MESSAGE NO: 3049111
DATE: 02 18 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: OTH
REFERENCE: 3014114
REFERENCE DATE: 01 14 1993
CASES:
A - 463 - 102
A - 463 - 302
A - 463 - 402
A - 464 - 202
A - 463 - 202
A - 464 - 102
PERIOD COVERED:
02 18 1993
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRY PROCESSING DOES NOT CONFER A
NEW COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO URANIUM
ADDITIONAL CASE NUMBERS:
A-463-502
A-462-302
A-462-202
A-464-302
A-462-102
A-464-402
1. ON OCTOBER 9,
1992
AND JANUARY 14, 1993,
THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE ADVISED
THAT "CERTAIN THIRD
COUNTRY PROCESSING DOES
NOT CONFER A NEW COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO URANIUM."
SPECIFICALLY,
THE
PROCESS
KNOWN
AS
"CONVERSION"
(TRANSFORMING
URANIUM
CONCENTRATE INTO URANIUM HEXAFLOURIDE (UF6)) DOES
NOT
CONFER
ORIGIN
FOR PURPOSES OF
THE ANTIDUMPING SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS
ON
URANIUM
FROM
KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGZYSTAN, RUSSIA, TAJIKISTAN,
UKRAINE, UZBEKISTAN.
FOR EXAMPLE, RUSSIAN URANIUM CONCENTRATE
CONVERTED INTO
UF6
IN
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM CONTINUES TO
BE
RUSSIAN URANIUM
FOR
PURPOSES
OF
THE ANTIDUMPING SUSPENSION
AGREEMENTS.
2. IN
ADDITION
TO
REQUIREMENTS
IDENTIFIED
IN
PREVIOUS
INSTRUCTIONS, FOR
ALL IMPORTS OF NATURAL URANIUM HEXAFLOURIDE
(UF6), THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL REQUIRE ALL IMPORTERS TO
SUBMIT WITH
THE
ENTRY SUMMARY A WRITTEN STATEMENT SIGNED
BY
THE IMPORTER OF RECORD CERTIFYING THE COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN BASED
ON
THE LOCATION OF
MINING,
AS
OPPOSED
TO
THE COUNTRY
OF
CONVERSION.
IF THE IMPORTER FAILS TO PROVIDE THIS STATEMENT,
CUSTOMS SHALL ORDER RE-DELIVERY OF THE MERCHANDISE.
3. IF
THE
IMPORTER IDENTIFIES THE
COUNTRY
OF
ORIGIN
OF
THE
URANIUM CONCENTRATE TO BE ONE OF THE SIX COVERED CIS COUNTRIES
CUSTOMS WILL DENY ENTRY
OF
THE MERCHANDISE UNLESS AUTHORIZED
BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PERMIT ENTRY.
4. CUSTOMS IS ADVISED THAT
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS FACILITIES FOR
CONVERSION
AND ENRICHMENT, BUT
DOES
NOT
HAVE
ANY
URANIUM
MINES.
THEREFORE, UF6 IDENTIFIED AS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
UK
IS
NOT,
REPEAT
NOT,
TO
BE CONSIDERED UK
FOR PURPOSES OF
THE
ANTIDUMPING SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS.
THEREFORE,
CUSTOMS
WILL
DENY
ENTRY
OF
UF6
FROM
THE
UK UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY
THE
CERTIFICATION IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE.
5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN