Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution, 2011. Fifteenth Report. Investigation No. 332-352.

摘要

This report to Congress is the 15th in a series of reports by the U.S. International Trade Commission (the Commission or USITC) on the impact of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) on U.S. industries and consumers and on the effectiveness of the Act in promoting drug crop eradication and crop substitution. The current report fulfills the Commissions reporting requirement for calendar years 2010 and 2011. While the report covers the period 201011, it focuses mainly on developments in calendar year 2011. Colombia and Ecuador were the only Andean countries that were ATPA beneficiaries in 2011, as Bolivia lost eligibility in December 2008 and Peru at the end of 2010.4 Hence the analysis of the impact of ATPA on the United States in 2011 reflects imports from Colombia and Ecuador only. Since Colombia exited ATPA in May 2012, the analysis of the probable future effects of ATPA only covers Ecuador. Historical data for Bolivia and Peru are included as appropriate.