CSMS Message: 97-000006

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LEO WELLS

SUBJECT : OGA-SHRIMP EMBARGO

DATE : 12/31/96

6364111
DECEMBER 30, 1996
RES-1-FO:TC:I:E LW

CATEGORY: RES

TO: ALL PORT AND AREA DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: SHRIMP TRADE EMBARGO/ADDITIONAL COUNTRY CERTIFICATION

PASS TO: ALL NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS,
ENTRY OFFICERS, INSPECTORS, FP AND F OFFICERS AND
IMPORTER AND BROKER ASSOCIATIONS

IN A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DATED DECEMBER 24,
1996, CUSTOMS WAS INFORMED THAT THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(CHINA) HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE
BEEN CERTIFIED BY STATE AS HAVING AN ACCEPTABLE SHRIMP
HARVESTING PROGRAM. FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST OF THIRTY-SIX NATIONS
STATE ADDED HONDURAS IN AUGUST 1996 AND THAILAND IN NOVEMBER
1996. WITH THE ADDITION OF CHINA THE LIST OF CERTIFIED
COUNTRIES NOW TOTALS THIRTY-NINE UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

ACTIONS:

1. ADDITIONAL COUNTRY CERTIFICATION

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 24, 1996, CHINA (THE PRC) IS ADDED TO THE
LIST OF COUNTRIES CERTIFIED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT AS UTI-
LIZING AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF SHRIMP HARVESTING. THEREFORE,
NO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATION WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE
DSP-121 FORM ("SHRIMP EXPORTER'S/IMPORTER'S DECLARATION")
FOR IMPORTED SHRIMP HARVESTED BY CHINA.

2. FILING OF SHRIMP DECLARATION FORM

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DSP-121 FORM MUST STILL BE ON FILE WITH
THE IMPORTER PRIOR TO HIS SUBMISSION OF THE CUSTOMS ENTRY
FOR ANY SHRIMP IMPORTATION.

3. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS ISSUANCE

QUESTIONS BY THE IMPORTING PUBLIC CONCERNING THIS ISSUANCE
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF
OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC
AFFAIRS, AT (202) 647-2335/2337.

QUESTIONS BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO CUSTOMS
HEADQUARTERS, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT, AT (202) 927-0771.

PHILIP METZGER