CSMS Message: 93-000213

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : ROBERT ABELS

SUBJECT : TEXTILE FORMAL

DATE : 02/26/93

3056051
FEBRUARY 25, 1993

SPE-CO:T:R:T RA

CATEGORY: TEX

TO: ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS),
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS

FROM: DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

REFER: HARMONIZED FACT SHEET #30 DATED MAY 24, 1989

PASS TO ALL REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, OAS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS,
INSPECTORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS
AND IMPORTERS

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO FACT SHEET #30 DATED MAY 24, 1989.

ACTION: THIS TELEX IS AN UPDATE OF HARMONIZED FACT SHEET # 30,
DATED MAY 24, 1989, WHICH GAVE A LIST OF HTS NUMBERS
THAT REQUIRE FORMAL ENTRY. THE FOLLOWING HTS NUMBERS
1) REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A FORMAL ENTRY FOR
COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS VALUED OVER $250 PER 19 U.S.C.
1498 AND 2) REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A FORMAL ENTRY
FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS REGARDLESS OF VALUE BECAUSE OF
QUOTA
VISA CONCERNS.

THERE ARE HTS NUMBERS THAT MAY APPEAR IN BOTH LISTS.

1) PER 19 USC 1498, THE HTS PROVISIONS LISTED BELOW
REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A FORMAL ENTRY FOR COMMERCIAL
SHIPMENTS VALUED OVER $250.

3901.10.0010 - 4304.00.0000
5001.00.0000 - 6507.00.0000
6701.00.0000 - 6704.90.0000
9501.00.2000 - 9508.00.0000
SUBCHAPTERS III AND IV OF CHAPTER 99

2) IN ADDITION THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS
REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A FORMAL ENTRY FOR COMMERCIAL
SHIPMENTS ONLY, REGARDLESS OF VALUE. FOR THESE
PROVISIONS, "CHARGES" ARE REQUIRED FOR LINE ITEMS
VALUED OVER $250.

3005.10.1000 - 3005.90.5090
3918.10.3110 - 3918.90.5000
3921.11.0000 - 3921.90.5050
3926.20.2000 - 3926.20.5050
3926.90.3300
3926.90.5500 - 3926.90.6090
4008.11.1000 - 4008.29.0000
4010.10.1010 - 4010.99.5090
4202.11.0030 - 4203.10.4095
4602.10.2100 - 4602.10.2940
5004.00.0000 - 5007.90.6090
5105.10.0000 - 5113.00.0000
5204.11.0000 - 5212.25.6090
5306.10.0000 - 5309.29.4090
5311.00.2000 - 5404.10.1000
5405.00.3000 - 5408.34.9090
5508.10.0000 - 5606.00.0000
5607.41.1000 - 5907.00.9090
5911.10.1000 - 6308.00.0020
6405.20.6030 - 6405.20.6090
6406.10.7200 - 6406.10.9090
6406.99.1505 - 6406.99.1580
6501.00.3000 - 6507.00.0000
7019.10.1000 - 7019.20.5000
9404.90.1000 - 9404.90.9060
9502.91.0000
9612.10.9010
9802.00.4040*
9802.00.5010*
9802.00.5060*
9802.00.8010
9802.00.8040*
9802.00.8060*
9813.00.0520*
9813.00.0540*

* INCLUDED IF THE ITEM NUMBER (OTHER THAN CHAPTER 98)
TO WHICH THIS PROVISION IS NAMED ABOVE.

3) VISA OR QUOTA COUNTRIES FOR WHICH INFORMAL ENTRIES
ARE ALLOWED FOR PROPERLY MARKED COMMERCIAL SAMPLES
(DESPITE THE ABOVE CLASSIFICATIONS) IF VALUED AT $250
OR LESS.

BAHRAIN INDONESIA PHILIPPINES
BANGLADESH JAPAN SINGAPORE
BRAZIL KOREA SRI LANKA
CHINA MACAU TAIWAN
COSTA RICA MALAYSIA THAILAND
EGYPT MEXICO TURKEY
GUATEMALA PANAMA UAE
HONG KONG PAKISTAN URUGUAY
INDIA PERU
ALSO, ANY COUNTRIES NOT SUBJECT TO QUOTA OR VISA
REQUIREMENTS CAN FILE AN INFORMAL ENTRY ON PROPERLY
MARKED COMMERCIAL SAMPLE SHIPMENTS VALUED UNDER $250.

4)COUNTRIES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PROPERLY MARKED COMMERCIAL
SAMPLE SHIPMENTS ARE SHOWN BELOW. FORMAL ENTRIES
REGARDLESS OF VALUE MUST BE FILED IF CLASSIFIED IN ONE
OF THE HTS NUMBERS SHOWN IN PROVISION (2).

BURMA (MYANMAR) HUNGARY NIGERIA
DOM REPUBLIC JAMIACA OMAN
EL SALVADOR LESOTHO POLAND
GUAM MALDIVES QATAR
HAITI MAURITIUS ROMANIA
NEPAL TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO

INFO: QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TELEX MAY BE REFERRED TO THE
TEXTILES AND METAL PRODUCTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0001 OR
(202) 927-0705.

PHILIP METZGER