| Title: | CHANGES AND ADDITIONS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1993-01-06 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LISA CROSBY
SUBJECT : GSP-CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
DATE : 01/05/93
3004071
JANUARY 4, 1993
CATEGORY: GSP CO:TO:T:A LAC
TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT
AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
RE : WITHDRAWAL OF GSP BENEFITS FOR SULFANILIC ACID AND
DESIGNATION OF ETHIOPIA AS A BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING
COUNTRY FOR PURPOSES OF THE GSP
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, ENTRY OFFICERS AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS
BACKGROUND:
IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6517, DATED DECEMBER 23, 1992
(FEDERAL REGISTER VOL. 57, NO. 249, PAGE 61757), PRESIDENT BUSH
DESIGNATED ETHIOPIA AS A BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRY FOR
PURPOSES OF THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) AND
WITHDREW GSP BENEFITS FOR SULFANILIC ACID.
ACTION:
1. EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE
FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JANUARY 12, 1993, GENERAL NOTE
3(C)(II)(A) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING "ETHIOPIA" IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN THE ENUMERATION OF INDEPENDENT
COUNTRIES.
2. IN ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER
THE GSP TO SULFANILIC ACID, EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED
OR WITHDRAWN FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JANUARY 12, 1993, THE
HTS IS MODIFIED AS PROVIDED BELOW, WITH BRACKETED MATTER
INCLUDED TO ASSIST IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCLAIMED
MODIFICATIONS.
SUBHEADING 2921.42.24 IS SUPERSEDED BY:
AMINE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS:
AROMATIC MONOAMINES...:
ANILINE DERIVATIVES...:
2921.42.26 METANILIC ACID. . . . . . 2.4C/KG+ 15.4C/K+
18.8% 60%
SPECIAL . . . . . . . . . FREE (A ,CA,E,IL,J)
2921.42.28 SULFANILIC ACID . . . . . 2.4C/KG+ 15.4C/KG+
18.8% 60%
SPECIAL . . . . . . . . . FREE (CA,E,IL,J)
3. CONFORMING CHANGE: GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS
MODIFIED BY DELETING "2921.42.24 INDIA" AND INSERTING, IN
NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, "2921.42.26 INDIA" IN LIEU THEREOF.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
LISA CROSBY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202)927-0163.
WILLIAM LUEBKERT