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TREAS/CUSTOMS RIN: 1515-AD93 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: United States--Panama Trade Promotion Agreement 
Abstract: This rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement entered into by the United States and the Republic of Panama. 
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, subpart S    19 CFR 24    19 CFR 162 and 163    19 CFR 178     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 19 USC 66    19 USC 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS))    19 USC 1321    19 USC 1481    19 USC 1484    19 USC 1498    19 USC 1508 to 1510    19 USC 1520(d)    19 USC 1623    19 USC 1624    19 USC 3314    5 USC 301    19 USC 1592a    19 USC 1593    ...   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PANTPA) signed on June 28, 2007, and the US Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, Public Law 112-43,125 Stat. 497 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note).  10/29/2013 

Overall Description of Deadline: On October 21, 2011, the President signed into law the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the Act), Public Law 112-43 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note), which approved and made statutory changes to implement the PANTPA. Section 103 of the Act requires that regulations be prescribed as necessary to implement the provisions of the PANTPA within 1 year of the Agreement entering into force. On October 29, 2012, President signed Proclamation 8894 implementing PANTPA into force.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  10/23/2013  78 FR 63052   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  12/23/2013 
Final Rule  06/00/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  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 
Agency Contact:
Jacqueline Sprungle
Chief, Textile Policy 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., 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229-1155
Phone:202 863-6517
Fax:202 863-6540
Email: jacqueline.sprungle@cbp.dhs.gov

Katrina In-Suk Chang
Chief, 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 20229-1142
Phone:202 863-6532
Fax:202 863-6520
Email: katrina.in-suk.chang@cbp.dhs.gov

Karen Greene
Senior Attorney, Valuation and Special Programs
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:202 325-0041
Fax:202 325-0154
Email: karen.s.greene@cbp.dhs.gov