Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices 75671

File from Carrie Blozy and Juanita H.

Chen (October 19, 2000). On October 24,

2000, the Department informed

petitioners that as a result of this

inspection, as well as a separate

Customs inquiry, the Department is revisiting the issue of whether it is

appropriate to continue this

administrative review. See Memo to the

File from Juanita H. Chen through

Edward Yang (October 25, 2000).

Scope of the Review

For purposes of this review, the

product covered is certain stainless steel

plate in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy

steel containing, by weight, 1.2 percent

or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or

more of chromium, with or without

other elements. The subject plate

products are flat-rolled products, 254

mm or over in width and 4.75 mm or

more in thickness, in coils, and

annealed or otherwise heat treated and

pickled or otherwise descaled. The

subject plate may also be further

processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished,

etc.) provided that it maintains the

specified dimensions of plate following

such processing. Excluded from the

scope of this review are the following:

(1) Plate not in coils, (2) plate that is not

annealed or otherwise heat treated and

pickled or otherwise descaled, (3) sheet

and strip, and (4) flat bars. In addition,

certain cold-rolled stainless steel plate

in coils is also excluded from the scope

of these orders. The excluded coldrolled stainless steel plate in coils is

defined as that merchandise which

meets the physical characteristics

described above that has undergone a

cold-reduction process that reduced the

thickness of the steel by 25 percent or

more, and has been annealed and

pickled after this cold reduction

process. The merchandise subject to this

review is currently classifiable in the

HTS at subheadings: 7219.11.00.30,

7219.11.00.60, 7219.12.00.05,

7219.12.00.20, 7219.12.00.25,

7219.12.00.50, 7219.12.00.55,

7219.12.00.65, 7219.12.0070,

7219.12.00.80, 7219.31.00.10,

7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20,

7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60,

7219.90.00.80, 7220.11.00.00,

7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15,

7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80,

7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10,

7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60,

7220.20.60.80, 7220.90.00.10,

7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and

7220.90.00.80. Although the HTS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under investigation is dispositive.

Period of Review

The POR is November 4, 1998 through

April 30, 2000.

Preliminary Rescission of Review

The Department has previously

determined that ‘‘{s}ales of merchandise

that can be demonstrably linked with

entries prior to the suspension of

liquidation are not subject merchandise

and therefore are not subject to review

by the Department.’’ See Certain

Stainless Wire Rods From France: Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 61 FR 47874,

47875 (September 11, 1996); see also

Antidumping Duties; Countervailing

Duties; Final rule, 62 FR 27295, 27314

(May 19, 1997).

Ta Chen has certified that of TCI’s

resales of YUSCO’s merchandise from

its U.S. warehouse inventory during the

POR, all merchandise entered before the

POR. Therefore, such merchandise

entered prior to the suspension of

liquidation. The only merchandise TCI

purchased from YUSCO during the POR

entered the United States and was

resold after the POR. While petitioners

reference evidence from the original

investigation that TCI sold subject

merchandise out of inventory on

December 18, 1998, the Department’s

Customs inquiry indicates that such

merchandise did not enter the United

States after the suspension of

liquidation. Accordingly, in this review,

it has not been established that there

were any sales of subject merchandise

which entered during the POR.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the

Department may rescind an

administrative review, in whole or with

respect to a particular exporter or

producer, if the Secretary concludes

that, during the period covered by the

review, there were no entries, exports,

or sales of the subject merchandise.

Since the evidence shows that there

were no entries of certain stainless steel

plate in coils made by either YUSCO or

Ta Chen from Taiwan during the POR,

the Department is preliminarily

rescinding this review in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). The cash

deposit rate for YUSCO will remain at

8.02 percent, for YUSCO/Ta Chen will

remain at 10.20 percent, and for ‘‘all

other’’ producers/exporters of the

subject merchandise will remain at 7.39

percent, the rates established in the

most recent segment of this proceeding.

See Notice of Final Determination of

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless

Steel Plate in Coils from Taiwan, 64 FR

15493 (March 31, 1999).

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309,

interested parties may submit written

comments in response to this

preliminary rescission. Case briefs must

be submitted within 14 days after the

date of publication of this notice and

rebuttal briefs, limited to arguments

raised in the case briefs, must be

submitted no later than 7 days after the

time limit for filing case briefs. Case and

rebuttal briefs must be served on

interested parties in accordance with 19

CFR 351.303(f).

This notice is published in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

November 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and guaranteed access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port,

call (202) 927–5850, or refer to the U.S.

Customs website at http://

www.customs.gov. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

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.

The import restraint limits and

Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for

textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Dominican

Republic and exported during the

period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001 are based on limits

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

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pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2001 limits and guaranteed access

levels.

These specific limits and guaranteed

access levels do not apply to goods that

qualify for quota-free entry under the

Trade and Development Act of 2000.

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 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474,

published on April 3, 1998.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 28, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in the Dominican

Republic and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 2001

and extending through December 31, 2001, in

excess of the following levels of restraint:

Category Restraint limit

338/638 .......... 1,141,107 dozen.

339/639 .......... 1,357,915 dozen.

340/640 .......... 1,174,707 dozen.

342/642 .......... 826,668 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

2,812,017 dozen of which

not more than 1,485,592

dozen shall be in Categories 647/648.

351/651 .......... 1,408,272 dozen.

433 ................. 22,792 dozen.

442 ................. 77,382 dozen.

443 ................. 141,572 numbers.

444 ................. 77,382 numbers.

448 ................. 39,864 dozen.

633 ................. 172,364 dozen.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated September 13, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

Also pursuant to the ATC, and under the

terms of the Special Access Program, as set

forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), effective

on January 1, 2001, you are directed to

establish guaranteed access levels for

properly certified textile products in the

following categories which are assembled in

the Dominican Republic from fabric formed

and cut in the United States and re-exported

to the United States from the Dominican

Republic during the period January 1, 2001

through December 31, 2001:

Category Guaranteed access level

338/638 .......... 1,150,000 dozen.

339/639 .......... 1,150,000 dozen.

340/640 .......... 1,000,000 dozen.

342/642 .......... 1,000,000 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

8,050,000 dozen.

351/651 .......... 1,000,000 dozen.

433 ................. 21,000 dozen.

442 ................. 65,000 dozen.

443 ................. 50,000 numbers.

444 ................. 30,000 numbers.

448 ................. 40,000 dozen.

633 ................. 60,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification in

accordance with the provisions of the

certification requirements established in the

directive of February 25, 1987 (52 FR 6595),

as amended, shall be denied entry unless the

Government of the Dominican Republic

authorizes the entry and any charges to the

appropriate specific limits. Any shipment

which is declared for entry under the Special

Access Program but found not to qualify shall

be denied entry into the United States.

These specific limits and guaranteed access

levels do not apply to goods that qualify for

quota-free entry under the Trade and

Development Act of 2000.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–30797 Filed 12–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint

Limit and Guaranteed Access Level for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in El Salvador

November 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

an import limit and guaranteed access

level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port,

call (202) 927–5850, or refer to the U.S.

Customs website at http://

www.customs.gov. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

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.

The import restraint limit and

Guaranteed Access Level (GAL) for

textile products in Categories 340/640,

produced or manufactured in El

Salvador and exported during the

period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001 are based on limits

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body

pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the limit and guaranteed access level for

2001.

This specific limit and guaranteed

access level do not apply to goods that

qualify for quota-free entry under the

Trade and Development Act of 2000.

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 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.