62290 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 225 / Friday, November 21, 1997 / Notices

Country: Germany

A–428–811; C–429–812 Lead and

Bismuth Carbon Steel Products

Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/

Kobe Steel Company (Petitioners)—

Anticircumvention inquiry to determine

whether Saarstahl A.G. and Thyssen s

Stahl A.G. are circumventing the order

by shipping leaded steel billets to the

United States, where they are converted

into the hot-rolled carbon steel products

covered by the order.

Country: Korea

A–580–008 Color Television Receivers

From Korea

International Brotherhood of

Electrical Workers, the International

Union of Electronic Electrical, Salaried,

Machine & Furniture Workers, and the

Industrial Union Department (the

Unions)—Anticircumvention inquiry to

determine whether Samsung Electronics

Co., L.G. Electronics Inc., and Daewoo

Electronics Co., are circumventing the

order by shipping Korean-origin color

picture tubes, printed circuit boards,

color television kits, chassis, and other

materials, parts and components to

plants operated by related parties in

Mexico where the parts are then

assembled in CTVs and shipped to the

United States. Additionally, an

anticircumvention inquiry to determine

whether Samsung is circumventing the

order by shipping Korean-origin color

picture tubes and other CTV parts to a

related party in Thailand for assembly

into complete CTVs prior to exportation

to the United States.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on the accuracy of the list of

pending scope clarification requests.

Any comments should be submitted to

the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, Room B–099, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: November 14, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Group II,

Import Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 111797A]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Advisors, together with the Atlantic

States Marine Fisheries Commission’s

(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and

Black Sea Bass Advisors, will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, December 11, 1997. The

Summer Flounder Advisors will meet

from 10:00 a.m. until noon, the Scup

Advisors will meet from 1:00–3:00 p.m.,

and the Black Sea Bass Advisors will

meet from 3:00–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia

Airport, 500 Stevens Drive,

Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610–521–

5900.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to discuss the

1998 recreational measures for summer

flounder, scup, and black sea bass.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before these

Advisors for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action by these Advisors will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: November 17, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comments on

Bilateral Consultations With the

Government of Cambodia

November 17, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen L. LeGrande, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on

categories for which consultations have

been requested, call (202) 482–3740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

On October 29, 1997, under Section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the

Government of the United States

requested consultations with the

Government of Cambodia with respect

to cotton and man-made fiber gloves

and mittens in Categories 331/631,

produced or manufactured in Cambodia.

The purpose of this notice is to advise

the public that, if no solution is agreed

upon in consultations with the

Government of Cambodia, the

Government of the United States may

later establish a limit for the entry and

withdrawal from warehouse for

consumption of cotton textile products

in Categories 331/631, produced or

manufactured in Cambodia and

exported during the twelve-month

period which began on October 29, 1997

and extends through October 28, 1998,

at a level of not less than 1,250,841

dozen pairs.

A statement of serious damage, actual

threat of serious damage or the

exacerbation of serious damage

concerning Categories 331/631 follows

this notice.

Anyone wishing to comment or

provide data or information regarding

the treatment of Categories 331/631 or to

comment on domestic production or

availability of products included in
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Categories 331/631 is invited to submit

10 copies of such comments or

information to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande. The

comments received will be considered

in the context of the consultations with

the Government of Cambodia.

Because the exact timing of the

consultations is not yet certain,

comments should be submitted

promptly. Comments or information

submitted in response to this notice will

be available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Further comments may be invited

regarding particular commentary or

information received from the public

which the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

considers appropriate for further

consideration.

The solicitation of comments

regarding any aspect of the

implementation of an agreement is not

a waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute ‘‘a foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

The United States remains committed

to finding a solution concerning

Categories 331/631. Should such a

solution be reached in consultations

with the Government of Cambodia,

further notice will be published in the

Federal Register.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996).

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Summary of the Statement in Support of

Request for Consultations Under Section 204

of the Agricultural Act of 1956

Cotton and Manmade Fiber Gloves and

Mittens—Category 331/631

October 1997

Import Situation and Conclusion

U.S. imports of cotton and manmade

fiber gloves and mittens, Category 331/

631, from Cambodia surged to 1,250,841

dozen pair during the year ending July

1997, over seven times the 176,732

dozen pair imported in the year ending

July 1996 and more than 15 times the

79,968 dozen pair imported in calendar

year 1995. Imports from Cambodia were

2.6 percent of total U.S. imports of

Category 331/631 in the year ending

July 1997, and were equivalent to 4.9

percent of U.S. production of Category

331/631 in 1996.

U.S. imports of cotton and manmade

fiber gloves and mittens, Category 331/

631, from Cambodia entered the U.S. at

an average landed duty-paid value of

$3.12 per dozen pair during the first

seven months of 1997, 42 percent below

the average landed duty-paid value for

all cotton and manmade fiber glove and

mitten imports into the U.S., and 70

percent below the average U.S.

producers’ price for cotton and

manmade fiber gloves and mittens.

The sharp and substantial increase of

low-valued Category 331/631 imports

from Cambodia threatens to cause

disruption to the U.S. cotton and

manmade fiber glove and mitten market

and to the orderly flow of trade in these

products. In several instances,

Cambodia’s import level for the year

ending July 1997 exceeds the trade

levels of WTO countries that have quota

agreements with the United States.

U.S. Production, Import Penetration, and

Market Share

U.S. production of cotton and

manmade fiber gloves and mittens,

Category 331/631, declined in 1996

falling to 25,424,000 dozen pair, 1

percent below the 1995 production

level. Imports of Category 331/631

increased from 45,559,773 dozen pair in

1995 to 47,336,957 dozen pair in 1996,

a 4 percent increase. Imports continued

to increase reaching 48,220,877 dozen

pair in the year ending July 1997, 7

percent above the same period a year

earlier.

The ratio of imports to domestic

production increased to 186 percent in

1996. The domestic manufacturers share

of the U.S. market for cotton and

manmade fiber gloves and mittens

decreased to 33 percent in 1996.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange:

Proposed Amendments to the Nonfat

Dry Milk Futures Contract to Change

the Contract From Physical Delivery to

Cash Settlement

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed contract

market rule change.

SUMMARY: The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa

Exchange (CSCE or Exchange) has

submitted amendments to its nonfat dry

milk futures contract that would change

the contract from physical delivery to

cash settlement. In accordance with

Section 5a(a)(12) of the Commodity

Exchange Act and acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, the Acting Director

of the Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commodity Futures

Trading (Commission) has determined,

on behalf of the Commission, that the

proposed amendments are of major

economic significance. On behalf of the

Commission, the Division is requesting

public comment on the proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the CSCE nonfat dry milk

futures contract.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Fred Linse of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington,

20581, telephone (202) 418–5273.

Facsimile number: (202) 418–5527.

Electronic mail: flinse@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

amendments provide for cash settlement

of the nonfat dry milk (NDM) futures

contract against the NDM ‘‘West

Mostly’’ monthly average price as

calculated and published by the United

States Department of Agriculture

(USDA). The USDA’s NDM West Mostly

price is published weekly and

represents a survey of both buyers and

sellers of NDM in western states. From

this weekly price data, the USDA

calculates the monthly average price.

The value of the cash settled NDM

contract would be 11,000 times the

monthly average price.

The Exchange said that changing the

NDM contract to one which is cash

settled would significantly enhance the

viability of this contract. The Exchange

said that it has polled NDM industry

participants who have reported that the

USDA’s West Mostly price is a fair and

representative price, and that a majority

of industry participants utilize it to

price their product.

The amendments were submitted

pursuant to the Commission’s ast Track

procedures for streamlining the review