GSP Eliminated Effective May 1, 2004 for Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
According to Presidential Proclamation 7758, which was issued on March 1, 2004, as well as U.S. governmental sources, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) duty free treatment will terminate for goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after May 1, 2004 from the following seven countries:
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Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
This termination is necessary as each of these countries will become a European Union (EU) member state on May 1, 2004, and 19 USC 2462(b)(1)(C) states that EU member states are not eligible to be GSP beneficiary countries.
Also, as previously reported, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been updated to reflect these May 1st changes.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/03/04 news, 04030305 for BP summary of Presidential Proclamation 7758, which also granted GSP duty free benefits to Algeria effective March 16, 2004, terminated GSP duty free benefits for Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain and Barbados effective January 1, 2006, etc.
This 03/03/04 notice also states that at some future point the USTR will announce this May 1, 2004 effective date in the Federal Register.)