CSMS Message: 92-000688

Title:POLYPROPYLENE FROM MEXICO
Date:1992-11-25
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA ZZ-CROSBY

SUBJECT : GSP-POLYPROPYLENE FROM MEXICO

DATE : 11/25/92

3330071
NOVEMBER 25, 1992

CATEGORY: PRE CO:TO:T:T LAC

TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT
AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

RE : LOSS OF GSP BENEFITS FOR POLYPROPYLENE (HTS 3902.10.00)
FROM MEXICO

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

BACKGROUND:

PURSUANT TO SECTION 504(A)(1) OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974,
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO WITHDRAW
THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES (GSP) TO IMPORTS FROM MEXICO OF POLYPROPYLENE,
PROVIDED FOR IN HEADING 3902.10.00 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTS).

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 25, 1992, AS
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6510 (228 FEDERAL REGISTER 55439) AND
PROVIDES THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION (I.E., DECEMBER 10, 1992).

ACTION

1. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 10,
1992, THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY (I) DELETING THE SYMBOL "A" IN
PARENTHESES FROM THE DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN OPPOSITE HTS
3902.10.00, AND (II) BY INSERTING THE SYMBOL "A*" IN LIEU
THEREOF.

2. GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY
INSERTING, IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE FOLLOWING:

"3902.10.00 MEXICO"

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LISA
CROSBY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202)927-0163.

WILLIAM LUEBKERT