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Table 7
U.S. Imports from ATPA Countries by Selected Product
Groups 1991-99
(customs value, millions of dollars)
| Product
Group |
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999 |
Annual Growth
(1) |
1999 ATPA
Duty-Free |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ATPA, but not GSP
Eligible |
98.9 |
95.6 |
125.6 |
163.0 |
228.1 |
307.4 |
340.5 |
478.0 |
347.9 |
17.0 |
344.1 |
| ATPA, GSP Lost/
Competitive Need (2) |
96.4 |
116.6 |
122.2 |
120.2 |
146.1 |
158.8 |
143.4 |
143.2 |
133.6 |
4.2 |
133.4 |
| ATPA (Possibly),
not GSP |
10.2 |
11.9 |
12.2 |
14.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
(25.1) |
0.2 |
| ATPA and GSP
Eligible |
559.4 |
620.6 |
625.9 |
773.7 |
810.0 |
961.5 |
1,124.7 |
1,231.0 |
1,390.3 |
12.1 |
1,248.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ATPA Leather
Reduced Duties |
28.4 |
26.7 |
25.8 |
26.7 |
26.9 |
26.9 |
28.4 |
27.4 |
25.5 |
(1.3) |
. |
| Non-Petroleum, not
ATPA Eligible |
447.3 |
519.0 |
576.8 |
655.2 |
694.4 |
677.9 |
789.8 |
871.7 |
1,087.0 |
11.7 |
. |
| Petroleum, not ATPA
Eligible |
1,644.3 |
1,646.3 |
1,786.9 |
1,661.5 |
2,319.4 |
2,789.6 |
2,235.1 |
1,906.8 |
2,512.7 |
5.4 |
. |
| NTR Duty-Free
(3) |
2,084.5 |
2,022.0 |
2,006.9 |
2,464.4 |
2,742.6 |
2,944.7 |
4,010.8 |
3,701.2 |
4,332.2 |
9.6 |
. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
4,969.5 |
5,058.7 |
5,282.3 |
5,879.5 |
6,968.7 |
7,867.6 |
8,673.6 |
8,361.0 |
9,830.2 |
8.9 |
1,726.1 |
(1)Average annual percent change is based on the compound growth
method covering 1991-99.
(2)GSP eligible items which had exceeded the competitive need limits and were
not eligible for GSP throughout the 1992-99 period, i.e. carnations from
Colmbia. Items losing GSP for shorter periods included as ATPA and GSP
Eligible. (3)Formerly most-favored nation(MFN) duty-free.
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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