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III. Leather From Argentina

Imports covered by this review include

shipments of Argentine leather. The types of

leather that are covered include bovine

(excluding upper and lining leather not

exceeding 28 square feet, buffalo leather, and

upholstery leather), sheep (excluding

vegetable pretanned sheep and lambskin

leather), swine, reptile (excluding vegetable

pretanned and not fancy reptile leather),

patent leather, calf and kip patent laminated,

and metalized leather. Leather is an animal

skin that has been subjected to certain

treatment to make it serviceable and resistant

to decomposition. It is used in the footwear,

clothing, furniture and other industries. The

types of leather included within the scope

are currently classified under HTS item

numbers 4104.10.60, 4104.10.80, 4104.21.00,

4104.22.00, 4104.29.50, 4104.29.90,

4104.31.50, 4104.31.60, 4104.31.80,

4104.39.50, 4104.39.60, 4104.39.80,

4105.12.00, 4105.19.00, 4105.20.30,

4105.20.60, 4107.10.00, 4107.29.60,

4107.90.30, 4107.90.60, 4109.00.30,

4109.00.40, and 4109.00.70. The HTS

subheadings are provided for convenience

and Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

IV. Cold-Rolled From Argentina

Imports covered by this review include

shipments of Argentine cold-rolled carbon

steel flat products, whether or not corrugated

or crimped; whether or not painted or

varnished and whether or not pickled; not

cut, not pressed, and not stamped to nonrectangular shape; not coated or plated with

metal; over 12 inches in width and under

0.1875 inches in thickness whether or not in

coils; as currently provided for under the

following item numbers of the HTS:

7209.11.00, 7209.12.00, 7209.13.00,

7209.14.00, 7209.21.00, 7209.22.00,

7209.23.00, 7209.24.00, 7209.31.00,

7209.32.00, 7209.33.00, 7209.34.00,

7209.41.00, 7209.42.00, 7209.43.00,

7209.44.00, 7209.90.00, 7210.70.00,

7211.30.50, 7211.41.70, 7211.49.50,

7211.90.00, 7212.40.50. The HTS item

numbers are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written description

remains dispositive.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–357–404]

Certain Textile Mill Products From

Argentina; Determination to Amend

Revocation, in Part, of the

Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination to

amend revocation, in part, of the

countervailing duty order on certain

textile mill products from Argentina.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has determined to

amend, in part, the effective date of the

revocation of the countervailing duty

order on Certain Textile Mill Products

from Argentina, with respect to the

products classified under item numbers

6305.2000 and 6305.9000 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS),

from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 1994.

In addition, the Department has

determined not to revoke with respect to

the products classified under the HTS

item numbers listed in Appendix A to

this notice. As a result of this

determination not to amend the

effective date of revocation with respect

to HTS item numbers found in

Appendix A, such merchandise

exported on or after January 1, 1994

which entered before January 1, 1995

will be liquidated at the cash deposit

rate in effect at the time of entry.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne D’Alauro or Lorenza Olivas, Office

of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 1, 1994, the Department

published in the Federal Register (59

FR 9727) its intent to revoke the

countervailing duty order on certain

textile mill products from Argentina

pursuant to 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(i)

because no interested party had

requested an administrative review for

at least four consecutive review periods.

If no interested party objects to the

Department’s intended revocation or

requests an administrative review of the

countervailing duty order, the

Department will revoke the order

pursuant to 19 CFR

355.25(d)(4)(iii)(1993).

The Department received a timely

objection to the intended revocation

from the American Textile

Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (ATMI)

and its member companies as well as

the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile

Workers Union (ACTWU). The

Department requested clarifying

information from ATMI and ACTWU

regarding the like products their

members produced.

Revocation Under Section 753 of the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act

This countervailing duty order was

revoked effective January 1, 1995,

pursuant to section 753 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (60 FR 40568).

Therefore, the objection to revocation

received from ATMI and ACTWU only

affects entries of merchandise exported

on or after January 1, 1994 and before

January 1, 1995.

Scope Conversion

The scope of the order on certain

textile mill products from Argentina

was originally defined in terms of the

item numbers listed under the Tariff

Schedule of the United States

Annotated (TSUSA). See Final

Affirmative Countervailing Duty

Determination and Countervailing Duty

Order: Certain Textile Mill Products

from Argentina (50 FR 9846; March 12,

1985). On January 1, 1989, the United

States fully converted from TSUSA to

the HTS. At that time, the Customs

Service prepared a list which included

all of the HTS numbers necessary to

cover the items previously identified by

the TSUSA. However, because the two

tariff schedules use different

classification systems which do not

produce a one-to-one product

correlation, this list also included some

items not included in the like product

list relied upon by the Department in

the investigation. On November 1, 1995,

after no comments were received on a

preliminary HTS scope conversion, the

Department published Certain Textile

Mill Products from Argentina; Notice of

Scope Amendment (60 FR 55542) which

finalized the conversion of the scope of

this order from TSUSA to HTS item

numbers.

