Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia and Thailand; Notice of Proposed Conversion

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-301-401 and C-549-401]

Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia and Thailand; Notice

of Proposed Conversion

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Certain textile mill products from Colombia and Thailand:

Notice of proposed conversion of the scope of the suspended

investigation 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. The

Department of Commerce (the Department) is now proposing to convert the

Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA) to the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) for the suspended countervailing duty

investigations on certain textile mill products from Colombia and

Thailand. Interested parties are invited to comment on this proposed

conversion.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda L. Pasden, Office of Agreements

Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-

0162.

Background

In 1985, the Department suspended the countervailing duty

investigations on certain textile mill products and apparel from

Colombia (C-301-401) (50 FR 9863; March 12, 1985) and certain textile

mill products from Thailand (C-549-401) (50 FR 9832; March 12, 1985).

The scope of these suspended investigations was originally defined

solely in terms of the TSUSA item numbers; no narrative product

description was provided. On January 1, 1989, the United States fully

converted from the TSUSA to the HTS, pursuant to section 1211 of the

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. These suspended

investigations were terminated in 1990, and the HTS conversions were

never implemented. However, the CIT ordered that these suspended

investigations be reinstated (except for apparel from Colombia) in its

decision dated May 7, 1992 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States,

slip op. No. 92-64). The CIT was upheld by the CAFC on September 7,

1993 (Belton Industries, Inc. v. United States, slip op. No. 6 F.3d

756). As a result, these suspended investigations were reinstated

effective May 18, 1992 (see 58 FR 54552, October 22, 1993 and decision

memorandum dated February 25, 1994). Therefore, the Department is now

taking action to conform with the tariff classification system of the

HTS.

The Department, with the assistance of the U.S. Customs Service and

the U.S. International Trade Commission, has analyzed the TSUSA-defined

scope and identified those HTS numbers that reasonably correspond with

the TSUSA-defined scope of the subject suspended investigations. The

proposed conversions are found in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.

Request for Public Comments

We invite interested parties to submit comments on the proposed

conversions within 30 days of the date of the publication of this

notice. All comments must be in writing (10 copies), and addressed to

the attention of the Director, Office of Agreements Compliance,

International Trade Administration, IA Central Record Unit, room B-099,

14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: April 9, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix 1.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Colombia

5111.1120.................. 5205.2300 5406.1000.20 6002.2010

5111.1910.................. 5205.2400 5406.1000.40 16002.4300

5111.2005.................. 5205.2500 5406.1000.90 6002.4300.10

5111.2010.................. 25205.3200 5406.2000 6002.4300.20

5111.3005.................. 5205.3300 5509.2200 6002.4300.80

5111.3010.................. 5205.4400 5509.2200.10 6302.6000

5111.9040.................. 5205.4500 5509.2200.90 6302.6000.10

5111.9050.................. 5206.1100 5509.5160 6302.6000.20

5112.1110.................. 5206.1200 5511.1000 6302.6000.30

5112.1920.................. 5206.1300 5511.1000.30 6302.9100

5112.2010.................. 5206.1400 5511.1000.60 6302.9100.05

5112.2020.................. 5206.1500 5511.2000 6302.9100.15

5112.3010.................. 5206.4100 5511.3000 6302.9100.25

5112.3020.................. 5206.4200 5801.2100 6302.9100.35

5112.9040.................. 5206.4300 5801.2200 6302.9100.45

5112.9050.................. 5206.4400 5804.2100 6302.9100.50

5205.1110.................. 5206.4500 5804.2900 6302.9100.60

5205.1210.................. 5207.1000 5809.2900.10 6306.1100

5205.1310.................. 5207.9000 5809.2900.20 6306.2100

5205.1410.................. 5406.1000 5809.2900.90 ..........................

\1\Coverage limited to fabrics of polyester.

\2\Coverage limited to yarn exceeding 33nm per single yarn.

Appendix 2.--Proposed HTS List for Certain Textile Mill Products From Thailand

5204.1100............ 5208.1260 5210.1180.20 5511.1000 5514.1100.30

5204.1900............ 5208.1260.20 5210.1180.90 5511.1000.30 5514.1100.50

5204.2000............ 5208.1260.40 5211.1100 5511.1000.60 5514.1100.90

5206.2100............ 5208.1260.60 5211.1100.20 5511.2000 5601.1010

5206.2200............ 5208.1260.90 5211.1100.30 5511.3000 5601.2100

5206.2300............ 5208.1280 5211.1100.50 5513.1100 5601.2100.10

5206.2400............ 5208.1280.20 5211.1100.90 5513.1100.20 5601.2100.90

5206.2500............ 5208.1280.90 5401.1000 5513.1100.40 5701.9020

5206.4100............ 5209.1100 5401.2000 5513.1100.60 5701.9020.10

5206.4200............ 5209.1100.20 5402.3130 5513.1100.90 5701.9020.20

5206.4300............ 5209.1100.30 5402.3160 5513.1900 5701.9020.30

5206.4400............ 5209.1100.50 5402.3230 5513.1900.10 5701.9020.90

5206.4500............ 5209.1100.90 5402.3260 5513.1900.20 5703.1000

5207.1000............ 5209.1200 5402.3360 5513.1900.30 5703.2010

5207.9000............ 5209.1200.20 5406.1000 5513.1900.40 6302.4020

5208.1120............ 5209.1200.40 5406.1000.20 5513.1900.50 6302.4020.10

5208.1120.20......... 5209.1900 5406.1000.40 5513.1900.60 6302.4020.20

5208.1120.40......... 5209.1900.20 5406.1000.90 5513.1900.90 6302.5110

5208.1120.90......... 5209.1900.40 5406.2000 5513.2100 6302.5120

5208.1140............ 5209.1900.60 5508.1000 5513.2100.20 6302.5130

5208.1140.20......... 5209.1900.90 5508.2000 5513.2100.40 6302.5140

5208.1140.40......... 5210.1140 5509.2100 5513.2100.60 6307.1020

5208.1140.60......... 5210.1140.20 5509.2200 5513.2100.90 6307.1020.05

5208.1140.90......... 5210.1140.40 5509.2200.10 5513.2300 6307.1020.15

5208.1180............ 5210.1140.90 5509.2200.90 5513.2300.20 6307.1020.20

5208.1180.20......... 5210.1160 5509.3200 5513.2300.40 6307.1020.27

5208.1180.90......... 5210.1160.20 5509.5130 5513.2300.90 6307.1020.28

5208.1240............ 5210.1160.40 5509.5160 5513.3100 6307.1020.30

5208.1240.20......... 5210.1160.60 5509.6940 5514.1100 ....................

5208.1240.40......... 5210.1160.90 5510.1200 5514.1100.20 ....................

5208.1240.90......... 5210.1180 5510.9040 ..................... ....................

[FR Doc. 94-9175 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]

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