CSMS Message: 98-000122

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : TECH CORRECTIONS TO THE HTS

DATE : 02/11/98

8042071

FEBRUARY 11, 1998

FO:TA JAP

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

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT: TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE'S (USTR) FEDERAL REGISTER
NOTICE DATED MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1997, REGARDING "TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES" (HTSUS). PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING NOTICE AND MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE PEN AND INK CORRECTIONS TO THE HTSUS. THE AUTOMATED
COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED WHERE APPROPRIATE.

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF
THE UNITED STATES

AGENCY: OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.
ACTION: TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
OF THE UNITED STATES.

SUMMARY: THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR) IS MAKING
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE
UNITED STATES (HTS) AS SET FORTH IN THE ANNEX TO THIS NOTICE,
PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT IN
SECTION 604 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 AND DELEGATED BY THE
PRESIDENT TO THE USTR IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 6969 OF
JANUARY 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415). THESE MODIFICATIONS WILL CORRECT
ERRORS IN PRIOR PROCLAMATIONS, SO THAT THE INTENDED TARIFF
TREATMENT IS ACCORDED.

ADDRESS: OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, 600
17TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BARBARA CHATTIN, DIRECTOR FOR
TARIFF AFFAIRS (202) 395-5097, OR CATHERINE FIELD, SENIOR COUNSEL
FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, (202) 395-3432.

EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES

THIS NOTICE MAKES SEVERAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES(HTS) TO REMEDY OMISSIONS,
MISSPELLINGS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDED IN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED
PROCLAMATIONS, OR TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES IN HTS PROVISIONS
PREVIOUSLY PROCLAIMED TO REFLECT PREVIOUS MODIFICATIONS TO THE
HTS. THE MODIFICATION MADE IN EACH PARAGRAPH IS EXPLAINED IN
TURN.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 1. CONFORMS CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR GOODS
RETURNED FROM CANADA OR MEXICO AFTER ALTERATIONS OR REPAIRS WITH
U.S. OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NAFTA. THIS MODIFICATION IS EFFECTIVE
AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NAFTA, I.E., JANUARY 1,
1994.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 2.(A) MODIFIES AN HTS CATEGORY TO ALLOW
DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF A PRODUCT ENUMERATED IN THE INTERMEDIATE
CHEMICALS FOR DYES APPENDIX TO THE HTS, AS PROVIDED FOR IN
SCHEDULE XX AS ANNEXED TO THE MARRAKESH PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO AGREEMENT). THE
SPECIAL DUTY RATE SYMBOL "L" MUST APPEAR IN THE HTS TARIFF
CATEGORY CONTAINING AN INTERMEDIATE CHEMICAL ENUMERATED IN THIS
HTS APPENDIX FOR CUSTOMS TO ALLOW DUTY-FREE ENTRY UPON CLAIMS
THEREFOR BY IMPORTERS. THE ACTION IS EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF
ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE WTO AGREEMENT, I.E., JANUARY 1, 1995.

ACTIONS 2.(B) AND (C) REALIGN LANGUAGE IN PARTICULAR HTS LEGAL
NOTES TO ENSURE THAT THE TARIFF TREATMENT INTENDED UNDER THE
NAFTA IS ACHIEVED. THE MODIFICATION CORRECTS AN ERROR
INCORPORATED IN A PREVIOUS PROCLAMATION AND IS EFFECTIVE AS OF
THE DATE OF THAT ERRONEOUS MODIFICATION. THE CORRECTION ENSURES
THAT PARTICULAR PROVISIONS DEALING WITH TEXTILE AND APPAREL
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ORIGINATING GOODS (INCLUDING "PRODUCTS OF"
CANADA OR MEXICO) AND NON-ORIGINATING GOODS (INCLUDING "IMPORTS
FROM" THESE COUNTRIES--POTENTIALLY APPLICABLE TO TRANSSHIPPED
THIRD-COUNTRY GOODS AS WELL AS OTHER GOODS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY
TRANSFORMED INTO NAFTA ORIGINATING GOODS) UNDER THE TERMS OF HTS
GENERAL NOTE 12.

