| Title: | BAHRAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2006-08-04 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI BROKERS
FROM: TONY CASUCCI, OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
DATE: 08/04/2006
THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO ADVISE THE TRADE ON THE SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO FILE A BAHRAIN FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM. THE
BAHRAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE FOR MERCHANDISE THAT
HAS A DUTY COMPUTATION DATE OF 08/01/2006. THE CATAIR, ENTRY SUMMARY
SECTION, RECORD IDENTIFIER 10, NOTE 3, DESCRIBES THE DUTY COMPUTATION
DATE FOR AN ENTRY SUMMARY.
THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED YET TO
ACCEPT BAHRAIN FTA CLAIMS. A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE TRADE
INDICATING WHEN THEY CAN BEGIN FILING BAHRAIN FTA CLAIMS THROUGH THE
ABI SYSTEM.
TO CLAIM THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE ACT BENEFIT, THE FOLLOWING ABI
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
1) THE SPI INDICATOR OF 'BH' (ISO CODE FOR BAHRAIN) MUST BE FILED.
THE SPI INDICATOR IS REPORTED ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD
IDENTIFIER 50 (INPUT), SPECIAL PROGRAMS COUNTRY INDICATOR
FIELD (POSITIONS 78-79) OR RECORDS 70/80/81 SPECIAL PROGRAM
INDICATOR (COUNTRY) FIELD (POSITIONS 79-80).
2) THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE 'BH' (BAHRAIN). 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 'BH' (BAHRAIN). THE COUNTRY OF
EXPORT FIELD IS REPORTED ON ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER
50, POSITIONS 69-70.
4) THE TARIFF NUMBER WITH THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE ACT CLAIM MUST
CONTAIN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR 'BH'. THE TARIFF NUMBERS
WITH THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE INDICATOR MAY HAVE EITHER A FREE
OR A REDUCED DUTY RATE. IF THE RATE IS REDUCED, THE DUTY
RATE WILL BE INDICATED IN THE SPECIAL RATE FIELD ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ISO CODE 'BH'.
5) THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE ACT WILL HAVE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE
SUBJECT TO TARIFF RATE QUOTA AND OTHER SPECIAL PROVISIONS
(TARIFF NUMBERS BEGINNING WITH 9914).
6) THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE (CLASS CODES 499/311) IS EXEMPT
FOR BAHRAIN FTA CLAIMS (SPI 'BH') EXCEPT FOR THE BAHRAIN
TRADE PREFERENCE LEVEL (TPL) TARIFF NUMBER 99149920 WHICH REQUIRES
THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE.
THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS WHERE A TARIFF NUMBER IS DUTY FREE.
DUTY-FREE TARIFF NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATORS.
IF THE MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DUTY FREE TARIFF NUMBERS
QUALIFIES UNDER THE BAHRAIN FTA PROVISIONS, THE MERCHANDISE
PROCESSING FEE WILL BE EXEMPT BY TRANSMITTING THE SPI 'BH'
INDICATOR.
A TARIF UPDATE WITH THE BAHRAIN FTA RATES WILL BE SENT OUT TO THE
THE TRADE WHEN THE RATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED INTO THE ACS SYSTEM.
THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED BY ACS WHEN THEY CAN BEGIN FILING BAHRAIN
FTA CLAIMS THROUGH THE ACS SYSTEM.
POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN THE
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS.
QUOTA ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MICHELLE VIDELOCK AT 202-344-2276.
TEXTILE ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SUSAN THOMAS AT 202-344-1959 OR
TO ROBERT ABELS AT 202-344-1959.
OTHER POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE BAHRAIN FTA
AGREEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH
ATTENTION SETH MAZZE AT 202-344-2634.
SYSTEM RELATED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BAHRAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR LOCAL CLEINT REPRESENTAIVES OR TO ACS,
ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 202-772-2041.
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