CSMS Message: 93-000397

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA CROSBY

SUBJECT : ATP-NUMEROUS CHANGES

DATE : 04/20/93

3109071
APRIL 19, 1993

CATEGORY: ATP FILE: CO:TO:T:A LAC

TO : ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS)
REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

RE : PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6544, DESIGNATING
ECUADOR A BENEFICIARY OF THE ANDEAN TRADE
PREFERENCE ACT (ATPA) AND MAKING VARIOUS CHANGES
TO THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES, THE ATPA
AND THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE

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

BACKGROUND:

ON APRIL 13, 1993, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6544 (58 FEDERAL REGISTER 19547). THIS PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION EFFECTED NUMEROUS CHANGES, AS DESCRIBED BELOW.

ACTION:

1. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 1993,
GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(IX)(A) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING
"ECUADOR" IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE.

2. A) EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 22, 1992,
FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS, IN THE RATES OF DUTY 1-
SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, DELETE IN THE PARENTHESIS FOLLOWING THE
"FREE" RATE THE SYMBOL "J" OR "J*", AS APPROPRIATE:

4202.32.80 5309.11.00 5309.19.00 6204.42.10
6204.43.10 6204.44.20 6204.52.10 6204.53.10
6204.59.10 6204.62.30 6204.63.20 6205.10.10
6205.20.10 6205.30.10 6206.20.10 6206.30.10
6206.40.10 5006.00.90 5007.10.60 5007.90.60
5306.10.00 5306.20.00 5308.20.00 5308.90.00
5309.21.30 5309.21.40 5309.29.30 5309.29.40
5311.00.30 5311.00.40 5601.10.20 5606.00.00
5607.90.20 5801.90.10 5803.90.20 5806.20.00
5806.39.20 5809.00.00 5810.10.00 5901.10.20
5901.90.40 5905.00.90 5907.00.90 5911.20.30
6001.10.60 6001.29.00 6002.10.80 6002.20.90
6002.30.20 6002.30.90 6002.49.00 6106.90.30
6112.20.20 6112.39.00 6112.49.00 6117.10.60
6204.39.80 6204.49.50 6204.69.90 6205.90.40
6206.90.00 6208.99.80 6211.20.15 6211.20.20
6211.20.30 6211.20.40 6211.20.50 6211.20.60
6211.20.70 6212.20.00 6212.30.00 6213.10.20
6213.90.20 6214.10.20 6214.90.00 6215.90.00
6216.00.90 6301.10.00 6302.10.00 6302.40.10
6302.40.20 6302.52.10 6302.52.20 6302.92.00
6302.99.20 6303.19.00 6304.11.30 6304.99.35
6305.90.00 6306.19.00 6307.90.30 6307.90.40
6307.90.50 6308.00.00 6505.90.15 6505.90.25
9404.90.80 3921.12.15 3921.13.15

B) EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES WHICH ARE THE PRODUCT
OF ANY BENEFICIARY COUNTRY UNDER THE ATPA WHICH ARE ENTERED
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
APRIL 13, 1993, FOR HTS SUBHEADING 4202.32.80, THE RATES OF
DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING "6%",
FOLLOWED BY THE SYMBOL "J" IN PARENTHESES.

3. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1993,
GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(A) TO THE HTS, ENUMERATING THOSE
COUNTRIES AND AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS OF THE GSP, IS
AMENDED BY DELETING "CZECHOSLOVAKIA" FROM THE LIST OF
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF, IN
ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE, "CZECH REPUBLIC" AND "SLOVAKIA".

4. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1990, ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 2 TO CHAPTER
17 IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "1701.91.20," AND INSERTING
"1701.91.21, 1701.91.22," IN LIEU THEREOF AND BY DELETING
"1702.90.30, 1806.10.40 AND 2106.90.10," AND INSERTING
"1702.90.31, 1702.90.32, 1806.10.41, 1806.10.42, 2106.90.11
AND 2106.90.12," IN LIEU THEREOF.

5. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE TERRITORY
OF CANADA WHICH ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR
CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1993, THE ARTICLE
DESCRIPTION OF HTS SUBHEADING 9905.39.10 IS MODIFIED BY
DELETING "3926.90.90" AND INSERTING "3926.90.95" IN LIEU
THEREOF.

6. EFFECTIVE APRIL 13, 1993, GENERAL NOTE 3(B) TO THE HTS IS
MODIFIED BY DELETING "UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS"
AND BY INSERTING IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE IN LIEU THEREOF
"AZERBAIJAN", "GEORGIA", "TAJIKISTAN", "TURKMENISTAN", AND
"UZBEKISTAN".

7. UPON NOTICE BY THE USTR IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER THAT A TRADE
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND A
REPUBLIC LISTED IN GENERAL NOTE 3(B) TO THE HTS, SUCH
REPUBLIC SHALL BE DELETED FROM GENERAL NOTE 3(B) AS OF THE
DATE ANNOUNCED BY THE USTR AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH
TRADE AGREEMENT. CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS WILL NOTIFY FIELD
LOCATIONS WHEN SUCH ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN.

PERSONS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD CONTACT
LISA CROSBY, TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-0163.

PHILIP METZGER