Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution. Thirteenth Report 2007. Investigation No. 332-352.

摘要

The Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) was enacted in 1991 to promote the development of viable economic alternatives to coca cultivation and cocaine production by offering dutyfree or other preferential treatment to imports of eligible goods from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Section 206 of ATPA requires the U.S. International Trade Commission (the Commission) to prepare a biennial report assessing the actual and the probable future effects of ATPA on the U.S. economy generally, on U.S. industries, and on U.S. consumers, as well as the estimated effect of ATPA on drug-related crop eradication and crop substitution efforts of the beneficiary countries. ATPA has been amended, and the Presidents authority to provide preferential treatment has been extended, several times. The authority to provide preferential treatment under ATPA is currently set to expire on December 31, 2008. This report, the 13th in this series, provides the estimated impact of ATPA during the calendar year 2007.