Notice2023-16027
Submission of Post-Hearing Comments: Annual Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act for Calendar Year 2024
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Published
July 28, 2023
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
Abstract
On July 24, 2023, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) held a virtual public hearing to receive oral testimony related to the annual review of the eligibility of sub- Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). USTR is accepting post-hearing comments until August 8, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48944-48945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16027]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR-2023-0003]
Submission of Post-Hearing Comments: Annual Review of Country
Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
for Calendar Year 2024
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for post-hearing comments.
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SUMMARY: On July 24, 2023, the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) held a virtual public hearing to receive oral
testimony related to the annual review of the eligibility of sub-
Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of the African Growth
and Opportunity Act (AGOA). USTR is accepting post-hearing comments
until August 8, 2023.
DATES: August 8, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. EDT: Deadline for the submission of
post hearing submissions, briefs, supplementary materials, and
statements related to the virtual public hearing.
ADDRESSES: The AGOA Subcommittee strongly prefers electronic
submissions made through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>). Follow the instructions for
submitting written comments sections II and III below, using Docket
Number USTR-2023-0003. For alternatives to on-line submissions, please
contact Jeremy Streatfeild, Director of African Affairs, Office of
African Affairs, in advance of the deadline at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dd7f8eff8f0e4b3d8b3cee9eff8fce9fbf8f4f1f9dde8eee9efb3f8f2edb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc86a9bea9a1b5e289e29fb8bea9adb8aaa9a5a0a88cb9bfb8bee2a9a3bce2aba3ba">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 395-8642.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Streatfeild, Director of
African Affairs, Office of African Affairs, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#206a4552454d590e650e7354524541544645494c4460555354520e454f500e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="743e110611190d5a315a27000611150012111d181034010700065a111b045a131b02">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 395-8642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In a notice published on May 23, 2023 (88 FR 31579) (May 23
notice), USTR requested public comments for the annual review of the
eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of
the AGOA, and announced a virtual public hearing which was held on July
24, 2023. The May 23 notice included the hearing date, as well as
deadlines for requests to testify and the submissions of written
comments. An announcement regarding post-hearing submissions was made
during the July 24 virtual hearing, and the transcript of the hearing
will be available on the USTR website.
This notice announces that interested parties may submit post-
hearing briefs, supplementary materials, and statements by 5:00 p.m.
EDT on August 8, 2023.
II. Procedures for Written Submissions
To be assured of consideration, submit your post-hearing briefs,
supplementary materials, and statements by the August 8, 2023, 5:00
p.m. EDT deadline. All submission must be in English. The AGOA
Subcommittee strongly encourages submissions via <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, using
Docket Number USTR-2023-0003.
To make a submission via <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, enter Docket Number USTR-
2023-0003 in the `search for' field on the home page and click
`search.' The site will provide a search results page listing all
documents associated with this docket. Find a reference to this notice
by selecting `notice' under `document type' in the `refine documents
results' section on the left side of the screen and click on the link
entitled `comment.' <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> allows users to make submissions by
filling in a `type comment' field or by attaching a document using the
`upload file' field. The AGOA Subcommittee prefers that you provide
submissions in an attached document and note `see attached' in the
`comment' field on the online submission form. The AGOA Subcommittee
prefers submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf).
If you use an application other than those two, please indicate the
name of the application in the `type comment' field.
At the beginning of your submission or on the first page (if an
attachment), include the following text: (1) 2024 AGOA Eligibility
Review; and (2) the relevant country or countries. Submissions should
not exceed 30 single-spaced, standard letter-size pages in 12-point
type, including attachments. Please do not attach separate cover
letters to electronic submissions; rather, include any information that
might appear in a cover letter in the submission itself. Similarly, to
the extent possible, please include any exhibits, annexes, or other
attachments in the same file as the submission itself, not as separate
files. You will receive a tracking number upon completion of the
submission procedure at <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. The tracking number is
confirmation that <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> received your submission. Keep the
confirmation for your records. USTR is not able to provide technical
assistance for <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
For further information on using <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, please consult
the resources provided on the website by clicking on `How to Use
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>' on the bottom of the home page. The AGOA Subcommittee
may not consider submissions that you do not make in accordance with
these instructions.
If you are unable to provide submissions as requested, please
contact Jeremy Streatfeild, Director of African Affairs, Office of
African Affairs, in advance of the deadline at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#377d5245525a4e19721964434552564351525e5b5377424443451952584719505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d298b7a0b7bfabfc97fc81a6a0b7b3a6b4b7bbbeb692a7a1a6a0fcb7bda2fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 395-8642, to arrange for an
alternative method of transmission. USTR will not accept hand-delivered
submissions. General information concerning USTR is available at
<a href="http://www.ustr.gov">www.ustr.gov</a>.
III. Business Confidential Information (BCI) Submissions
If you ask the AGOA Subcommittee to treat information you submit as
BCI, you must certify that the information is business confidential and
you would not customarily release it to the public. For any comments
submitted electronically containing BCI, the file name of the business
confidential version should begin with the characters `BCI.' You must
clearly mark any page containing BCI with `BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL' at
the top of that page. Filers of submissions containing BCI also must
submit a public version of their submission that will be placed in the
docket for public inspection. The file name of the public version
should begin with the character `P.'
IV. Public Viewing of Review Submissions
USTR will post written submissions in the docket for public
inspection, except properly designated BCI. You can view submissions at
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> by entering Docket
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Number USTR-2023-0003 in the search field on the home page.
William Shpiece,
Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2023-16027 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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