. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/W/149/Add.3 
22 March 2007 
 (07-1210) 
Committee on Trade and Development Original:   English 
  
 
DUTY-FREE, QUOTA-FREE MARKET ACCESS  
FOR THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
 
Communication from the United States 
 
 
Addendum  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 20 March 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States. 
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
 
TRADE POLICY STAFF COMMITTEE:  SEEKING RESUBMISSION OF ANY COMMENTS 
FROM THE PUBLIC TRANSMITTED PRIOR TO 14 MARCH 2007 ON THE 2005 WTO 
MINISTERIAL DECISION ON DUTY-FREE QUOTA-FREE MARKET ACCESS  
FOR THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES  
 
 
ACTION:  Request for resubmission of comments. 
I. SUMMARY 
1. The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is advi sing the public of a technical malfunction in 
the e-mail address contained in the original notice requesting comments on considerations relating to 
the Decision that Members adopted at the Sixt h Ministerial Conference of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO) in December 2005 on duty-fr ee, quota-free (DFQF) market access for the 
least-developed countries (LDCs).  The original not ice was published on 18 January 2007 (Federal 
Register Volume 72, Number 11, pages 2316- 2317).  Any submission transmitted prior to 
14 March 2007 was not received.  The malfunction in the e-mail address has been corrected and the TPSC is requesting the public to resubmit any wr itten comments submitted prior to 14 March 2007. 
II. DATES 
2. Comments are due by 15 April 2007. 
III. ADDRESSES 
3. Submissions by electronic mail :  FR0704@USTR.EOP.GOV.  Submissions by facsimile :  
Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staf f Committee, at:  +1 (202) 395-6143.  The public 
is strongly encouraged to submit documents el ectronically rather than by facsimile.  (See 
requirements for submissions below.) WT/COMTD/W/149/Add.3 
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  IV. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
4. General inquiries should be made to the USTR  Office of WTO and Multilateral Affairs at:  
+1 (202) 395-6843;  calls on individual subjects will be transferred as appropriate.  Procedural 
inquiries concerning the public comment process should be directed to Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), 
+1 (202) 395-3475. 
V. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS 
5. Persons resubmitting comments may either send one copy by fax to Gloria Blue, Executive 
Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, at:  +1 (202) 395-6143 or transmit a copy electronically to FR0704@USTR.EOP.GOV, with "Duty-Free, Quota-Free'' in the subject line.  For documents sent by 
fax, USTR requests that the submitter provide a confirmation copy electronically.  The public is 
strongly encouraged to submit documents electronically  rather than by facsimile.  USTR encourages 
the use of Adobe PDF format to submit attachments to an electronic mail.  Interested persons who 
make submissions by electronic mail should not pr ovide separate cover letters;  information that 
might appear in a cover letter should be included in the submission itself.  Similarly, to the extent 
possible, any attachments to the submission should be included in the same file as the submission 
itself, and not as separate files. 
6. Comments should be submitted electroni cally no later than 15 April 2007. 
7. Business confidential information will be subject to the requirements of 15 CFR 2003.6.  Any 
business confidential material must be clearly ma rked as such and must be accompanied by a 
non-confidential summary thereof.  A justificati on as to why the information contained in the 
submission should be treated confidentially should also  be contained in the submission.  In addition, 
any submissions containing business confidential in formation must clearly be marked "Business 
Confidential" at the top and bottom of the cove r page (or letter) and each succeeding page of the 
submission.  The version that does not contain business confidential information should also be clearly marked at the top and bottom of each page, "Public Version" or "Non-Confidential". 
8. Written comments submitted in connection with th is request, except for information granted 
"business confidential" status pursuant to 15 CFR 20 03.6 will be available for public inspection in the 
USTR Reading Room, Office of the United States Trad e Representative.  An appointment to review 
the file can be made by calling:  +1 (202) 395-6186.  The Reading Room is open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
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