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For Immediate Release Contact: Helaine Klasky - July
19, 1999 Amy Stilwell - (202) 395-3230
USTR ANNOUNCES FINAL PRODUCT LIST IN BEEF HORMONES DISPUTE
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the final
list of products from the European Union (EU) on which the United States will
impose 100 percent ad valorem duties in response to the EU's failure
to comply with a World Trade Organization (WTO) finding that the EU's import
ban on beef produced with growth hormones is inconsistent with WTO rules.
On Monday, July 12, WTO arbitrators determined that the EU beef ban
results in a significant loss to U.S. beef exports, and that the United States
is entitled to suspend tariff concessions covering EU trade in an amount of
$116.8 million per year.
A notice announcing the imposition of the 100 percent duties on the
products listed below will be published in the Federal Register. The
imposition of such duties will be effective with respect to goods entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, on or after July 29, 1999.
LIST OF
PRODUCTS
The imposition of 100% duties will
apply to products that are both: (1) classified in the subheadings of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) listed below; and (2) the
product of the specific EU member States indicated below. In the instances
where a 4-digit HTS heading appears in the left column of this list, products
classified in any of the 8-digit subheadings appearing in the HTS under those
4-digit headings are subject to increased duties. The product descriptions in
the table below are provided for the convenience of the reader and are not
intended to delimit in any way the scope of the products, which is to be
determined by the HTS number.
Products of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, the Fed. Republic of Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, or Sweden:
|
HTS |
Description |
|
0201 |
MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FRESH OR CHILLED |
|
0202 |
MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FROZEN |
|
02031100 |
Meat of swine (pork), fresh or chilled, carcasses
and half-carcasses |
|
02031210 |
Meat of swine (pork), fresh or chilled, hams and
shoulders and cuts
thereof, bone in, processed |
|
02031290 |
Meat of swine (pork), fresh or chilled, hams and
shoulders and cuts
thereof, bone in, other |
|
02031920 |
Meat of swine (pork), fresh or chilled, other,
processed |
|
02031940 |
Meat of swine (pork), fresh or chilled, other |
|
02032100 |
Meat of swine (pork), frozen, carcasses and
half-carcasses |
|
02032210 |
Meat of swine (pork), frozen, hams and shoulders and
cuts thereof, bone in, processed |
|
02032290 |
Meat of swine (pork), frozen, hams and shoulders and cuts thereof, bone
in, other |
|
02061000 |
Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled |
|
02062100 |
Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, tongues |
|
02062200 |
Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, livers |
|
02062900 |
Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, other |
|
04064020 |
Roquefort cheese in original loaves, not grated or
powdered, not processed |
|
04064040 |
Roquefort cheese, other than in original loaves, not
grated or powdered, not processed |
|
07031040 |
Onions, other than onion sets or pearl onions not
over 16 mm in diameter, and shallots, fresh or chilled |
|
07095200 |
Truffles, fresh or chilled |
|
07129010 |
Dried carrots, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder,
but not further prepared |
|
16022020 |
Prepared or preserved liver of goose |
|
16022040 |
Prepared or preserved liver of any animal other than
of goose |
|
19054000 |
Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products |
|
20098060 |
Juice of any other single fruit, (including cherries
and berries), concentrated or not concentrated |
|
21013000 |
Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes
and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof |
|
21033040 |
Prepared mustard |
Products of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, or Italy:
|
20021000 |
Tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |
Products of France or the Federal Republic of Germany:
|
05040000 |
Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than
fish), whole and pieces thereof |
|
21041000 |
Soups and broths and preparations therefor |
|
55101100 |
Yarn (other than sewing thread) containing 85% or
more by weight of artificial staple fibers, singles, not put up for retail
sale |
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