Non-Down Sleeping Bags Removed from GSP Jan 1 by Proclamation, Etc.
Proclamation 8770 to (i) remove certain non-down sleeping bags (not containing 20% or more by weight of feathers and/or down, HTS 9404.30.80) from eligibility for duty-free entry under the Generalized System of Preferences program for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after January 1, 2012, (ii) extend the Israel agriculture (butter, dried milk, cheese, peanuts, ice cream) tariff rate quotas, and (iii) make certain conforming changes to HTS Chapter 99 (HTS 9902.13.91 and 9902.13.92) that were inadvertently omitted from Proclamation 8742 on textile-bottomed footwear, is published in the January 4 Federal Register, along with its Annexes detailing the changes.
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 11123023 for previous summary of Proclamation 8770.
See ITT’s Online Archives 11030315 for summary of ITC report on the impact of eliminating GSP duty-free treatment for “non-down” sleeping bags.
See ITT’s Online Archives 10102611 for summary announcing that the USTR accepted for review two product petitions as part of the 2010 GSP Annual Review: one for plastic tape and one for sleeping bags.
See ITT’s Online Archives 10122325 for 2010 Proclamation extending the Israel agriculture TRQs.
See ITT’s Online Archives 11120518 for summary on the ITC’s online 2011 HTS being amended for textile-bottom footwear, etc.
See ITT’s Online Archives 11110303 for summary of Proclamation 8742’s provisions on footwear.)
Proclamation 8770 date correction FR notice available here