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Title:CHANGES-P.P.6519
Date:1993-01-05
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : FRANK CROWE

SUBJECT : HTS-CHANGES-P.P.6519

DATE : 01/05/93

3004061
JANUARY 4, 1993
CATEGORY: OTH

TO: BULLETIN BOARD OTO5, BROKERS

FROM: ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

RE: MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1993 HTS -- PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6519

PASS TO: ALL USERS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE

SUMMARY: PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6519 OF DECEMBER 30, 1992
(VOL. 58 FEDERAL REGISTER, PAGE 207, JANUARY 4, 1993), MODIFIES
THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS) OF THE UNITED STATES TO
IMPLEMENT TARIFF CONCESSIONS ON CERTAIN PLYWOOD AND ON
WAFERBOARD, ORIENTED STRAND BOARD, AND PARTICLE-BOARD OF ALL
SPECIES (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2008 OF THE UNITED STATES-CANADA
FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT (THE "CFTA")), AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL
RECTIFICATIONS IN THE TARIFF TREATMENT AFFORDED TO CERTAIN
CHEMICALS.

ACTION: PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1993
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE:

A. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE TERRITORY
OF CANADA ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION,
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1993:

1) HTS SUBHEADING 4410.10.00 IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING, IN
THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE "FREE" DUTY RATE IN THE RATES
OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, THE SYMBOL "CA" IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER.

2) FOR THE HTS SUBHEADINGS LISTED BELOW, THE RATES OF DUTY
1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IN THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING THE
RATE OF DUTY SPECIFIED FOR SUCH SUBHEADING FOLLOWED BY THE
SYMBOL "CA" IN PARENTHESES.

4412.19.40 10 PERCENT
4412.99.40 10 PERCENT

THE RATES FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS ARE SHOWN IN ANNEX I OF THE
PROCLAMATION.

B. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1993,

1) HTS SUBHEADING 2922.29.23 IS DELETED.

2) SUBHEADING 2922.50 OF THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING
THE FOLLOWING NEW SUBHEADING, IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE (WITH
MATTER ENCLOSED IN DOUBLE PARENTHESES INCLUDED TO ASSIST IN
UNDERSTANDING THE MODIFICATION):

((OXYGEN-FUNCTION AMINO-COMPOUNDS:))
((AMINO-ALCOHOL-PHENOLS,...:))
((AROMATIC:))
2922.50.1100 D (("D" UNDERLINED)) (-) -P-
HYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE AND
ITS SALTS.....................KG

COL 1 GEN: 3.7 CENTS/KG PLUS 15.6 PERCENT
COL 1 SPEC: FREE (A*, CA, E, IL,J)
COL 2: 15.4 CENTS/KG PLUS 50 PERCENT

3) GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY
DELETING "2922.29.23 INDIA" AND INSERTING, IN NUMERICAL
SEQUENCE, "2922.50.11 INDIA" IN LIEU THEREOF.

2. QUESTIONS REGARDING MODIFICATIONS TO CFTA AND GSP PROVISIONS
SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH (202) 927-
0597. OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE REFERRED
TO FRANK CROWE, TEXTILE AND METAL PRODUCTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-
0164, OR 927-0001.

WILLIAM J. LUEBKERT