CSMS Message: 98-000322

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : GSP/CBI SUSPENSION-HONDURAS

DATE : 04/13/98

8103071

APRIL 13, 1998

FO:TA JAP

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

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT: SUSPENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) AND THE
CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE (CBI) TO CERTAIN ARTICLES
THAT ARE PRODUCT OF HONDURAS

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF ANNEX I OF THE OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE'S (USTR) FEDERAL
REGISTER, VOL. 63, NO. 64, NOTICE DATED FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1998,
REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ACCORDED UNDER
THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) AND THE CARIBBEAN
BASIN INITIATIVE (CBI) TO CERTAIN ARTICLES THAT ARE PRODUCT OF
HONDURAS. THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED
TO IDENTIFY THE ARTICLES NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER THE ABOVE NOTED
SPECIAL PROGRAMS. PLEASE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PEN AND INK
CHANGES TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS).

ANNEX I

THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS")
IS MODIFIED AS SET FORTH BELOW WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATES SPECIFIED FOR THE ENUMERATED ACTIONS:
1. WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES BOTH: (I) IMPORTED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 1976, AND (II) ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE
FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER APRIL 20, 1998.
(A). GENERAL NOTE 4(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY ADDING, IN
NUMERICAL SEQUENCE, THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS AND THE COUNTRY SET
OUT OPPOSITE THEM:

0707.00.20 HONDURAS
0707.00.40 HONDURAS
0807.11.30 HONDURAS

(B). FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS, THE RATES OF DUTY
1-SPECIAL SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL "A" AND
INSERTING AN "A*" IN LIEU THEREOF:

0707.00.20
0707.00.40
0807.11.30

2. WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER APRIL 20, 1998.
(A). GENERAL NOTE 7 TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED:
(I). BY DELETING SUBDIVISION 7(D)(IV) AND INSERTING THE
FOLLOWING NEW SUBDIVISION IN LIEU THEREOF:
"(IV) ARTICLES THE PRODUCT OF HONDURAS CLASSIFIABLE IN THE
FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS:

0707.00.20
0707.00.40
0807.11.30
2402.10.30
2402.10.60

(II). BY ADDING A NEW SUBDIVISION 7(G) AS FOLLOWS:
"(G) ANY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT OF CHAPTERS 2 THROUGH 52,
INCLUSIVE, THAT IS SUBJECT TO A TARIFF-RATE QUOTA, IF ENTERED IN
A QUANTITY IN EXCESS OF THE IN-QUOTA QUANTITY FOR SUCH PRODUCT."
(B). FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS, THE RATES OF DUTY 1-SPECIAL
SUBCOLUMN IS MODIFIED BY DELETING THE SYMBOL "E" AND INSERTING AN "
E*" IN LIEU THEREOF:

0707.00.20
0707.00.40
0807.11.30
2402.10.30
2402.10.60

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

JOYCE METZGER
/S/