CSMS Message: 94-000896

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ROBYN DAY

SUBJECT : MFN-TARIFF STATUS EASTBLOC

DATE : 08/30/94

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AUGUST 30, 1994

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CATEGORY: MFN

TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : 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 AUGUST 17, 1994, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6714 (59 FEDERAL REGISTER 43023), DESIGNATING GSP
BENEFITS TO THE COUNTRIES OF BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 3, 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 8-30-94

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 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS
OF 2-16-93
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-3-94

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 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
2-18-93
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
3-4-94

KYRGYZSTAN COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
8-21-92
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
12-29-93

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 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
11-8-93
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
3-4-94

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 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
6-23-92
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
3-23-94

UZBEKISTAN COL. 1 YES MFN ELIGIBLE AS OF
1-13-94
GSP ELIGIBLE AS OF
9-3-94

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.

PHILIP METZGER