| Title: | USTR Announces Delay of Trade Action in Beef Hormones Dispute to Implement Provisional Agreement |
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| Date: | 2009-05-21 |
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This message provides information regarding an additional delay in modifications to the action taken by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in connection with the World Trade Organization settlement proceedings in the European Community (EC)-Beef Hormone dispute.
On May 6, 2009, the United States and the European Commission announced an “agreement in principle” regarding the dispute. The first phase of the agreement provides that the United States will not apply retaliatory duties greater than those currently in effect. In order to allow additional time to complete the procedures of the agreement, the USTR has decided to once again delay the effective date of the additional duties from May 9, 2009 to August 15, 2009 which was published in Federal Register Notice (FRN) dated May 13, 2009.
The net effect of the delays on implementing the modifications is that the following HTS chapter 99, subchapter III, provisions remain in effect:
9903.02.21 9903.02.26 9903.02.30 9903.02.44
9903.02.22 9903.02.27 9903.02.32 9903.02.45
9903.02.23 9903.02.28 9903.02.34 9903.02.46
9903.02.24 9903.02.29 9903.02.43 9903.02.83
9903.02.25
Detail information and the link to the FRN regarding the Beef Hormone Delay can be found at the following website:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/agriculture/beef/
Questions regarding this message should be directed to Mr. David Pashoff, Entry, Summary, and Drawback Branch at (202) 863-6586 or david.pashoff@dhs.gov.
CSMS #09-000287