CSMS Message: 97-000050

Title:97 HTS CHANGE #1
Date:1997-01-16
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : MARSHA MALBROUGH

SUBJECT : 97 HTS CHANGE #1

DATE : 01/16/97

7016001
JANUARY 16, 1997

FO:TC:C:S MDM

TO : BULLETIN BOARD OTO5, BROKERS

FROM : CARGO CONTROL AND ENTRY
OFFICE OF TRADE COMPLIANCE

SUBJECT: 1997 HTS CHANGE

PLEASE NOTE AN ERROR HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE 1997 HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE. IN CHAPTER 97 - WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND
ANTIQUES - ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE #2 STATES THE FOLLOWING:

"WHENEVER AN ARTICLE IS ENTERED FOR SALE UNDER HEADING 9706, AND
THEREAFTER DETERMINED TO BE NOT OVER 100 YEARS OF AGE,...,"A DUTY
______________________
OF 5.2 PERCENT AD VALOREM FOR GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE TERRITORY
OF CANADA..."

THE DUTY RATE FOR GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE TERRITORY OF CANADA
______
SHOULD BE SHOWN AS "FREE". PLEASE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGE TO
YOUR TARIFF SCHEDULE. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MS. MARSHA
MALBROUGH, STATISTICS, OFFICE OF TRADE COMPLIANCE AT (202) 927-
0457.

THOMAS P. BANNER
/S/