| Title: | GSP |
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| Date: | 1992-08-31 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LISA CROSBY
SUBJECT : GSP
DATE : 08/31/92
2240071
AUGUST 27, 1992
SPE-1-CO:T:T:T LAC
CATEGORY: INA
TO: ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS)
FROM: ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
RE: DESIGNATION OF BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, CROATIA, SLOVENIA
AND MACEDONIA AS BENEFICIARIES OF THE GENERALIZED
SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
BACKGROUND:
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT TO DESIGNATE
CERTAIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS BENEFICIARIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) AND TO EMBODY THOSE
CHANGES IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES
(HTS).
PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6465 ON
AUGUST 25, 1992. THIS PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED "EACH OF THE
FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
OTHER THAN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" AS BENEFICIARIES FOR PURPOSES
OF THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE HAS INDICATED THAT THE FOLLOWING REPUBLICS ARE TO BE
ACCORDED GSP BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION:
CROATIA, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA.
ACTION:
1. EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 1992,
GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(A) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING
"EACH OF THE FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA OTHER THAN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO"
AFTER "ZIMBABWE" IN THE LIST CONTAINED THEREIN.
2. EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 1992,
GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY DELETING
THE FOLLOWING:
"9401.30.40 YUGOSLAVIA"
"9401.61.40 YUGOSLAVIA"
"9401.69.60 YUGOSLAVIA"
"9401.90.40 YUGOSLAVIA"
3. EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 1992,
GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY
INSERTING, IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE FOLLOWING:
"9401.30.40 CROATIA; SLOVENIA"
"9401.61.40 CROATIA; SLOVENIA"
"9401.69.60 CROATIA; SLOVENIA"
"9401.90.40 CROATIA; SLOVENIA"
PERSONS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD CONTACT
LISA CROSBY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT 202-927-0163.
WILLIAM J. LUEBKERT