CSMS Message: 92-000402

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JUDY SCHOENY

SUBJECT : TRA-EASTERN BLOC TARRIF UPDATE

DATE : 09/04/92

2247071
SEPTEMBER 3, 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 : CHANGES TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES
REGARDING DESIGNATION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES (GSP) AND MOST FAVORED NATION (MFN)

PASS TO : IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS

ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN TARIFF TREATMENT FOR CENTRAL AND
EASTERN EUROPE HAVE TRANSPIRED WITH THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF
GSP BENEFITS TO THE FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (FR VOL. 57, NO. 167) AND MFN STATUS
ACCORDED TO THE REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZSTAN, ONE OF THE NEW
INDEPENDENT STATES FORMERLY OF THE U.S.S.R. (FR VOL. 57, NO.
168).

TO HELP KEEP YOU INFORMED AND PROVIDE EASY REFERENCE, WE ARE
ISSUING AN UPDATED SUMMARY OF THE TARIFF STATUS FOR THE VARIOUS
COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

TARIFF STATUS OF EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES
AS OF 9-3-92

COLUMN 1\
COUNTRY COLUMN 2 RATE GSP REMARKS

ALBANIA COL. 2

ARMENIA COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
04-07-92

AZERBAIJAN COL. 2

BYELARUS COL. 2

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 04-07-92
(FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA) GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-11-92

BULGARIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-22-91
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
12-21-91

CROATIA COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 04-07-92
(FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA) GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-11-92

CZECHOSLOVAKIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-17-90
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
4-29-91

ESTONIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
12-19-91
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-22-92

GEORGIA COL. 2

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
REPUBLIC 10-3-90 UPON
UNIFICATION OF
EAST AND WEST
GERMANY

HUNGARY COL. 1 YES GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-3-89

KAZAKHSTAN COL. 2

KYRGYZSTAN COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
8-21-92

LATVIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
12-19-91
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-22-92

LITHUANIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
12-19-91
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-22-92

MACEDONIA COL. 1 YES GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-11-92

MOLDOVA COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
7-02-92

MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
REPUBLIC 11-27-91

POLAND COL. 1 YES GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
1-9-90

ROMANIA COL. 2 REMOVED FROM COL. 1
ON 7-3-88

RUSSIA COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
6-17-92

SLOVENIA COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 04-07-92
(FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA) GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-11-92

TAJIKISTAN COL. 2

TURKMENISTAN COL. 2

UKRAINE COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
6-23-92

UZBEKISTAN COL. 2

YUGOSLAVIA COL. 1 NO LOST GSP EFFECTIVE
12-24-91

QUESTIONS REGARDING MFN STATUS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ROBYN
DAY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0123. INQUIRIES
REGARDING GSP BENEFITS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LISA CROSBY, TRADE
AGREEMENTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0163.

WILLIAM LUEBKERT