[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21550-21551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09300]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-227]


Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries 
and Consumers and on Beneficiary Countries

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Cancellation of hearing.

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SUMMARY: The public hearing in this investigation scheduled for May 11, 
2017, has been cancelled. The two interested parties that filed 
requests to appear at the hearing have withdrawn their requests to 
appear.

DATES: 
    May 18, 2017: Deadline for filing all written submissions.
    September 29, 2017: Transmittal of Commission report to Congress 
and the President.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing 
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission 
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade 
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public file for 
this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Justino De La Cruz 
(202-

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205-3252 or [email protected]) or Deputy Project Leader 
Heather Wickramarachi (202-205-2699 or [email protected]) 
for information specific to this investigation. For information on the 
legal aspects of this investigation, contact William Gearhart of the 
Commission's Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or 
[email protected]). The media should contact Margaret 
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or 
[email protected]). Hearing-impaired individuals may obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
at 202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also 
be obtained by accessing its Web site at https://www.usitc.gov. Persons 
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining 
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 
202-205-2000.
    Background: Section 215(a)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) requires that the 
Commission submit biennial reports to the Congress and the President 
regarding the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and 
consumers, and on the economy of the beneficiary countries. Section 
215(b)(1) requires that the reports include, but not be limited to, an 
assessment regarding:
    (A) The actual effect, during the period covered by the report, of 
[CBERA] on the United States economy generally, as well as on those 
specific domestic industries which produce articles that are like, or 
directly competitive with, articles being imported into the United 
States from beneficiary countries; and
    (B) the probable future effect which this Act will have on the 
United States economy generally, as well as on such domestic 
industries, before the provisions of this Act terminate.
The report will cover trade with the 17 beneficiary countries: Antigua 
and Barbuda, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin 
Islands, Cura[ccedil]ao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, 
Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Notice of institution of the investigation was published in the Federal 
Register of May 14, 1986 (51 FR 17678). The Commission plans to 
transmit the 23rd report, covering calendar years 2015 and 2016, by 
September 29, 2017.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: May 3, 2017.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-09300 Filed 5-8-17; 8:45 am]
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