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[FR Doc No: 94-9175]


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[Federal Register: April 15, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-301-401 and C-549-401]

 

Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia and Thailand; Notice 
of Proposed Conversion

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

ACTION: Certain textile mill products from Colombia and Thailand: 
Notice of proposed conversion of the scope of the suspended 
investigation 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. The 
Department of Commerce (the Department) is now proposing to convert the 
Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA) to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) for the suspended countervailing duty 
investigations on certain textile mill products from Colombia and 
Thailand. Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed 
conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda L. Pasden, Office of Agreements 
Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-
0162.

Background

    In 1985, the Department suspended the countervailing duty 
investigations on certain textile mill products and apparel from 
Colombia (C-301-401) (50 FR 9863; March 12, 1985) and certain textile 
mill products from Thailand (C-549-401) (50 FR 9832; March 12, 1985). 
The scope of these suspended investigations was originally defined 
solely in terms of the TSUSA item numbers; no narrative product 
description was provided. On January 1, 1989, the United States fully 
converted from the TSUSA to the HTS, pursuant to section 1211 of the 
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. These suspended 
investigations were terminated in 1990, and the HTS conversions were 
never implemented. However, the CIT ordered that these suspended 
investigations be reinstated (except for apparel from Colombia) in its 
decision dated May 7, 1992 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States, 
slip op. No. 92-64). The CIT was upheld by the CAFC on September 7, 
1993 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States, slip op. No. 6 F.3d 
756). As a result, these suspended investigations were reinstated 
effective May 18, 1992 (see 58 FR 54552, October 22, 1993 and decision 
memorandum dated February 25, 1994). Therefore, the Department is now 
taking action to conform with the tariff classification system of the 
HTS.
    The Department, with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and 
the U.S. International Trade Commission, has analyzed the TSUSA-defined 
scope and identified those HTS numbers that reasonably correspond with 
the TSUSA-defined scope of the subject suspended investigations. The 
proposed conversions are found in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.

Request for Public Comments

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

    Dated: April 9, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

                 Appendix 1.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia                 
5111.1120..................               5205.2300                 5406.1000.20                   6002.2010    
5111.1910..................               5205.2400                 5406.1000.40                  16002.4300    
5111.2005..................               5205.2500                 5406.1000.90                6002.4300.10    
5111.2010..................              25205.3200                    5406.2000                6002.4300.20    
5111.3005..................               5205.3300                    5509.2200                6002.4300.80    
5111.3010..................               5205.4400                 5509.2200.10                   6302.6000    
5111.9040..................               5205.4500                 5509.2200.90                6302.6000.10    
5111.9050..................               5206.1100                    5509.5160                6302.6000.20    
5112.1110..................               5206.1200                    5511.1000                6302.6000.30    
5112.1920..................               5206.1300                 5511.1000.30                   6302.9100    
5112.2010..................               5206.1400                 5511.1000.60                6302.9100.05    
5112.2020..................               5206.1500                    5511.2000                6302.9100.15    
5112.3010..................               5206.4100                    5511.3000                6302.9100.25    
5112.3020..................               5206.4200                    5801.2100                6302.9100.35    
5112.9040..................               5206.4300                    5801.2200                6302.9100.45    
5112.9050..................               5206.4400                    5804.2100                6302.9100.50    
5205.1110..................               5206.4500                    5804.2900                6302.9100.60    
5205.1210..................               5207.1000                 5809.2900.10                   6306.1100    
5205.1310..................               5207.9000                 5809.2900.20                   6306.2100    
5205.1410..................               5406.1000                 5809.2900.90      ..........................
\1\Coverage limited to fabrics of polyester.                                                                    
\2\Coverage limited to yarn exceeding 33nm per single yarn.                                                     


                 Appendix 2.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Thailand                 
5204.1100............            5208.1260           5210.1180.20              5511.1000           5514.1100.30 
5204.1900............         5208.1260.20           5210.1180.90           5511.1000.30           5514.1100.50 
5204.2000............         5208.1260.40              5211.1100           5511.1000.60           5514.1100.90 
5206.2100............         5208.1260.60           5211.1100.20              5511.2000              5601.1010 
5206.2200............         5208.1260.90           5211.1100.30              5511.3000              5601.2100 
5206.2300............            5208.1280           5211.1100.50              5513.1100           5601.2100.10 
5206.2400............         5208.1280.20           5211.1100.90           5513.1100.20           5601.2100.90 
5206.2500............         5208.1280.90              5401.1000           5513.1100.40              5701.9020 
5206.4100............            5209.1100              5401.2000           5513.1100.60           5701.9020.10 
5206.4200............         5209.1100.20              5402.3130           5513.1100.90           5701.9020.20 
5206.4300............         5209.1100.30              5402.3160              5513.1900           5701.9020.30 
5206.4400............         5209.1100.50              5402.3230           5513.1900.10           5701.9020.90 
5206.4500............         5209.1100.90              5402.3260           5513.1900.20              5703.1000 
5207.1000............            5209.1200              5402.3360           5513.1900.30              5703.2010 
5207.9000............         5209.1200.20              5406.1000           5513.1900.40              6302.4020 
5208.1120............         5209.1200.40           5406.1000.20           5513.1900.50           6302.4020.10 
5208.1120.20.........            5209.1900           5406.1000.40           5513.1900.60           6302.4020.20 
5208.1120.40.........         5209.1900.20           5406.1000.90           5513.1900.90              6302.5110 
5208.1120.90.........         5209.1900.40              5406.2000              5513.2100              6302.5120 
5208.1140............         5209.1900.60              5508.1000           5513.2100.20              6302.5130 
5208.1140.20.........         5209.1900.90              5508.2000           5513.2100.40              6302.5140 
5208.1140.40.........            5210.1140              5509.2100           5513.2100.60              6307.1020 
5208.1140.60.........         5210.1140.20              5509.2200           5513.2100.90           6307.1020.05 
5208.1140.90.........         5210.1140.40           5509.2200.10              5513.2300           6307.1020.15 
5208.1180............         5210.1140.90           5509.2200.90           5513.2300.20           6307.1020.20 
5208.1180.20.........            5210.1160              5509.3200           5513.2300.40           6307.1020.27 
5208.1180.90.........         5210.1160.20              5509.5130           5513.2300.90           6307.1020.28 
5208.1240............         5210.1160.40              5509.5160              5513.3100           6307.1020.30 
5208.1240.20.........         5210.1160.60              5509.6940              5514.1100    ....................
5208.1240.40.........         5210.1160.90              5510.1200           5514.1100.20    ....................
5208.1240.90.........            5210.1180              5510.9040    .....................  ....................

[FR Doc. 94-9175 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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