July 21, 2006

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MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS

FROM : Executive Director, Trade Enforcement and Facilitation

Office of Field Operations

SUBJECT: Modifications under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
effective January 23, 2006 and July 1, 2006

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has restored Ukraine as a GSP
beneficiary country as of January 23, 2006 through a Federal Register
notice on February 3, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 23). General Note 4 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) has been updated recently to reflect
this change. Importers may avail themselves of post entry administrative
procedures to receive a refund of duties for goods entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 23, 2006 through the
submission of Supplemental Information Letter (SIL) or a Post-Entry
Amendment (PEA).

Additionally, Presidential Proclamation 8033, dated June 30, 2006, and
published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 128),
modified the duty-free treatment for certain articles for certain
countries under the GSP program. Section 503 of title V of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)) specifies that the President may
withdraw, suspend, or limit the designation of specified articles
provided for in the HTS with respect to the GSP. We have included the
Annexes to this Proclamation, which outlines the changes to the GSP:

Annex I

Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS)

[Section A.]{.underline} Effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2006
general note 4(d) to the HTS is modified by:

(i). deleting the following subheadings and the countries set out
opposite such subheading:

30. Barbados

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29. Ukraine

(ii). Adding, in numerical sequence, the following subheadings and
countries set out opposite them:

0306.24.20 Venezuela 3201.90.50 Peru

0713.90.80 India 3923.21.00 Thailand

0904.20.20 Peru 6406.10.85 Dominican Republic

0904.20.76 India 7010.90.30 Panama

1102.90.30 Thailand 7307.21.10 India

1703.90.30 India 7413.00.90 Turkey

1806.90.05 Colombia 7606.12.30 Russia

2008.99.35 Thailand 7615.19.30 Thailand

2305.00.00 Argentina 8402.12.00 Indonesia

2515.12.20 Turkey 8402.20.00 Romania

2843.90.00 Russia 8503.00.95 Brazil

2930.90.44 India 8536.20.00 Dominican Republic

2933.39.21 Brazil 9613.80.40 Brazil

(iii). adding, in alphabetical order, the countries set out opposite the
following subheadings:

1701.12.05 Bosnia 1806.10.65 Colombia

1702.90.10 Brazil 2202.90.36 Panama

1702.90.35 Brazil 2805.40.00 Peru

[Section B.]{.underline} Effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2006, each
enumerated article's preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized
Systems of Preferences (GSP) in the HTS is modified as provided in this
section.

(1). For the following subheadings, the Rates of Duty 1-Special
subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol "A\*" and inserting an "A"
in lieu thereof:

2207.10.30

2804.29.00

(2). For the following subheadings, the Rates of Duty 1-Special
subcolumn is modified by deleting the symbol "A" and inserting an "A\*"
in lieu thereof:

0306.24.20 0904.20.20 1102.90.30

0713.90.80 0904.20.76 1703.90.30

1806.90.05 3201.90.50 7615.19.30

2008.99.35 3923.21.00 8402.12.00

2305.00.00 6406.10.85 8402.20.00

2515.12.20 7010.90.30 8503.00.95

2843.90.00 7307.21.10 8536.20.00

2930.90.44 7413.00.90 9613.80.40

Annex II

HTS subheadings and countries for which the competitive need limitation
provided in section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) is disregarded:

0202.30.02 Uruguay 2921.42.15 India

0302.69.10 Indonesia 2921.42.21 India

0410.00.00 Indonesia 2921.42.55 India

0711.20.18 Turkey 2934.20.35 India

0711.30.00 Turkey 2935.00.06 India

0711.40.00 India 3301.24.00 India

0712.90.70 Egypt 3703.10.30 Brazil

0713.90.60 India 3808.40.10 Argentina

0802.50.20 Turkey 4012.12.40 Turkey

0804.10.60 Pakistan 4101.20.40 Serbia and Montenegro

0810.60.00 Thailand 4101.90.35 Uruguay

0813.40.10 Thailand 4104.11.50 Argentina

0813.40.80 Thailand 4106.21.90 India

1102.30.00 Thailand 4107.11.40 India

1401.90.40 Argentina 4107.11.60 Brazil

1602.50.09 Argentina 4107.12.40 India

1806.10.43 Venezuela 4107.19.40 Pakistan

1901.20.45 Argentina 4107.91.40 India

2001.90.45 India 4202.92.04 Philippines

2006.00.70 Thailand 5007.10.30 India

2008.30.10 Brazil 5102.19.60 Argentina

2008.99.50 Thailand 5208.31.20 India

2009.39.20 Brazil 5208.41.20 India

2306.50.00 Thailand 5208.42.10 India

2516.22.00 India 5209.31.30 India

2804.29.00 Russia 5209.41.30 India

2830.30.00 Russia 6302.99.10 India

2831.90.00 India 6304.99.25 India

2834.29.05 India 7113.20.21 India

2840.11.00 Turkey 7202.99.20 Argentina

2840.19.00 Turkey 7403.22.00 Kazakhstan

2841.50.10 Kazakhstan 8112.12.00 Kazakhstan

2850.00.20 Russia 8112.59.00 Russia

2903.19.10 India 8506.30.50 Indonesia

2909.50.40 Indonesia 8528.12.44 Thailand

2912.49.10 India 8528.12.80 India

2913.00.50 India 8528.30.50 India

2915.35.00 Brazil 9016.00.40 Thailand

2917.14.10 Brazil 9027.40.00 Philippines

2918.21.50 Brazil 9507.20.40 Philippines

2921.22.05 Brazil 9614.20.60 Turkey

The Automated Commercial System has been updated to reflect these
changes for entry summaries filed through the Automated Broker
Interface. For you reference, Presidential Proclamation 8033 can be
viewed on-line at:

> [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html]{.underline}

Copies of this memorandum should be made available to Port Directors,
Assistant Port Directors, Trade Agreement Coordinators, Import and Entry
Specialists, CBP Officers, Brokers, Importers, and other interested
parties.

Questions concerning this notice should be referred to Mr. Seth Mazze,
Trade Agreements Branch, at (202) 344-2634, or via cc:Mail.

/s/

Vera Adams