Certain Textile Mill Products From Sri Lanka; Proposed Amended Conversion

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-542-401]

Certain Textile Mill Products From Sri Lanka; Proposed Amended

Conversion

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Certain textile mill products from Sri Lanka: 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 textile mill products from Sri

Lanka. Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed

amended conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martina Tkadlec or Kelly Parkhill,

Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-2786.

Background

In 1985, the Department issued a countervailing duty order on

Certain Textile Mill Products from Sri Lanka (C-542-401) (50 FR 9826;

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 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 has determined that the 1989 Conversion did not accurately

reflect the scope of the Certain Textile Mill Products from Sri Lanka

order 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 Certain Textile Mill

Products from Sri Lanka countervailing duty order.

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: March 22, 1994.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix: Proposed Amended HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products

From Sri Lanka (C-542-401)

4202.2245..................................... 6305.3100 6305.3900

6306.1100..................................... 6306.2100 6307.1020

[FR Doc. 94-7267 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California, Los Alamos, Notice of Decision on

Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 301). Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 93-153. Applicant: University of California, Los

Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad.

Manufacturer: VG Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Advice received from: National

Institute of Standards and Technology, October 25, 1993 (comparable

case).

Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such

purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the

United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1)

sensitivities of at least 30 MHz/ppm for Co, In, Pb, Bi and V and (2) a

proven glovebox compatible design for containment of radioactive sample

materials. The National Institute of Standards and Technology advises

that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended

purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument for the

applicant's intended use.

We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured

in the United States.

Pamela Woods

Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 94-7392 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The University of North Carolina, Notice of Decision on Application

for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 301). Related records can be viewed between

8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 93-155. Applicant: The University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill, Chapel hill, North Carolina 27599-3300. Instrument:

Mass Spectrometer with Automated Gas and Gas Chromatograph/Combustion

Inlet Systems, Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 5178, February 3, 1994.

Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such

purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the

United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) an

internal precision of 0.005 for bar l samples of CO2, (2)

simultaneous collection of 3 separate ion beams and (3) an autosampling

carbonate combustion/preparation line.

These capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended

purpose and we know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured

in the United States.

Pamela Woods

Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 94-7391 Filed 3-28-94; 8:45 am]

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