Table 15
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 Uniquely by the ATPA 1999
(value in millions of dollars)
|
SIC-Based Product Group and Source/Product Type |
Customs Value |
Change in Value |
Customs Value Share of World |
ATPA Duty-Free Value |
ATPA-Free Share of World |
GSP Duty-Free Value |
|
|
1998 |
1999 |
Absolute |
Percent |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
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016 Vegetables and melons |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
2,187.6 |
2,107.5 |
(80.1) |
(3.7) |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATPA, Total |
39.2 |
56.0 |
16.8 |
43.0 |
2.7 |
37.2 |
54.6 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
|
ATPA-plus |
39.2 |
56.0 |
16.8 |
43.0 |
2.7 |
37.2 |
54.6 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) |
36.0 |
40.3 |
4.2 |
11.7 |
1.9 |
34.3 |
40.2 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
. |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) |
31.0 |
40.3 |
9.3 |
29.9 |
1.9 |
31.0 |
40.2 |
1.9 |
|
|
|
Total ATPA Benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
31.0 |
40.2 |
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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209 Miscellaneous food products |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
3,115.6 |
3,450.8 |
335.2 |
10.8 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATPA, Total |
101.3 |
132.8 |
31.5 |
31.1 |
3.8 |
49.7 |
87.4 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
|
ATPA-plus |
55.1 |
89.4 |
34.3 |
62.2 |
2.6 |
49.7 |
87.4 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) |
50.4 |
84.8 |
34.4 |
68.3 |
2.5 |
46.2 |
84.3 |
2.4 |
0.7 |
. |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) |
49.7 |
84.8 |
35.1 |
70.5 |
2.5 |
46.2 |
84.3 |
2.4 |
|
|
|
Total ATPA Benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
46.2 |
84.3 |
2.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
281 Industrial inorganic chemicals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
6,857.1 |
7,008.4 |
151.3 |
2.2 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATPA, Total |
65.8 |
86.6 |
20.8 |
31.7 |
1.2 |
50.4 |
61.5 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
|
ATPA-plus |
53.0 |
64.2 |
11.2 |
21.2 |
0.9 |
50.4 |
61.5 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) |
48.2 |
56.7 |
8.5 |
17.7 |
0.8 |
48.2 |
56.7 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) |
34.3 |
56.7 |
22.4 |
65.3 |
0.8 |
34.3 |
56.7 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
Total ATPA Benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
34.3 |
56.7 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
325 Structural clay products |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
965.0 |
1,199.4 |
234.4 |
24.3 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATPA, Total |
7.0 |
10.1 |
3.1 |
44.4 |
0.8 |
6.5 |
9.9 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
. |
|
ATPA-plus |
7.0 |
10.1 |
3.1 |
44.2 |
0.8 |
6.5 |
9.9 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
. |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) |
5.8 |
8.0 |
2.2 |
36.9 |
0.7 |
5.8 |
7.8 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) |
5.8 |
8.0 |
2.2 |
36.9 |
0.7 |
5.8 |
7.8 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
Total ATPA Benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
5.8 |
7.8 |
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
333 Primary nonferrous metals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World |
13,838.5 |
13,973.3 |
134.8 |
1.0 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATPA, Total |
659.3 |
827.8 |
168.5 |
25.6 |
5.9 |
210.3 |
327.0 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
3.4 |
|
ATPA-plus |
231.2 |
334.4 |
103.2 |
44.6 |
2.4 |
210.3 |
327.0 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
3.4 |
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(3) |
213.2 |
329.5 |
116.3 |
54.5 |
2.4 |
201.5 |
326.0 |
2.3 |
|
|
|
ATPA-plus, not GSP(4) |
213.2 |
329.5 |
116.3 |
54.5 |
2.4 |
201.5 |
326.0 |
2.3 |
|
|
|
Total ATPA Benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
201.5 |
326.0 |
2.3 |
|
|
(1)Table includes SIC groups where ATPA duty-free imports not eligible for GSP increased by greater than $1 million, and were greater than one percent of total U.S. imports of that SIC group in 1999.
(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 ATPA, but not GSP for any part of 1998-99.
(4) Actual definition, i.e., includes data for items eligible for the ATPA, but not the GSP only for the time that they were not ATPA, not GSP.
(5) "0.0" denotes less than $50 thousand or 0.05 percent; "." denotes zero; "--" denotes undefined.
Source: Robert C. Shelburne, Trade and Employment Effects of the Andean Trade Preference Act, U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Foreign Economic Research, Economic Discussion Paper 58, 2000.
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