[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76477-76478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31316]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Extension of Deadlines 
for Filing Petitions for the 2011 Annual GSP Product and Country 
Practices Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the deadline for submission of petitions 
from the public.

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SUMMARY: The deadlines for submission of all petitions for 
consideration as part of the 2011 Annual GSP Product and Country 
Practices Review are extended to December 30, 2011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 1, 2011, a notice was published 
in the Federal Register (76 FR 67531) announcing the initiation of the 
2011 Annual GSP Product and Country Practices Review and setting out 
the deadlines for the submission of petitions to modify the list of 
products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP 
program and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP beneficiary 
developing countries because of country practices. The deadline for 
submission of country practice petitions and for submission of product 
petitions, except for those requesting competitive need limitation 
(CNL) waivers, was December 5, 2011. The deadline for submission of 
petitions requesting CNL waivers was December 16, 2011. This notice 
extends the deadlines for the submission of all petitions for the 2011 
Annual Review to 5 p.m., December 30, 2011. Decisions on which of the 
petitions that are submitted are accepted for review will be announced 
in the Federal Register at later dates.

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 email address is [email protected].

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    Public versions of all documents relating to the 2011 Annual Review 
will be made available for public viewing in docket USTR-2011-0015 at 
www.regulations.gov upon completion of processing and no later than 
approximately two weeks after the due date.

William D. Jackson,
Deputy Assistant, U.S. Trade Representative for the Generalized System 
of Preferences and Chair of the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy 
Staff Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2011-31316 Filed 12-6-11; 8:45 am]
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