Applicable Statute

The Department has made this

determination in accordance with

sections 751 (a) and (c) of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (the Act). Unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

statute and to 19 CFR are in reference

to the provisions as they existed on

December 31, 1994.

Interested Party Status of ATMI and

ACTWU

The member companies of ATMI

identified and certified as to all of the

like products they produce. The

respective member companies qualify as

interested parties for the like products

they produce under 19 CFR 355.2(i)(3)

because they are ‘‘producers in the

United States of the like products.’’

The ATMI member companies

produce all of the like products covered
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1Coverage limited to fabric, value not over

$19.84/kg.

2Coverage limited to yarn, not exceeding 68 nm.

by the scope of the order on certain

textile mill products from Argentina

with the exception of those which were

listed under the like product heading

‘‘Other Miscellaneous Categories.’’ This

category included, among other

subheadings, ‘‘bags and sacks, or other

shipping containers, of vegetable fibers,

except cotton’’ and ‘‘packing, molded, of

cotton and rubber.’’

With regard to this remaining like

product category, we next analyzed

whether ACTWU has standing as an

interested party to object to revocation

of this like product category. In order for

ACTWU to qualify as an interested

party, ACTWU must be ‘‘representative

of the industry * * * in the United

States of the like product produced in

the United States’’ (19 CFR 355.2(i)(4)).

Since ACTWU did not indicate that any

of its members produced products in the

one remaining like product group, it

cannot be representative of the industry

and, therefore, does not qualify as an

interested party for that like product

category.

Interested parties were provided an

opportunity to comment on the

Department’s analysis and conclusions

which were set forth in a memorandum

to Acting Assistant Secretary Robert S.

LaRussa entitled, ‘‘Objection to

Revocation—Certain Textile Mill

Products from Argentina,’’ signed on

December 10, 1996, which is a public

document on file in the Department’s

Central Records Unit. We received no

comments.

Determination To Revoke

The Department found that the

member companies of ATMI produce all

of the like products covered by the

countervailing duty order on certain

textile mill products from Argentina

with the exception of those within the

‘‘Other Miscellaneous Categories’’ like

product category. The only HTS item

numbers covered by the scope of this

order, which fall under that like product

category, are item numbers 6305.2000

and 6305.9000, described as ‘‘sacks, and

bags, of a kind used for the packing of

goods—of cotton; of other textile

materials.’’ Therefore, since neither

ATMI and ACTWU qualify as interested

parties with respect to these two HTS

item numbers, we are revoking the order

with respect to these two HTS item

numbers, effective January 1, 1994. The

HTS item numbers covered by the order,

which are identified in Attachment A,

will have countervailing duties assessed

under the automatic assessment

provision for exports made on or after

January 1, 1994 which entered before

January 1, 1995.

This determination and notice are in

accordance with sections 751 (a) and (c)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1) and

1675(c)).

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

Appendix A—C–357–404

HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products

From Argentina

HTS Number

5111.1170, 5111.1960,1 5111.2090,

5111.3090, 5111.9090, 5112.1120,

5112.1990, 5112.2030, 5112.3030,

5112.9090, 5205.1110, 5205.1210,

5205.1310, 5205.1410, 5205.2400,2

5205.3100, 5205.3200, 5205.3300,

5207.1000, 5207.9000, 5407.9105,

5407.9205, 5407.9305, 5407.9405,

5515.1305, 5515.1310, 5801.3600,

6302.600010, 6302.600020, 6302.910005,

6302.910050, 6305.2000, 6305.9000

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Determination Not To Revoke

Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination not to

revoke countervailing duty order.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is notifying the public

of its determination not to revoke the

countervailing duty order listed below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Russell Morris or Maria MacKay, Office

of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 29, 1997, the Department

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 23220) its intent to revoke the

following countervailing duty order:

COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER

Brazil ............................................................ Construction Castings (C–351–504) ......................................................... 05/09/86, 57 FR 2252

Under 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii), the

Secretary of Commerce will conclude

that an order is no longer of interest to

interested parties and will revoke the

order if no domestic interested party (as

defined in sections 355.2 (i)(3), (i)(4),

(i)(5), and (i)(6) of the regulations)

objects to revocation or no interested

party requests an administrative review

by the last day of the 5th anniversary

month.

Within the specified time frame, we

received an objection from a domestic

interested party to our intent to revoke

the countervailing duty order.

Therefore, because the requirements of

19 CFR 355.25(d)(4)(iii) have not been

met, we will not revoke the order.

This determination is in accordance

with 19 CFR 355.25(d)(4).

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–20285 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No.; I.D. 072597C]

Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Draft

Recovery Plan for the Blue Whale

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for comments.