CSMS Message: 99-000475

Title:EXPIRATION OF GSP
Date:1999-06-21
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TO: ALL ABI FILERS

FROM: TRADE SUPPORT BRANCH, OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: EXPIRATION OF GSP

ALL FILERS ARE REMINDED THAT, AS OF TODAY, JUNE 21, 1999, IT APPEARS
UNLIKELY THAT CONGRESS WILL RENEW THE GSP PRIOR TO ITS SCHEDULED
TERMINATION DATE OF JUNE 30, 1999 (SEE ADMIN MESSAGE 98=0987, OCT
28, 1998). UNTIL/UNLESS GSP IS RENEWED BY CONGRESS, ABI FILERS
MUST PROVIDE THE "ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE" IN THEIR ENTRY SUMMARY
TRANSMISSIONS TO ABI. TRANSMITTING THE ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE IS THE
ONLY WAY TO QUALIFY FOR GSP FOR CARGO WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON OR
BEFORE JUNE 30, 1999, AND FOR WHICH THE PAYMENT OF DUTIES WILL
OCCUR BY STATEMENT OR ACH ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1999.

FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS IT IS KNOWN.
QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.