[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 60043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29774]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Notice of Issuance of Final Determination Concerning Surgical 
Instruments

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of final determination.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that Customs has issued a final 
determination concerning the country of origin of certain surgical 
instruments which are being offered to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs under a Federal Supply contract. The final determination found 
that based upon the facts presented, the country of origin of the 
surgical instruments is Germany.

DATES: The final determination was issued on November 2, 1998. A copy 
of the final determination will be published in ``Customs Bulletin and 
Decisions.'' Any party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 177.22(d), may 
seek judicial review of this final determination within 30 days of 
November 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monika Brenner, Special Classification 
and Marking Branch, Office of Regulations and Rulings (202-927-1675).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that on November 2, 
1998, pursuant to Subpart B of Part 177, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 
Part 177, Subpart B), Customs issued a final determination concerning 
the country of origin of certain surgical instruments which are being 
offered to the Department of Veterans Affairs under a Federal Supply 
contract. This final determination was issued at the request of one of 
the offerors under procedures set forth at 19 CFR Part 177, Subpart B, 
which implements Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 2511-18). The final determination concluded that, 
based upon the facts presented, German surgical instrument forgings are 
not substantially transformed in Malaysia as a result of various 
machining and some assembly processes. Accordingly, the country of 
origin of the surgical instruments is Germany. This document gives 
notice pursuant to section 177.29, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 177.29), 
of that final determination. Any party-at-interest, as defined in 19 
CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial review of this final determination 
within 30 days of November 6, 1998.

    Dated: November 2, 1998.
John Durant,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.
[FR Doc. 98-29774 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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