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USTR to Accept Comments, Petitions on 2012 ATPA Review

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking petitions and comments to use in preparing the 2012 Annual Review of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), it said in a Federal Register notice. Petitions may be filed calling for the limitation, withdrawal or suspension of ATPA or ATPDEA benefits by presenting evidence that the eligibility criteria of the program are not being met, it said. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 17, to www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2012-0019.

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Further information: Bennett Harman, 202-395-9446. Submissions in response to the notice, except for information granted "business confidential" status, will be available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2012-0019.