| Title: | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| Date: | 2004-02-06 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS
FROM: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE AND FACILITATION
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: ISO CODE FOR SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
PLEASE PASS THIS MEMORANDUM TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING
BROKERS, IMPORTERS, FORWARDERS, CARRIERS, AND CBP TRADE PERSONNEL.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEMORANDUM IS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERIM INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD COUNTRY CODE (ISO) FOR SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO FOR PURPOSES OF
ENTRY DECLARATION.
BACKGROUND:
THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA BECAME TWO COUNTRIES ON JANUARY 1, 1993:
THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA. HOWEVER, THE ISO CODE FOR
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CS, REMAINED ACTIVE IN ISO PUBLICATIONS FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC) REISSUED ISO CODE CS ON
JULY 23, 2003, IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS) AS THE CODE
FOR SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. ALSO ON THAT DATE, THE COUNTRY CODE YU
(THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA) WAS INACTIVATED IN THE HTS. YU REMAINS ACTIVE
WITHIN THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM AND THE AUTOMATED BROKER
INTERFACE (ACS/ABI). THE COUNTRY OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO HISTORICALLY
WAS PART OF THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.
THE CS ISO CODE FOR SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (CBP) AND ITS AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT
OF IMPORT ENTRIES IN ACS. CBP CURRENTLY MAINTAINS A NUMBER OF
UNLIQUIDATED IMPORT ENTRIES FROM THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA WITH THE
CORRECT ISO LISTED AS CS. THESE IMPORT ENTRIES MAY BE SUBJECT TO
ANTI-DUMPING CASES, PROTESTS, OR CASES AT THE COURT OF INTERNATIONAL
TRADE. FOR ACCURATE HISTORICAL RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES, THE ACS
COUNTRY CODE FILE DOES NOT ALLOW MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF THE SAME
COUNTRY CODE WITH DIFFERENT START AND END DATES. CBP HAS REQUESTED
THE ITC TO PETITION THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION
IN GENEVA TO ASSIGN A NEW AND UNIQUE ISO CODE FOR SERBIA AND
MONTENEGRO. WE ARE AWAITING THEIR RESPONSE.
ACTION
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, FILERS ARE TO USE 'YU' AS THE ISO CODE FOR
IMPORTATIONS WHOSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. CBP
AND FILERS WILL BE INFORMED WHEN A NEW ISO CODE IS ASSIGNED FOR
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT MR. JOHN LEONARD OF MY
STAFF AT (202) 927-0915.
/S/ ELIZABETH G. DURANT