CSMS Message: 97-000413

Title:PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6988
Date:1997-04-23
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6988

DATE : 04/23/97

7113071
APRIL 23, 1997

FO:TA JAP

CATEGORY: GSP

TO : ALL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS, BROKERS,
IMPORTERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT : CHANGES TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS) RELATING
TO GSP AND ARGENTINA

PASS TO : ALL USERS OF THE HTS

THE FOLLOWING IS A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ANNEX TO PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6988 SIGNED APRIL 11, 1997, AND PUBLISHED IN THE
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FEDERAL REGISTER DATED APRIL 17, 1997. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION IS TO SUSPEND THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT
ACCORDED UNDER THE GSP TO CERTAIN ARTICLES THAT ARE PRODUCT OF
ARGENTINA. THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE HTS SET FORTH IN THIS
PROCLAMATION ARE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS ENTERED, OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER MAY 17,
1997. PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PEN AND
INK CHANGES TO THE HTS.

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ANNEX

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MODIFICATIONS OF TARIFF TREATMENT UNDER
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THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES FOR
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CERTAIN GOODS THE PRODUCT OF ARGENTINA

EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES BOTH (I) IMPORTED ON OR AFTER
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JANUARY 1, 1976, AND(II) ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE
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FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER MAY 17, 1997, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
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SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS") IS MODIFIED AS SET FORTH
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BELOW:

(1) GENERAL NOTE 4(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY:
(A)INSERTING IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE THE FOLLOWING HTS
SUBHEADINGS AND THE COUNTRY SET OUT OPPOSITE SUCH SUBHEADINGS:

0303.77.00 ARGENTINA 7901.12.50 ARGENTINA
0404.90.10 ARGENTINA 8207.20.00 ARGENTINA
0703.20.00 ARGENTINA 8409.91.99 ARGENTINA
3901.90.90 ARGENTINA 8413.91.90 ARGENTINA
3902.10.00 ARGENTINA 8422.30.90 ARGENTINA
3902.20.50 ARGENTINA 8431.49.10 ARGENTINA
3902.90.00 ARGENTINA 8471.49.37 ARGENTINA
3903.90.50 ARGENTINA 8471.60.57 ARGENTINA
3904.40.00 ARGENTINA 8477.51.00 ARGENTINA
3906.10.00 ARGENTINA 8479 20.00 ARGENTINA
3906.90.50 ARGENTINA 8480.30.00 ARGENTINA
3907.30.00 ARGENTINA 8481.30.20 ARGENTINA
3907.60.00 ARGENTINA 8481.80.30 ARGENTINA
3907.99.00 ARGENTINA 8481.80.90 ARGENTINA
3909.10.00 ARGENTINA 8481.90.30 ARGENTINA
3909.50.50 ARGENTINA 8503.00.65 ARGENTINA
3913.90.20 ARGENTINA 8524.31.00 ARGENTINA
3921.90.50 ARGENTINA 8524.32.00 ARGENTINA
3923.90.00 ARGENTINA 8524.52.10 ARGENTINA
4201.00.60 ARGENTINA 8524.60.00 ARGENTINA
4303.10.00 ARGENTINA 8524.91.00 ARGENTINA
4303.90.00 ARGENTINA 8524.99.40 ARGENTINA
4410.11.00 ARGENTINA 8536.90.00 ARGENTINA
4410.19.00 ARGENTINA 8538.90.80 ARGENTINA
4802.52.10 ARGENTINA 8708.60.80 ARGENTINA
7007.11.00 ARGENTINA 8708.70.60 ARGENTINA
7114.11.60 ARGENTINA 8708.99.80 ARGENTINA
7308.90.95 ARGENTINA 8716.90.50 ARGENTINA
7315.90.00 ARGENTINA 9003.90.00 ARGENTINA
7409.11.50 ARGENTINA 9018.90.10 ARGENTINA
7409.21.00 ARGENTINA 9113.10.00 ARGENTINA
7419.99.50 ARGENTINA 9113.20.60 ARGENTINA
7901.11.00 ARGENTINA 9403.20.00 ARGENTINA
9403.50.90 ARGENTINA

