CSMS Message: 98-000578

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : GSP-HONDURAS

DATE : 07/14/1998

8195071
JULY 14, 1998
TO : PORT AND CMC DIRECTORS, IMPORT AND ENTRY SPECIALISTS,
BROKERS, IMPORTERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS
SUBJECT: TERMINATION OF ACTION: PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS
MESSAGE NUMBER 8103071, DATED APRIL 13, 1998, ADVISED CUSTOMS
FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE TRADE COMMUNITY OF 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.
THIS IS TO ADVISE CUSTOMS FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE TRADE COMMUNITY
THAT PURSUANT TO THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE'S (USTR) FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 63, NO. 125,
NOTICE DATED TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1998, 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 HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
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 TARIFF NUMBERS NOTED IN THE ANNEX BELOW ONLY ALLOWS
IMPORTERS TO FILE THEIR ENTRY SUMMARIES WITH THE SPECIAL PROGRAM
INDICATORS "A" TO INDICATE THEIR INTENT TO FILE A CLAIM FOR
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT UNDER THE GSP SHOULD THE PROGRAM BE
RENEWED RETROACTIVELY. IMPORTERS OF GOODS COVERED BY THE TARIFF
ITEM NUMBERS LISTED FOR GSP ARE REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT DUTIES ON ALL
SHIPMENTS UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE PROGRAM IS RENEWED BY
CONGRESS.
THE FOLLOWING IS A MODIFIED ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE ANNEX OF
USTR'S FEDERAL REGISTER, DATE JUNE 30, 1998. THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE SUSPENSION TERMINATION IS NOTED IN THE ANNEX. THE
AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM (ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT
THESE MODIFICATIONS. PLEASE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PEN AND INK
CHANGES TO THE HTSUS.
ANNEX
THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTS")
IS MODIFIED AS SET FORTH BELOW WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED,
1OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER THE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JANUARY 1, 1976, AND (II) ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE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, OR ON AFTER JUNE 30, 1998:
(A). GENERAL NOTE 4(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY DELETING 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 JUNE 30, 1998.
(A). GENERAL NOTE 7(D) TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY:
(I). IN SUBDIVISION (II) DELETING "OF THE CBERA;" AND
INSERTING "OF THE CBERA; OR" IN LIEU THEREOF;
(II). IN SUBDIVISION (III) DELETING "PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
NOTE; OR" AND INSERTING "PROVIDED FOR IN THIS NOTE." IN LIEU
THEREOF; AND,
(III). DELETING SUBDIVISION (IV).
(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
3. WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLES ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR AFTER THE APRIL 20, 1998,
GENERAL NOTE 7 TO THE HTS IS MODIFIED BY DELETING SUBDIVISION
7(G) AND INSERTING THE FOLLOWING NEW SUBDIVISION 7(G) IN LIEU
THEREOF:
"(G) THE DUTY-FREE TREATMENT PROVIDED UNDER THE CBERA SHALL
NOT APPLY TO 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."
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JOHN
PIERCE, TRADE AGREEMENTS, (202) 927-1249.