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RIN: 1515-AD47

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: African Growth and Opportunity Act and Generalized System of Preferences and Trade Benefits Under AGOA
Abstract: Finalization of interim amendments, with some changes, to the CBP regulations which were published in the Federal Register on October 5, 2000, as T.D. 00-67, and later amended by T.D. 03-15 published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2003, to implement the trade benefit provisions for sub-Saharan Africa contained in title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, as amended. The trade benefits under title I, also referred to as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), apply to sub-Saharan African countries designated by the President and involve: the extension of duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to non-textile articles normally excluded from GSP duty-free treatment that are not import-sensitive, and the entry of specific textile and apparel articles free of duty and free of any quantitative limits. The regulatory amendments adopted in this final rule reflect and clarify the statutory standards for preferential tariff treatment under the AGOA, as amended by section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002, and include other amendments necessitated by passage of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 and the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006. This final rule includes specific documentary, procedural, and other related requirements that must be met in order to obtain preferential treatment. This document also adopts as a final rule interim amendments to the CBP regulations implementing the GSP, which were included in T.D. 00-67, to conform those regulations to previous amendments to the GSP statute. Moreover, this document adopts as a final rule other changes to the AGOA implementing regulations made by T.D. 03-15 to clarify several issues that arose after their original publication. Amendments to implement the trade benefit provisions for sub-Saharan Africa contained in title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The trade benefits under title I, also referred to as the African Growth and Opportunity Act, apply to sub-Saharan African countries designated by the President and involve the extension of duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to nonimport-sensitive, nontextile articles normally excluded from GSP duty-free treatment, and the entry of specific textile and apparel articles free of duty and free of any quantitative limits.
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 10 19 CFR 163
Legal Authority: 19 USC 66 19 USC 1202 19 USC 1321 19 USC 1481 19 USC 1484 19 USC 1498 19 USC 1508 19 USC 1623 and 1624 19 USC 2461 19 USC 3314 19 USC 3721

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Public Law 106-200.	10/01/2000

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	10/01/2000	65 FR 59668
Interim Final Rule Effective	10/05/2000
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	12/04/2000
Final Action	01/00/2014

Additional Information: Transferred from RIN 1515-AC72
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Previously reported as 1505-AB26
Agency Contact: Cynthia Reese Senior Attorney, Valuation & Special Program Branch Department of the Treasury Customs Revenue Function Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street NE., (10th Floor), Washington, DC 20229-1177 Phone:202 325-0046 Email: cynthia.reese@cbp.dhs.gov Seth Mazze Program Officer, Trade Agreements Branch Department of the Treasury Customs Revenue Function Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20229-1155 Phone:202 863-6567 Email: seth.mazze@cbp.dhs.gov