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ORGANIZATION 6December 1996
(96-5115)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TOARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2,OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
Thefollowing communication, dated 3December 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Pursuant totheabove-referenced provisions oftheAgreement onSafeguards, andinlightof
theagreed format fornotifications (G/SG/1, 1July1996), theUnited States provides thefollowing
notifications totheCommittee onSafeguards.
A. Notification totheCommittee onSafeguards under Article 12.1(c) upon taking adecision
toapply asafeguard measure.
1.-2. Thisinformationwasprovidedinapreviousnotification.(SeeG/SG/N/8/USA/1,24July1996).
3. Provide aprecise description oftheproduct involved. Broom cornbrooms, provided forin
subheadings 9603.10.50 and9603.10.60 oftheHarmonized Tariff Schedule oftheUnited States
(HTSUS).
4. Provide aprecise description oftheproposed measure. Themeasure isanincrease intariffs
onimports ofbroom cornbrooms, asfollows:
HTSUS
subheadingCurrent bound
rateYEAR 1:
28Nov. 1996 to
27Nov. 1997YEAR 2:
28Nov. 1997 to
27Nov. 1998YEAR 3:
28Nov. 1998 to
27Nov. 1999
9603.10.50 32¢each 33¢each 32.5¢ each 32.1¢ each
9603.10.60 32%advalorem 33%advalorem 32.5% advalorem 32.1% advaloremG/SG/N/10/USA/1
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Anannualquantityofbroomcornbroomsprovidedforinsubheading9603.10.60maybeentered
freeoftheabove-described increase induties, asfollows:
Country from which
product originatesYEAR 1:
28Nov. 1996 to
27Nov. 1997YEAR 2:
28Nov. 1997 to
27Nov. 1998YEAR 3:
28Nov. 1998 to
27Nov. 1999
Mexico 100,000 dozen 100,000 dozen 100,000 dozen
Panama 41,000 dozen 41,000 dozen 41,000 dozen
Honduras 37,000 dozen 37,000 dozen 37,000 dozen
Colombia 12,000 dozen 12,000 dozen 12,000 dozen
AllOthers 2,000 dozen 2,000 dozen 2,000 dozen
Themeasure doesnotapply toimports from Canada, Israel, orfrom developing countries
described inthenotification under Article 9,footnote 2,provided below.
5. Provide theproposed dateofintroduction ofthemeasure. Themeasure wasintroduced on
28November 1996.
6. Provide expected duration ofthemeasure. Themeasure isexpected tolastthree years; i.e.,
through 27November 1999.
7. Notapplicable.
8. Iftheexpecteddurationisoveroneyear,provideexpectedtimetableforprogressiveliberalization
ofthemeasure. Thetariffs willdecrease inyears 2and3,assetoutinthetableabove.
9. Notapplicable.
B. Notification under Article 9,footnote 2ofthenon-application ofsafeguard measures to
developing countries under Article 9.1oftheAgreement onSafeguards
1. Specify themeasure. Themeasure isatemporary increase intariffs described intheabove
notification under Article 12.1(c).
2. Specify theproduct subject tothemeasure. Broom cornbrooms, provided forinsubheadings
9603.10.50 and9603.10.60 oftheHarmonized Tariff Schedule oftheUnited States.
3. Specify thedeveloping countries towhich themeasure isnotapplied under Article 9.1ofthe
Agreement onSafeguards, andtheimport shares ofthese countries individually andcollectively. The
developing countries towhich themeasure doesnotapply arethose listed ingeneral note4(a)tothe
HTSUS, asthatnoteexisted on28November 1996, thataccount forlessthan3percentofimports
oftheproducts atissue. Alistofthecountries ingeneral note4(a)isattached tothisnotification.
Thecountries listed ingeneral note4(a)thataccount formore than3percentofimports, andthus
towhich themeasure doesapply areasfollows:G/SG/N/10/USA/1
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HTSUS subheading Country Share ofimports
(average 1994-95)
9603.10.50 Panama 19.65%
9603.10.60 Panama 21.14%
9603.10.60 Honduras 19.33%
9603.10.60 Colombia 6.31%
Theshare ofimports oftheremaining countries listed ingeneral note4(a)arecollectively less
than1percentfor9603.10.50 and2.86percentfor9603.10.60.
4. Notapplicable.G/SG/N/10/USA/1
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ANNEX
LIST OFCOUNTRIES PROVIDED INGENERAL NOTE 4(A)
OFTHE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OFTHE UNITED STATES (1996)
(Designated Beneficiary Developing Countries forPurposes of
theGeneralized System ofPreferences (GSP))
Independent Countries
Albania
Angola
Antigua andBarbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia andHercegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côted'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
ElSalvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia
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Gambia, The
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Macedonia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua NewGuinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St.KittsandNevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
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SaoTome andPrincipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
SriLanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad andTobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Western Samoa
Republic ofYemen
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Non-Independent Countries andTerritories
Anguilla
Aruba
British Indian Ocean
Territory
Cayman Islands
Christmas Island
(Australia)
Cocos (Keeling)
Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas)
French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Greenland
Heard Island and
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Macau
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
NewCaledonia
Niue
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Tokelau
Turks andCaicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Wallis andFutuna
West Bank andGaza Strip
Western Sahara