Gmail, the free email platform brought to you by internet search giant Google, now boasts over 1 billion users per month: That's roughly one in every seven people on the planet today using Gmail, ... The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), established in 1971 under the guidance of UNCTAD, has played a significant role in creating a favorable trading environment for developing countries over the years. This handbook provides a general explanation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme of the European Union to allow oficials and users responsible or involved in GSP issues to gain a better understanding of the scheme.

Understanding the Context

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme is a voluntary trade measure implemented by developed countries that provide an advantageous, or “preferential”, tariff treatment to imports from developing countries. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a voluntary trade scheme provided by developed economies that offers lower tariffs to imports from their developing counterparts. The GSP Subcommittee conducts annual reviews of the GSP programme, in which it considers a wider range of petitions. Any interested party – embassies, government agencies, United States foreign firms, and so forth – may petition the GSP Subcommittee to request modifications to the list of products or countries eligible for GSP treatment.

Key Insights

GSP - Handbook on the scheme of the United States of America The Turkey's GSP came into effect on January 2002 for an indefinite period. Turkey initiated its Generalized System of Preferences by harmonizing with the EU's GSP in the context of the Customs Union with the EU.