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International Trade
Newsletter - October 25, 2001
 
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Generalized System of Preferences Expires: What Next?
 
 October 25, 2001
 

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) expired at midnight on September 30, 2001. As of October 1, 2001, Customs will not process most claims as duty-free under the GSP. Customs Headquarters will use the same mechanism to facilitate refunds utilized in the past when the GSP expired. Under this plan, filers will be allowed to continue using the Special Program Indicator (SPI) "A" for entry summaries. However, Customs will not process these claims as duty-free under the GSP on or after October 1, 2001. Duties at the normal-trade-relations rate (NTR) must be deposited. Refunds will only be issued, if the GSP is renewed with retroactive effect, for those eligible products entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the period that GSP lapsed and that were eligible for duty-free treatment under the program’s provisions prior to its expiration.

A bill has been submitted to retroactively extend the GSP until December 31, 2002. However, given the security and terrorism preoccupation in Washington, D.C., it may be next year before the program is back in place.