CSMS Message: 93-000816

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : TRA-EAST BLOC STATUS

DATE : 08/31/93

3237071
AUGUST 25, 1993

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CATEGORY: TRA

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

FROM : 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

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (VOL. 58, NO. 160, PAGE 44390)
ACCORDED MFN STATUS TO GEORGIA EFFECTIVE AUGUST 13, 1993. 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 8-25-93

COLUMN 1\
COUNTRY COLUMN 2 RATE GSP REMARKS

ALBANIA COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-2-92
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
7-1-93

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

AZERBAIJAN COL. 2

BYELARUS\BELARUS COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-16-93

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. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
8-13-93

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. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-18-93

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.

PHILIP METZGER