CSMS Message: 93-000616

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA CROSBY

SUBJECT : GSP--ANNUAL REVIEW

DATE : 07/01/93

3182071
JULY 1, 1993

CATEGORY: GSP CO:TO:T:T LAC

TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORSFOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT
AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6575, DATED JUNE 25, 1993--
RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM
OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

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

BACKGROUND:

EVERY YEAR THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE (USTR) CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE GENERALIZED
SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. THE RESULTS OF THE 1992 REVIEW WERE
ANNOUNCED IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6575, DATED JUNE 25, 1993
(58 FEDERAL REGISTER 34855. THIS NOTICE ADVISES CUSTOMS FIELD
OFFICERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE CHANGES RESULTING FROM
THE 1992 REVIEW.

ACTION:

1. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1993, THE HTS
IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

SUBHEADING 4418.20.00 IS SUPERSEDED BY:

¢BUILDERS' JOINERY...|
4418.20 DOORS AND THEIR FRAMES AND THRESHOLDS:
4418.20.4000 FRENCH DOORS . . . . . . . . .7.5% FREE (A*,CA,E,)
IL,J)
4418.20.80 OTHER. . . . . . . . . . . . .7.5% FREE (A,CA,E,
4418.20.8030 FLUSH DOORS IL,J)
4418.20.8060 OTHER

THE COLUMN 2 RATE OF DUTY FOR BOTH THESE PROVISIONS
IS 33 1/3%; THE QUANTITY IS NO.

SUBHEADING 8521.10.00 IS SUPERSEDED BY:

¢VIDEO RECORDING...:|
8521.10 MAGNETIC TAPE-TYPE:
COLOR, CARTRIDGE OR CASSETTE TYPE:
8521.10.3000 NOT CAPABLE OF RECORDING 3.9% FREE (A,C,CA,E,
IL,J)
8521.10.6000 OTHER. . . . . . . . . . . 3.9% FREE (A*,C,CA,E,
IL,J)
8521.10.9000 OTHER . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9% FREE (A,C,CA,E,
IL,J)

THE COLUMN 2 RATE OF DUTY FOR THESE PROVISIONS IS 35%;
THE QUANTITY IS "NO."

2. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1993, THE RATES
OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

- SUBHEADING 7202.50.00 IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING
THE SYMBOL "A," IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, FOLLOWING
THE "FREE" RATE.

- SUBHEADING 2902.60.00 IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING THE
SYMBOL "A*," IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, FOLLOWING THE
"FREE" RATE.

- SUBHEADINGS 4008.19.10, 8112.91.50 AND 8527.11.60 ARE
MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL "A*" AND INSERTING THE
SYMBOL "A," IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, FOLLOWING THE "FREE"
RATE.

- FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS PROVISIONS, DELETE THE SYMBOL "A"
AND INSERT AN "A*" IN LIEU THEREOF:

0709.90.05 7008.00.00 8481.80.90 8548.00.00
0710.80.70 7320.10.30 8516.80.80 8716.39.00
1604.16.10 8402.20.00 8527.31.40 9006.99.00
4412.11.10 8408.20.90 8536.61.00 9405.50.30
4804.31.60 8471.92.40 8542.80.00

3. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, OR AFTER JULY 1, 1993, GENERAL NOTE
3(C)(II) IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

- GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(A) IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING
"ALBANIA" IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN THE ENUMERATION OF
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES.

- GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE
FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADING AND THE COUNTRY SET OPPOSITE
SUCH SUBHEADING:

4008.19.10 MALAYSIA
8112.91.50 CHILE

8521.10.00 MALAYSIA;
THAILAND

8527.11.60 MALAYSIA

- GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) IS MODIFIED BY ADDING IN
NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE FOLLOWING HTS PROVISIONS AND
COUNTRIES SET OPPOSITE THEM:

0709.90.05 MEXICO 8516.80.80 MEXICO
0710.80.70 GUATEMALA
1604.16.10 MOROCCO 8521.10.60 INDONESIA;
2902.60.00 INDIA THAILAND
4412.11.10 INDONESIA
4418.20.40 MALAYSIA 8527.31.40 MALAYSIA
4804.31.60 MEXICO 8536.61.00 MEXICO
7008.00.00 MEXICO 8542.80.00 MALAYSIA
7320.10.30 MEXICO 8548.00.00 MEXICO
8402.20.00 PHILIPPINES 8716.39.00 MEXICO
8408.20.90 BRAZIL 9006.99.00 MEXICO
8471.92.40 MALAYSIA 9405.50.30 INDIA
8481.80.90 MEXICO

- GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) IS MODIFIED BY ADDING, IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OPPOSITE THE
FOLLOWING HTS PROVISIONS:

2603.00.00 INDONESIA 2915.39.50 MEXICO
2917.35.00 MEXICO 2918.90.30 MEXICO
3402.20.10 MEXICO 4104.22.00 BRAZIL
7113.19.50 INDIA

4. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER AUGUST 28, 1993, GENERAL
NOTE 3(C)(II)(A) AND (B) ARE MODIFIED BY DELETING "MAURITANIA"
FROM THE ENUMERATION OF COUNTRIES.

5. PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6517 OF DECEMBER 23, 1992, WITHDREW
THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER THE GSP TO IMPORTS OF
SULFANILIC ACID, PROVIDED FOR IN HTS SUBHEADING 2921.42.24.
PROCLAMATION 6544 OF APRIL 13, 1993, MADE FURTHER
MODIFICATIONS IN THE HTS PROVISIONS FOR SUCH GOODS. THROUGH
TECHNICAL ERROR, THE HTS PROVISIONS CREATED IN THE ANNEXES TO
SUCH PROCLAMATIONS WERE NOT PROPERLY STRUCTURED AND NUMBERED.
TO CORRECT THESE ERRORS, THE ANNEX TO PROCLAMATION 6517 AND
THE MODIFICATIONS IN ANNEX II TO PROCLAMATION 6544 ARE
SUPERSEDED. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE 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 DELETED AND THE FOLLOWING NEW
SUBHEADINGS INSERTED IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE:

¢AMINE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS:|
¢AROMATIC MONOAMINES...:|
¢ANILINE DERIVATIVES...:|
2921.42.2100 METANILIC ACID . . . . . 2.4C/KG+ FREE (A*,CA,E,
18.8% IL,J)
2921.42.2200 SULFANILIC ACID. . . . . 2.4C/KG+ FREE (CA,E,IL,J)
18.8%

THE COLUMN 2 RATE OF DUTY FOR THESE SUBHEADINGS IS 15.4C/KG
+ 60%; THE QUANTITY IS "KG."

CONFORMING CHANGE: GENERAL NOTE 3(C)(II)(D) TO THE HTS IS
MODIFIED BY DELETING "2921.42.24 INDIA" AND INSERTING, IN
NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, "2921.42.21 INDIA" IN LIEU THEREOF.

QUESTIONS AS TO WHY CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND/OR COUNTRIES LOST
BENEFITS DURING THE ANNUAL REVIEW SHOULD BE REFERRED TO TOM FUSCO
OR JOSEPH DAMOND, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE,
AT (202) 395-5190. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL
SYSTEM SHOULD BE REFERRED TO IRV FISHER IT (202) 927-0241.
REMAINING QUESTIONS MAY BE REFERRED TO LISA CROSBY AT
(202) 927-0163.

PHILIP METZGER