(B) INSERTING IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE THE COUNTRY SET OUT
OPPOSITE THE FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS:

1604.16.10 ARGENTINA 2849.10.00 ARGENTINA
1701.11.10 ARGENTINA 2850.00.50 ARGENTINA
2805.40.00 ARGENTINA 2902.11.00 ARGENTINA
2813.90.50 ARGENTINA 2905.12.00 ARGENTINA
2832.30.10 ARGENTINA 2905.13.00 ARGENTINA
2839.90.00 ARGENTINA 2905.22.50 ARGENTINA
2841.30.00 ARGENTINA 2906.14.00 ARGENTINA
2841.50.00 ARGENTINA 2914.12.00 ARGENTINA
2843.30.00 ARGENTINA 2914.13.00 ARGENTINE
2915.70.00 ARGENTINA 3305.90.00 ARGENTINA
2917.14.50 ARGENTINA 3307.20.00 ARGENTINA
2918.21.50 ARGENTINE 3307.49.00 ARGENTINA
2918.22.10 ARGENTINA 3401.11.10 ARGENTINA
2918.22.50 ARGENTINA 3504.00.50 ARGENTINA
2929.10.15 ARGENTINA 3506.99.00 ARGENTINA
2932.99.90 ARGENTINA 3701.10.00 ARGENTINA
2933.40.30 ARGENTINA 3702.10.00 ARGENTINA
2933.90.55 ARGENTINA 3706.10.30 ARGENTINA
3209.90.00 ARGENTINA 3707.90.32 ARGENTINA
3301.19.10 ARGENTINA 3822.00.50 ARGENTINA
3301.90.10 ARGENTINA 4011.10.10 ARGENTINA
3302.10.10 ARGENTINA 4411.11.00 ARGENTINA
3302.10.20 ARGENTINA 6910.90.00 ARGENTINA
3302.90.10 ARGENTINA 7202.21.50 ARGENTINA
3303.00.30 ARGENTINA 7202.30.00 ARGENTINA
3304.20.00 ARGENTINA 8409.91.50 ARGENTINA
3304.99.50 ARGENTINA 8409.99.91 ARGENTINA
3305.10.00 ARGENTINA 9403.60.80 ARGENTINA

(2) FOR THE FOLLOWING HTS SUBHEADINGS, IN THE RATES OF DUTY 1-
SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN, DELETE THE SYMBOL "A" AND INSERT AN "A*" IN
LIEU THEREOF:

0303.77.00 4410.19.00 8481.80.90
0404.90.10 4802.52.10 8481.90.30
0703.20.00 7007.11.00 8503.00.65
3901.90.90 7114.11.60 8524.31.00
3902.10.00 7308.90.95 8524.32.00
3902.20.50 7315.90.00 8524.52.10
3902.90.00 7409.11.50 8524.60.00
3903.90.50 7409.21.00 8524.91.00
3904.40.00 7419.99.50 8524.99.40
3906.10.00 7901.11.00 8536.90.00
3906.90.50 7901.12.50 8538.90.80
3907.30.00 8207.20.00 8708.60.80
3907.60.00 8409.91.99 8708.70.60
3907.99.00 8413.91.90 8708.99.80
3909.10.00 8422.30.90 8716.90.50
3909.50.50 8431.49.10 9003.90.00
3913.90.20 8471.49.37 9018.90.10
3921.90.50 8471.60.57 9113.10.00
3923.90.00 8477.51.00 9113.20.60
4201.00.60 8479.20.00 9403.20.00
4303.10.00 8480.30.00 9403.50.90
4303.90.00 8481.30.20
4410.11.00 8481.80.30

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
JOHN PIERCE, TRADE AGREEMENTS, AT (202) 927-1249.

JOYCE METZGER
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