[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13657]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences; Expedited Review of Melamine 
Institutional Dinnerware Products Imported From Indonesia

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: This notice invites public comments on whether melamine 
institutional dinnerware imported from Indonesia should continue to be 
eligible for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences.

DATES: Comments are due on Wednesday, July 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP Subcommittee, United States Trade 
Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W., Room 518, Washington, D.C. 
20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The GSP Program

    The GSP program grants duty-free treatment to designated eligible 
articles that are imported from designated beneficiary development 
countries. The GSP program was authorized by Title of 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, as modified 
by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations. The GSP 
regulations provide for an annual GSP review, unless otherwise 
specified by Federal Register notice (15 CFR 2007.3).
    This notice solicits public comments on whether to suspend GSP 
eligibility for melamine institutional tableware from Indonesia as 
sought in a petition from the American Melamine Institutional Tableware 
Association (AMITA). Petitioners argue that the GSP program was not 
intended to benefit manufacturers who sell their products as less than 
fair value to the injury of the U.S. industry.

II. Public Comments

    All written comments on whether GSP eligibility for melamine 
institutional tableware from Indonesia should be suspended should be 
addressed to: GSP Subcommittee, Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W., Room 518, Washington, D.C. 
20508. All submissions must be in English and should conform to the 
information requirements of 15 CFR 2007. Furthermore, each party 
providing comments should indicate on the first page of the submission 
its name.
    A party must provide fourteen copies of its comments which must be 
received by the Chairman of the GSP Subcommittee no later than 5 p.m., 
Wednesday, July 1, 1997. Comments received after the deadline will not 
be accepted. If the comments contain business confidential information, 
fourteen copies of a non-confidential version must also be submitted. A 
justification as to why the information contained in the submission 
should be treated confidentially must be included in the submission. In 
addition, the submissions containing confidential information should be 
clearly marked ``confidential'' at the top and bottom of each page of 
the submission. The version that does not contain confidential 
information should also be clearly marked, at the top and bottom of 
each page, ``public version'' or ``non-confidential''.
    Written comments submitted in connection with this expedited 
review, except for information granted ``business confidential'' status 
pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.7, will be available for public inspection 
shortly after the filing deadline by appointment only with Brenda Webb 
of the USTR Public Reading Room at (202) 395-6186. The AMITA petition 
also is available for review at the Reading Room. Other requests and 
questions should be directed to the GSP Information Center at USTR by 
calling (202) 395-6971.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-13657 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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