CSMS Message: 93-001009

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : MFN-EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES

DATE : 11/03/93

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NOVEMBER 3, 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

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE 58713, DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1993,
ACCORDED MFN STATUS TO TURKMENISTAN EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25, 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 11-3-93

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. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
10-25-93

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.

JERRY LADERBERG