[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 21070-21071] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-10654] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [C-333-001] Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru; Notice of Scope Amendment AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 October 5, 1994, the Department published a proposed amendment to the conversion (59 FR 50728). 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 our analysis of the comments received, the Department is now publishing an amended conversion of the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1995. 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 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). That notice also included the conversion of the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru 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 it would review the HTS classifications at any time during a proceeding upon receipt of new information or additional comments. Subsequently, 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 (1) that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately reflect the scope of the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru and, therefore, (2) that the 1989 Conversion should be amended. On October 5, 1994, the Department published a proposed amendment to the 1989 Conversion and invited interested parties to comment (59 FR 50728). The Department also requested comments on the proposed conversion from the U.S. Customs Service. We received no comments from interested parties. Based on our analysis of comments from the U.S. Customs Service and advice from the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Department has amended the 1989 Conversion governing the countervailing duty order on cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru. The HTS numbers included in this order are listed in the attached Appendix. Instructions to Customs The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate without regard to countervailing duties all unliquidated entries of cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru not covered by the attached Appendix that were exported from Peru on or after January 1, 1994. 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 January 1, 1994, and on or before December 31, 1994. In addition, we are instructing the Customs Service to terminate the suspension of liquidation for all entries of cotton sheeting and sateen from Peru not covered in the attached Appendix, that are entered or withdrawn from the warehouse on or after the date of [[Page 21071]] publication of this notice. The Department will also instruct the U.S. Customs Service to continue to suspend liquidation and collect the appropriate cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties for the subject merchandise listed in the attached Appendix, entered or withdrawn from the warehouse, on or after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: April 18, 1995. Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. Appendix: Amended HTS List for Cotton Sheeting and Sateen From Peru (C- 333-001) 5208.1120 5208.1240 5208.1920* 5208.2920* 5209.1900 5209.2900 * Coverage limited to fabric, wholly of satin weave. [FR Doc. 95-10654 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P