[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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