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Extension of the Generalized System of Preference ("GSP")

Further to our company·s Newsletter issued on December 4, 2006 containing information on the expiration of the Generalized System of Preference (·GSP), please be advised that earlier today President Bush signed H.R. 6111 granting its extension. The GSP has now been extended to December 31, 2008. 

·          Amendments to the HTSUSA
·          Reliquidation of certain products
·         Technical corrections to the Tariff Act of 1930
·         Extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (Normal Trade Relations (“NTR”) treatment) to the products of Vietnam
·         Extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act/Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act to June 30, 2007
·         Technical corrections to the African Growth and Opportunity Act
·         Extension and addition of certain products qualifying for duty free treatment under Chapter 99 HTSUSA provisions.  

 To see H.R. 6111 in its entirety, it is available at:
 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h6111enr.txt.pdf

Important Note: Please note that  any eligible GSP qualifying county can be excluded from the GSP program if it is determined that the country has become sufficiently developed or competitive, either as a whole or with respect to one or more of its products.  For more information on country and product eligibility and Competitive Need Limits (“CNL”), please visit the USTR’s website at:
http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/Section_Index.html.

For further details concerning the above referenced information, please consult with your local James J. Boyle & Co. office listed below.

 

Seifu Togo

San Francisco

stogo@jjboyle.com

(650)871-6334 ext. 3105

Kent Sunakoda

Los Angeles

ksunakoda@jjboyle.com

(323)263-8100 ext. 327

Lisa Whiles

Portland

lwhiles@jjboyle.com

(503)284-0909 ext. 120

Barbara Osborn

Seattle

bosborn@jjboyle.com

(206)447-9580 ext. 106

Deborah Torma

Atlanta

dtorma@jjboyle.com

(404)366-7920 ext. 100

Sincerely,
James J. Boyle & Co.
Monterey Park Office
Greg Kodama
President

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