| Title: | MOLDOVA MFN |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1992-07-09 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : ROBYN DAY
SUBJECT : TRA-MOLDOVA MFN
DATE : 07/09/92
2191071
JULY 9, 1992
SPE-1-CO:TO:T:A RD
CATEGORY: TRA
TO : ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS)
REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
RE : EXTENSION OF MOST-FAVORED NATION STATUS TO MOLDOVA
PASS TO : IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
BACKGROUND
IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6352 OF OCTOBER 9, 1991, (56
FEDERAL REGISTER 51317), THE PRESIDENT PROCLAIMED THAT THE
"AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS" ENTERS INTO
FORCE AND NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO
PRODUCTS OF THE U.S.S.R. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE
AGREEMENT ON THE DATE OF EXCHANGE OF WRITTEN NOTICES OF
ACCEPTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XVII OF THE AGREEMENT.
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE U.S.S.R. WAS SUCCEEDED BY TWELVE INDEPENDENT
STATES, INCLUDING THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA. AN EXCHANGE OF
DIPLOMATIC NOTES WITH THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ARTICLE XVII OF THE AGREEMENT, AS MODIFIED BY TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS AND RETITLED "AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA," TOOK
PLACE IN CHISINAU, MOLDOVA ON JULY 2, 1992. ACCORDINGLY, THE
AGREEMENT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 2, 1992, WITH RESPECT TO THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, AND NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT IS EXTENDED
TO PRODUCTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AS OF JULY 2, 1992, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT AND AS PROVIDED FOR IN PROCLAMATION
6352 OF OCTOBER 9, 1991.
ACTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (VOL. 57, NO.
132) DATED JULY 9, 1992, PRODUCTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
SHALL BE DUTIABLE AT THE COLUMN 1 RATES OF DUTY EFFECTIVE AS TO
MERCHANDISE ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION
ON OR AFTER JULY 2, 1992.
NOTE: CURRENTLY OF THE TWELVE SUCCEEDING STATES OF THE FORMER
U.S.S.R. (REFERRED TO AS THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES)
ONLY ARMENIA, MOLDOVA, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAVE RECEIVED MFN
STATUS.
PERSONS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD CONTACT
ROBYN DAY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-0123.
WILLIAM LUEBKERT