[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25370]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Schedule of Hearings and 
Deadlines for Submitting Comments on One Additional Petition for the 
GSP 1997 Product Review

agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

action: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

summary: This is to notify that one product has been added to the 1997 
GSP Product Review and to set forth the timetable for hearings, and for 
providing public comments on a petition to waive the GSP competitive 
need limit on imports of sugar from Brazil.

for further information contact: GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW, Room 518, Washington, 
DC 20508 (Tel. 202/395-6971). Public versions of all documents relating 
to this review may be seen by appointment in the USTR public Reading 
Room between 9:30-12 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. (Tel. 202/395-6186).

supplementary information: The GSP program is authorized pursuant to 
Title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``the Trade Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2461 et seq.). The GSP program grants duty-free treatment to 
designated eligible articles that are imported from designated 
beneficiary developing countries. In a Federal Register notice dated 
August 13, 1997 (62 FR 43408), USTR announced the acceptance of product 
petitions for review and in a subsequent notice dated September 4, 1997 
(62 FR 46792) USTR announced deadlines for hearings and submissions 
related to them.

I. Subject of reviews

    USTR has accepted one petition for a waiver of the competitive need 
limit for the following article in addition to those petitions 
described in part C of the Annex to the Federal Register notice dated 
August 13, 1997 (62 FR 43408).

 Petition for Waiver of Competitive Need Limit for a Product on the List
     of Eligible Products for the Generalized System of Preferences     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Case No.      HTS subheading          Article           Petitioner  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
97-26..........  1701.11.10        Cane or beet sugar    Sindicato da   
                  (Brazil).         and chemically pure   Industria do  
                                    sucrose, in solid     Azucar e do   
                                    form: Raw sugar not   alcool do     
                                    containing added      Estado de     
                                    flavoring or          Pernambuco,   
                                    coloring matter       Brazil.       
                                    Cane sugar:                         
                                    Described in                        
                                    additional U.S.                     
                                    note 5 to this                      
                                    chapter and entered                 
                                    pursuant to its                     
                                    provisions.                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------

II. Opportunities For Public Comment And Inspection Of Comments And 
Notice Of Public Hearings

    The GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) 
invites comments in support of, or in opposition to, any petition which 
is the subject of this notice. Submissions should comply with 15 CFR 
Part 2007, including sections 2007.0, and 2007.1. Instructions and 
dates for submitting statements, schedule of public hearings and 
requests to make statements at the public hearings should, with one 
exception, conform to the instructions in the Federal Register notice 
of September 4, 1997 (62 FR 46792). The one exception to these Federal 
Register instructions, and the final date of submitting statements on 
the product that is the subject of this notice and for requesting 
permission to make a statement on this product at the public hearing is 
not September 30, 1997, but has been set at 5:00 p.m. on October 10, 
1997.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-25370 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3190-01-M