Trade between the United States and China, the Successor States to the FormerSoviet Union, and Other Title IV Countries during January-March 1996

摘要

This series of quarterly reports by the U.S. International Trade Commission ismade pursuant to title IV, section 410 of the Trade Act of 1974, which requires the Commission to monitor the flow of imports and exports between the United States and certain other countries. These countries include, on the one hand, those that are accorded most-favored-nation (MFN) status under the freedom-of-emigration requirements of section 402 (the Jackson-Vanik amendment) of the 1974 Trade Act and, on the other hand, those that are listed in general note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). The countries receiving MFN tariff treatment are subject to the rates of duty in the general subcolumn of column 1 of the HTS, whereas the remainder of the countries monitored by this series of reports are subject to the generally higher statutory rates of duty in column 2. The monitored countries with MFN status as of the end of the quarter under review were as follows: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldolva, Mongolia, Romaina, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukaine, and Uzbekistan. This quarterly report contains tables on U.S. trade with the monitored countries during January-March 1996.