BACKGROUND INFORMATION

CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT

TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT TABLES AND APPENDIXES

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

• Table 1. U.S. Imports for Consumption from the World and from CBERA-Eligible Countries, 1983-98

• Table 2. U.S. Imports from CBERA-Eligible Countries by Country and Regional Group, 1983-98

• Table 3. U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by Major 2-Digit SIC-Based Group,1983-98

• Table 4. Leading 3-Digit SIC-Based Categories in U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 5. Leading Tariff Schedule (HTS) Items in U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 6. U.S. Imports for Consumption from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by Duty Treatment, 1983-98

• Table 7. Percent of Total Value of U.S. Imports Subject to Duty from CBERA-Beneficiaries by CBERA and GSP Product Eligibility 1983-98

• Table 8. U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by Selected Product Groups, 1983-98

• Table 9. Percent of the Value of U.S. Imports Subject to Duty from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries Entered Duty-Free Under CBERA and GSP for each CBERA and GSP Product Eligibility Class, 1983-98

• Table 10. 3-Digit SIC-Based Import Categories with CBERA Duty-Free Value of Three Million Dollars or More in 1998

• Table 11. U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries under Tariff Provisions HTS 9802.00.60 and 9802.00.80 by 2-Digit SIC-Based Product Group, 1998

• Table 12. U.S. Imports under Tariff Provision HTS 9802.00.80 from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by CBERA Product Eligibility Class, 1983-1998

• Table 13. Unique CBERA Benefits by CBERA Beneficiary in 1998

• Table 14. U.S. Imports from CBERA Beneficiaries of Items that Benefitted from CBERA Provisions in 1997-98

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

• Table 16. 3-Digit SIC-Based Product Groups of U.S. Imports from the World and CBERA-Beneficiary Countries in which CBERA-Beneficiaries Obtained Significant Benefits Provided by the CBERA

• Table 17. U.S. Exports of Domestic Merchandise to the World and to CBERA-Eligible Countries, 1983-98

• Table 18. U.S. Exports to CBERA-Eligible Countries by Country and Regional Group, 1983-98

• Table 19. U.S. Exports to CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by Major 2-Digit SIC-Based Group, 1983-1998

• Table 20. Leading 3-Digit SIC-Based Categories in U.S. Domestic Exports to CBERA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 21. Leading Schedule B Items in U.S. Domestic Exports to CBERA-Beneficiary Countries in 1998

• Table 22. Nonagricultural U.S. Employment by Industry Division and Major 2-Digit SIC Industry, 1979-98

• Table 23. U.S. Imports from CBERA-Beneficiary Countries by CBERA Product Eligibility Class and Reported Duty Treatment, 1983-98

• Appendix A. Trade Preference Programs Available to the CBERA Beneficiaries

   I. The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
       A. General Provisions of the Act
       B. Beneficiary Countries
       C. Eligible Products
       D. CBI-II Enhancements
       E. Safeguards
       F. CBI Special Access Program for Apparel Products

    II. The Generalized System of Preferences

    III. HTS Items 9802.00.60 and 9802.00.80

Appendix B. Statistical Data Notes and Data Adjustments

    I. U.S. Merchandise Trade
       A. Import Statistics
       B. Export Statistics
       C. Additional Information

    II. Domestic Employment Data
       A. Coverage and Sources
       B. Reliability of Employment Estimates

    III. Designation of CBERA-Eligible Products in the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated

    IV. Statistical Reporting Discrepancies Under the CBERA and Adjustments Made to Reported Census Import Data
       A. Census Edit Checks of Import Data
       B. Adjustments to Reported Census Import Data