|
Table 8
Percent of Total Value of U.S. Imports Subject to
Duty from ATPA-Beneficiary Countries by ATPA and GSP Product Eligibility
1991-1999
| ATPA Product
Eligibility |
Year |
GSP Product
Eligibility |
Total
|
| |
|
Eligible |
Not
Eligible |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Eligible
|
1991 |
22.7 |
3.4 |
26.2 |
|
1992 |
24.3 |
3.1 |
27.4 |
|
1993 |
22.8 |
3.8 |
26.7 |
|
1994 |
26.2 |
4.8 |
30.5 |
|
1995 |
22.6 |
5.4 |
28.0 |
|
1996 |
22.8 |
6.2 |
29.0 |
|
1997 |
27.2 |
7.3 |
34.5 |
|
1998 |
29.5 |
10.3 |
39.7 |
| 1999 |
27.7 |
6.3 |
34.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Possibly
Eligible |
1991 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
1992 |
. |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
1993 |
. |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
1994 |
. |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
1995 |
. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1996 |
. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1997 |
. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1998 |
. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| 1999 |
. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Not Eligible
(Includes ATPA Reduced Duties) |
1991 |
. |
73.5 |
73.5 |
|
1992 |
. |
72.2 |
72.2 |
|
1993 |
. |
73.0 |
73.0 |
|
1994 |
. |
68.6 |
68.6 |
|
1995 |
. |
71.9 |
71.9 |
|
1996 |
. |
71.0 |
71.0 |
|
1997 |
0.0 |
65.5 |
65.5 |
|
1998 |
0.0 |
60.2 |
60.2 |
| 1999 |
0.0 |
65.9 |
65.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total
|
1991 |
22.7 |
77.3 |
100.0 |
|
1992 |
24.3 |
75.7 |
100.0 |
|
1993 |
22.8 |
77.2 |
100.0 |
|
1994 |
26.2 |
73.8 |
100.0 |
|
1995 |
22.6 |
77.4 |
100.0 |
|
1996 |
22.8 |
77.2 |
100.0 |
|
1997 |
27.2 |
72.8 |
100.0 |
|
1998 |
29.5 |
70.5 |
100.0 |
| 1999 |
27.7 |
72.3 |
100.0 |
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.
|
|
