| Title: | GSP - WHEAT GLUTEN |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-06-13 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : DIXIE LEE
SUBJECT : GSP - Wheat Gluten
DATE : 06/12/2000
0161071
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TO : DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS
ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, TRADE
FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
SUBJECT: EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7314 ON THE GENERALIZED
SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7314, DATED MAY 26, 2000, AND PUBLISHED IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER ON MAY 31, 2000 (65 FR 34899), MODIFIED THE
QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF WHEAT GLUTEN.
QBT-2000-519, DATED MAY 30, 2000, DISCUSSED THE MODIFICATIONS RELEVANT
TO THE ABSOLUTE QUOTA IMPOSED ON WHEAT GLUTEN AND LISTED NEW SUBHEADINGS
CREATED BY THE PROCLAMATION IN CHAPTER 99 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTS). THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO
PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON CHANGES TO THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES (GSP) AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPORTATION OF WHEAT GLUTEN.
PARAGRAPH (5) OF THE PROCLAMATION, AND SECTION A OF THE ANNEX THERETO,
SPECIFICALLY SUSPEND GSP ELIGIBILITY FOR MERCHANDISE CLASSIFIED IN
SUBHEADINGS 1109.00.10 AND 1109.00.90, HTS.
HOWEVER, SECTION B OF THE ANNEX EXCEPTS FROM QUANTITATIVE LIMITATION
WHEAT GLUTEN THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF COUNTRIES (EXCEPT POLAND) ENUMERATED
IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A), HTS, AS THE NOTE EXISTED ON JUNE 1, 1998.
AS A RESULT OF THE PROCLAMATION, IMPORTS OF WHEAT GLUTEN FROM COUNTRIES
ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP ON JUNE 1,
1998, EXCEPT POLAND, WILL BE ASSESSED DUTY AT THE NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS
RATE OF DUTY. THESE IMPORTS NEED NOT BE REPORTED IN THE NEWLY CREATED
SUBHEADINGS OF CHAPTER 99, HTS, REFERENCED IN THE PROCLAMATION AND ARE
NOT SUBJECT TO QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS. IMPORTS OF WHEAT GLUTEN FROM
POLAND, OR FROM COUNTRIES THAT BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP AFTER JUNE 1, 1998, WILL BE ASSESSED DUTY AT THE
NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS RATE OF DUTY, MUST BE REPORTED IN THE APPROPRIATE
CHAPTER 99 SUBHEADING OF THE HTS, AND ARE SUBJECT TO QUANTITATIVE
LIMITATIONS.
PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE TO LEON HAYWARD, TRADE
AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-9704.
/S/
ELIZABETH G. DURANT
CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD PROGRAMS