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