80 FR 23286 - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Beneficiary Countries, 22nd Report

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 80 (April 27, 2015)

The Commission is inviting the public to submit information in writing in connection with the preparation of its 22nd report under section 215 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2704), which requires the Commission to report biennially to the Congress and the President by September 30 of each reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers and on the economy of the beneficiary countries. The report is being prepared under Commission investigation No. 332-227, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Beneficiary Countries. The report will cover trade during calendar years 2013 and 2014, and will be transmitted to the Congress and the President by September 30, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23286-23287]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09640]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-227]


Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries 
and Consumers and on Beneficiary Countries, 22nd Report

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to submit information in connection with 
the 22nd report.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is inviting the public to submit information in 
writing in connection with the preparation of its 22nd report under 
section 215 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2704), which requires the Commission to report biennially to the 
Congress and the President by September 30 of each reporting year on 
the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers 
and on the economy of the beneficiary countries. The report is being 
prepared under Commission investigation No. 332-227, Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on 
Beneficiary Countries. The report will cover trade during calendar 
years 2013 and 2014, and will be transmitted to the Congress and the 
President by September 30, 2015.

DATES: June 1, 2015: Deadline for filing written submissions.
    September 30, 2015: Transmittal of Commission report to Congress 
and the President.

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ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing 
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission 
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade 
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record 
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic 
docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justino De La Cruz (202-205-3252 or 
[email protected]) or Wen Jin Yuan (202-205-2383 or 
[email protected]) Country and Regional Analysis Division, Office of 
Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20436. 
For information on the legal aspects of this investigation, contact 
William Gearhart of the Commission's Office of the General Counsel 
(202-205-3091 or [email protected]). The media should contact 
Peg O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Officer (202-205-1819 or 
[email protected]). Hearing-impaired individuals may obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
at 202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also 
be obtained by accessing its Web site at http://www.usitc.gov. Persons 
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining 
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 
202-205-2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: Section 215(a)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) requires that the 
Commission submit biennial reports to the Congress and the President 
regarding the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and 
consumers, and on the economy of the beneficiary countries. Section 
215(b)(1) requires that the reports include, but not be limited to, an 
assessment regarding:
    (A) The actual effect, during the period covered by the report, of 
[CBERA] on the United States economy generally, as well as on those 
specific domestic industries which produce articles that are like, or 
directly competitive with, articles being imported into the United 
States from beneficiary countries; and
    (B) the probable future effect which this Act will have on the 
United States economy generally, as well as on such domestic 
industries, before the provisions of this Act terminate.
    The report will cover trade with Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The 
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cura[ccedil]ao, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and 
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and 
Tobago. The President designated Cura[ccedil]ao as a beneficiary 
country for purposes of CBERA and CBTPA on December 31, 2013.
    Notice of institution of the investigation was published in the 
Federal Register of May 14, 1986 (51 FR 17678). The Commission plans to 
transmit the 22nd report, covering calendar years 2013 and 2014, by 
September 30, 2015.
    Written Submissions: Interested parties are invited to submit 
information in writing concerning this report. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, and should be received not later 
than 5:15 p.m., June 1, 2015. All written submissions must conform to 
the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 and the Commission's 
Handbook on Filing Procedures require that interested parties file 
documents electronically on or before the filing deadline and submit 
eight (8) true paper copies by 12:00 p.m. eastern time on the next 
business day. In the event that confidential treatment of a document is 
requested, interested parties must file, at the same time as the eight 
paper copies, at least four (4) additional true paper copies in which 
the confidential information must be deleted (see the following 
paragraph for further information regarding confidential business 
information). Persons with questions regarding electronic filing should 
contact the Secretary (202-205-2000).
    Any submissions that contain confidential business information 
(CBI) must also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 
201.6 of the rules requires that the cover of the document and the 
individual pages be clearly marked as to whether they are the 
``confidential'' or ``non-confidential'' version, and that the 
confidential business information be clearly identified by means of 
brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential business 
information, will be made available for inspection by interested 
parties.
    The Commission intends to publish only a public report in this 
investigation. Accordingly, any CBI received by the Commission in this 
investigation will not be published in a manner that would reveal the 
operations of the firm supplying the information. The report will be 
made available to the public on the Commission's Web site.
    Summaries of Written Submissions: The Commission intends to 
publish, in an appendix to the report, summaries of positions provided 
by interested persons in their written submissions. Persons wishing to 
have a summary of their position included in the appendix should 
include a summary with their written submission. The summary may not 
exceed 500 words, should be in MSWord format or a format that can be 
easily converted to MSWord, and should not include any confidential 
business information. The summary will be published as provided if it 
meets these requirements and is germane to the subject matter of the 
investigation. In the appendix the Commission will identify the name of 
the organization furnishing the summary, and will include a link to the 
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) where the 
full written submission can be found.

    Issued: April 21, 2015.

    By order of the Commission.
 Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-09640 Filed 4-24-15; 8:45 am]
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