THE ACTIONS DESIGNATED AS 2.(D) AND 2.(E) CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL
OR SPELLING ERRORS AND ARE EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE THE
PARTICULAR HTS CATEGORIES WERE ESTABLISHED OR MODIFIED.

THE ACTIONS IN SECTION 3.(A) MAKE A CONFORMING CHANGE (REFLECTING
A RENUMBERING OF AN HTS CATEGORY) IN ONE NAFTA TARIFF SHIFT RULE
IN GENERAL NOTE 12(T), AND REINSERT ANOTHER TARIFF SHIFT RULE
THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS ERRONEOUSLY DELETED, EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE
OF THE PRIOR ACTION OR DELETION, RESPECTIVELY.

ACTIONS DESIGNATED AS 3.(B) AND 3.(C) MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES
THAT REFLECT IN ONE SET OF HTS PROVISIONS THE PREVIOUS, BUT
UNRECOGNIZED, MODIFICATIONS TO OTHER PROVISIONS. THE CHANGES ARE
EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF THE PREVIOUS MODIFICATIONS TO THESE
CORRESPONDING HTS PROVISIONS.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 3.(D) CORRECTS THE OMISSION OF A
CONFORMING CHANGE FROM PROCLAMATION 6857 OF DECEMBER 11, 1995.
THE CITED NOTE TO SUBCHAPTER II OF CHAPTER 98 SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MODIFIED TO REFLECT A WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION (WCO) CHANGE IN
THE STATUS OF THE NOTE. THE WCO ELEVATED ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 1
TO SECTION XV FROM ITS PRIOR STATUS AS A U.S. NOTE TO THE STATUS
OF INTERNATIONAL-LEVEL NOTE 3 TO SECTION XV. AS A RESULT OF THIS
WCO ACTION THE NOTE IS NOW INCLUDED IN THE ANNEX TO THE
HARMONIZED SYSTEM CONVENTION.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 4. CORRECTS AN OMISSION FROM
PROCLAMATION 6982 OF APRIL 1, 1997, WHICH MODIFIED THE SCOPE OF
DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER THE PHARMACEUTICALS APPENDIX
TO THE HTS.

SECTION 5. CORRECTS 3 TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER NOTICE THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND WAS EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 28,
1997, WHICH MADE CERTAIN CHANGES IN NAFTA RULES OF ORIGIN SET
FORTH IN GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE HTS.

THE ACTIONS IN SECTION 6. CORRECT AN OMISSION AND ERRORS IN
PROCLAMATION 7007 OF MAY 30, 1997, WHICH MODIFIED DUTY-FREE
TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP FOR LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE FIRST ACTION PROVIDES SUCH TREATMENT
TO A SUBHEADING CREATED IN THE PROCLAMATION, AND THE SECOND
ACTION DELETES FROM THE LIST OF HTS SUBHEADINGS THAT WERE
DESIGNATED FOR THE NEW GSP TREATMENT CERTAIN TARIFF CATEGORIES
THAT WERE ALREADY ELIGIBLE FOR GSP BENEFITS.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 7. CORRECTS THE ADVERTENT DELETION OF A
PREEXISTING DUTY SUSPENSION PROVISION FROM THE HTS AND RECOGNIZE
THE GOODS COVERED UNDER THE FORMER DUTY SUSPENSION NOW FALL IN
ANOTHER PROVISION OF CHAPTER 84. AS A RESULT OF THIS PRIOR
CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION, THE DUTY SUSPENSION PROVISION OF
CHAPTER 99 MUST BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE PERMANENT TARIFF
SUBHEADING NOW APPLICABLE TO THESE GOODS. THE CONTINUATION OF
THE DUTY SUSPENSION (WHICH HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE CLOSE OF 2000) ALLOWS THE SUBJECT PRODUCTS TO CONTINUE TO
ENTER THE CUSTOMS TERRITORY FREE OF DUTY.

THE ACTIONS DESIGNATED AS 8. CORRECT ERRORS IN DATES IN
PROVISIONS OF THE CITED PROCLAMATION SO THAT FUTURE PROCLAIMED
ACTIONS COULD BE ADMINISTERED AS INTENDED.

