[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-7264]
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[Federal Register: March 29, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-542-401]
Certain Apparel From Sri Lanka; Proposed Amended Conversion
AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Certain Apparel from Sri Lanka: 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 certain apparel from Sri Lanka. Interested
parties are invited to comment on this proposed amended conversion.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-2786.
Background
In 1985, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on
Certain Apparel from Sri Lanka (C-542-401) (50 FR 9826; March 12,
1985). 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 apparel 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 has determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately
reflect the scope of the Certain Apparel from Sri Lanka order 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 Certain Apparel from Sri
Lanka countervailing duty order. 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: March 22, 1994.
Joseph A. Spetrini
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Certain Apparel From Sri Lanka
(C-542-401)
*Coverage limited to garments that would be covered by this order
if separately entered.
Coverage excludes garments having embroidery or permanently
affixed applique work on the outer surface.
[FR Doc. 94-7264 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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