Background Information for ATPA 1999

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT

TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT TABLES AND APPENDIXES

This is background information used in the preparation of the Congressional ATPA Report but not submitted as part of the report.

• Table 1. U.S. Trade with ATPA Countries by Country, 1991-98

• Table 2. U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by Major 2-Digit SIC-Based Group, 1991-98

• Table 3. Leading 3-Digit SIC-Based Categories in U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 4. Leading Tariff Schedule (HTS) Items in U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in 1991-98

• Table 5. U.S. Imports for Consumption from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by Duty Treatment, 1991-98

• Table 6. 3-Digit SIC-Based Import Categories with ATPA Duty-Free Value of One Million Dollars or More in 1998

• Table 7. U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by Selected Product Groups, 1991-98

• Table 8. Percent of Total Value of U.S. Imports Subject to Duty from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by ATPA and GSP Product Eligibility, 1991-98

• Table 9. Percent of the Value of U.S. Imports Subject to Duty from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries Entered Duty-Free Under ATPA and GSP for each ATPA and GSP Product Eligibility Class, 1991-98

• Table 10. U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries under Tariff Provisions HTS 9802.00.80 by 2-Digit SIC-Based Product Group, 1998

• Table 11. U.S. Imports under Tariff Provision HTS 9802.00.80 from ATPA- Beneficiary Countries by ATPA Product Eligibility Class, 1991-1998

• Table 12. Unique ATPA Benefits--by Beneficiary in 1998

• Table 13. U.S. Imports from ATPA Beneficiaries of Items that Benefitted from ATPA Provisions in 1997-98

• Table 14. 3-Digit SIC-Based Product Groups of U.S. Imports from the World and ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in which ATPA-Beneficiaries Obtained Benefits Provided by the ATPA in 1998

• Table 15. 3-Digit SIC-Based Product Groups of U.S. Imports from the World and ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in which ATPA-Beneficiaries Obtained Benefits Provided Uniquely by the ATPA in 1998

• Table 16. U.S. Exports to ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by Major 2-Digit SIC-Based Group, 1991-1998

• Table 17. Leading 3-Digit SIC-Based Categories in U.S. Domestic Exports to ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 18. Leading Schedule B Items in U.S. Domestic Exports to ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 19. Nonagricultural U.S. Employment by Industry Division and Major 2-Digit SIC Industry, 1979-98

• Table 20. U.S. Imports from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by ATPA Product Eligibility Class and Reported Duty Treatment, 1991-98

• Appendix A: Trade Preference Programs Available to the ATPA Beneficiaries

1. The Andean Trade Preference Act
   1. General Provisions of the Act
   2. Beneficiary Countries
   3. Eligible Products
   4. Reduced Duties for Leather Items
   5. Safeguards
   6. ATPA Special Access Program for Apparel
   7. Comparison of ATPA and CBERA
   
   
2. The Generalized System Of Preferences
   1. General Provisions and Country Eligibility
   2. Product Eligibility

3. HTS 9802.00.60 and 9802.00.80

Appendix B: Statistical Data Notes and Data Adjustments

1. U.S. Merchandise Trade
   1. Import Statistics
   2. Export Statistics
   3. Additional Information

2. Domestic Employment Data
   1. Coverage and Sources
   2. Reliability of Employment Estimates
   
   
3. Designation of ATPA-Eligible Products:

4. Statistical Reporting Discrepancies Under the ATPA and Adjustments Made to Reported Census Import Data
   1. Census Edit Checks of Import Data
   2. Adjustments to Reported Census Import Data