CSMS Message: 95-000654

Title:JAPANESE LUXURY CARS
Date:1995-06-28
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LOUIS ALFANO

SUBJECT : SAN-JAPANESE LUXURY CARS

DATE : 06/27/95

TO: DISTRICT AND PORT DIRECTORS; PLEASE PASS TO IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS, AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES,
INCLUDING BROKERS

SUBJECT: PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL ACTION ON CERTAIN LUXURY-TYPE
MOTOR CARS FROM JAPAN

ON MAY 15, 1995 YOU WERE REQUESTED TO WITHHOLD LIQUIDATION OF
ENTRIES OF CERTAIN LUXURY AUTOMOBILES FROM JAPAN ENTERED OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER MAY 20,
1995, AND THAT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING. YOU
WERE REQUESTED TO ADVISE HQ VIA TELEPHONE OR EMAIL OF ALL ENTRIES
MADE ON OR AFTER MAY 20 THAT INCLUDED THESE MODELS. SEVERAL
PORTS HAVE REPORTED ENTRIES CONTAINING THESE MODELS; THIS IS A
REMINDER THAT ALL PORTS WITH ENTRIES OF SUCH MERCHANDISE SHOULD
REPORT TO HQ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALTHOUGH JUNE 28 IS THE SCHEDULED DEADLINE FOR A DETERMINATION OF
WHETHER TO IMPOSE DUTIES, THE DECISION MAY NOT BE FORWARDED TO
CUSTOMS UNTIL ONE OR TWO DAYS LATER, DUE TO LAST MINUTE
NEGOTIATIONS. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS WE HEAR.
THEREFORE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WITHHOLD LIQUIDATION AS PREVIOUSLY
INSTRUCTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTIFIED.