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[FR Doc No: 94-24656]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-333-001]
Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Proposed Amended
Conversion
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Cotton Sheeting and Sateen from Peru: Notice of Proposed
Amendment to the Existing Conversion of the Scope of the Order from the
Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated to the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule.
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SUMMARY: On January 1, 1989, the United States fully converted to the
international harmonized system of tariff classification. On January
11, 1989, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the
Conversion to Use of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of Classifications
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings (54 FR 993; January
11, 1989) (1989 Conversion) for all antidumping and countervailing duty
orders in effect or investigations in progress as of January 1, 1989.
The Department now proposes to amend the 1989 Conversion governing the
countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru.
Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed amended
conversion.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230, telephone
(202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In 1983, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on
Cotton Sheeting and Sateen from Peru (C-333-001) (48 FR 4501; February
1, 1983). The scope of this order was originally defined solely in
terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA)
item numbers; no narrative product description was provided. On January
1, 1989, the United States fully converted from the TSUSA to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Section 1211 of the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988 directed the Department to ``take whatever
actions are necessary to conform, to the fullest extent practicable,
with the tariff classification system of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
[for] all * * * orders * * *'' in effect at the time of the
implementation of the HTS.
Accordingly, on January 11, 1989, after reviewing comments received
from the public, the Department published the 1989 Conversion for all
antidumping and countervailing duty orders in effect or investigations
in progress as of January 1, 1989 (54 FR 993). The notice also included
the conversion of the scope of the referenced cotton sheeting and
sateen order from TSUSA to HTS item numbers. The 1989 Conversion was
based on a one-to-one correspondence of the TSUSA and HTS item numbers.
In the notice, the Department stated that the conversion could be
amended, as warranted, at any time during the applicable proceeding as
a result of the submission of comments or new factual information.
As a result of comments submitted to the Department by the
importing public and advice received from the U.S. Customs Service, the
Department determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately
reflect the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting
and sateen from Peru and, therefore, that the conversion should be
amended.
To rectify the problems in the 1989 Conversion, the Department,
with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S.
International Trade Commission, has once again compared the TSUSA-
defined scope and the HTS-defined scope provided by the 1989
Conversion, and identified those HTS numbers that more reasonably
correspond with the TSUSA-defined scope of the countervailing duty
order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru. A new proposed amended
conversion is found in the attached appendix.
Request for Public Comments
We invite interested parties to submit comments on the proposed
amended conversion within 30 days of the publication of this notice.
All comments must be in writing (10 copies), addressed to the attention
of the Director, Office of Countervailing Compliance, International
Trade Administration, IA Central Record Unit, Room B-099, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: September 28, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From
Peru (C-333-002)
5208.1120
5208.1240
5208.1920*
5208.2920*
5209.1900
5209.2900
*Coverage limited to fabric, wholly of satin weave.
[FR Doc. 94-24656 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]
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