List I. Decisions on Petitions to Add Products to GSP Eligibility in the 2007 GSP Annual Review

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1 List I. Decisions on Petitions to Add Products to GSP Eligibility in the 2007 GSP Annual Review ACCEPTED HTSUS NO. PRODUCT ACTION CASE NO Molybdenum ores and concentrates, roasted Withdrawn Molybdenum ores and Withdrawn concentrates, other 2007B Adipic acid Denied Other synthetic organic pigments Withdrawn and coloring preparations Other plywood sheets, not Continued (If granted would require creation of a new 8 digit HTS tariff line.) exceeding 6mm in thickness, with at least 1 outer ply of certain pines Certain unwrought aluminum, Granted not alloyed, of uniform cross section throughout its length Certain unwrought aluminum, Granted alloys, of uniform cross section throughout its length Certain aluminum bars, rods, and profiles of aluminum alloys, Granted (If granted would require creation of a new 8 digit HTS tariff line.) hollow profiles Certain unwrought manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap Denied List II: Decisions on Petitions to Remove Duty-Free Status from a Beneficiary Developing Country for a Product on the List of Eligible Articles for the Generalized System of Preferences ACCEPTED HTSUS NO. PRODUCT ACTION CASE NO Certain other organo-inorganic Denied compounds [India] Polyethylene terephathalate film, sheet and strip [Brazil] Denied List III. Decisions on CNL Waiver Petitions in the 2007 GSP Annual Review ACCEPTED HTSUS NO. PRODUCT ACTION CASE NO Cucumbers including gherkins, Granted prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid [India] Polyethylene terephthalate Resin Withdrawn (PET Resin) [Indonesia] 2007B New pneumatic rubber tires for Granted passenger vehicles. [Indonesia] Full grain unsplit bovine (not Withdrawn buffalo) & equine leather, not whole, w/o hair on, nesoi [Argentina] Copper, cables, plaited bands and the like, not fitted with fittings and not made up into articles [Turkey] Granted 1

2 List IV. Products for which a Waiver of the Application of Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Trade Act is Revoked 8 digit HTS number Partner 2007 Imports Share Product Description Argentina $6,590, % Peanuts (ground-nuts), not roasted or cooked, shelled, subject to add. US note 2 to Ch India $266,374, % Gold necklaces and neck chains (o/than of rope or mixed links) Turkey $232,492, % Precious metal (o/than silver) articles of jewelry and parts thereto, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, nesoi Brazil $151,237, % Ferroniobium, nesoi List V. List of Products Receiving De Minimis Waivers 8-digit HTS number Partner 2007 Annual trade from the GSP Beneficiary Beneficiary share of all imports 2007 Product description Indonesia $9,493, % Edible products of animal origin, nesi Thailand $5,952, % Orchids, fresh cut Peru $3,087, % Peas, fresh or chilled, shelled or unshelled, if entered July 1 to Sept. 30, inclusive, in any year Turkey $177, % Tomatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, if entered Nov. 15 through the following February, incl India $6,235, % Cucumbers including gherkins, provisionally preserved but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption India $128, % Dried leguminous vegetables nesi, shelled, if entered for consumption during the period from May 1 through August 31, inclusive, in any year Pakistan $2,965, % Dates, fresh or dried, whole, without pits, packed in units weighing over 4.6 kg Thailand $2,335, % Durians, fresh Thailand $3,208, % Papayas, dried Thailand $2,057, % Tamarinds, dried Brazil $1,756, % Sausages and similar products of beef, beef offal or blood; food preparations based on these products, in airtight containers 2

3 Philippines $423, % Tunas and skipjack, not in airtight containers, not in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with contents over 6.8 kg each Costa Rica $40, % Cane sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o added flavoring or coloring, subject to gen. note 15 of the HTS Venezuela $25, % Cocoa powder, o/90% by dry wt of sugar, subject to gen. note 15 of the HTS India $423, % Mangoes, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid Thailand $5, % Citrus fruit nesoi (including bergamots), other than peel or pulp, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesoi Thailand $3,503, % Papayas, other than pulp, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesi India $1,219, % Sandstone, merely cut into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape Peru $168, % Copper ores and concentrates India $765, % Tin chlorides India $36, % Barium chloride India $2,547, % Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides of copper Russia $1,001, % Cadmium sulfide India $204, % Dithionites and sulfoxylates, other than those of sodium India $315, % Chromium sulfate India $3, % Lead carbonate Turkey $613, % Anhydrous disodium tetraborate (refined borax) Turkey $3,622, % Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) except anhydrous Colombia $89, % Potassium dichromate India $1,344, % Potassium permanganate Brazil $2,059, % Gold compounds India $178, % Hexachloroethane and tetrachloroethane India $68, % 3-Bromo-alpha,alpha,alphatrifluorotoluene; and other specified halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons India $2,585, % tert-butylhydroquinone India $83, % p-nitrophenol India $43, % 6-tert-Butyl-3-methyl-2,4- dinitroanisole (Musk ambrette) and other artificial musks 3

