CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.

1. ACS is Now Modified for New GSP Country Association - SAARC

CBP has issued an ABI administrative message indicating that the Automated Commercial System (ACS) has been modified to reflect Proclamation 7912's amendment of HTS General Note 4(a) on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to reflect a new "association of countries" (treated as one country for GSP purposes) known as the "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation" (SAARC). According to a previous CBP administrative message foreshadowing this ACS modification, the SAARC member countries and their ISO codes are as follows:

See ITT's Online Archives or 07/12/05 news, 05071240 for BP summary of CBP administrative message 05-0766 foreshadowing this ACS modification. (Adm: 05-0989,dated 08/23/05, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2005/2005-0989.ADM )