United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-10-31 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-2BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR P0b002ee180388586 f:gg95002b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR GGD-95-2BR Exporting Cargo preference laws Export regulation Waivers International trade Shipping industry Business assistance Freight transportation operations Marine transportation operations Trade policies Briefing Report GGD This report examines the frequency with which exemptions from cargo preference requirements for U.S. Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) financed exports were granted between 1990 and 1992. GAO found that in 1990 and 1991, the number of general waivers that the Maritime Administration granted held steady at seven; however, in 1992 they more than doubled to 15. From 1990 to 1992, the number of statutory waivers, granted when U.S.-flag vessels were unavailable, more than tripled from 28 in 1990 to 102 in 1992. GAO did not find any situations in which Eximbank cargo preference requirements were causing U.S. exporters to lose sales; however, exporters did raise other concerns resulting from their compliance with the cargo preference requirements. GAO did not find any evidence that midwestern exporters were uniquely affected by the cargo preference requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR.pdf GAO/GGD-95-2BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-2BR Briefing Report GAO/GGD-95-2BR; Cargo Preference: Effects of U.S. Export-Import Cargo Preference Laws on Exporters; Exporting Cargo preference laws Export regulation Waivers International trade Shipping industry Business assistance Freight transportation operations Marine transportation operations Trade policies Volume 48 Page 500 48 Stat. 500