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        <RIN>1515-AD47</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1515</CODE>
            <NAME>Customs Revenue Function</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>CUSTOMS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1500</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>TREAS</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>African Growth and Opportunity Act and Generalized System of Preferences and Trade Benefits Under AGOA</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[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.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>19 CFR 10</CFR>
            <CFR>19 CFR 163</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 66</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1202</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1321</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1481</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1484</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1498</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1508</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 1623 and 1624</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 2461</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 3314</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>19 USC 3721</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>10/01/2000</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Public Law 106-200.</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/01/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 59668</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/05/2000</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/04/2000</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/27/2014</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>79 FR 30356</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/26/2014</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Transferred from RIN 1515-AC72</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>1505-AB26</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Previously reported as</RIN_RELATION>
            </RELATED_RIN>
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        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Cynthia</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Reese</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Attorney, Valuation &amp; Special Program Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1515</CODE>
                    <NAME>Customs Revenue Function</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CUSTOMS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 325-0046</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>cynthia.reese@cbp.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street NE., (10th Floor),</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20229-1177</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Seth</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Mazze</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Program Officer, Trade Agreements Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1515</CODE>
                    <NAME>Customs Revenue Function</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CUSTOMS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 863-6567</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>seth.mazze@cbp.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20229-1155</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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