CSMS Message: 95-000100

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : MARCUS ZZ-SIRCUS

SUBJECT : MPF.GATT

DATE : 01/27/95

5026071
JANUARY 26, 1995

CATEGORY: GATT CO:TO:TF MS

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

FROM : DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

SUBJECT: FACT SHEET #1B CORRECTION: AMENDMENT TO FACT SHEET #1A
(5343071)(GATT)

PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY
OFFICERS, INSPECTORS, OTHER INTERESTED CUSTOMS
PERSONNEL, BROKERS AND IMPORTERS

BACKGROUND:

THIS FACT SHEET IS BEING PROVIDED TO CLARIFY FACT SHEET #1A,
MESSAGE #5343071, DATED DECEMBER 9, 1994, PLUS A PARAGRAPH ON
CANADIAN IMPORTATIONS WHICH WAS UNINTENTIONALLY LEFT OUT. SEE
SECOND PARAGRAPH BELOW.

NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN MEXICO AND IMPORTED FROM MEXICO MAY
CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE (MPF)
CALCULATED USING .19 PERCENT IF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR
(SPI) "MX" PRECEDES THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES (1995) (HTS) ITEM NUMBER AND THE IMPORTER HAS A NAFTA
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ON FILE COVERING THE GOOD.

NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN CANADA AND IMPORTED FROM CANADA MAY
CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE MPF IF AN SPI "CA" PRECEDES THE
HTS ITEM NUMBER AND THE IMPORTER HAS A NAFTA CERTIFICATE OF
ORIGIN ON FILE COVERING THE GOOD.

THE HTS UNDER GENERAL STATISTICAL NOTE 3 (C) STATES:

"WHENEVER AN ARTICLE IS ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED MERCHANDISE
PROCESSING FEE (MPF), AND A CLAIM THEREFOR IS MADE UNDER ONE
OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS, THE STATISTICAL REPORTING NUMBER
IS, IN ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY
ELSEWHERE, THE 10-DIGIT NUMBER PREFIXED BY THE APPROPRIATE
SYMBOL INDICATED BELOW:

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS TRADE ACT.....................B#

AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT..............C#

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT:
GOODS OF CANADA OR OF MEXICO, UNDER THE
TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12, INCLUDED IN THE
PHARMACEUTICAL APPENDIX.....................K#
GOODS OF CANADA OR OF MEXICO, UNDER THE
TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12, INCLUDED IN THE
INTERMEDIATE CHEMICALS FOR DYES APPENDIX....L#
OTHER GOODS OF CANADA, UNDER THE TERMS OF
GENERAL NOTE 12.............................CA
OTHER GOODS OF MEXICO, UNDER THE TERMS OF
GENERAL NOTE 12.............................MX

THE SPI "CA" OR "MX" IS REQUIRED EVEN WHERE THE MOST FAVORED
NATION (MFN)(COLUMN 1) RATE IS "FREE". IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THE HTS WILL NOT REFLECT AN SPI IN THE SPECIAL COLUMN FOR A
TARIFF ITEM NUMBER WHERE THE MFN RATE IS "FREE".

ENTRIES WHICH INCLUDE ONE OR MORE LINE ITEMS SUBJECT TO .21
PERCENT MPF WILL BE SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM OF $25 AND A MAXIMUM OF
$485 MPF. ENTRIES WHICH INCLUDE ONE OR MORE LINE ITEMS SUBJECT
TO .19 PERCENT MPF AND NO LINE ITEMS SUBJECT TO .21 PERCENT MPF
WILL BE SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM OF $21 AND A MAXIMUM OF $400 MPF.
ENTRIES WHICH DO NOT INCLUDE ANY LINE ITEMS SUBJECT TO .19
PERCENT OR .21 PERCENT MPF WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE MPF AND WILL
NOT HAVE A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM MPF.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT
THE OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS AT (202) 927-0066, OR TARIFF
COMPLIANCE BRANCH AT (202) 927-0241.

PHILIP METZGER