President Donald Trump restored the eligibility of Gabon to the African Growth and Opportunity Act in a proclamation issued May 19. The country was removed from eligibility in 2024.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial and trade related matters:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments to inform recommendations to modernize the African Growth and Opportunity Act, authorized through Dec. 31. Comments are due by May 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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While the U.S. trade representative received praise for market liberalization that reciprocal tariffs convinced trading partners to offer, more than a half-dozen Republicans — including the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee — complained about either the administration's resistance to renewing certain trade preferences, the impact of tariffs on intermediate goods for their local manufacturers, or the unpredictability of tariff levels.
SAN ANTONIO -- CBP recently provided additional details for phase one of CAPE, the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries functionality in ACE, deploying International Emergency Economic Powers Act refunds on April 20.
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A Senate staffer warned an audience of African diplomats and others interested in the continuance of the African Growth and Opportunity Act that time is even tighter than it seems to write the next extension.
CBP on Feb. 10 created Harmonized System Update 2603, containing 530 Automated Broker Interface records and 130 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. It contains HTS updates for the renewed African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Haiti Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE) and Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP), along with the recent modifications of additional duties on imports from India (see 2602090077). It also contains several HTS adjustments required by the verification of the 2026 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
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