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Table 14

3-Digit SIC-Based Product Groups of U.S. Imports from the World and ATPA-Beneficiary Countries in which ATPA-Beneficiaries Obtained Significant Benefits Provided by the ATPA, 2000

(value in millions of dollars)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Customs    ATPA-
  Value     ATPA Duty-Free    Free     GSP Duty-Free
SIC-Based Product Group     Customs Value        Change in Value   Share            Value    Share           Value
 and Source/Product Type (7)     ________________________     ___________________       of    _______________________________________       of    _______________________________________   World,    World,
1999 2000     Absolute  Percent 2000 1999 2000 2000 1999 2000
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2982.2 3011.5 29.4 1.0 100.0
ATPA, Total 115.2 121.5 6.3 5.5 4.0 27.5 37.1 1.2 38.0 31.4
ATPA-plus 66.2 77.8 11.6 17.5 2.6 27.5 37.1 1.2 38.0 31.4
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) 1.1 0.4 -0.7 -64.5 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.0
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -16.5 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0
Total ATPA Benefits 0.4 0.4 0.0
* 281 Industrial Inorganic chemicals
World 7008.4 8256.6 1248.2 17.8 100.0
ATPA, Total 86.6 149.5 62.9 72.6 1.8 61.5 117.3 1.4 2.6 3.5
ATPA-plus 64.2 121.0 56.8 88.4 1.5 61.5 117.3 1.4 2.6 3.5
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) 56.7 113.2 56.5 99.8 1.4 56.7 113.2 1.4
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) 56.7 79.9 23.3 41.1 1.0 56.7 79.9 1.0
Total ATPA Benefits 56.7 79.9 1.0
* 333 Primary nonferrous metals
World 13973.3 17371.9 3398.7 24.3 100.0
ATPA, Total 827.8 912.7 84.9 10.3 5.3 327.0 566.7 3.3 3.4 1.1
ATPA-plus 334.4 568.6 234.1 70.0 3.3 327.0 566.7 3.3 3.4 1.1
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) 329.5 566.4 236.9 71.9 3.3 326.1 565.7 3.3
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) 329.5 566.4 236.9 71.9 3.3 326.0 565.7 3.3
Total ATPA Benefits 326.0 565.7 3.3
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   increased by greater than $5 million,
                  and were greater than one percent of total U.S. imports of that SIC group in 2000.
             (2) '"ATPA-plus" denotes products eligible or possibly eligible for ATPA duty-free treatment, and
                   "ATPA-plus, not GSP" denotes products eligible or possibly eligible for ATPA duty-free treatment, but not eligible
                    for GSP duty-free treatment. 
             (3) Time consistent definition, i.e. includes trade data for items eligible for the ATPA, but not the GSP for any part of 1999-2000.
             (4) Actual definition, i.e. includes data for items eligible for the ATPA, but not the GSP only for the time that they were ATPA, not GSP.
             (5) "0.0" denotes less than $50 thousand or 0.05 percent; "." denotes zero; and "---" denotes undefined.   
             (6) "*" denotes that the SIC group also appears in Table 15.
             (7) Based upon the 1998 SIC/HTS concordance.
Source:  Compiled from the official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Minor adjustments to the official statistics were made to correct for cases of misreporting (see Appendix).