CSMS Message: 96-000874

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : 1996 HTS CHANGES IV

DATE : 10/16/96

6285011
OCTOBER 11, 1996

FO:TC:C:S MDM

TO : BULLETIN BOARD OTO5, BROKERS

FROM : CARGO CONTROL AND ENTRY
OFFICE OF TRADE COMPLIANCE

SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE 1996 HTS, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 1996

PASS TO: ALL USERS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE

THIS IS A NEWLY ADOPTED STATISTICAL NOTE, PLEASE MAKE THE
FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE 1996 HTS CHAPTERS 55 AND 56, EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER 1, 1996:

2. THE TERM "DISCHARGE PRINTED" FABRICS REFERS TO FABRICS
WHICH HAVE BEEN:

A. DYED, NOT TINTED, A SINGLE UNIFORM COLOR OTHER
THAN WHITE;
B. FURTHER PROCESSED USING A METHOD WHEREBY CHLORINE
OR OTHER COLOR-DESTROYING CHEMICALS ARE APPLIED TO
DISCRETE PORTIONS OF THE DYED FABRIC TO BLEACH OUT
OR DISCHARGE THE DYE AND PRINTED IN THOSE DISCRETE
PORTIONS THEREBY YIELDING A DIFFERENT COLORED
PATTERN ON THE PREVIOUSLY DYED GROUND; AND
C. SUBJECTED TO TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
FINISHING OPERATIONS: BLEACHING, SHRINKING,
FILLING, NAPPING, DECATING, PERMANENT STIFFENING,
WEIGHING, PERMANENT EMBOSSING, OR MOIREING.

THE ADOPTED LANGUAGE OF THE NEW BREAKOUTS IS AS FOLLOWS:

5408 WOVEN FABRICS OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT YARN. ***
***
OTHER WOVEN FABRICS, CONTAINING 85 PERCENT OF MORE
BY WEIGHT OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENT OR STRIP OR THE
LIKE:
***
5408.24 PRINTED:
***
5408.24.90 OTHER...................................
WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 170 G/M2
10(30) DISCHARGE PRINTED........(618) M2 V
KG
20(30) OTHER....................(618) M2 V
KG
40(60) WEIGHING MORE THAN 170 G/M2
DISCHARGE PRINTED.......(618) M2 V
KG
50(60) OTHER.....................(618) M2 V
KG
OTHER WOVEN FABRICS:
***
PRINTED
***
OTHER
***
5408.34.90 OTHER.............................
***
OTHER
***
OTHER
85(90) DISCHARGE PRINTED.....(629) M2 V
KG
95(90) OTHER.................(629) M2 V
KG

5516 WOVEN FABRICS OF ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBERS:
CONTAINING 85 PERCENT OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF ARTIFICIAL
STAPLE FIBERS:
***
5516.14.00 PRINTED....................................
PLAIN WEAVE
05(10) DISCHARGE PRINTED.................(611) M2 V
KG
15(10) OTHER..............................(611)M2 V
KG
SATIN WEAVE OR TWILL WEAVE:
25(20) DISCHARGE PRINTED..................(611)M2 V
KG
30(20) OTHER..............................(611)M2 V
KG
OTHER:
85(90) DISCHARGE PRINTED..................(611)M2 V
KG
95(90) OTHER..............................(611)M2 V
KG
CONTAINING 85 PERCENT OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF
ARTIFICIAL STAPLE FIBERS, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY
WITH MAN-MADE FILAMENTS:
***
5516.24.00 PRINTED........................................
***
OTHER
85(90) DISCHARGE PRINTED................(629)M2 V
KG
95(90) OTHER............................(629)M2 V
KG

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESIS ARE BEING
DISCONTINUED.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO STATISTICS,
TRADE COMPLIANCE, AT (202) 927-0457.

THOMAS P. BANNER
^SIGNED|