CSMS Message: 97-000734

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : ACCELERATED NAFTA ELIMINATIONS

DATE : 08/05/97

7217071

AUGUST 5, 1997

FO:TA AWM

CATEGORY : NAFTA

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

THROUGH : ALL TRADE COMPLIANCE PROCESS OWNERS

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT : IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST ROUND OF ACCELERATED
TARIFF ELIMINATIONS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE NORTH
AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

PASS TO : ALL USERS OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS)

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7016 WAS SIGNED ON JULY 31, 1997, AND
PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER DATED AUGUST 4, 1997. THE
PROCLAMATION IMPLEMENTS THE FIRST ROUND OF ACCELERATED TARIFF
ELIMINATIONS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT (NAFTA). THIS NOTICE IS INTENDED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC
OF THOSE ARTICLES FOR WHICH THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND MEXICO
HAVE AGREED TO ACCELERATE THE ELIMINATION OF DUTIES UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE NAFTA. THE TARIFF ELIMINATIONS SET FORTH IN
THE ANNEX TO THIS NOTICE ARE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS OF
CANADA AND MEXICO UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 OF THE HTS
THAT ARE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON
OR AFTER JULY 1, 1997.

PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7016
IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE HTS.
NOTE: THIS IS A MODIFIED ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE ANNEX TO THE
PROCLAMATION AND SOME DIFFERENCES IN FORMATTING EXIST.
THEREFORE, WE STRONGLY ADVISE ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO OBTAIN A
COPY OF THE ABOVE NOTED FEDERAL REGISTER.

ANNEX

MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS") WITH RESPECT TO THE
TARIFF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN GOODS ORIGINATING
IN THE TERRITORY OF CANADA OR MEXICO

SECTION A. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS OF CANADA UNDER THE
TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULE THAT ARE ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JULY 1,
1997, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS")
IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

(1). FOR SUBHEADINGS 7901.12.10, 7901.12.50 AND 9603.50.00, THE
RATES OF DUTY 1 SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE
RATE OF DUTY AND THE "(CA)" FOLLOWING SUCH RATE AND INSERTING
"CA," IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, IN THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE
"FREE" RATE OF DUTY IN SUCH SUBCOLUMN.

(2). THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS ARE INSERTED IN NUMERICAL
SEQUENCE IN SUBCHAPTER V OF CHAPTER 99 TO THE HTS. THE
SUBHEADINGS ARE SET FORTH IN COLUMNAR FORMAT, AND MATERIAL IN
SUCH COLUMNS ARE SET FORTH IN THE COLUMNS OF THE HTS DESIGNATED
"HEADING/SUBHEADING", "ARTICLE DESCRIPTION", AND "RATES OF DUTY 1
SPECIAL", RESPECTIVELY. BRACKETED MATTER IS INCLUDED TO ASSIST
IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCLAIMED MODIFICATIONS.

^GOODS OF CANADA,...:|
"9905.20.25 TAHINI (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING
2008.19.90)............................ FREE (CA)

9905.39.21 POLYETHYLENE FILM COATED WITH HEAT
ACTIVATED ADHESIVE (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 3921.90.50)................. FREE (CA)

9905.44.21 VENETIAN BLINDS OF WOOD (PROVIDED
FOR IN SUBHEADING 4421.90.40).......... FREE (CA)

9905.54.20 ELASTOMERIC MONOFILAMENTS OF POLYURETHANE
(PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING 5404.10.80).. FREE (CA)

9905.56.04 IMITATION CATGUT (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 5604.90).................... FREE (CA)

9905.68.15 BRIQUETTES FOR GAS FUEL BARBECUES
(PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING 6815.99.40 OR
6914.90.80)............................ FREE (CA)

9905.73.40 SCREWS AND BOLTS, WHETHER OR NOT WITH THEIR
NUTS OR WASHERS, FOR AIRCRAFT (PROVIDED FOR
IN SUBHEADING 7318.15, 7508.90 OR
8108.90.30)............................ FREE (CA)

9905.91.07 APPLIANCE TIMERS (PROVIDED FOR IN
HEADING 9107).......................... FREE (CA)

9905.91.14 PARTS FOR APPLIANCE TIMERS OF HEADING
9107 (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING 9114.90.30
OR 9114.90.50)........................ FREE (CA)"

SECTION B. EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO GOODS OF MEXICO UNDER THE
TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULE THAT ARE ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER JULY 1,
1997, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS")
IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

(1). FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS, THE RATES OF DUTY 1 SPECIAL
SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE STAGED RATE OF DUTY AND THE
"(MX)" FOLLOWING SUCH RATE AND BY INSERTING "MX", IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER, IN THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE "FREE" RATE OF DUTY IN
SUCH SUBCOLUMN.

2005.90.80 7901.12.10 5605.00.90
2933.90.87 8536.50.80*
5605.00.10 8714.91.90

(2). THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS ARE INSERTED IN NUMERICAL
SEQUENCE IN SUBCHAPTER VI OF CHAPTER 99 TO THE HTS. THE
SUBHEADINGS ARE SET FORTH IN COLUMNAR FORMAT, AND MATERIAL IN
SUCH COLUMNS ARE SET FORTH IN THE COLUMNS OF THE HTS DESIGNATED
"HEADING/SUBHEADING", "ARTICLE DESCRIPTION", AND "RATES OF DUTY 1
SPECIAL", RESPECTIVELY. BRACKETED MATTER IS INCLUDED TO ASSIST
IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCLAIMED MODIFICATIONS.

^GOODS OF MEXICO,...:|
"9906.29.33 TRIMETHOPRIM (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 2933.59.22)................ FREE (MX)

9906.29.35 SULFAMETHOXAZOL (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 2935.00.48)................ FREE (MX)

9906.44.21 VENETIAN BLINDS OF WOOD (PROVIDED
FOR IN SUBHEADING 4421.90.40)......... FREE (MX)

9906.59.03 WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYPROPYLENE,
COATED OR LAMINATED WITH PLASTICS ON ONE
SIDE ONLY (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING
5903.90.25)........................... FREE (MX)

9906.63.02 TOWELS OF COTTON, PRINTED, OTHER
THAN TERRY TOWELING OR SIMILAR TERRY
FABRICS (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING
6302.91.00)........................... FREE (MX)

9906.73.18 SCREWS AND BOLTS, WHETHER OR
NOT WITH THEIR NUTS OR WASHERS, FOR
AIRCRAFT (PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING
7318.15)............................ FREE (MX)"

* ANNEX I, SECTION B (53) OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7011,
DATED JUNE 30, 1997, STATES "SUBHEADINGS 8536.50.80 . . . ARE
SUPERSEDED AND THE FOLLOWING INSERTED, IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, IN
LIEU THEREOF . . . 8536.50.70 AND 8536.50.90."

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
MR. ANTHONY MAZZOCCOLI AT (202) 927-0564 OR MR. JOHN PIERCE
AT (202) 927-1249, TRADE AGREEMENTS.

JOYCE METZGER
/S/