CSMS Message: 00-000760

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS

SUBJECT: EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7325 ON THE GENERALIZED
SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

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

ATTACHED PLEASE FIND A SUMMARY OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7325, DATED
JUNE 29, 2000, AND PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON JULY 3, 2000
(65 FR 41315), WHICH MODIFIES THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER GSP FOR
CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES DESIGNATED AS BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE APPLICABLE TO GENERAL NOTE 4(D)
AND VARIOUS SUBHEADINGS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES (HTSUS). THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN UPDATED.

NOTE: THE ATTACHMENT IS A MODIFIED ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE FEDERAL
REGISTER NOTICE. IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING THIS NOTICE AND TAKING THE
APPROPRIATE ACTIONS, YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO REVIEW THE PUBLISHED
VERSION IN ITS ENTIRETY.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LEON HAYWARD,
TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-9704.

/S/
ELIZABETH G. DURANT

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

ATTACHMENT
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THE MODIFICATIONS MADE BY ANNEX I SHALL BE EFFECTIVE TO ARTICLES
ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER
JULY 1, 2000.

THE ACTION TAKEN IN ANNEX II SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON JULY 3, 2000.

ANNEX I

MODIFICATIONS TO THE HTSUS EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2000.

SECTION A. GENERAL NOTE 4(D) TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE
UNITED STATES (HTS) IS MODIFIED BY:

(1). DELETING THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS AND THE COUNTRY SET OUT OPPOSITE
SUCH SUBHEADINGS:

0811.20.40 CHILE 7202.50.00 RUSSIA 1701.91.10 BRAZIL

(2). ADDING, IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS AND
COUNTRIES SET OUT OPPOSITE THEM:

0713.90.80 INDIA 5007.90.30 INDIA
0714.90.45 COSTA RICA 5702.39.10 INDIA
1102.90.30 EL SALVADOR 6302.99.10 INDIA
2001.90.45 INDIA 7113.19.25 INDIA
2008.19.25 PERU 7113.20.25 INDIA
2008.99.45 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 7418.19.10 INDIA
4010.19.50 BRAZIL 8211.95.50 PAKISTAN
4104.39.20 INDIA 8450.90.20 ECUADOR
4412.92.40 ECUADOR 8708.99.67 BRAZIL

(3). ADDING, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THE COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES SET OUT
OPPOSITE THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS:

0714.20.10 COLOMBIA 2008.50.20 TURKEY
1602.50.20 BRAZIL 2905.42.00 BRAZIL
1702.30.22 JAMAICA 3212.90.00 COLOMBIA
2004.10.40 PERU 4106.20.30 PAKISTAN
2008.19.30 TURKEY 7801.99.30 COLOMBIA

SECTION B. EACH ENUMERATED ARTICLE'S PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT UNDER
THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) IN THE HTS IS MODIFIED AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

(1). FOR SUBHEADINGS 7202.99.10 AND 8104.30.00, THE RATES OF DUTY
1-SPECIAL SUB-COLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL ''A+'' AND
INSERTING AN ''A'' IN LIEU THEREOF.

(2). FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS, THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL
SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL ''A*'' AND INSERTING AN
''A'' IN LIEU THEREOF.

0811.20.40
1701.91.10
7202.50.00

(3). FOR THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS, THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN
IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL ''A'' AND INSERTING AN ''A*'' IN LIEU
THEREOF:

0713.90.80 2008.19.25 4412.92.40 7113.19.25 8450.90.20
0714.90.45 2008.99.45 5007.90.30 7113.20.25 8708.99.67
1102.90.30 4010.19.50 5702.39.10 7418.19.10 2001.90.45
4104.39.20 6302.99.10 8211.95.50

ANNEX II

HTSUS SUBHEADINGS AND COUNTRIES GRANTED WAIVERS OF THE APPLICATION OF
SECTION 503(C)(2)(A) OF THE 1974 ACT:

HTS SUBHEADING COUNTRY
7202.50.00 RUSSIA
7202.99.10 BRAZIL