CSMS Message: 93-000121

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA CROSBY

SUBJECT : GSP-LIME PEEL AND BONITO

DATE : 02/04/93

3034071
FEBRUARY 3, 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 : ADDITION OF LIME PEEL, BONITO, YELLOWTAIL AND POLLOCK
TO LIST OF ARTICLES ELIGIBLE FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT
UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

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

BACKGROUND:

IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6447, DATED JUNE 15, 1992, THE
PRESIDENT ADDED LIME PEEL, BONITO, YELLOWTAIL AND POLLOCK TO THE
LIST OF ARTICLES ELIGIBLE FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP). THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THESE ADDITIONS WAS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR). IN FEDERAL REGISTER VOLUME
58, NUMBER 14, PAGE 6026, DATED JANUARY 25, 1993, USTR ANNOUNCED
THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE FEBRUARY 9, 1993.

ACTION:

1. EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE
FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 9, 1993, THE HTS IS
MODIFIED AS PROVIDED BELOW, WITH BRACKETED MATTER INCLUDED
TO ASSIST IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCLAIMED MODIFICATIONS.
THE FOLLOWING SUPERSEDES MATTER IN THE HTS.

SUBHEADING 0814.00.90 IS SUPERSEDED BY:

PEEL OF CITRUS...:
0814.00.4000 LIME. . . . . .2C/KG FREE (A,CA,E,IL,J) 4.4C/KG
0814.00.8000 OTHER . . . . .2C/KG FREE (CA,E,IL,J) 4.4C/KG

THE UNIT OF QUANTITY FOR BOTH THESE PROVISIONS IS KILOS.

2. FOR HTS SUBHEADING 1604.19.25, EFFECTIVE AS TO ARTICLES
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR
AFTER FEBRUARY 9, 1993, IN THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL
SUBCOLUMN, INSERT IN THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE "FREE"
RATE THE SYMBOL "A," IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO
LISA CROSBY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-0163.

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