[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55542-55543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26973]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-357-404]


Certain Textile Mill Products From Argentina; Notice of Scope 
Amendment

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

ACTION: Certain Textile Mill Products from Argentina: 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.

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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. 
On November 2, 1994, the Department published a proposed amendment to 
the conversion (59 FR 54887). 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 the 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 Argentina.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne D'Alauro or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, 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 Argentina (C-357-404) (50 FR 9846; 
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 mill product 
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 Textile 
Mill Products from Argentina and, therefore, that the conversion should 
be amended. On November 2, 1994, the Department published a proposed 
amendment to the 1989 Conversion and invited interested parties to 
comment (59 FR 54887). The Department also requested comments on the 
proposed coversion 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 Argentina. The HTS numbers included 
in this order are listed in the attached Appendix.

Analysis of Comments Received

    Based on comments received from the U.S. Customs Service, we are 
making the following changes to the HTS-defined scope, as published on 
November 2, 1994 (59 FR 54887) so that it better reflects the original 
TSUSA-defined scope of this countervailing duty order:
    1. We are replacing the broader HTS subheading 6302.60.00 with the 
more specific HTS subheadings: 6302.60.0010, 6302.60.0020, 
6302.91.0005, and 6302.91.0050. 

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    2. We are adding HTS subheadings 5111.90.90 and 5112.90.90.

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 Argentina not covered by the 
attached Appendix that were exported from Argentina on or after 
November 9, 1992. The Department will also instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service to liquidate at the appropriate countervailing duty rate all 
unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise covered in the attached 
Appendix that were exported on or after November 9, 1992, and on or 
before December 31, 1993. With the finalization of this scope 
coversion, the Department can now evaluate the merits of a standing 
issue affecting merchandise exported on or after January 1, 1994, which 
entered on or before December 31, 1994. Pending that determination, 
merchandise covered by the order exported on or after January 1, 1994, 
which entered on or before December 31, 1994, will remain suspended.
    In addition, since this order was revoked effective January 1, 1995 
(See Revocation of Countervailing Duty Orders (60 FR 40568; August 9, 
1995)), the Customs Service has terminated the suspension of 
liquidation for all entries, and withdrawals from warehouse, of certain 
textile mill products from Argentina made on or after January 1, 1995.

    Dated: October 23, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products 
From Argentina (C-357-404)

5111.1170, 5111.1960\1\, 5111.2090, 5111.3090, 5111.9090, 5112.1120, 
5112.1990\1\, 5112.2030, 5112.3030, 5112.9090, 5205.1110, 5205.1210, 
5205.1310, 5205.1410, 5205.2400\2\, 5205.3100, 5205.3200, 5205.3300, 
5207.1000, 5207.9000, 5407.9105, 5407.9205, 5407.9305, 5407.9405 
5515.1305, 5515.1310, 5801.3600, 6302.600010, 6302.600020, 
6302.910005, 6302.910050, 6305.2000, 6305.9000.

    \1\Coverage limited to fabric, valued not over $19.84/kg.
    \2\Coverage limited to yarn, not exceeding 68 nm.
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[FR Doc. 95-26973 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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