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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-333-001]

 

Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Proposed Amended 
Conversion

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

ACTION: Cotton Sheeting and Sateen 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 cotton sheeting and sateen 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, N.W., 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). The notice also included 
the conversion of the scope of the referenced cotton sheeting and 
sateen 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 cotton sheeting 
and sateen 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 cotton sheeting and sateen 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.

    Dated: September 28, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From 
Peru (C-333-002)

5208.1120
5208.1240
5208.1920*
5208.2920*
5209.1900
5209.2900

    *Coverage limited to fabric, wholly of satin weave.

[FR Doc. 94-24656 Filed 10-4-94; 8:45 am]
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