CSMS Message: 00-000317

0091071

MARCH 31, 2000

FO:TP:IA:TA LH

TO: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS
ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, TRADE

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS

PASS TO: IMPORT AND ENTRY SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, BROKERS, IMPORTERS
AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT: RECTIFICATION TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE
UNITED STATES - REDUCED TARIFF RATE FOR OTHER MEAT PRODUCTS
OF CANADIAN ORIGIN

PURSUANT TO A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR) ON MARCH 28, 2000 (65 FR
16449), PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTS). THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL
SYSTEM HAS BEEN UPDATED.

FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS, INSERT IN THE RATES OF DUTY 1 -
SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, IN THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE "FREE" RATE OF
DUTY, THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR "CA" IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

0201.10.50
0201.20.80
0201.30.80
0202.10.50
0202.20.80
0202.30.80

THIS MODIFICATION TO THE IDENTIFIED HTS SUBHEADINGS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE
WITH RESPECT TO CANADIAN GOODS QUALIFYING FOR PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
TREATMENT UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) THAT
ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 1995, FOR WHICH THE LIQUIDATION OF DUTIES HAS NOT BECOME
FINAL UNDER 19 U.S.C. 1514.

IMPORTERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A REFUND OF DUTIES PAID ON THE
AFOREMENTIONED GOODS. THE IMPORTER MUST REQUEST A REFUND IN WRITING
FROM THE PORT DIRECTOR OF THE CUSTOMS PORT OF ENTRY WHERE THE ENTRY,
OR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL FOR CONSUMPTION, WAS FILED. THE REQUEST
SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

- A STATEMENT THAT THE LETTER IS A REQUEST FOR A REFUND PURSUANT TO A
RECTIFICATION TO THE HTS PUBLISHED BY THE USTR IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER OF MARCH 28, 2000 (65 FR 16449);

- THE ENTRY NUMBER AND LINE ITEMS FOR WHICH REFUNDS ARE BEING
REQUESTED; AND

- THE AMOUNT TO BE REFUNDED FOR EACH LINE ITEM, AND, IF MULTIPLE
ENTRIES ARE INVOLVED, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED FOR ALL ENTRY SUMMARIES.

PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE TO LEON HAYWARD, TRADE
AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-9704.

/S/
GREGORY J. MCCANN FOR
ELIZABETH G. DURANT

CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD PROGRAMS