4 Indonesia $6,472, % Odoriferous or flavoring compounds of ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols & their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, nitrosated derivatives India $2,886, % p-anisaldehyde India $1,746, % Nonaromatic halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading Brazil $2,436, % 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2- one (Diacetone alcohol) Brazil $2,427, % Salicylic acid and its salts, not suitable for medicinal use India $128, % Metanilic acid India $23, % 3,4-Dichloroaniline India $413, % Fast color bases of aniline derivatives and their salts India $149, % Nonaromatic ureines and their derivatives; and salts thereof India $57, % Benzonitrile India $399, % Fast color bases and fast color salts, of diazo-, azo- or azoxycompounds India $882, % Aromatic pesticides of thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates India $11, % 4-Hydroxycoumarin India $452, % Pesticides containing a benzothiazole ring-system, not further fused Indonesia $2,306, % Herbicides, antisprouting products and plant-growth regulators, nesoi, containing an inorganic substance, for retail sale Argentina $647, % Disinfectants, containing any aromatic or modified aromatic disinfectant Brazil $302, % Mixtures of halogenated hydrocarbons containing carbon tetrachloride Brazil $114, % Chemical mixtures nesoi, of two or more inorganic compounds, of hydrosulfite or sulfoxylate compounds or of both India $2,241, % "Camel-back" strips of unvulcanized rubber, for retreading rubber tires Thailand $382, % Whole raw buffalo hides/skins (n/o 8 kg when dried, 10 kg when dry salted or 16 kg when fresh/otherwise preserved), over 2.6 m2, nesoi Pakistan $28, % Raw buffalo hides and skins (other than whole), pretanned but not further prepared Argentina $136, % Full grain unsplit/grain split bovine nesoi and equine upper & sole hides/skins, w/o hair, tanned but not further prepared, in the wet state 4

5 Pakistan $13, % Buffalo hides and skins nesoi, w/o hair on, unit surface area ov 2.6 m2, tanned but not further prepared, in the wet state Argentina $2,692, % Crust full grain unsplit/grain split bovine (ex. buffalo) nesoi/equine hides/skins upper/sole leather, w/o hair, tanned not further prepared Pakistan $1,120, % Hides and skins of goats or kids, without hair on, tanned but not further prepared, in the dry state (crust) Brazil $1,018, % Full grain unsplit upper & sole leather of bovines (not buffalo) nesoi or equine, w/o hair on, prepared after tanning or crusting, not Colombia $3,194, % Grain split whole bovine (not buffalo) nesoi and equine nesoi leathers, w/o hair on, prepared after tanning or crusting, not fancy, not India $8, % Whole buffalo skin leather (not full grain unsplits/grain splits), w/o hair on, over 2.6 sq m, prepared after tanning or crusting, not India $102, % Full grain unsplit buffalo leather (not whole), w/o hair on, prepared after tanning or crusting (including parchment-dressed), not head India $98, % Grain splits buffalo leather (not whole), without hair on, prepared after tanning or crusting, other than of heading India $225, % Handbags with or without shoulder strap or without handle, with outer surface of textile materials, wholly or in part of braid, of abaca Philippines $10,954, % Insulated beverage bag w/outer surface textiles, interior only flexible plastic container storing/dispensing beverage thru flexible tubing Indonesia $127, % Woven or partly assembled materials of rattan for mats, matting and screens India $12, % Fishing baskets or creels made from vegetable materials India $44, % Dyed plain weave certified hand-loomed fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing not more than 100 g/m India $28, % Plain weave certified handloomed fabrics of cotton, 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing not over 100 g/m2, of yarns of different colors 5

