[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9175]
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[Federal Register: April 15, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-301-401 and C-549-401]
Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia and Thailand; Notice
of Proposed Conversion
AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Certain textile mill products from Colombia and Thailand:
Notice of proposed conversion of the scope of the suspended
investigation 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. The
Department of Commerce (the Department) is now proposing to convert the
Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA) to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) for the suspended countervailing duty
investigations on certain textile mill products from Colombia and
Thailand. Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed
conversion.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 15, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda L. Pasden, Office of Agreements
Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-
0162.
Background
In 1985, the Department suspended the countervailing duty
investigations on certain textile mill products and apparel from
Colombia (C-301-401) (50 FR 9863; March 12, 1985) and certain textile
mill products from Thailand (C-549-401) (50 FR 9832; March 12, 1985).
The scope of these suspended investigations was originally defined
solely in terms of the TSUSA item numbers; no narrative product
description was provided. On January 1, 1989, the United States fully
converted from the TSUSA to the HTS, pursuant to section 1211 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. These suspended
investigations were terminated in 1990, and the HTS conversions were
never implemented. However, the CIT ordered that these suspended
investigations be reinstated (except for apparel from Colombia) in its
decision dated May 7, 1992 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States,
slip op. No. 92-64). The CIT was upheld by the CAFC on September 7,
1993 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States, slip op. No. 6 F.3d
756). As a result, these suspended investigations were reinstated
effective May 18, 1992 (see 58 FR 54552, October 22, 1993 and decision
memorandum dated February 25, 1994). Therefore, the Department is now
taking action to conform with the tariff classification system of the
HTS.
The Department, with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and
the U.S. International Trade Commission, has analyzed the TSUSA-defined
scope and identified those HTS numbers that reasonably correspond with
the TSUSA-defined scope of the subject suspended investigations. The
proposed conversions are found in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.
Request for Public Comments
We invite interested parties to submit comments on the proposed
conversions within 30 days of the date of the publication of this
notice. All comments must be in writing (10 copies), and addressed to
the attention of the Director, Office of Agreements Compliance,
International Trade Administration, IA Central Record Unit, room B-099,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: April 9, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix 1.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia
5111.1120.................. 5205.2300 5406.1000.20 6002.2010
5111.1910.................. 5205.2400 5406.1000.40 16002.4300
5111.2005.................. 5205.2500 5406.1000.90 6002.4300.10
5111.2010.................. 25205.3200 5406.2000 6002.4300.20
5111.3005.................. 5205.3300 5509.2200 6002.4300.80
5111.3010.................. 5205.4400 5509.2200.10 6302.6000
5111.9040.................. 5205.4500 5509.2200.90 6302.6000.10
5111.9050.................. 5206.1100 5509.5160 6302.6000.20
5112.1110.................. 5206.1200 5511.1000 6302.6000.30
5112.1920.................. 5206.1300 5511.1000.30 6302.9100
5112.2010.................. 5206.1400 5511.1000.60 6302.9100.05
5112.2020.................. 5206.1500 5511.2000 6302.9100.15
5112.3010.................. 5206.4100 5511.3000 6302.9100.25
5112.3020.................. 5206.4200 5801.2100 6302.9100.35
5112.9040.................. 5206.4300 5801.2200 6302.9100.45
5112.9050.................. 5206.4400 5804.2100 6302.9100.50
5205.1110.................. 5206.4500 5804.2900 6302.9100.60
5205.1210.................. 5207.1000 5809.2900.10 6306.1100
5205.1310.................. 5207.9000 5809.2900.20 6306.2100
5205.1410.................. 5406.1000 5809.2900.90 ..........................
\1\Coverage limited to fabrics of polyester.
\2\Coverage limited to yarn exceeding 33nm per single yarn.
Appendix 2.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Thailand
5204.1100............ 5208.1260 5210.1180.20 5511.1000 5514.1100.30
5204.1900............ 5208.1260.20 5210.1180.90 5511.1000.30 5514.1100.50
5204.2000............ 5208.1260.40 5211.1100 5511.1000.60 5514.1100.90
5206.2100............ 5208.1260.60 5211.1100.20 5511.2000 5601.1010
5206.2200............ 5208.1260.90 5211.1100.30 5511.3000 5601.2100
5206.2300............ 5208.1280 5211.1100.50 5513.1100 5601.2100.10
5206.2400............ 5208.1280.20 5211.1100.90 5513.1100.20 5601.2100.90
5206.2500............ 5208.1280.90 5401.1000 5513.1100.40 5701.9020
5206.4100............ 5209.1100 5401.2000 5513.1100.60 5701.9020.10
5206.4200............ 5209.1100.20 5402.3130 5513.1100.90 5701.9020.20
5206.4300............ 5209.1100.30 5402.3160 5513.1900 5701.9020.30
5206.4400............ 5209.1100.50 5402.3230 5513.1900.10 5701.9020.90
5206.4500............ 5209.1100.90 5402.3260 5513.1900.20 5703.1000
5207.1000............ 5209.1200 5402.3360 5513.1900.30 5703.2010
5207.9000............ 5209.1200.20 5406.1000 5513.1900.40 6302.4020
5208.1120............ 5209.1200.40 5406.1000.20 5513.1900.50 6302.4020.10
5208.1120.20......... 5209.1900 5406.1000.40 5513.1900.60 6302.4020.20
5208.1120.40......... 5209.1900.20 5406.1000.90 5513.1900.90 6302.5110
5208.1120.90......... 5209.1900.40 5406.2000 5513.2100 6302.5120
5208.1140............ 5209.1900.60 5508.1000 5513.2100.20 6302.5130
5208.1140.20......... 5209.1900.90 5508.2000 5513.2100.40 6302.5140
5208.1140.40......... 5210.1140 5509.2100 5513.2100.60 6307.1020
5208.1140.60......... 5210.1140.20 5509.2200 5513.2100.90 6307.1020.05
5208.1140.90......... 5210.1140.40 5509.2200.10 5513.2300 6307.1020.15
5208.1180............ 5210.1140.90 5509.2200.90 5513.2300.20 6307.1020.20
5208.1180.20......... 5210.1160 5509.3200 5513.2300.40 6307.1020.27
5208.1180.90......... 5210.1160.20 5509.5130 5513.2300.90 6307.1020.28
5208.1240............ 5210.1160.40 5509.5160 5513.3100 6307.1020.30
5208.1240.20......... 5210.1160.60 5509.6940 5514.1100 ....................
5208.1240.40......... 5210.1160.90 5510.1200 5514.1100.20 ....................
5208.1240.90......... 5210.1180 5510.9040 ..................... ....................
[FR Doc. 94-9175 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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