Bamboo Flooring From Indonesia Out of Consideration for GSP Redesignation, ITC Says

Bamboo flooring from Indonesia will not be considered for reinstatement of Generalized System of Preferences benefits in the International Trade Commission’s 2018 GSP Review, the ITC said in notice. According to the ITC, the U.S. trade representative removed assembled flooring panels of bamboo, other than for mosaic, multilayer, having a face ply more than 6 mm in thickness from Indonesia, provided for in subheading 4418.73.40 of the tariff schedule, from the list of articles being considered for redesignation in table C of the Annex to its request letter. The ITC began its review in June (see 1906090007). USTR calls the proceeding the 2019 GSP Annual Product Review (see 1906130039).