| Title: | MIS ADDITIONAL QIZ DESIGNATION |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1999-11-18 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : LEON HAYWARD
SUBJECT : MIS Additional QIZ Designation
s TE : 11/18/1999
0322071
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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TO : DIRECTORS FIELD OPERATIONS, PORT DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT PORT
DIRECTORS TRADE OPERATIONS
FROM : DIRECTOR, TRADE PROGRAMS
PASS TO: IMPORT SPECIALISTS, BROKERS, IMPORTERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES
SUBJECT: THE DESIGNATION OF THE ISRAELI-JORDANIAN AL-KERAK INDUSTRIAL
ESTATE, THE AL-KULAYL INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND THE AL-TAJAMOUAT
INDUSTRIAL CITY AS QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES UNDER THE
UNITED STATES-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AREA IMPLEMENTATION ACT (THE
"FTA ACT")
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 7337073, DATED DECEMBER 2, 1996, ADVISED CUSTOMS
FIELD PERSONNEL AND THE TRADE COMMUNITY THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 6955 ON NOVEMBER 13, 1996. THE PROCLAMATION,
PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 61, NO. 223, DATED MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 18, 1996, PROVIDED FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS IMPORTED
DIRECTLY FROM THE WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP, A QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONE
(QIZ), OR ISRAEL.
PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY DELEGATED BY THE PRESIDENT, THE OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE (USTR), IN A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 15, 1999, (64 FR 56015-56016) DESIGNATED THREE
ADDITIONAL QIZ'S UNDER THE FTA ACT. THOSE ZONES ARE THE
ISRAELI-JORDANIAN AL-KERAK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THE AL-KULAYL INDUSTRIAL
PARK, AND THE AL-TAJAMOUAT INDUSTRIAL CITY. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR
GOODS IMPORTED DIRECTLY FROM THOSE ZONES TO THE UNITED STATES BECAME
EFFECTIVE UPON THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE THREE QIZ'S, THREE OTHER ISRAELI-JORDANIAN
QIZ'S HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF THE USTR. THE
GATEWAY PROJECTS INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND THE EXPANDED IRBID QUALIFYING
INDUSTRIAL ZONE WERE DESIGNATED AS QIZ'S IN A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
PUBLISHED ON MARCH 19, 1999 (64 FR 13623-13624). THE IRBID QUALIFYING
INDUSTRIAL ZONE WAS DESIGNATED AS A QIZ IN A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE
PUBLISHED ON MARCH 13, 1998 (63 FR 12572-12573).
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO LEON HAYWARD,
TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH, AT (202) 927-9704.
ELIZABETH G. DURANT
/S/
CC: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS