AFRICAN GROWTH and OPPORTUNITY ACT |
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| by Ted Peterson |
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| The African Growth and Opportunity Act was signed into law on May 18, 2000. President Bush signed the amendment to this law on Aug 6, 2002. What this law did was to change Sec 3108 of the trade act (AGOA) . He then signed more provisions on July 12, 2004. |
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| What this act did was to extend free duty for about 6400 items from Sub-Saharan African countries. It also provides additional denim articles as being in abudant supply to allow lesser developed beneficiary sub Saharan African countries to export certain texticles under AGOA. |
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| The president now can set the list of countries that this act covers. He has added and dropped different countries from time to time. This act will expire on Sep. 30, 2015. |
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| Below is a listing of the countries on the list now. The ones that have the extra preferential apparel rule will have a X after their name. The apparel part will expire on Sep 30, 2012. |
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| Republic of Angola |
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| Republic of Benin -- X |
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| Republic of Botswana -- X |
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| Burkina Faso -- X |
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| Republic of Burundi |
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| Republic of Cameroon -- X |
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| Republic of Cape Verde -- X |
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| Republic of Chad -- X |
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| Republic of Congo |
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| Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| Republic of Djibouti |
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| Ethiopia -- X |
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| Gabonese Republic |
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| The Gambia |
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| Republic of Ghana -- X |
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| Republic of Guines |
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| Republic of Guinea-Bissau |
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| Republic Kenya -- X |
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| Kingdom of Lesotho -- X |
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| Republic of Liberia |
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| Republic of Madagascar -- X |
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| Republic of Malawi -- X |
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| Republic of Mall -- X |
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| Republic of Mauritius -- X |
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| Republic of Mozambique |
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| Republic of Namibia -- X |
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| Republic of Niger -- X |
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| Federal Republic of Nigeria -- X |
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| Republic of Rwanda -- X |
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| Democratic of Republic of Sao Tome and Principe |
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| Republic of Senegal -- X |
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| Republic of Seychellews |
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| Republic of Sierra Leone -- X |
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| Republic of South Africa |
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| Kingdom of Swaziland -- X |
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| United Republic of Tanzania -- X |
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| Republic of Uganda -- X |
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| Republic of Zambia -- X |
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| A AGOA Implementation committee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee was established to implement AGOA. They are to check on the listing of products eligible for zero tariff and the name of the countries that should be added or dropped off. |
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