CSMS Message: 01-000391

TO: ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM: ANTHONY CASUCCI

SUBJECT: AGOA (AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT) NON TEXTILE
ENHANCED GSP PROVISIONS, SPI "D" REQUIREMENTS

DATE: 03/27/2001

EFFECTIVE 03/28/2001, THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) WILL
BE PROGRAMMED TO ACCEPT AGOA (AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY
ACT) NON TEXTILE ENHANCED GSP CLAIMS ( SPI 'D').

TO FILE AN AGOA NON TEXTILE ENHANCED GSP CLAIM (SPI 'D'), THE
SUMMARY DATA MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

1) THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MUST BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE AGOA NON TEXTILE ENHANCED GSP BENEFITS (SPI
'D'). COUNTRIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AGOA ENHANCED GSP
BENEFITS WILL DISPLAY AN AGOA INDICATOR OF 'D' ON THE
COUNTRY CODE FILE. THE AGOA INDICATOR WILL INDICATE THAT THE
COUNTRY IS ELIGIBLE FOR SPI 'D' BENEFITS. PLEASE NOTE, THE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT DO NOT HAVE TO BE
THE SAME. BOTH COUNTRIES THOUGH, (COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND
COUNTRY OF EXPORT) MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR AGOA GSP BENEFITS
(AGOA INDICATOR = D).

2) TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AGOA ENHANCED GSP
BENEFITS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR OF 'D'. THE
SPI 'D' CLAIM WILL BE MADE ON THE EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) RECORD
IDENTIFIER 50 RECORD INPUT RECORD SPECIAL PROGRAMS INDICATOR
(PRIMARY) FIELD ( POSITION 3).

3) THE AGOA ENHANCED GSP PROGRAM (SPI 'D') WILL NOT
IMPACT THE CURRENT MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE (CLASS CODE
499) PROCESS. THOSE AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM
MPF WILL REMAIN EXEMPT FROM MPF (LDD COUNTRIES) AND THOSE
AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM MPF
(NON LDD COUNTRIES) WILL REQUIRE THE CURRENT MPF PROCESSING.

QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ABOVE ACS SYSTEM ISSUES INVOLVING SPI
'D' CLAIMS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO TONY CASUCCI, ENTRY SUMMARY
SELECTIVITY BRANCH, AT 202-927-1035.

ALL OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING AGOA ENHANCED GSP (SPI 'D')
PROVISIONS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO ARLENE LUGO, TRADE AGREEMENTS
BRANCH, AT 202-927-4183.