| Title: | TC# TP 01-1248: RECENT 484 COM |
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| Date: | 2001-07-06 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : YVONNE TOMENGA
SUBJECT : TC# TP 01-1248: RECENT 484 COMMITTEE TARIFF CHANGES
DATE : 07/03/2001
TO : DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS
FROM : EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: RECENT 484 COMMITTEE TARIFF CHANGES
BELOW ARE THE RECENT STATISTICAL CHANGES TO THE TARIFF RESULTING FROM
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND ARE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001. PLEASE MAKE THIS
NOTATION TO YOUR FILES.
TARIFF ITEM: HAAS AVOCADOS
TARIFF PROVISION: 0804.00.40
THE APPROVED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUT IS AS FOLLOWS:
0804 DATES, FIGS, PINEAPPLES, AVOCADOS, GUAVAS, MANGOES,
AND MANGOSTEENS, FRESH OR DRIED:
* * *
0804.40.00 AVOCADOS..............................................
10 HASS AVOCADOS AND AVOCADOS DETERMINED
BY THE SECRETARY OF THE USDA TO BE
HASS-LIKE.......................... KG
90 OTHER................................. KG
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TARIFF ITEM: LOW-MELT/BINDER POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER
TARIFF PROVISION: 5503.20.00
THE APPROVED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUT IS AS FOLLOWS:
5503 SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS, NOT CARDED, COMBED OR OTHERWISE
PROCESSED FOR SPINNING:
* * *
5503.20.00 OF POLYESTER............................................
15 BI-COMPONENT FIBERS HAVING AN OUTER COPOLYMER
SHEATH THAT MELTS AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN
THE CORE, OF A KIND USED FOR BONDING FIBERS
TOGETHER............................. KG
OTHER:
25 MEASURING LESS THAN 3.3DECITEX......KG
45 MEASURING 3.3 DECITEX OR MORE BUT
LESS THAN 13.2...................................KG
65 MEASURING 13.2 DECITEX OR MORE...................KG
TARIFF ITEM: DESKTOP NOTE COUNTERS AND SCANNERS
TARIFF PROVISION: 8472.90.95
THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUT AND STATISTICAL NOTE IS AS
FOLLOWS
8472 OTHER OFFICE MACHINES (FOR EXAMPLE, HECTOGRAPH OR STENCIL
DUPLICATING MACHINES, ADDRESSING MACHINES * * * . . . )
* * *
8472.90 OTHER:
* * *
8472.90.95 OTHER...........................................
40 DESKTOP NOTE COUNTERS AND NOTE SCANNERS..........NO.
60 OTHER CURRENCY AND COIN HANDLING MACHINES........NO.
80 OTHER............................................NO.
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CHAPTER 84 STATISTICAL NOTE:
1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF STATISTICAL REPORTING NUMBER 8472.90.9540, THE
TERM "NOTE COUNTERS AND NOTE SCANNERS" MEANS DOCUMENTS HANDLING MACHINES
THAT COUNT CURRENCY BILLS, BANK NOTES, COUPONS, SCRIPT OR OTHER VALUE-
BASED PAPER DOCUMENTS AND STACK THEM IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION.NOTE
COUNTERS AND NOTE SCANNERS CAN BOTH INCORPORATE A SENSOR FOR DETECTING
SUSPECT (I.E., COUNTERFEIT) DOCUMENTS. NOTE SCANNERS HAVE ADDITIONAL
SENSORS THAT ENABLE THE MACHIES TO DISTINGUISH DOCUMENTS BY DENOMINATION
TARIFF ITEM: INFLATABLE TOY BALLS, BALLOONS AND PUNCHBALLS
TARIFF PROVISION: 9503.90.00
THE RESTORED LANGUAGE OF 9503.90.0020 IS AS FOLLOWS:
9503 OTHER TOYS, REDUCED-SIZE ("SCALE") MODELS AND SIMILAR
RECREATIONAL MODELS, WORKING OR NOT, * * *
* * *
9503.90.00 OTHER...................................................
20 INFLATABLE TOY BALLS, BALLOONS ANDPUNCHBALLS........NO.
80 OTHER................................................X
TARIFF ITEM: NEW AND USED PIANOS
TARIFF PROVISIONS: 9201.10.00 AND 9201.20.00
THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUT IS AS FOLLOWS:
9201 PIANOS, INCLUDING PLAYER PIANOS; HARPSICHORDS AND
OTHER KEYBOARD STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:
9201.10.00 UPRIGHT PIANOS.............................
05 USED......................................NO.
OTHER:
11 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING LESS THAN
111.76 CM IN HEIGHT..................... NO.
21 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 111.76 CM OR
MORE BUT LESS THAN 121.92 CM IN HEIGHT...NO.
31 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 121.92 CM OR
MORE BUT LESS THAN 129.54 CM IN HEIGHT...NO.
41 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 129.54 CM OR
MORE IN HEIGHT...........................NO.
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9201.20.00 GRAND PIANOS...........................................
05 USED..............................................NO.
OTHER:
11 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING LESS THAN
152.40 CM IN LENGTH...........................NO.
21 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 152.40 CM OR
MORE BUT LESS THAN 167.64 CM IN LENGTH........NO.
31 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 167.64 CM OR
MORE BUT LESS THAN 180.34 CM IN LENGTH........NO.
41 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 180.34 CM OR
MORE BUT LESS THAN 195.58 CM IN LENGTH........NO.
51 CONTAINING A CASE MEASURING 195.58 CM OR
MORE IN LENGTH................................NO.
TARIFF ITEM: RADAR DETECTORS USED IN MOTOR VEHICLES
TARIFF PROVISIONS: 8512.30.0030 ADOPTED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001
TARIFF PROVISIONS: 8531.80.9038 DISCONTINUED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001
THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
8512 ELECTRICAL LIGHTING OR SIGNALING EQUIPMENT
(EXCLUDING ARTICLES OF HEADING 8539), * * *
* * *
8512.30.00 SOUND SIGNALING EQUIPMENT.......................
20 HORNS.......................................X
30 RADAR DETECTORS OF A KIND USED IN MOTOR
VEHICLES...................................NO.
40 OTHER.......................................X
TARIFF ITEM: GAS CONDENSATES
TARIFF PROVISION: 2709.00.2010, ADOPTED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001
TARIFF PROVISION: 2710.80.4510, DISCONTINUED, EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2001
THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
2709.00 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS
MINERALS, CRUDE:
* * *
2709.00.20 TESTING 25 DEGREES A.P.I. OR MORE
10 CONDENSATE DERIVED WHOLLY FROM NATURAL GAS...BBL
90 OTHER........................................BBL
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BELOW ARE STATISTICAL CHANGES FROM THE 484 COMMITTEE THAT ARE EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2002 FOR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. PLEASE MAKE A NOTATION TO YOUR
AND INITIATE ANY NECESSARY PROGRAMMING CHANGES.
THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUT FOR THE HTS AND SCHEDULE B IS
FOLLOWS:
0511 ANIMAL PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; DEAD
ANIMALS OF CHAPTER 1 OR 3, UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION:
0511.10.00 BOVINE SEMEN........................................
10 DAIRY...................................DOSES
90 OTHER...................................DOSES
OTHER:
* * *
0511.99 OTHER:
* * *
0511.99.40 OTHER....................................
* * *
40 OTHER ANIMAL SEMEN...............................DOSES
70 OTHER............................................KG
PLEASE PASS TO ALL USERS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE. QUESTIONS
REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY
TEAM, TRADE PROGRAMS AT (202) 927-0370.
ELIZABETH G. DURANT
CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS