[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21070-21071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10654]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-333-001]


Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Scope Amendment

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of 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. 
On October 5, 1994, the Department published a proposed amendment to 
the conversion (59 FR 50728). Interested parties were invited to 
comment on this proposed amended conversion. The Department also 
requested the U.S. Customs Department to comment on the proposed 
amendment to the conversion. Based on our analysis of the comments 
received, the Department is now publishing an amended conversion of the 
scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen 
from Peru.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In 1983, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on 
Cotton Sheeting and Sateen from Peru (C-333-001) (48 FR 4501; February 
1, 1983). 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). That notice also 
included the conversion of the scope of the countervailing duty order 
on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru 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 
it would review the HTS classifications at any time during a proceeding 
upon receipt of new information or additional comments.
    Subsequently, as a result of comments submitted to the Department 
by the importing public and advice received from the U.S. Customs 
Service, the Department determined (1) that the 1989 Conversion did not 
accurately reflect the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton 
sheeting and sateen from Peru and, therefore, (2) that the 1989 
Conversion should be amended. On October 5, 1994, the Department 
published a proposed amendment to the 1989 Conversion and invited 
interested parties to comment (59 FR 50728). The Department also 
requested comments on the proposed conversion from the U.S. Customs 
Service.
    We received no comments from interested parties. Based on our 
analysis of comments from the U.S. Customs Service and advice from the 
U.S. International Trade Commission, the Department has amended the 
1989 Conversion governing the countervailing duty order on cotton 
sheeting and sateen from Peru. The HTS numbers included in this order 
are listed in the attached Appendix.

Instructions to Customs

    The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate 
without regard to countervailing duties all unliquidated entries of 
cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru not covered by the attached 
Appendix that were exported from Peru on or after January 1, 1994. The 
Department will also instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate at 
the appropriate countervailing duty rate all unliquidated entries of 
the subject merchandise covered in the attached Appendix that were 
exported on or after January 1, 1994, and on or before December 31, 
1994.
    In addition, we are instructing the Customs Service to terminate 
the suspension of liquidation for all entries of cotton sheeting and 
sateen from Peru not covered in the attached Appendix, that are entered 
or withdrawn from the warehouse on or after the date of 
[[Page 21071]] publication of this notice. The Department will also 
instruct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to suspend liquidation 
and collect the appropriate cash deposit of estimated countervailing 
duties for the subject merchandise listed in the attached Appendix, 
entered or withdrawn from the warehouse, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice.

    Dated: April 18, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

Appendix: Amended HTS List for Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru (C-
333-001)

5208.1120
5208.1240
5208.1920*
5208.2920*
5209.1900
5209.2900
    * Coverage limited to fabric, wholly of satin weave.

[FR Doc. 95-10654 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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