[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36024-36028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17236]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Trade Policy Staff Committee; Generalized System of Preferences 
(GSP); Notice of the Results of the 2001 GSP Reviews and Designation of 
Georgia

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of GSP changes.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces recent changes in the GSP program, 
including the disposition of the 2001 De Minimis Waiver and 
Redesignation Reviews, termination of GSP eligibility for products that 
exceeded the GSP competitive need limitations (CNLs). and the 
designation of Georgia as beneficiary developing country.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP Subcommittee, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Room 518, 
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program is provided for in Title V 
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2461-2465). Each year, 
the Trade Policy Staff Committee conducts a review to consider changes 
in the GSP program. In the 2001 De Minimis Waiver and Redesignation 
Reviews, the appraised import values during 2000 of each GSP-eligible 
article were reviewed to determine whether particular articles from 
particular GSP beneficiary developing countries exceeded the 2000 GSP 
CNLs.
    The President's decisions concerning the GSP changes summarized in 
this notice are reflected in a proclamation issued on June 29, 2001. 
Unless otherwise specified, the changes in the GSP program summarized 
in this notice are effective with respect to goods entered on or after 
July 1, 2001.
    The President granted waivers of the CNLs to India for several 
articles. These articles are listed in Annex I to this notice. The 
effective date of these waivers will be determined by the USTR.
    The President redesignated certain countries' GSP eligibility for 
certain articles that had previously exceeded the applicable GSP CNLs, 
but which fell below the CNLs in 2000 ($95 million or 50 percent of 
total U.S. imports of the article). These countries and articles are 
listed in Annex II to this notice.
    The President granted de minimis waivers to certain countries for 
certain articles that exceeded the 50 percent import share CNL, but for 
which the aggregate appraised value of the imports of that article was 
below the 2000 de minimis level of $15 million. These countries and 
articles are listed in Annex III to this notice.
    The President terminated certain countries' GSP eligibility for 
certain articles that exceeded the GSP CNLs in 2000. These countries 
and articles are listed in Annex IV to this notice.
    The President designated Georgia as beneficiary developing country.

Jon Rosenbaum,
Chairman, GSP Subcommittee, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

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