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contains documents other than rules or

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Notices Federal Register

2571

Vol. 60, No. 6

Tuesday, January 10, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Technology Administration.

Title: Foreign Science and Technical

Information Survey.

Form Number(s): NA.

Agency Approval Number: NA.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 80 hours.

Number of Respondents: 80.

Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this

survey is to determine how best to meet

the foreign scientific and technical

information needs of U.S. business and

industry through gaining a better

understanidng of how U.S. firms use

such information.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for–profit organizations.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein,

(202) 395–3785.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Gerald Tache ́, DOC

Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482–

3271, Department of Commerce, room

5312, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Maya A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer,

room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 5, 1995.

Gerald Tache ́,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 95–581 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CW–F

International Trade Administration

[C–542–401]

Certain Textile Mill Products From Sri

Lanka; 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.

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

March 29, 1994, the Department

published a proposed amendment to the

conversion (59 FR 14609). 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 certain textile mill products

from Sri Lanka.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 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, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202)

482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In 1985, the Department issued a

countervailing duty order on Certain

Textile Mill Products from Sri Lanka

(C–542–401) (50 FR 9826; March 12,

1985). 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 certain textile mill products from Sri

Lanka 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 certain textile mill

products from Sri Lanka and, therefore,

(2) that the 1989 Conversion should be

amended. On March 29, 1994, the

Department published a proposed

amendment to the 1989 Conversion and

invited interested parties to comment

(59 FR 14609). The Department also

requested comments on the proposed

conversion from the U.S. Customs

Service. The Department received

comments from the U.S. Customs

Service. Based on our analysis of the

comments received, the Department has

amended the 1989 Conversion

governing the countervailing duty order

on certain textile mill products from Sri

Lanka. The HTS numbers included in

this order are listed in the attached

Appendix.
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Analysis of Comments Received

Comment 1: The U.S. Customs

Service recommends that we delete the

following HTS numbers from the

proposed conversion: 6306.1100 and

6306.2100.

Department’s Position: We agree and

accept this recommendation because

these subheadings cover products that

were not included in the TSUSAdefined scope of the countervailing duty

order on certain textile mill products

from Sri Lanka.

Comment 2: The U.S. Customs

Service recommends that we delete

subheading 6307.1020 and insert

subheadings 6307.10.2005,

6307.10.2015, and 6307.10.2020.

Department’s Position: We agree and

accept this recommendation in order to

be more precise in coverage of products

included in the scope of the

countervailing duty order on certain

textile mill products from Sri Lanka.

In addition to the changes we are

making in response to comments

submitted by the U.S. Customs Service,

we are also deleting subheading

4202.2245 from the proposed

conversion because this subheading

covers products that were originally

covered by the scope of the

countervailing duty order on certain

apparel from Sri Lanka which was

revoked effective May 18, 1992 (59 FR

43814; August 25, 1994).

All of these changes are reflected in

the new Amended Conversion. The

attached Appendix incorporates all of

these amendments.

Instructions to Customs

The Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate without

regard to countervailing duties all

unliquidated entries of certain textile

mill products from Sri Lanka not

covered by the attached Appendix that

were exported from Sri Lanka on or after

May 18, 1992.

In addition, we are instructing the

Customs Service to terminate the

suspension of liquidation for all entries

of certain textile mill products from Sri

Lanka not covered in the attached

Appendix, that are entered or

withdrawn from the warehouse on or

after the date of 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: January 4, 1995.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

Appendix: Amended HTS List for

Certain Textile Mill Products From Sri

Lanka (C–542–401)

6305.3100

6305.3900

6307.10.2005

6307.10.2015

6307.10.2020

[FR Doc. 95–580 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export

Trade Certificate of Review, Application

No. 94–0006.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has issued an Export Trade Certificate of

Review to P & B International (‘‘P & B’’).

This notice summarizes the conduct for

which certification has been granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, 202–482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. The

regulations implementing Title III are

found at 15 CFR Part 325 (1994).

The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’) is issuing

this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b),

which requires the Department of

Commerce to publish a summary of a

Certificate in the Federal Register.

Under Section 305 (a) of the Act and 15

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by

the Secretary’s determination may,

within 30 days of the date of this notice,

bring an action in any appropriate

district court of the United States to set

aside the determination on the ground

that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

Export Trade

1. Products

All products

2. Services

All services

3. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as

they Relate to the Export of Products

and Services)

Export Trade Facilitation Services

including, but not limited to,

consulting; foreign market research;

marketing and trade promotion;

financing; insurance; licensing; services

related to compliance with customs

documentation and procedures;

transportation and shipping;

warehousing and other services to

facilitate the transfer of ownership and/

or distribution; and communication and

processing of export orders.

Export Markets

The Export Markets include all parts

of the world except the United States

(the fifty states of the United States, the

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory

of the Pacific Islands.)

Export Trade Activities and Methods of

Operation

To engage in Export Trade in the

Export Markets, as an Export

Intermediary, P & B may:

1. Provide and/or arrange for the

provision of Export Trade Facilitation

Services;

2. Engage in promotional and

marketing activities as they relate to

exporting Products and/or Services to

the Export Markets;

3. Enter into exclusive export sales

agreements with Suppliers regarding

sales of Products and/or Services in the

Export Markets; such agreement may

prohibit Suppliers from exporting

independently of P & B;

4. Enter into exclusive sales and/or

territorial agreements with distributors

in Export Markets;

5. Establish the price of Products and/

or Services for sale in the Export

Markets;

6. Allocate export orders among its

Suppliers; and,

7. Exchange information on a one-onone basis with individual Suppliers

regarding inventories and near-term

production schedules for the purpose of

determining the availability of Products

for export and coordinating export with

distributors.

Members (Within the Meaning of

Section 325.2(1) of the Regulations)

Peter T. Peterson

Oliver L. Brown

Terms and Conditions of Certificate

1. In engaging in Export Trade

Activities and Methods of Operation, P

& B and its Members will not

intentionally disclose, directly or

indirectly, to any Supplier any

information about any other Supplier’s

costs, production, capacity, inventories,

domestic prices, domestic sales, or U.S.

business plans, strategies, or methods

that is not already generally available to

the trade or public.