[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16061]



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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Copper Wire Bars From 
Russia

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of correction.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to correct the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS) to reflect the correct treatment 
under the GSP program of refined copper wire bars imported from Russia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP subcommittee, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW, Room 518, Washington, 
DC 20508 (Tel. 202/395-6971).

EFFECTIVE DATE: The correction made in this notice is effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after July 1, 1999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP program grants duty-free treatment 
to designated eligible articles that are imported from certain 
developing countries. The GSP program is authorized by Title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (``Trade Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq). 
Each year, certain products from eligible countries are excluded from 
GSP treatment to the extent imports of those products have exceeded the 
applicable competitive need limits (CNL) during the previous year (19 
U.S.C. 2463 (2)(A)). Based on import data from the U.S. Bureau of 
Census showing that imports of refined copper wire bars (HTS subheading 
7403.12.00) from Russia had exceeded the applicable CNL, the President 
revoked duty-free treatment for those articles beginning July 1, 1999. 
(Proclamation 206, 64 FR 36229, 36234 (July 2, 1999); 64 FR 36952 (July 
8, 1999)). Revised Bureau of Census statistics show that imports of 
copper wire bars from Russia did not exceed the applicable CNL and thus 
that duty-free treatment for those articles should not have been 
withdrawn.
    Accordingly, pursuant to authority granted by Congress to the 
President in section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) and 
delegated by the President to the United States Trade Representative in 
Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415), effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after July 1, 1999, general note 4(d) to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is modified by striking 
``; Russia'' after subheading 7403.12.00 in the enumeration of 
designated beneficiary countries that are ineligible to receive GSP 
benefits for that tariff provision.
    Requests for application of the tariff modification and duty 
treatment provided for herein must contain sufficient information to 
enable the Customs Service to identify each relevant entry (including 
but not limited to the entry number for the shipment concerned).

Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 00-16061 Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
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