| Title: | SWPM FROM CHINA/HONG KONG |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1999-01-07 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LEO WELLS
SUBJECT : OGA-SOLID WOOD PKG MATERIAL
DATE : 01/05/1999
RES-1-FO:TC:I:O LW
TO: ALL TRADE COMPLIANCE PROCESS OWNERS
FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION
RE: OGA-8-SOLID WOOD PACKING MATERIAL FROM CHINA
PASS TO: ALL NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS, IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS, INSPECTORS, IMPORTERS AND
BROKERS
WE REFER TO OUR TWO PREVIOUS EMAIL MESSAGES OF DECEMBER
22 AND 23, 1998, SAME SUBJECT. WHERE CHINESE (PRC) OR
HONG KONG GOODS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY ANY CHINESE SOLID
WOOD PACKING MATERIAL (SWPM) ARE EXPORTED THEREFROM TO A
THIRD COUNTRY (E.G., SINGAPORE OR CANADA) AND THEN
EXPORTED FROM SUCH THIRD COUNTRY TO THE U.S., AN
EXPORTER STATEMENT FROM THE EXPORTER OF THE THIRD
COUNTRY AFFIRMING NO CHINESE SWPM ACCOMPANYING THE
SHIPMENT IS TO BE RETAINED ON FILE WITH THE IMPORTER OR
BROKER. THIS PROCEDURE WILL SUFFICE FOR APHIS AND
CUSTOMS SWPM DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES.
IN THE ABOVE CITED EXAMPLE, IF AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY IS
FILED, INDICATOR "2" SHOULD BE UTILIZED IN THIS REGARD
(SEE ACS ADMIN MSG 98-1040, DATED NOV. 12, 1998,
SUBJECT: "ABI NEW '52' RECORD ABI ENTRY SUMMARY
REQUIREMENT" RELATING TO THIS ISSUE) UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE. THUS, INDICATOR "2" CAN BE USED IN A NUMBER OF
VARIATIONS IN THIS EXAMPLE, I.E., WHERE THERE IS NO SWPM
FROM ANY COUNTRY, NO CHINESE SWPM OR ONLY SWPM FROM THE
THIRD COUNTRY, NOT CHINA (PRC), AT THE TIME THE SHIPMENT
ARRIVES IN THE U.S.
INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS MATTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
CUSTOMS HQ., TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION, OGAL BRANCH, AT
(202) 927-0771.
PHILIP METZGER