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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-542-401]

 

Certain Textile Mill Products From Sri Lanka; Proposed Amended 
Conversion

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration, 
Commerce.

ACTION: Certain textile mill products from Sri Lanka: Notice of 
proposed 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. 
The Department now proposes to amend the 1989 Conversion governing the 
countervailing duty order on certain textile mill products from Sri 
Lanka. Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed 
amended conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1994.

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

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). The notice also included 
the conversion of the scope of the referenced textile order 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 the conversion could be amended, as warranted, 
at any time during the applicable proceeding as a result of the 
submission of comments or new factual information.
    As a result of comments submitted to the Department by the 
importing public and advice received from the U.S. Customs Service, the 
Department has determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately 
reflect the scope of the Certain Textile Mill Products from Sri Lanka 
order and, therefore, that the conversion should be amended.
    To rectify the problems in the 1989 Conversion, the Department, 
with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, has once again compared the TSUSA-
defined scope and the HTS-defined scope provided by the 1989 
Conversion, and identified those HTS numbers that more reasonably 
correspond with the TSUSA-defined scope of the Certain Textile Mill 
Products from Sri Lanka countervailing duty order.
    A new proposed amended conversion is found in the attached 
appendix.

Request for Public Comments

    We invite interested parties to submit comments on the proposed 
amended conversion within 30 days of the publication of this notice. 
All comments must be in writing (10 copies), addressed to the attention 
of the Director, Office of Countervailing Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, IA Central Record Unit, room B-099, 14th Street 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: March 22, 1994.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products 
From Sri Lanka (C-542-401) 

4202.2245.....................................    6305.3100    6305.3900
6306.1100.....................................    6306.2100    6307.1020
                                                                        

[FR Doc. 94-7267 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
University of California, Los Alamos, Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 301). Related records can be viewed between 
8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 93-153. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad. 
Manufacturer: VG Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Advice received from: National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, October 25, 1993 (comparable 
case).
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
sensitivities of at least 30 MHz/ppm for Co, In, Pb, Bi and V and (2) a 
proven glovebox compatible design for containment of radioactive sample 
materials. The National Institute of Standards and Technology advises 
that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended 
purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument for the 
applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-7392 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The University of North Carolina, Notice of Decision on Application 
for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 301). Related records can be viewed between 
8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 93-155. Applicant: The University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill, Chapel hill, North Carolina 27599-3300. Instrument: 
Mass Spectrometer with Automated Gas and Gas Chromatograph/Combustion 
Inlet Systems, Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 5178, February 3, 1994.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) an 
internal precision of 0.005 for bar l samples of CO2, (2) 
simultaneous collection of 3 separate ion beams and (3) an autosampling 
carbonate combustion/preparation line.
    These capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended 
purpose and we know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-7391 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]
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