President Bush has issued Proclamation 8240, which modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to take certain actions under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes, as follows:
The International Trade Commission has posted to its Web site Revision 2 (dated April 16, 2008) of the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
In December 2007, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a press release announcing the results of the eighth meeting of the U.S.-Paraguay Joint Commission on Trade and Investment, in which the two governments agreed to expand coverage of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to allow duty-free access for certain certified handicrafts from Paraguay and to continue cooperation on intellectual property rights, among other things.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice announcing the re-initiation of a review to consider designating the Republic of Azerbaijan as a Generalized System of Preferences beneficiary developing country.
The International Trade Commission has posted to its Web site Revision 1 (dated April 1, 2008) of the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
The International Trade Commission has announced that it is terminating the investigation of two competitive need limitation (CNL) waiver petitions for further review as part of the 2007 Generalized System of Preferences Annual Review.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Caviar.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published a notice announcing the availability of 2007 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for the 2007 GSP Annual Review.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published a notice announcing the availability of 2007 full calendar year import statistics relating to the Generalized System of Preferences Competitive Needs Limitations (CNLs) for the 2007 GSP Annual Review.
In the February 27, 2008 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 42, No. 10), CBP published a notice modifying a ruling and revoking treatment as follows: