CSMS Message: 93-000092

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : TRA-EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES

DATE : 01/27/93

3026071
JANUARY 26, 1993

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 : CURRENT TARIFF RATES FOR COUNTRIES OF EASTERN
EUROPE AND THE SUCCESSOR REPUBLICS TO THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 1992, AT MIDNIGHT, CZECHOSLOVAKIA CEASED TO
EXIST AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY TWO SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT STATES,
THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC. EFFECTIVE AS OF
JANUARY 1, 1993, THE UNITED STATES FORMALLY RECOGNIZED THE TWO
NEW STATES AND FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED. TO
HELP KEEP YOU INFORMED AND FOR EASY REFERENCE, WE ARE ISSUING A
SUMMARY OF THE CURRENT TARIFF STATUS FOR THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

TARIFF STATUS OF EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES
AS OF 1-26-93

COLUMN 1\
COUNTRY COLUMN 2 RATE GSP REMARKS

ALBANIA COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-2-92

ARMENIA COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
4-7-92

AZERBAIJAN COL. 2

BYELARUS\BELARUS COL. 2

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 4-7-92
(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 4-7-92
(FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA) GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-11-92

CZECH REPUBLIC COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 1-1-93
(FORMERLY CZECHOSLOVAKIA) RETAINS GSP BENEFITS
DESIGNATED 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
7-2-92

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

SLOVAKIA COL. 1 RECOGNIZED 1-1-93
(FORMERLY CZECHOSLOVAKIA) RETAINS GSP BENEFITS
DESIGNATED AS OF
4-29-91

SLOVENIA COL. 1 YES RECOGNIZED 4-7-92
(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. 2 NO LOST GSP EFFECTIVE
(SERBIA AND 12-24-91
MONTENEGRO) REMOVED FROM COL. 1
ON 10-31-92

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE MAY BE DIRECTED TO ROBYN
DAY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0123.

THOMAS P. BANNER