CSMS Message: 01-000904

TO: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS

FROM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS

PASS TO: PORT DIRECTORS; ASSISTANT PORT DIRECTORS, TRADE;
IMPORT SPECIALISTS; ENTRY SPECIALISTS; BROKERS;
IMPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT: SUSPENSION OF UKRAINE'S BENEFITS UNDER THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

DATE: AUGUST 17, 2001

THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR) HAS DETERMINED THAT
CERTAIN ACTS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
ARE UNREASONABLE AND BURDEN OR RESTRICT THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF SECTIONS 301(B) AND 304(A)(1)(A) OF
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (THE TRADE ACT).

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 304(A)(1)(B), 301(B) AND 301(C) OF
THE TRADE ACT, THE USTR HAS DETERMINED THAT APPROPRIATE ACTION
TO OBTAIN THE ELIMINATION OF SUCH ACTS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UKRAINE INCLUDES THE SUSPENSION OF
UKRAINE'S GSP BENEFITS.

BASED ON THIS DETERMINATION, PER THE AUGUST 10, 2001, FEDERAL
REGISTER NOTICE (66 FR 42246), THE SUSPENSION OF UKRAINE'S
BENEFITS UNDER THE GSP IS EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS
ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR
AFTER AUGUST 24, 2001. ACCORDINGLY, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS) IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) GENERAL NOTE 4(A) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "UKRAINE"
FROM THE LIST OF INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES.

(2) GENERAL NOTE 4(D) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "2306.30.00
UKRAINE" AND BY DELETING "UKRAINE" SET OUT OPPOSITE
SUBHEADING 2804.29.00.

(3) THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN FOR HTS SUBHEADING
2306.30.00 IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "A*" AND INSERTING "A"
IN LIEU THEREOF.

QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ARLENE
LUGO, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-4183.

/SIGNED/
ELIZABETH G. DURANT

CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS