CSMS Message: 93-000943

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : TRA-TARIFF STATUS EASTBLOC

DATE : 10/14/93

3287071
OCTOBER 14, 1993

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CATEGORY: TRA

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

FROM : ACTING 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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1993, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6599 (58 FEDERAL REGISTER 51561) DESIGNATING RUSSIA
AS A BENEFICIARY OF THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 16, 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 10-14-93

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 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
6-17-92
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
10-16-93

SLOVAKIA COL. 1 YES 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 PROGRAMS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0123.

THOMAS P. BANNER