GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES ON THE U.S. GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

The United States provides comprehensive information on its trade, tariffs and trade-related programs, such as GSP, to the public via many easily accessible and user-friendly internet websites.  This list provides a highlight of the internet website addresses most relevant to GSP beneficiaries’ needs and interests. 

1. THE U.S. GSP PROGRAM – http://www.ustr.gov 

• A downloadable guidebook to the GSP program
• Public announcements, notices, and proclamations relating to the GSP program
• Legislation authorizing the GSP program (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.) 
• GSP regulations (15 C.F.R. 2007) promulgated by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
• Results of the GSP Annual Reviews regarding product and country eligibility
• Lists of GSP-eligible products

http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/GSP/Section_Index.html

2.  THE U.S. HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS) – http://www.usitc.gov

• The complete HTS in downloadable form
• Identification of products and countries eligible for GSP treatment
• Alphabetical index

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

• Quick reference to product and country information
• Search engine on all special tariff programs, including GSP

http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/gsp/gsp_tariff.asp

• Complete list of GSP-eligible products
• Complete list of GSP-eligible countries, least developed countries, and territories
• Regional associations eligible for GSP treatment (for rules of origin purposes)
• Country-specific instances of GSP product ineligibility (i.e., those found in General Note 4 of the HTS)

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm

3. U.S. REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION – http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/

• General information about the importing process, import requirements, entry of goods, informed compliance, assessment of duty, classification and value, marking, and HTS changes
• U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) publications

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/publications

• CBP Guidebook to importing products under GSP

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/reg_audit/archive/gsp.xml

• Tariff classification rulings by the CBP

http://rulings.cbp.gov

• Customs forms

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/forms/

• U.S. IMPORT DATA  – http://www.usitc.gov and http://www.census.gov
• Comprehensive database of statistics on U.S. imports[1]
• U.S. import statistics by preference program (such as GSP)
• U.S. import statistics by HTS code, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)
• U.S. import statistics by other groupings -- product, country or country group and U.S. export/import port 
• U.S. import statistics on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis, from 1989 to the most recent available month (usually two months prior to the present) 

http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/user_set.asp

• U.S. Census monthly trade reports, AU.S. International Trade in Goods and Services@ 
• U.S. Census statistics on imports, by trading partner, and by U.S. State 
• U.S. Census historical data series from 1960 to present

http://www.census.gov