CSMS Message: 98-001196

Title:NEW DUTIES-BROOM CORN BROOMS
Date:1998-12-21
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : JOHN ZZ-PIERCE

SUBJECT : NEW DUTIES-BROOM CORN BROOMS

DATE : 12/15/1998

8349071

DECEMBER 15, 1998

FO:OB:TA JAP

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

FROM :DIRECTOR, TRADE AGREEMENTS

SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE 1998 HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE
UNITED STATES (HTSUS)

PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7154, "TO TERMINATE
TEMPORARY DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF BROOM CORN BROOMS", OF DECEMBER 3,
1998, PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 63, NO. 235, PAGES
67761-67763, DATED TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1998, PLEASE MAKE THE
FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE 1998 HTSUS. THE AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL
SYSTEM (ACS) HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES.

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE HTSUS ARE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO
GOODS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE FOR CONSUMPTION, ON OR
AFTER DECEMBER 3, 1998.

1. SUBHEADING 9603.10.50 IS MODIFIED BY INSERTING IN
ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCE IN THE PARENTHETICAL EXPRESSION IN
COLUMN 1-SPECIAL THE SYMBOL ",MX".

2. SUBHEADINGS 9903.96.01 THROUGH 9903.96.19, INCLUSIVE, AND
ANY SUPERIOR TEXT RELATED THERETO ARE DELETED.

3. SUBHEADING 9906.96.02 IS MODIFIED BY STRIKING "32.5%" FROM
COLUMN 1-SPECIAL AND BY INSERTING IN LIEU THEREOF "22.4%".
THE PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6961 SUSPENDING
PREVIOUSLY PROCLAIMED CONCESSIONS REGARDING BROOMS, WHOLLY
OR IN PART OF BROOM CORN, THAT ARE GOODS OF MEXICO UNDER THE
TERMS OF GENERAL NOTE 12 TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE ARE
TERMINATED, AND ALL SUCH PREVIOUSLY PROCLAIMED CONCESSIONS,
UNDER PROCLAMATION 6641 OF DECEMBER 15, 1993, SHALL BE
IMPLEMENTED AS SCHEDULED IN SUCH PROCLAMATION.

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

JOYCE METZGER