[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28948-28949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11581]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-352]
Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on the U.S. Economy and on
Andean Drug Crop Eradication
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to submit comments in connection with the
16th report on the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA).
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SUMMARY: Section 206 of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3204) requires the
Commission to report biennially to the Congress by September 30 of each
reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and
U.S. consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of the Act in promoting
drug related crop eradication and crop substitution efforts by
beneficiary countries. The Commission prepares these reports under
investigation No. 332-352, Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on the
U.S. Economy and on Andean Drug Crop Eradication.
DATES: June 24, 2014: Deadline for filing written submissions.
September 30, 2014: Transmittal of Commission report to Congress.
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 record
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic
docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justino De La Cruz (202-205-3252, or
[email protected]), Country and Regional Analysis Division,
Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20436. 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 Peg O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Officer (202-205-1819 or
[email protected]). General information concerning the
Commission may be obtained by accessing its internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).
Background: Section 206 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)
(19 U.S.C. 3204) requires that the Commission submit biennial reports
to the Congress regarding the economic impact of the Act on U.S.
industries and consumers and, in conjunction with other agencies, the
effectiveness of the Act in promoting drug-related crop eradication and
crop substitution efforts of the beneficiary countries. Section 206(b)
of the Act requires that each report include:
(1) The actual effect of ATPA on the U.S. economy generally as well
as on specific domestic industries which produce articles that are
like, or directly competitive with, articles being imported under the
Act from beneficiary countries;
(2) the probable future effect that ATPA will have on the U.S.
economy generally and on such domestic industries; and
(3) the estimated effect that ATPA has had on drug-related crop
eradication and crop substitution efforts of beneficiary countries.
Notice of institution of this investigation for preparing these
reports was published in the Federal Register of March 10, 1994 (59 FR
11308). This 16th report, covering 2012-2013, the period since the
previous report, is to be submitted by September 30, 2014. During the
period covered by this 16th report, only Colombia and Ecuador were
beneficiary countries eligible for preferential treatment, and only for
part of the period covered by the report. Colombia's designation as a
beneficiary country was terminated on May 15, 2012, when the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement entered into force; imports
from Ecuador ceased to be eligible for preferential treatment after
July 31, 2013, when the authority for such treatment expired.
Written Submissions: Interested parties are invited to file written
submissions containing information and views relating to the subject
matter of the investigation. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later than 5:15
p.m., June 24, 2014. All written submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 C.P.R. 201.8). Section
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201.8 and the Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures require that
interested parties file documents electronically on or before the
filing deadline and submit eight (8) true paper copies by 12:00 noon
eastern time on the next business day. In the event that confidential
treatment of a document is requested, interested parties must file, at
the same time as the eight paper copies, at least four (4) additional
true paper copies in which the confidential information must be deleted
(see the following paragraph for further information regarding
confidential business information). Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the Secretary (202-205-2000).
Any submissions that contain confidential business information must
also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions,
except for confidential business information, will be made available
for inspection by interested parties.
Congressional committee staff has indicated that the receiving
committees intend to make the Commission's report available to the
public in its entirety, and has asked that the Commission not include
any confidential business information or national security classified
information in the report that the Commission sends to the Congress.
Any confidential business information received by the Commission in
this investigation and used in preparing this report will not be
published in a manner that would reveal the operations of the firm
supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 14, 2014.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary of the Commission.
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