format is available from the GSP Subcommittee and is included
in the GSP Guide. Petitioners are requested to use this model petition
format so as to ensure that all informational requirements are met.
Furthermore, interested parties [[Page 22084]] submitting petitions
that request action with respect to specific products should list on
the first page of the petition the following information: (1) The
requested action; (2) the HTS subheading in which the product is
classified; and, (3) if applicable, the relevant beneficiary developing
country.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-11051 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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