| Title: | AUTOMOTIVE PARTS |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1995-08-29 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : JOHN PIERCE
SUBJECT : STA-AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
DATE : 08/29/95
DATE: AUGUST 29, 1995
FILE: FO:TC:C:S DAK
FROM : ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: REPORTING OF STATISTICAL UNITS OF QUANTITY:
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE ACS BULLETIN BOARD
SYSTEM (OTO-5), ABI, AND THE CUSTOMS ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD
(CEBB):
ON JUNE 6, 1995, ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE #95-0578 WAS ISSUED BY
THE OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERS, WHICH STATED THAT
THE ACTUAL NET WEIGHT FOR EACH LINE ITEM ON MULTI-LINE ENTRIES OF
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS WAS REQUIRED BEGINNING 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
THE MESSAGE. SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY LED TO AN AUGUST 9, 1995, MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR STATISTICAL ANNOTATION OF TARIFF SCHEDULES, WHICH
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDED. AT THAT MEETING, A CONSENSUS
EMERGED THAT THE INDUSTRY NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME TO REPROGRAM ITS
COMPUTERS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT. AS A RESULT, THE NEW
IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE JANUARY 1, 1996.
ACTION:
THE PROHIBITION, CONTAINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
#95-0578, AGAINST THE USE OF GROSS WEIGHTS AS NET UNITS OF
QUANTITY ON ENTRIES OF AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AFFECTED BY RECENT
HTS CHANGES, WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT.
IF LINE ITEM NET WEIGHTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON MULTI-LINE
PARTS ENTRIES, NET WEIGHTS MAY BE PRORATED USING LINE VALUES
AS PERCENTAGES OF THE TOTAL VALUE ON EACH ENTRY.
FOR ENTRIES FILED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1996, ONLY THE
ACTUAL NET WEIGHT OF EACH LINE ITEM WILL BE ACCEPTABLE AS THE
REPORTED STATISTICAL UNIT OF QUANTITY. NON-COMPLYING ENTRIES
WILL BE REJECTED.
SAMUEL H. BANKS