[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 1549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-250]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Notice of the Results of 
the 2010 GSP Annual Review

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces (1) the disposition of the product 
petitions accepted for review in the 2010 GSP Annual Review, and (2) 
the status of country practices petitions accepted as part of GSP 
annual reviews, including the 2010 GSP Annual Review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, 1724 F Street NW., Room F-214, 
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395-6971, the fax 
number is (202) 395-2961, and the email 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, 
and is implemented in accordance with Executive Order 11888 of November 
24, 1975, as modified by subsequent Executive Orders and Presidential 
Proclamations.
    In the 2010 GSP Annual Review, the Trade Policy Staff Committee 
(TPSC) reviewed two petitions to change product coverage of the GSP. 
Based on the TPSC's review and the recommendation of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, President Obama removed one product--sleeping bags, not 
containing 20 percent or more by weight of feathers and/or down (HTSUS 
9404.30.80)--from eligibility for duty-free treatment under GSP, 
effective January 1, 2012, because it is import-sensitive in the 
context of GSP. (See Presidential Proclamation 8770 of December 29, 
2011.) A petition to remove GSP duty-free treatment for two types of 
self-adhesive plastic tape (HTSUS 3919.10.20 and 3919.90.50) was 
denied.
    There are no changes at this time to the status of those country 
practice petitions accepted in the 2010 GSP annual review and continued 
from earlier annual reviews. A list of all of the country practice 
petitions under review can be found on the USTR Web site at http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/3218 in List II (Petitions for Review of 
Country Practices).

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.
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