6 India $201, % Plain weave certified handloomed fabrics of cotton, 85% or more cotton by weight, over 100 but n/o 200 g/m2, of yarns of different colors India $2,761, % Dyed, plain weave certified hand-loomed fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing more than 200 g/m India $916, % Plain weave certified handloomed fabrics of cotton, cont. 85% or more cotton by weight,weighing over 200 g/m2, of yarns of different colors India $88, % Printed plain weave certified hand-loomed fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing more than 200 g/m Brazil $512, % Paper yarn India $436, % Woven fabrics of paper yarn Philippines $3,355, % Twine, cordage, rope & cables of abaca or other hard (leaf) fibers, other than stranded construction or stranded n/o 1.88 cm in diameter India $30, % Wall hangings of jute, excluding those of heading Thailand $1,961, % Base metal clad w/gold rope necklaces and neck chains Argentina $10,126, % Calcium silicon ferroalloys India $55, % Refined copper, wire bars Thailand $5,618, % Refined copper, hollow profiles Colombia $3,720, % Lead (o/than refined lead), bullion Russia $3,647, % Molybdenum, articles nesoi India $138, % Cadmium, articles thereof nesoi Kazakhstan $2,678, % Beryllium, unwrought; beryllium powders Kazakhstan $151, % Beryllium, articles nesoi Russia $227, % Articles of thallium, nesoi Philippines $283, % Nickel-iron storage batteries, of a kind used as the primary source of electrical power for electrically powered vehicles of Thailand $17,144, % Non-high def. color television reception app., nonprojection, w/crt, display diag. ov cm but n/ov cm, incorp. VCR or player Thailand $329, % Non-high definition color television reception apparatus, projection type, with a cathode-ray tube, incorporating a VCR or player 6

7 Philippines $4,682, % Exposure meters Sri Lanka $1,466, % Brooms & brushes of twigs or vegetable materials (o/than broom corn) bound together, w/ or w/o handles VI. List of Products Newly Subject to CNL Exclusions (in addition to products for which previously granted CNL waivers have been revoked) 8-digit HTS number Partner 2007 Annual trade from the GSP Beneficiary Beneficiary share of all imports 2007 Product description Argentina $14, % Olives, n/pitted, green, in saline sol., in contain. > 8 kg, drained wt, for repacking or sale, subject to add. US note 5 to Ch Turkey $96, % Capers, provisionally preserved but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption Turkey $1,421, % Pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell Turkey $2,639, % Figs, fresh or dried, whole, in immediate containers weighing with their contents 0.5 kg or less Turkey $1,709, % Origanum, other than crude or not manufactured Argentina $410, % Grain sorghum Philippines $20, % Cane/beet sugar & pure sucrose, refined, solid, w/added coloring but not flav., subject to add. US 5 to Ch Brazil $609, % Cane/beet sugar & pure sucrose, refined, solid, w/added flavoring, nesoi Turkey $7, % Mixes for bakers wares (dairy prod. of Ch4 US note 1), o/25% by wt butterfat, not retail, subj. to add. US nte 10 to Ch.4, not GN Argentina $49, % Mixes for bakers wares (dairy prod. of Ch4 US note 1), n/o 25% bf, not retail, subj. to add. US nte 10 to Ch.4, not GN Argentina $1,917, % Citrus fruit pulp other than orange, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesi Turkey $1,500, % Figs, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesi Argentina $2,091, % Oilcake and other solid residues, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, of sunflower seeds 7

8 India $55, % Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, n/threshed or similarly proc., not or n/over 35% wrapper, not flue-cured burley etc., other nesi India 17,115, % Essential oils of peppermint (Mentha piperita) Indonesia 154,218, % Fatty substances of animal or vegetable origin and mixtures thereof, nesoi Kazakhstan 161,722, % Ferrochromium containing by weight more than 4 percent of carbon Kazakhstan 172,056,662 31% Zinc (o/than alloy), unwrought, o/than casting-grade zinc, containing at least 97.5% but less than 99.99% by wt. of zinc Indonesia 160,614, % Insulated ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships Colombia 13,244, % Vegetable, mineral or gum materials, worked and articles of these materials List VII: Decisions on Country Practice Petitions in the 2007 Annual Review COUNTRY PRACTICE CASE NO. (Changed per FRN of ) PETITIONER COUNTRY SUBJECT ACTION 001-CP-07 AFL-CIO Bangladesh Worker Rights (WR) * 002-CP-07 (filed as 003-CP-07) International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) Niger WR 8

9 COUNTRY PRACTICE CASE NO. (Changed per FRN of ) PETITIONER COUNTRY SUBJECT ACTION 003-CP-07 (filed as 004-CP-07) ILRF Uzbekistan WR * 004-CP-07 (filed as 005-CP-07) International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) Lebanon Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) * 005-CP-07 (filed as 006-CP-07) * 006-CP-07 (filed as 007-CP-07) IIPA Russia IPR Continue IIPA Uzbekistan IPR 007-CP-07 (filed as 008-CP-07) ILRF Philippines WR 9