CSMS Message: 95-000576

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA CROSBY

SUBJECT : GSP-CHANGES

DATE : 06/09/95

5151071
MAY 31, 1995

CATEGORY: GSP CO:TP LAC

TO : PORT DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR
TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE : CHANGES TO GSP AS RESULT OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
6804, DATED MAY 22, 1995

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

IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6804, DATED MAY 22, 1995 (60 FEDERAL
REGISTER 27657) PRESIDENT CLINTON MADE VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS TO
THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP). THE ITEMS LISTED
BELOW REFLECT THESE CHANGES.

ACTION:

1. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAW FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1995:

A. FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS, IN THE RATES OF DUTY
1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, DELETE THE SYMBOL "A*" AND INSERT
AN "A" IN LIEU THEREOF:

3909.10.00 8419.90.10
4011.91.50 8517.30.15
8419.19.00

B. FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS PROVISIONS, IN THE RATES OF DUTY
1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, DELETE THE SYMBOL "A" AND INSERT
AN "A*: IN LIEU THEREOF:

0304.20.50 1604.14.50 4205.00.60 8401.10.00
0703.10.20 1604.16.30 4412.19.30 8402.20.00
0708.10.20 1604.30.20 4412.19.40 8414.90.30
0708.10.40 1605.10.05 4412.99.40 8419.90.20
0709.10.00 1702.90.35 4421.90.10 8450.90.40
0709.20.10 1703.90.30 4823.90.20 8469.10.80
0710.22.15 1902.11.40 5209.51.30 8483.50.40
0710.29.05 2005.80.00 5307.20.00 8517.82.40
0710.29.30 2007.99.40 5607.30.20 8519.21.00
0710.80.50 2007.99.48 5609.00.20 8519.31.00
0710.80.65 2008.19.30 5702.99.20 8519.99.00
0710.80.93 2008.50.20 5703.90.00 8521.10.90
0711.30.00 2008.99.28 6501.00.60 8527.90.90
0711.40.00 2008.99.35 7002.10.20 8528.10.04
0714.10.00 2106.90.52 7106.92.00 8528.10.11
0714.20.00 2202.90.36 7109.00.00 8528.10.13
0714.90.10 2202.90.37 7113.20.21 8528.10.34
0802.50.20 2207.10.30 7114.19.00 8802.50.90
0802.50.40 2208.90.10 7115.90.20 9006.53.00
0804.50.80 2208.90.70 7319.20.00 9009.12.00
0811.20.20 2309.90.70 7407.29.15 9018.11.60
0811.20.40 2401.10.21 7603.10.00 9102.29.04
0811.90.50 2401.10.29 7604.10.50 9303.90.80
0811.90.55 2401.20.45 7614.90.20 9401.90.15
0813.40.10 2401.20.55 7614.90.50 9506.61.00
0813.40.80 2516.90.00 7615.10.10 9606.29.20
1106.30.20 3920.93.00 8107.90.00 9614.20.60
1519.11.00 4006.10.00 8112.11.60 9614.20.80
1519.12.00 4104.39.20 8112.91.50
1601.00.40 4202.22.35 8213.00.60

2. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1995, GENERAL
NOTE 4(A) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "EACH OF THE FORMER
REPUBLICS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
OTHER THAN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" FROM THE LIST OF
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND INSERTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER IN THE LIST OF INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES:

BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA CROATIA
MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

3. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1995, GENERAL
NOTE 4(D) IS MODIFIED BY ADDING IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE
FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS AND COUNTRIES SET OUT OPPOSITE
THEM:

