CSMS Message: 98-000696

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : ACCELERATED NAFTA ELIMINATIONS

DATE : 08/13/1998

8225071

AUGUST 13, 1998

FO:OB:TA JAP

TO : ALL CMC AND PORT DIRECTORS, IMPORT AND ENTRY
SPECIALISTS, CUSTOMS BROKERS, IMPORTERS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES

FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECOND 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 7113 SIGNED JULY 31, 1998, AND
PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER VOL. 63, NO. 150, DATED AUGUST
5, 1998, IMPLEMENTS THE SECOND ROUND OF ACCELERATED TARIFF
ELIMINATIONS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE NAFTA. THIS NOTICE IS TO
ADVISE CUSTOMS FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE IMPORTING TRADE COMMUNITY
OF THOSE TARIFF ITEMS FOR WHICH THE UNITED STATES 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
MEXICO ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON
OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1998.

PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7113 IN
THEIR ENTIRETY AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE HTS AND/OR
YOUR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. CUSTOMS AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM
(ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES. NOTE: THE ANNEX
WHICH FOLLOWS IS A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE ANNEX WHICH APPEARS IN
THE PUBLISHED FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE AND SOME DIFFERENCES IN
FORMATTING EXIST. THEREFORE, WE STRONGLY ADVISE ALL INTERESTED
PARTIES TO ALSO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ABOVE NOTED FEDERAL REGISTER
NOTICE.

ANNEX

2909.49.10 2909.49.15 2915.90.14 2915.90.18 2916.39.03
2916.39.06 2916.39.45 2916.39.75 2917.39.70 2921.22.10
2922.49.27 2924.29.75 2933.40.08 2933.40.15 2933.40.20
2933.40.26 2933.40.60 2933.40.70 2933.90.13 2934.90.05
2934.90.06 2934.90.08 2934.90.39 2934.90.44 3808.30.50
3811.90.00 3822.00.50 3824.90.28 3824.90.45 3824.90.90
5112.11.10 5112.19.20 5208.11.20 5208.11.40 5208.11.60
5208.11.80 5208.12.40 5208.12.60 5208.12.80 5208.19.40
5208.19.60 5208.19.80 5208.21.20 5208.21.40 5208.21.60
5208.22.40 5208.22.60 5208.22.80 5208.29.40 5208.29.60
5208.29.80 5208.31.40 5208.31.60 5208.31.80 5208.32.30
5208.32.40 5208.32.50 5208.39.40 5208.39.60 5208.39.80
5208.41.40 5208.41.60 5208.41.80 5208.42.30 5208.42.40
5208.42.50 5208.43.00 5208.49.20 5208.49.40 5208.49.60
5208.49.80 5208.51.40 5208.51.60 5208.51.80 5208.52.30
5208.52.40 5208.52.50 5208.59.40 5208.59.60 5208.59.80
5209.11.00 5209.21.00 5209.29.00 5209.31.60 5209.39.00
5209.41.60 5209.43.00 5209.49.00 5209.51.60 5209.59.00
5210.11.40 5210.11.60 5210.11.80 5210.19.40 5210.19.60
5210.19.80 5210.21.40 5210.21.60 5210.21.80 5210.29.40
5210.29.60 5210.29.80 5210.31.40 5210.31.60 5210.31.80
5210.39.40 5210.39.60 5210.39.80 5210.41.40 5210.41.60
5210.41.80 5210.42.00 5210.49.20 5210.49.40 5210.49.60
5210.49.80 5210.51.40 5210.51.60 5210.51.80 5210.59.40
5210.59.60 5210.59.80 5211.11.00 5211.19.00 5211.21.00
5211.29.00 5211.31.00 5211.39.00 5211.41.00 5211.43.00
5211.49.00 5211.51.00 5211.59.00 5212.11.10 5212.11.60
5212.12.10 5212.12.60 5212.13.10 5212.13.60 5212.14.10
5212.14.60 5212.15.10 5212.15.60 5212.21.10 5212.21.60
5212.22.10 5212.22.60 5212.23.10 5212.23.60 5212.24.10
5212.24.60 5212.25.10 5212.25.60 5402.10.30 5402.10.60
5402.31.30 5402.31.60 5402.32.30 5402.32.60 5402.33.30
5402.33.60 5402.39.30 5402.39.60 5402.41.90 5402.43.10
5402.43.90 5402.59.00 5402.61.00 5402.62.00 5402.69.00
5403.20.60 5403.39.00 5403.49.00 5404.10.80 5405.00.30
5406.10.00 5406.20.00 5407.10.00 5407.20.00 5407.30.10
5407.30.90 5407.42.00 5407.43.10 5407.43.20 5407.44.00
5407.53.10 5407.53.20 5407.61.11 5407.61.19 5407.61.21
5407.61.29 5407.61.91 5407.61.99 5407.69.10 5407.69.20
5407.69.30 5407.69.40 5407.69.90 5407.71.00 5407.72.00
5407.73.10 5407.73.20 5407.74.00 5407.81.00 5407.82.00
5407.83.00 5407.84.00 5407.91.05 5407.91.10 5407.91.20
5407.92.05 5407.92.10 5407.92.20 5407.93.05 5407.93.10
5407.93.15 5407.93.20 5407.94.05 5407.94.10 5407.94.20
5408.10.00 5408.21.00 5408.22.10 5408.22.90 5408.23.11
5408.23.19 5408.23.21 5408.23.29 5408.24.10 5408.24.90
5408.31.05 5408.31.10 5408.31.20 5408.32.05 5408.32.10
5408.32.30 5408.32.90 5408.33.05 5408.33.10 5408.33.15
5408.33.30 5408.33.90 5408.34.05 5408.34.10 5408.34.30
5408.34.90 5501.10.00 5502.00.00 5503.40.00 5503.90.90
5506.90.00 5512.11.00 5512.19.00 5512.91.00 5512.99.00
5513.11.00 5513.12.00 5513.13.00 5513.19.00 5513.21.00
5513.22.00 5513.23.00 5513.29.00 5513.31.00 5513.32.00
5513.33.00 5513.39.00 5513.41.00 5513.42.00 5513.43.00
5513.49.00 5514.11.00 5514.12.00 5514.13.00 5514.19.00
5514.21.00 5514.22.00 5514.23.00 5514.29.00 5514.31.00
5514.32.00 5514.33.00 5514.39.00 5514.41.00 5514.42.00
5514.43.00 5514.49.00 5515.11.00 5515.12.00 5515.13.05
5515.19.00 5515.21.00 5515.22.05 5515.29.00 5515.91.00
5515.92.05 5515.92.10 5515.99.00 5516.21.00 5516.22.00
5516.23.00 5516.24.00 5516.31.05 5516.32.05 5516.33.05
5516.34.05 5516.34.10 5516.41.00 5516.42.00 5516.43.00
5516.44.00 5516.91.00 5516.92.00 5516.93.00 5516.94.00
5602.21.00 5603.11.00 5603.12.00 5603.13.00 5603.14.30
5603.14.90 5603.91.00 5603.92.00 5603.93.00 5603.94.10
5603.94.30 5603.94.90 5604.20.00 5604.90.00 5607.50.25
5608.11.00 5608.19.10 5608.19.20 5608.90.10 5609.00.10
5801.10.00 5801.21.00 5801.23.00 5801.24.00 5801.26.00
5801.31.00 5801.33.00 5801.34.00 5801.36.00 5802.11.00
5802.19.00 5802.20.00 5802.30.00 5803.10.00 5803.90.11
5803.90.12 5803.90.20 5803.90.30 5803.90.40 5811.00.10
5811.00.20 5811.00.30 5811.00.40 5901.10.10 5901.10.20
5901.90.20 5901.90.40 5903.20.10 5903.20.18 5903.20.25
5903.20.30 5903.90.25 5903.90.30 5905.00.90 5906.91.10
5906.91.25 5906.91.30 5906.99.10 5906.99.25 5906.99.30
5907.00.15 5907.00.35 5907.00.60 5907.00.80 5908.00.00
5909.00.20 5910.00.90 5911.31.00 5911.32.00 6210.10.50
6302.21.30 6302.21.50 6302.21.70 6302.21.90 6302.22.10
6302.22.20 6302.29.00 6302.31.30 6302.31.50 6302.31.70
6302.31.90 6302.32.10 6302.32.20 6302.39.00 6302.91.00
6304.19.05 6304.19.10 6304.19.15 6304.19.20 6304.19.30
6307.90.30 6307.90.40 6307.90.50 6307.90.60 6307.90.68
6307.90.72 6307.90.75 6307.90.89 6505.90.15 6505.90.20
6505.90.25 6505.90.30 6505.90.40 6505.90.50 6505.90.60
6505.90.70 6505.90.80 6505.90.90 7216.22.00 7219.21.00
7219.22.00 7220.11.00 7223.00.10 7223.00.50 7223.00.90
7229.10.00 8544.51.90 9101.11.40 9101.11.80 9102.11.10
9102.11.25 9102.11.30 9102.11.45 9102.11.50 9102.11.65
9102.11.70 9102.11.95 9102.91.40 9102.91.80 9108.11.40
9108.11.80