ACTIONS DESIGNATED AS 9.(A) AND (B) CORRECT TWO ERRORS IN STAGING
TABLES IN THE HTS. THE STAGING TABLE FOR GENERAL RATES OF DUTY
CONTAINED ERRONEOUS 1997 AND 1998 DUTY RATES FOR SUBHEADING
2620.90.20, IN THAT THE TWO RATES SHOWN IN THE STAGING TABLE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVERSED. THUS, AS PRESENTLY PROCLAIMED, THE
1997 DUTY RATE IS TOO LOW AND THE 1998 DUTY RATE WOULD INCREASE
BEFORE RETURNING TO THE SCHEDULED 1999 STAGE; IT WAS INTENDED
THAT THE 1998 AND 1999 RATES BE THE SAME. THIS NOTICE ALSO
CORRECTS THE INADVERTENT OMISSION OF THE FINAL STAGED CANADA RATE
UNDER THE NAFTA FOR SUBHEADING 8529.90.88. AS PRESENTLY
PROCLAIMED, THE 1997 DUTY RATE OF "0.5% (CA)" WOULD NOT BE
ELIMINATED AS SCHEDULED ON JANUARY 1, 1998.

ACTIONS DESIGNATED AS 9.(C) THROUGH (H) CORRECT PREVIOUSLY
PROCLAIMED PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL NOTES TO THE HTS TO UPDATE
STATUTORY REFERENCES AND THEREBY REFLECT THE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE
V OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 CONCERNING THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES (GSP). SOME OF THESE PROVISIONS DEAL WITH THE FREELY
ASSOCIATED STATES (SEE GENERAL NOTE 10), BECAUSE THE STATUTE
IMPLEMENTING THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION IMPOSED CERTAIN
CRITERIA OF THE GSP PROGRAM AS LIMITATIONS ON IMPORTS.

THE ACTION DESIGNATED AS 10. CORRECTS OMISSIONS FROM PROCLAMATION
6914 OF AUGUST 28, 1996, WHICH MODIFIED THE ALLOCATION OF TARIFF-
RATE QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN CHEESES FROM THE EC 15. FOR THE
ENUMERATED CHEESE QUOTA NOTES, PROCLAMATION 6914 MODIFIED THE
NOTES BY CHANGING THE REFERENCE TO "EC 12" TO READ "EC 15" BUT
DID NOT PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASED QUOTA ACCESS FOR THE YEARS 1999
AND 2000 AS SET FORTH IN PROCLAMATION 6763 OF DECEMBER 23, 1994.

AMBASSADOR CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

ANNEX

CORRECTIONS: THE HTS IS MODIFIED AS SET FORTH BELOW WITH RESPECT
TO GOODS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON
OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATES SPECIFIED FOR THE ENUMERATED
ACTIONS:

1. EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1994, U.S. NOTE 3 TO SUBCHAPTER II
OF CHAPTER 98 OF THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY REDESIGNATING
SUBDIVISION (D) AS SUBDIVISION (E), AND BY INSERTING THE
FOLLOWING NEW SUBDIVISION IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE:

"(D) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBHEADINGS 9802.00.40 AND
9802.00.50, THE RATES OF DUTY IN THE "SPECIAL"
SUBCOLUMN OF COLUMN 1 FOLLOWED BY THE SYMBOL "CA" OR
"MX" IN PARENTHESES SHALL APPLY TO ANY GOODS WHICH ARE
RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER HAVING BEEN
REPAIRED OR ALTERED IN CANADA OR IN MEXICO,
RESPECTIVELY, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH GOODS ARE GOODS OF
CANADA OR GOODS OF MEXICO UNDER THE TERMS OF GENERAL
NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE."

2. EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1995, THE HTS IS MODIFIED AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) FOR SUBHEADING 2922.49.37, THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL
SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING, IN ALPHABETICAL
SEQUENCE, THE SYMBOL "L" IN THE PARENTHESES FOLLOWING
THE "FREE" RATE OF DUTY IN SUCH SUBCOLUMN.
(B) IN THE ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTES TO HTS SECTION XI LISTED
BELOW, THE EXPRESSION "ARTICLES THE PRODUCT OF CANADA"
IS DELETED AT EACH INSTANCE AND THE EXPRESSION "IMPORTS
FROM CANADA" IS INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF.
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(A) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 4(C)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(F) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 5(A)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 4(A) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 5(C)
(C) IN THE ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTES TO HTS SECTION XI LISTED
BELOW, THE EXPRESSION "ARTICLES THE PRODUCT OF MEXICO"
IS DELETED AT EACH INSTANCE AND THE EXPRESSION "IMPORTS
FROM MEXICO" IS INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF.
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(B) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 4(B)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(C) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 4(D)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(D) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 5(B)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(E) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 5(D)
ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 3(G)
(D) THE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION FOR HTS HEADING 9817.29.01 IS
MODIFIED BY DELETING "3701.90.32" AND BY INSERTING IN
LIEU THEREOF "3707.90.32".
(E) THE INTERMEDIATE CHEMICALS FOR DYES APPENDIX TO THE HTS
IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE CHEMICAL NAME "BANZAMINE,
2,6-DICHLORO-4-NITRO" AND BY INSERTING "BENZAMINE, 2,6-
DICHLORO-4-NITRO" IN LIEU THEREOF, AND BY DELETING THE
CHEMICAL NAME "BENZENEAMINE, 2-(TRIFLOUROMETHYL)-" AND
BY INSERTING "BENZENEAMINE, 2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)-" IN
LIEU THEREOF.

3. EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1996, THE HTS IS MODIFIED AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION RULES ("TCRS") IN SUBDIVISION
(T) OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE HTS ARE MODIFIED BY
DELETING FROM CHAPTER RULE 1 TO CHAPTER 61 AND FROM
CHAPTER RULE 1 TO CHAPTER 62 THE SUBHEADING NUMBER
"5407.60" AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "5407.61".
(B) THE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION FOR HTS SUBHEADING 6303.92.10
IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "5407.60.11, 5407.60.21 OR
5407.60.91" AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF
"5407.61.11, 5407.61.21 OR 5407.61.91".
(C) THE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION FOR HTS SUBHEADING 9017.20.50
IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "8456.90.20" AND BY INSERTING
IN LIEU THEREOF "8456.99.10".
(D) U.S. NOTE 3(D) TO SUBCHAPTER II OF CHAPTER 98 IS
MODIFIED BY DELETING "ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE 1" AND
INSERTING "NOTE 3" IN LIEU THEREOF.

4. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1997, FOR SUBHEADING 2933.59.95, THE
RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING,
IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE, THE SYMBOL "K" IN THE PARENTHESES
FOLLOWING THE "FREE" RATE OF DUTY IN SUCH SUBCOLUMN.

5. EFFECTIVE APRIL 28, 1997, GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE HTS IS
MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) BY NUMBERING THE TARIFF CLASSIFICATION RULE TO CHAPTER
82 THAT READS "A CHANGE TO SUBHEADINGS 8202.39 THROUGH
8202.99 FROM ANY OTHER CHAPTER." AS TCR 4 TO THAT
CHAPTER;
(B) BY MODIFYING TCR 231 FOR CHAPTER 84 BY DELETING "TARIFF
ITEMS," AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "TARIFF
ITEM,"; AND
(C) BY DELETING FROM TCR 90 FOR CHAPTER 85 "8428.12.62" AND
BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "8528.12.62".

6. EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 1997:
(A) FOR HTS SUBHEADING 0802.90.98, THE RATES OF DUTY 1-
SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING, IMMEDIATELY
BEFORE THE SYMBOL "CA" IN PARENTHESES, THE SYMBOL
"A+,"; AND
(B) SECTION (C) TO ANNEX II TO PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
7007 IS MODIFIED BY DELETING HTS SUBHEADINGS
0802.90.90, 2901.29.50, 8607.19.03, 9603.10.50 AND
9603.10.60.

7. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997, SECTION B OF ANNEX I TO PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 7011 OF JUNE 30, 1997, IS MODIFIED BY DELETING
THE TEXT OF PARAGRAPH (68) AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF
THE FOLLOWING: 'HEADING 9902.84.77 IS MODIFIED BY DELETING
"8477.10.80" AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "8477.10.70".'

8. EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER, SECTION A(5) OF ANNEX II TO PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 6969 IS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) BY DELETING, FROM SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF SUCH SECTION, THE
EXPRESSION "APRIL 1, 1998, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1999,
INCLUSIVE" AND BY INSERTING "APRIL 1 IN ANY YEAR
THROUGH MARCH 31, INCLUSIVE" IN LIEU THEREOF; AND
(B) BY DELETING, FROM SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF SUCH SECTION, THE
EXPRESSION "APRIL 1, 1999, THROUGH MARCH 31, 2000,
INCLUSIVE" AND BY INSERTING "APRIL 1, 2000, THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2001, INCLUSIVE" IN LIEU THEREOF.

9. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998:
(A) SECTION D OF THE ANNEX TO PROCLAMATION 6763 IS MODIFIED
BY STRIKING FROM THE COLUMN HEADED "1998" FOR
SUBHEADING 2620.90.20 THE DUTY RATE OF "18.5\KG ON
TUNGSTEN CONTENT + 4%" AND BY INSERTING THE DUTY RATE
"17.6\KG ON TUNGSTEN CONTENT + 4%" IN LIEU THEREOF; AND
(B) SUBHEADING 8529.90.88 IS MODIFIED BY STRIKING FROM THE
"SPECIAL" RATES OF DUTY SUBCOLUMN THE RATE "0.5% (CA)"
AND BY INSERTING IN ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE IN THE
PARENTHETICAL EXPRESSION FOLLOWING THE DUTY RATE OF
"FREE" IN SUCH SUBCOLUMN THE SYMBOL "CA,".
(C) GENERAL NOTE 3(IV)(C) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "SECTIONS
503(B) AND 504(C) AND BY INSERTING "SECTIONS 503(A)(2),
503(A)(3) AND 503(C)" IN LIEU THEREOF.
(D) GENERAL NOTE 4(A) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "SECTION
502(A)(3) OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2462(A)(3)" AND BY INSERTING "SECTION 507(2) OF THE
TRADE ACT OF 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(2)" IN LIEU THEREOF.
(E) GENERAL NOTE 4(B)(I) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "SECTION
504(C)(6)" AND BY INSERTING "SECTION 502(A)(2)" IN LIEU
THEREOF, BY DELETING "SECTION 504(C)" AND BY INSERTING
"SECTION 503(C)(2)(A)" IN LIEU THEREOF, AND BY DELETING
"19 U.S.C. 2464(C)" AND BY INSERTING "19 U.S.C.
2463(C)(2)(A)" IN LIEU THEREOF.
(F) THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF GENERAL NOTE 4(C) IS MODIFIED BY
DELETING "SECTION 503(A)(3)" AND BY INSERTING "SECTION
507(2)" IN LIEU THEREOF.
(G) GENERAL NOTE 10(E)(I)(A) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING
"SECTION 504(C)(1)(A) OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2464(C)(1)(A)" AND BY INSERTING "SECTIONS
503(C)(2)(A)(I)(I) AND 503(C)(2)(A)(II) OF THE TRADE
ACT OF 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(C)(2)(A)(I)(I) AND
503(C)(2)(A)(II)" IN LIEU THEREOF.
(H) GENERAL NOTE 10(F) IS MODIFIED BY DELETING "SECTION
504(C)(3) OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2464(C)(3)" AND BY INSERTING "SECTION 503(C)(2)(F) OF
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(C)(2)(F)" IN LIEU
THEREOF.

10. EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1 IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THE
ENUMERATED ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE HTS ARE
EACH MODIFIED BY DELETING THE EXISTING QUANTITATIVE
LIMITATION SET FORTH THEREIN FOR THE EC 15 AND BY INSERTING
IN LIEU THEREOF THE NEW QUANTITATIVE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN
THIS TABLE:
1999 2000
(A) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE
17 TO CHAPTER 4 2,729,000 2,779,000
(B) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE
18 TO CHAPTER 4 1,096,333 1,263,000
(C) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE
19 TO CHAPTER 4 337,333 354,000
(D) ADDITIONAL U.S. NOTE
21 TO CHAPTER 4 3,965,333 4,082,000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THESE TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE ABOVE-NAMED OFFICIALS OF THE
USTR AT THE NUMBER NOTED ABOVE.

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

SIGNED
JOYCE METZGER