0304.20.50 ARGENTINA 4202.22.35 PHILIPPINES
0703.10.20 CHILE 4205.00.60 ARGENTINA
0708.10.20 GUATEMALA 4412.19.30 RUSSIA
0708.10.40 GUATEMALA 4412.19.40 INDONESIA
0709.10.00 CHILE 4412.99.40 INDONESIA
0709.20.10 PERU 4421.90.10 HONDURAS
0710.22.15 GUATEMALA 4823.90.20 PHILIPPINES
0710.29.05 TURKEY 5209.51.30 INDIA
0710.29.30 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5307.20.00 INDIA
0710.80.50 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5607.30.20 PHILIPPINES
0710.80.65 GUATEMALA 5609.00.20 PHILIPPINES
0710.80.93 GUATEMALA 5702.99.20 INDIA
0711.30.00 TURKEY 5703.90.00 INDIA
0711.40.00 SRI LANKA 6501.00.60 CZECH REPUBLIC
0714.10.00 COSTA RICA 7002.10.20 MALAYSIA
0714.20.00 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 7106.92.00 CHILE
0714.90.10 COSTA RICA 7109.00.00 CHILE
0802.50.20 TURKEY 7113.20.21 OMAN
0802.50.40 TURKEY 7114.19.00 CHILE
0804.50.80 THAILAND 7115.90.20 ARGENTINA
0811.20.20 CHILE 7319.20.00 MALAYSIA
0811.20.40 CHILE 7407.29.15 CHILE
0811.90.50 COSTA RICA 7603.10.00 BAHRAIN
0811.90.55 GUATEMALA 7604.10.50 RUSSIA
0813.40.10 THAILAND 7614.90.20 VENEZUELA
0813.40.80 THAILAND 7614.90.50 VENEZUELA
1106.30.20 ECUADOR 7615.10.10 THAILAND
1519.11.00 MALAYSIA 8107.90.00 BULGARIA
1519.12.00 MALAYSIA 8112.11.60 KAZAKHSTAN
1601.00.40 BRAZIL 8112.91.50 CHILE
1604.14.50 THAILAND 8213.00.60 BRAZIL
1604.16.30 MOROCCO 8401.10.00 RUSSIA
1604.30.20 RUSSIA 8402.20.00 COLOMBIA
1605.10.05 THAILAND 8414.90.30 SLOVENIA
1702.90.35 BELIZE 8419.90.20 BRAZIL
1703.90.30 LEBANON 8450.90.40 BRAZIL
1902.11.40 THAILAND 8469.10.80 INDONESIA
2005.80.00 THAILAND 8483.50.40 MALAYSIA
2007.99.40 THAILAND 8517.82.40 THAILAND
2007.99.48 ARGENTINA 8519.21.00 MALAYSIA
2008.19.30 TURKEY 8519.31.00 MALAYSIA
2008.50.20 ARGENTINA 8519.99.00 MALAYSIA
2008.99.28 TURKEY 8521.10.90 MALAYSIA
2008.99.35 THAILAND 8527.90.90 PHILIPPINES
2106.90.52 PHILIPPINES 8528.10.04 HUNGARY
2202.90.36 COLOMBIA 8528.10.11 MALAYSIA
2202.90.37 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 8528.10.13 MALAYSIA
2207.10.30 ECUADOR 8528.10.34 MALAYSIA
2208.90.10 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 8802.50.90 RUSSIA
2208.90.70 RUSSIA 9006.53.00 MALAYSIA
2309.90.70 HUNGARY 9909.12.00 THAILAND
2401.10.21 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 9018.11.60 ARGENTINA
2401.10.29 HONDURAS 9102.29.04 PHILIPPINES
2401.20.45 INDONESIA 9303.90.80 RUSSIA
2401.20.55 INDONESIA 9401.90.15 CZECH REPUBLIC
2516.90.00 SOUTH AFRICA 9506.61.00 PHILIPPINES
3920.93.00 INDIA 9606.29.20 THAILAND
4006.10.00 BRAZIL 9614.20.60 TURKEY
4104.39.20 THAILAND 9614.20.80 TURKEY
1701.99.05 COLOMBIA 2917.14.10 BRAZIL
1701.99.10 COLOMBIA 2917.37.00 ROMANIA
2804.29.00 UKRAINE 2933.29.45 SLOVENIA
2805.40.00 RUSSIA 2933.40.08 HUNGARY
2825.30.00 SOUTH AFRICA 2933.71.00 RUSSIA
2825.70.00 CHILE 2938.10.00 BRAZIL
2840.11.00 TURKEY 3806.30.00 ARGENTINA
2843.21.00 CHILE 3823.90.40 MALAYSIA
2903.14.00 BRAZIL 4106.19.30 PAKISTAN
2903.23.00 BRAZIL 4106.20.60 PAKISTAN
2905.11.20 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4107.90.60 SOUTH AFRICA
2907.15.10 RUSSIA 7403.12.00 PERU
2910.20.00 BRAZIL 7605.11.00 RUSSIA
2915.34.00 VENEZUELA
2915.35.00 VENEZUELA
7202.21.10 MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

4. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FORM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1995:

A. GENERAL NOTE 4(D) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "2921.43.18
INDIA" AND "2924.29.46 INDIA" AND BY INSERTING
"2921.43.19 INDIA" AND "2924.29.47 INDIA" IN NUMERICAL
SEQUENCE.

B. GENERAL NOTE 4(D) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "2930.40.00
INDIA", "2933.51.10 INDIA", "2934.30.08 INDIA",
"2934.30.15 INDIA", AND "9504.20.60 BRAZIL" FROM SUCH
NOTE.

C. GENERAL NOTE 4(D) IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING "2935.00.32
INDIA" IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE IN SUCH NOTE.

D. THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN FOR SUBHEADINGS
0202.30.02 AND 0202.30.10 IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING, IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THE SYMBOL "A" IN THE PARENTHESES
FOLLOWING THE FREE RATE OF DUTY IN SUCH SUBCOLUMN.

E. THE SUPERIOR TEXT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUBHEADING
9904.04.59 IS DELETED AND THE FOLLOWING "PROVIDED FOR
IN SUBHEADINGS 0404.10.15, 1517.90.60, 1704.90.58,
1806.20.82, 1806.20.83, 1806.32.70, 1806.32.80,
1806.90.08, 1806.90.10, 1901.20.15, 1901.20.50,
2106.90.66 OR 2106.90.87" IS INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF.

REASONS FOR THESE CHANGES ARE EXPLAINED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION AS IT APPEARS IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER. QUESTIONS
REGARDING THE REASONS FOR THESE CHANGES THAT CANNOT BE ANSWERED
BY REFERRING TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE AT (202)395-
6971. QUESTIONS REGARDING MATTERS RELATED TO CUSTOMS MAY BE
DIRECTED TO LISA CROSBY, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT BRANCH, AT
9202) 927-0163.

PHILIP METGZER