[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51649-51650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21067]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Deadline for Comments on 
U.S. International Trade Commission Report

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of deadline for comments.

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    Summary and Dates: In late August, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (USITC) is expected to release the public version of its 
statutorily-mandated report, requested by the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative (USTR), providing advice on the probable 
economic effect of granting a waiver of the application of competitive 
need limitations (CNLs) to two products from Thailand. Comments on the 
USITC report on these products should be submitted via 
www.regulations.gov in docket number USTR-2015-0007, per the guidelines 
described below, within seven calendar days of the public release of 
the USITC report.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The GSP Program at the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative. The telephone number is (202) 395-
2974, the fax number is (202) 395-9674, and the email address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6, 2015, USTR announced in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 38501) the launch of a review of products under 
the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program that, based on 
full-year 2014 import data, are subject to certain actions related to 
competitive need limitations (CNLs). That notice indicated that two 
products from Thailand--HTS 2008.19.15 and HTS 7408.29.10--will be 
removed from eligibility for GSP for Thailand on October 1, 2015, 
unless the President grants a waiver for the product for Thailand in 
response to a petition filed by an interested party. The government of 
Thailand subsequently filed petitions seeking CNL waivers for both 
products. Pursuant to U.S. law and regulations pertaining to GSP, USTR 
requested the USITC provide advice regarding the probable economic 
effect of granting the subject waivers.
    The USITC is expected to release the public version of its report 
on these two waiver requests in late August 2015. Comments on the USITC 
report should be submitted to USTR via www.regulations.gov in Docket 
Number USTR-2015-0007, per the guidelines described below, within seven 
calendar days after the date of the release of the report.

Requirements for Submissions

    All submissions in response to this notice must conform to the GSP 
regulations set forth at 15 CFR part 2007, except as modified in 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice of a GSP Product 
Review, Including Possible Actions Related to Competitive Need 
Limitations (80 FR 38501) published on July 6, 2015. These regulations 
are available on the Office of the United States Trade Representative 
Web site at https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/trade-development/preference-programs/generalized-system-preference-gsp/gsp-program-inf.
    All submissions in response to this notice must be in English and 
must be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, using 
docket number USTR-2015-0007. Instructions on how to file documents on 
http://www.regulations.gov can be found in the referenced July 6, 2015 
Federal Register notice (80 FR 38501), available at http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USTR-2015-0007-0001. Hand-
delivered submissions will not be accepted.

Public Viewing of Review Submissions

    Submissions in response to this notice, except for information 
granted ``business confidential'' status under 15 CFR part 2003.6, will 
be available for public viewing pursuant to 15 CFR part 2007.6 at 
http://www.regulations.gov upon completion of processing. Such 
submissions may be viewed by entering the docket number USTR-2015-0007 
in

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the search field at http://www.regulations.gov.

William D. Jackson,
Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Generalized System 
of Preferences, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2015-21067 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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