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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-333-402]

 

Certain Apparel from Peru; Notice of Proposed Amended Conversion

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

ACTION: Certain Apparel from Peru: 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 apparel from Peru. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on this proposed amended conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 1994.

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 1985, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on 
Certain Apparel from Peru (C-333-402) (50 FR 9871; 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 apparel 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 determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately 
reflect the scope of the countervailing duty order on certain apparel 
from Peru 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 countervailing duty 
order on certain apparel from Peru. 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.

Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Certain Apparel From Peru (C-
333-402)

    *Coverage limited to garments that would be subject to this 
order if separately entered.
    Coverage limited to garments having embroidery or 
permanently affixed applique work on the outer surface.
    Coverage limited to garments of artificial fibers, 
containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair.
    Coverage excludes garments having embroidery or 
permanently affixed applique work on the outer surface.
    Coverage excludes dresses of pile fabric and other 
dresses of fabric having yarns of different colors.
    Coverage excludes girls' garments, women's shorts, women's 
trousers and breeches of pile fabric and other women's trousers and 
breeches of blue denim.
    }Coverage excludes shirts of pile fabric and other shirts 
of fabric having yarns of different colors.

[FR Doc. 94-24655 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]
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