CSMS Message: 00-001550

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LEON HAYWARD

SUBJECT : ADDITIONAL QIZ DESIGNATIONS -

DATE : 12/15/2000

DECEMBER 14, 2000

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS

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

SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES

ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 7337073, DATED DECEMBER 2, 1996, ADVISED CUSTOMS
FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE TRADE COMMUNITY THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD
SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6955 ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996. THE
PROCLAMATION, PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON NOVEMBER 18, 1996 (61
FR 58761), PROVIDED FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT OF QUALIFYING PRODUCTS FROM
THE WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP, DESIGNATED QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES
(QIZS), OR ISRAEL.

PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY DELEGATED BY THE PRESIDENT, THE OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, IN A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 12, 2000, HAS DESIGNATED THREE ADDITIONAL QIZ'S UNDER
THE U.S.-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AREA IMPLEMENTATION ACT. THOSE ZONES ARE THE
MUSHATTA INTERNATIONAL COMPLEX, THE EL ZAY READY WEAR MANUFACTURING
COMPANY DUTY FREE AREA AND THE AL QASTAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE. DUTY-FREE
TREATMENT FOR QUALIFYING GOODS FROM THOSE ZONES BECAME EFFECTIVE FOR
GOODS SHIPPED THEREFROM AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE'S PUBLICATION IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER.

PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING 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
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DATE: 12/15/00 8:57AM
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