| Title: | THAILAND |
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| Date: | 1998-07-07 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE
SUBJECT : GSP-THAILAND
DATE : 07/07/1998
8179073
JULY 7, 1998
TO : PORT AND CMC DIRECTORS, IMPORT AND ENTRY SPECIALISTS,
IMPORTERS, BROKERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS
SUBJECT: RESTORED PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT UNDER THE
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) FOR CERTAIN
ARTICLES FROM THAILAND
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6813 PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER,
VOL. 60, NO. 146, DATED JULY 31, 1995, PROVIDED IN PART FOR
MODIFICATIONS TO RESTORE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT TO IMPORTS
OF ELIGIBLE ARTICLES FROM THAILAND PROVIDE FOR UNDER HTSUS TARIFF
NUMBERS 6702.90.65, 7113.11.20, 7113.19.50, AND 9403.60.80. THE
PROCLAMATION SPECIFICALLY STATED IN PARAGRAPH (6)(B) THAT "THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR) SHALL ISSUE NOTICE IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER ANNOUNCING WHEN THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE HTS
MADE BY PARAGRAPH (3)(B) SHALL BE EFFECTIVE."
THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT PURSUANT TO USTR'S FEDERAL REGISTER
NOTICE DATE JUNE 30, 1998, VOL. 63, NO., GSP ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN
RESTORED TO THE ABOVE NOTED HTSUS NUMBERS FOR THAILAND. THE
RESTORATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER THE 15TH
DAY AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF USTR'S FEDERAL REGISTER
NOTICE.
NOTE: THE GSP EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1998, AND HAS
NOT BEEN RENEWED TO DATE. THE CHANGE IN THE GSP ELIGIBILITY
STATUS OF THE FOUR TARIFF NUMBERS NOTED ABOVE FOR THAILAND ONLY
ALLOWS IMPORTERS OF THESE ARTICLES, ON OR AFTER THE 15TH DAY FROM
THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF USTR'S FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE, TO
FILE THEIR ENTRY SUMMARIES WITH THE SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR "A"
TO INDICATE THEIR INTENT TO FILE A CLAIM FOR PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP SHOULD THE PROGRAM BE RENEWED
RETROACTIVELY. IMPORTERS OF THESE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT
DUTIES ON ALL SHIPMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE GSP IS RENEWED
BY CONGRESS.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JOHN
PIERCE, TRADE AGREEMENTS, (202) 927-1249.
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