CSMS Message: 96-001145

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : MARSHA MALBROUGH

SUBJECT : PRESPROC6961 #16

DATE : 12/13/96

7348011
DECEMBER 13, 1996

FO:TC:C:S MDM

TO : BULLETIN BOARD OTO5, BROKERS

FROM : CARGO CONTROL AND ENTRY
OFFICE OF TRADE COMPLIANCE

SUBJECT: IMPORTATION OF BROOM CORN BROOMS FROM MEXICO
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION #6961

PASS TO: USERS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION #6961 IN
REGARDS TO BROOMS FROM MEXICO BECAME EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 28, 1996.
PLEASE MAKE NOTE THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE. ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO STATISTICS, OFFICE
OF TRADE COMPLIANCE AT (202) 927-0380.

THOMAS P. BANNER
/S/

ANNEX

MODIFICATIONS TO THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES

SECTION A.

EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 28,
1996, SUBCHAPTER III OF CHAPTER 99 OF THE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES IS MODIFIED BY
INSERTING IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE THE NEW PROVISIONS SET
FORTH BELOW, APPLICABLE DURING THE TIME PERIODS SPECIFIED
THEREIN, WITH THE LANGUAGE INSERTED IN THE COLUMNS
ENTITLED "HEADING/SUBHEADING", "ARTICLE DESCRIPTION",
"RATES OF DUTY 1-GENERAL", "RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL" AND
"RATES OF DUTY 2"; AND UPON THE CLOSE OF NOVEMBER 28,
1999, THESE PROVISIONS AND SUPERIOR TEXT THERETO SHALL BE
DELETED FROM THE HTS:

:"BROOMS (EXCEPT WHISK BROOMS), WHOLLY OR IN PART: OF
:BROOM CORN, VALUED NOT OVER 96 EACH, IN QUANTITIES IN :
:EXCESS OF THE IN-QUOTA QUANTITY:FOR SUCH GOODS
:(PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING 9603.10.50)ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD
FROM NOVEMBER 28, 1996, THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 1997:
:
9903.96.01 :
PRODUCTS OF COUNTRIES ENUMERATED IN GENERAL
NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS AS THAT NOTE EXISTED ON
NOVEMBER 28, 1996, TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE,
EXCEPT PRODUCTS OF PANAMA, AND GOODS OF CANADA
UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF
SCHEDULE...........................:32 EACH : FREE(E,J)

:
: : : :

9903.96.02 : OTHER.....: 33 EACH : FREE (IL) : 33 EACH
: : : 33 EACH :
: : : (MX) :
: IF ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 29, 1997,
THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 1998: :

9903.96.03
PRODUCTS OF COUNTRIES ENUMERATED IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS
AS THAT NOTE EXISTED ON NOVEMBER 28, 1996 TO
THE TARIFF SCHEDULE, EXCEPT PRODUCTS
OF PANAMA, AND GOODS OF CANADA UNDER
THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE TO THE
TARIFF SCHEDULE............. : 32 EACH : FREE (E,J)
: : : :

9903.96.04 : OTHER......: 32.5 EA.: FREE (IL) : 32.5 EA.
: : 32.5 EACH :

: : (MX) :
: IF ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER ::29, 1998,
THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 1999: :::

9903.96.05
PRODUCTS OF COUNTRIES ENUMERATED IN : :
GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS AS THAT
NOTE EXISTED ON NOVEMBER 28, 1996 TO
THE TARIFF SCHEDULE, EXCEPT PRODUCTS
OF PANAMA, AND GOODS OF CANADA UNDER
THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE
TARIFF SCHEDULE............ 32 EACH : FREE (E,J):
: : : :

9903.96.06 : OTHER......32.1 EACH : FREE (IL) : 32.1 EA.

: : 32.1 (MX)

B.(1). EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ELIGIBLE GOODS OF
MEXICO, UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE
TARIFF SCHEDULE, THAT ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 28,
1996, AND THROUGH THE CLOSE OF NOVEMBER 28, 1999, AS
PROVIDED HEREIN, SUBHEADING 9906.96.02 IS MODIFIED BY
STRIKING "22.4 PERCENT (MX)" AND BY INSERTING, EFFECTIVE ON
EACH OF THE DATES SET FORTH BELOW, THE FOLLOWING NEW
RATES OF DUTY FOR SUCH GOODS OF MEXICO:

NOVEMBER 28, 1996 "33 PERCENT (MX)"
NOVEMBER 28, 1997 "32.5 PERCENT (MX)"
NOVEMBER 28, 1998 "32.1 PERCENT (MX)"

(2). EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ELIGIBLE GOODS OF
MEXICO, UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE
TARIFF SCHEDULE, THAT ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 28,
1999, AND THROUGH THE CLOSE OF DECEMBER 31, 1999, HTS
SUBHEADING 9906.96.01 IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "FREE"
FROM THE SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN OF RATES OF DUTY COLUMN 1
AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "16 PERCENT". EFFECTIVE WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH ELIGIBLE GOODS OF MEXICO THAT ARE
ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION,
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000--

B(2)(I) HTS SUBHEADING 9603.10.60 IS MODIFIED BY
DELETING FROM THE SPECIAL DUTY RATES SUBCOLUMN THE
EXPRESSION "SEE 9906.96.01-9906.96.02 (MX) (S)" AND BY
INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF THE EXPRESSION "16 PERCENT (MX)";
AND

(II) SUBHEADINGS 9906.96.01 AND 9906.96.02, THE
SUPERIOR TEXT BEGINNING WITH THE WORD "BROOMS," AND THE
SUPERIOR TEXT BEGINNING WITH THE WORD "VALUED" ARE
DELETED FROM THE HTS.

C. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS (EXCEPT GOODS OF
CANADA UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF
SCHEDULE AND EXCEPT PRODUCTS OF ISRAEL) THAT ARE
ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION,
ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 28, 1996, AND THROUGH THE CLOSE OF
NOVEMBER 27, 1999, SUBCHAPTER III OF CHAPTER 99 OF THE
HTS IS FURTHER MODIFIED BY INSERTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER
SUBHEADING 9903.96.06 (AS ADDED BY SECTION (A) OF THIS
ANNEX) THE FOLLOWING NEW PROVISIONS, APPLICABLE DURING
THE TIME PERIODS SPECIFIED THEREIN, WITH THE LANGUAGE
INSERTED IN THE COLUMNS ENTITLED "HEADING/SUBHEADING",
"ARTICLE DESCRIPTION", "RATES OF DUTY 1-GENERAL",
"RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL" AND "RATES OF DUTY 2"; AND
UPON THE CLOSE OF NOVEMBER 27, 1999, THESE PROVISIONS
AND SUPERIOR TEXT SHALL BE DELETED FROM THE HTS:

:"BROOMS (EXCEPT WHISK BROOMS), WHOLLY OR IN
PART OF BROOM CORN, VALUED OVER 96 EACH:: (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 9603.10.60): :::

9903.96.10
IF THE PRODUCT OF PANAMA AND ENTERED DURING THE
PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 28 IN A YEAR BEGINNING IN 1996
THROUGH NOVEMBER 27 IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, INCLUSIVE, IN
QUANTITIES NOT IN EXCESS OF 41,000 DZ... FREE (E) :
: : : :
9903.96.11
IF THE PRODUCT OF HONDURAS AND ENTERED DURING :
THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 28 IN A YEAR BEGINNING:IN 1996
THROUGH NOVEMBER 27 IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, INCLUSIVE, IN
QUANTITIES NOT IN EXCESS OF 37,000 DZ..... FREE (E) :
:

9903.96.12
IF THE PRODUCT OF COLOMBIA AND ENTERED DURING :
THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 28 IN A YEAR BEGINNING:IN 1996
THROUGH NOVEMBER 27 IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, INCLUSIVE, IN
QUANTITIES NOT IN EXCESS OF 12,000 DZ....... FREE (J) :
: :
9903.96.13
IF THE PRODUCT OF ANY COUNTRY EXCEPT PANAMA, :
HONDURAS OR COLOMBIA, OR OF ANY COUNTRY :
ENUMERATED IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE TARIFF :
SCHEDULE (EXCEPT PANAMA, HONDURAS OR COLOMBIA) AND ENTERED
DURING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 28 IN A YEAR BEGINNING IN
IN EXCESS OF 2,000 DZ..... 32 PERCENT : FREE (IL)
32 PERCENT : : :
:
: OTHER: : ::
: ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD FROM :
NOVEMBER 28, 1996, THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 1997, INCLUSIVE:

9903.96.14 : PRODUCTS OF ANY COUNTRY ENUMERATED :
IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS AS
THAT NOTE EXISTED ON NOVEMBER 28,
1996 TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE
(EXCEPT PANAMA, HONDURAS OR
COLOMBIA), AND GOODS OF CANADA
: UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF
SCHEDULE.......: 32 PERCENT : FREE (E,J)
: : : :

9903.96.15 : OTHER.............. : 33 PERCENT : FREE
(IL) : 33 PERCENT : : :
:
: ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER:
28, 1997, THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 1998, INCLUSIVE:
: : :
9903.96.16 : PRODUCTS OF ANY COUNTRY ENUMERATED IN
GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS AS
THAT NOTE EXISTED ON NOVEMBER 28, :
1996 TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE :
(EXCEPT PANAMA, HONDURAS OR COLOMBIA):
AND GOODS OF CANADA UNDER THE TERMS :
OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF
SCHEDULE...... 32 PERCENT FREE (E,J)

: : :
9903.96.17 : OTHER.............32.5 PERCENT : FREE (IL):
32.5 PERCENT

: : ENTERED DURING THE PERIOD FROM:
NOVEMBER 28, 1998, THROUGH NOVEMBER 27,
1999, INCLUSIVE:
9903.96.18 : PRODUCTS OF ANY COUNTRY ENUMERATED :
: IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A) TO THE HTS AS :
THAT NOTE EXISTED ON NOVEMBER 28, :
1996 TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE :
(EXCEPT PANAMA, HONDURAS OR COLOMBIA):
, AND GOODS OF CANADA UNDER THE TERMS:
OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF :
SCHEDULE........... : 32 PERCENT : FREE
(E,J) :

9903.96.19 : OTHER............. : 32.1 PERCENT : FREE (IL) :
32.1 PERCENT"