CSMS Message: 94-000116

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : MFN-TARIFF STATUS EAST BLOC

DATE : 02/02/94

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FEBRUARY 1, 1994

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CATEGORY: MFN

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

THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CHANGES IN THE TARIFF STATUS OF THE
EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES WITH TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN BEING
GRANTED MFN STATUS. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (58 FR 65424) DATED
DECEMBER 14, 1993 ACCORDED MFN STATUS TO TAJIKISTAN EFFECTIVE ON
NOVEMBER 24, 1993. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE (59 FR 4316) DATED
JANUARY 31, 1994, GRANTED MFN STATUS TO UZBEKISTAN EFFECTIVE ON
JANUARY 13, 1994. 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 2-1-94

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 ELIBIGLE 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 10-30-90 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. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-8-93

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. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-24-93

TURKMENISTAN COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
10-25-93

UKRAINE COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
6-23-92

UZBEKISTAN COL. 1 MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
1-13-94

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.

JANET L. LABUDA