ANNEX (CONTINUED)

SECTION B. SUBCHAPTER VI OF CHAPTER 99 IS MODIFIED AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION.

(1). SUBHEADINGS 9906.29.24, 9906.29.40, 9906.38.22, 9906.52.08,
9906.54.01, 9906.55.01, 9906.55.02, 9906.56.01, 9906.59.03 AND
9906.63.02 ARE DELETED.

(2). THE SUPERIOR TEXT PRECEDING SUBHEADING 9906.38.03 WHICH
READS "CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL OR
ALLIED INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING THOSE CONSISTING OF MIXTURES OF
NATURAL PRODUCTS), NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; RESIDUAL
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES, NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED:", THE SUPERIOR TEXT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
SUBHEADING 9906.38.03, AND SUBHEADING 9906.38.04 ARE ALL DELETED.

(3). THE FOLLOWING NEW SUBHEADINGS ARE INSERTED IN NUMERICAL
SEQUENCE:

GOODS OF MEXICO,...:
9906.54.10 SOLUTIONS DYED HIGH TENACITY
SINGLE YARN OF VISCOSE RAYON,
THE FOREGOING CERTIFIED BY THE
IMPORTER TO BE SOLUTION DYED
(PROVIDED FOR IN SUBHEADING
5403.10.30)............................ FREE(MX)

9906.54.20 OTHER SOLUTION DYED SINGLE YARN
OF VISCOSE RAYON, UNTWISTED OR WITH
A TWIST NOT EXCEEDING 120 TURNS/M,
THE FOREGOING CERTIFIED BY THE IMPORTER
TO BE SOLUTION DYED (PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBHEADING 5403.31).................... FREE(MX)

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

JOYCE METZGER
/S/