CSMS Message: 94-000113

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : MFN-UZBEKISTAN

DATE : 02/02/94

4032071
FEBRUARY 1, 1994

CATEGORY: MFN CO:TO:T:T RD

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

FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

SUBJECT : EXTENSION OF MOST-FAVORED NATION STATUS TO THE
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

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

BACKGROUND:

IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6352 OF OCTOBER 9, 1991, (56
FEDERAL REGISTER 51317), THE PRESIDENT PROCLAIMED THAT THE
"AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS" WOULD ENTER
INTO FORCE AND NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO
PRODUCTS OF THE U.S.S.R. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE
AGREEMENT ON THE DATE OF EXCHANGE OF WRITTEN NOTICES OF
ACCEPTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XVII OF THE AGREEMENT.
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE U.S.S.R. WAS SUCCEEDED BY TWELVE INDEPENDENT
STATES, INCLUDING THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN. AN EXCHANGE OF
DIPLOMATIC NOTES WITH THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ARTICLE XVII OF THE AGREEMENT, AS MODIFIED BY TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS AND RETITLED "AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN,"
TOOK PLACE IN TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN ON JANUARY 13, 1994.
ACCORDINGLY, THE AGREEMENT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 13, 1994,
WITH RESPECT TO THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN, AND NONDISCRIMINATORY
TREATMENT IS EXTENDED TO PRODUCTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
AS OF JANUARY 13, 1994, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT AND AS
PROVIDED FOR IN PROCLAMATION 6352 OF OCTOBER 9, 1991.

ACTION:

1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (59 FEDERAL
REGISTER 4316) DATED JANUARY 31, 1994, PRODUCTS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN SHALL BE DUTIABLE AT THE COLUMN 1
RATES OF DUTY EFFECTIVE AS TO MERCHANDISE ENTERED OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 13, 1994.

2. ENTRY SUMMARIES FOR MERCHANDISE ENTERED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 13, 1994, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR LIQUIDATION SHOULD
BE UNSET AND LIQUIDATED AT THE COLUMN 1 RATES OF DUTY.
IMPORTERS CAN FACILITATE THIS ACTION BY ADVISING DISTRICT
DIRECTORS OF PERTINENT ENTRIES FOR WHICH COLUMN 2 RATES OF
DUTY WERE ERRONEOUSLY PAID.

PERSONS WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD CONTACT
ROBYN DAY, TRADE PROGRAMS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-0123.

JANET L. LABUDA