| Title: | ADDITONAL HAITIAN UN-SANCTIONS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1994-05-18 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : WILLIAM ZZ-WAGNER
SUBJECT : ADDITONAL HAITIAN UN-SANCTIONS
DATE : 05/17/94
4130071
MAY 10, 1994
CATEGORY: RES CO:TO:TF:TA WW
TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, DISTRICT,
AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM : DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER INTERESTED
CUSTOMS PERSONNEL
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL HAITIAN SANCTIONS MANDATED BY THE UNITED
NATIONS
THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL (OFAC) HAS ADVISED THIS
OFFICE THAT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ("UNSC") HAS ISSUED ANOTHER
RESOLUTION ON HAITI, ADDING EXTENSIVE UN-MANDATED ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITI. THE UN-MANDATED SANCTIONS WHICH MAY
BECOME EFFECTIVE AFTER 15 DAYS (5/21/94), ARE ESSENTIALLY THOSE
ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE U.S. A MAJOR DIFFERENCE, HOWEVER, IS
THAT THE UN SANCTIONS DO NOT EXEMPT "DONATIONS TO RELIEVE HUMAN
SUFFERING". IN ADDITION, MANY OF THE HAITI IMPORT OR EXPORT
TRANSACTIONS NOW PERMITTED ("GENERALLY LICENSED") UNDER THE
HAITIAN TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS, 31 CFR PART 580, WILL BE
PROHIBITED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE UN TRADE SANCTIONS;
MOREOVER, NO SPECIFIC LICENSE ISSUED BY OFAC FOR IMPORT OR EXPORT
TRANSACTIONS WITH HAITI WILL BE EFFECTIVE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THESE UN SANCTIONS, INCLUDING THE 200+ "ASSEMBLY SECTOR"
TRANSACTION LICENSES. ALTHOUGH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
PORTION OF THE UN RESOLUTION IS DELAYED, WE WISH TO BE IN A
POSITION TO ENFORCE IT FULLY AT THE MOMENT IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
IMPORTATIONS OF UNUSED PARTS, MATERIALS, MACHINERY, AND
EQUIPMENT:
THE OFAC HAS ISSUED SOME SPECIFIC LICENSES ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS AUTHORIZING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE U.S. FROM ASSEMBLY
SECTOR OPERATIONS IN HAITI OF UNUSED PARTS AND MATERIALS AND
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY EXPORTED TO HAITI
FROM THE U.S., PROVIDED SUCH ARTICLES ARE NOT OWNED BY PARTIES
IN HAITI. SHIPMENTS COVERED BY THESE OFAC SPECIFIC LICENSES MUST
BE EXPORTED FROM HAITI PRIOR TO MAY 21, 1994 IN ORDER TO BE
PERMITTED INTO THE U.S.
IN ADDITION, IF SUCH UNUSED PARTS, MATERIALS, MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXISTING ASSEMBLY SECTOR LICENSE
(EVEN THOUGH SUCH GOODS MAY NOT SPECIFICALLY BE REFERENCED ON
SUCH LICENSE AS AUTHORIZED IMPORTS FROM HAITI), THESE IMPORTED
ARTICLES (I.E., UNUSED PARTS, MATERIALS, MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT), WILL ALSO BE AUTHORIZED IMPORTATIONS INTO THE U.S. IF
EXPORTED FROM HAITI PRIOR TO MAY 21, 1994. OFAC HAS INFORMED
CUSTOMS THAT ALL EXISTING OFAC SPECIFIC LICENSES COVERING SUCH
IMPORTATIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AMENDED ACCORDINGLY.
CUSTOMS INQUIRIES REGARDING COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS ARE TO BE
DIRECTED TO CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS, AT
(202) 927-0771 OR (202) 927-0693, OR INSPECTION AND CONTROL AT
(202) 927-0284. PUBLIC INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JOHN T.
ROTH, OFAC, (202) 622-2500.
PHILIP METZGER