| Title: | MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2005-05-20 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI BROKERS
FROM: TONY CASUCCI
SUBJECT: MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
DATE: 05/20/2005
THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM. THE MOROCCO
FREE TRADE BENEFITS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR MERCHANDISE THAT HAS
A DUTY COMPUTATION DATE OF 07/01/2005. THE CATAIR, ENTRY SUMMARY
SECTION, RECORD IDENTIFIER 10, NOTE 3 DESCRIBES THE DUTY COMPUTATIION
DATE FOR AN ENTRY SUMMMARY. THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM HAS
BEEN PROGRAMMED TO ACCEPT MOROCCO FREE TRADE CLAIMS EFFECTIVE WITH
THE DUTY COMPUATION DATE OF 07/01/2005.
TO CLAIM THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT BENEFIT, THE FOLLOWING ABI SYSTEM
REQUIREMENT MUST BE MET:
1) THE SPI INDICATOR OF 'MA' (ISO CODE FOR MOROCCO) MUST BE FILED. THE
SPI INDICATOR IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50
(INPUT), SPECIAL PROGRAMS INDICATOR (COUNTRY) FIELD (POSITIONS 78-79)
OR RECORDS 70/80/81 SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR (COUNTRY)FIELD
(POSITIONS 79-80).
2) THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE 'MA' (MOROCCO). THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FIELD IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 40 (INPUT),
POSITIONS 6-7.
3) THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MUST BE 'MA' (MOROCCO). THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT
FIELD IS REPORTED ON ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER 50 (INPUT),
POSITIONS 69-70.
4) THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM MUST CONTAIN
THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR OF 'MA'. THE TARIFF NUMBERS WITH
MOROCCO FREE TRADE INDICATION MAY EITHER BE A FREE RATE OR A REDUCED
RATE. IF THE RATE IS REDUCED, THE DUTY RATE WILL BE INDICATED IN THE
SPECIAL RATE FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISO CODE 'MA'.
5) THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT WILL HAVE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT
TO TARIFF RATE QUOTA AND TO SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS (TARIFF NUMBERS
BEGINNING WITH 9912).
6) THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE (CLASS CODES 499/311) WILL BE REQUIRED
FOR MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT CLAIMS. THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE ACT DOES
NOT PROVIDE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE BENEFITS.
7) GSP ELIGIBILITY FOR MOROCCO WILL CEASE EFFECTIVE WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. AS A RESULT,
GSP WILL TERMINATE ON 07/01/2005 FOR MOROCCO.
A TARIFF UPDATE WITH THE MOROCCO FTA RATES WILL BE SENT OUT SHORTLY.
A FUTURE MESSAAGE WILL BE SENT TO INDICATE THE DATE THE TARIFF UPDATES
WITH THE MOROCCO FTA RATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MOROCCO FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE OF
FIELD OPERATIONS:
QUOTA ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MICHELLE AT 202-344-2276 OR TO
CONNIE CHANCEY AT 202-344-1939.
TEXTILE ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SUSAN THOMAS AT 202-344-3719 OR
TO ROBERT ABELS AT 202-344-1959.
SYSTEM ISSUES MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR
TO ACS, ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 202-344-1035.