MESSAGE NO: 5163111 DATE: 06 12 1995
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 333 - 001 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 01 01 1994 TO 12 31 1994

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

RE: SCOPE CLARIFICATION, & LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS ON
COTTON SHEETING AND SATEEN FROM PERU (C-333-001)


1. ON MAY 1, 1995, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED A NOTICE
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER THAT IDENTIFIED THOSE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS) ITEM NUMBERS THAT MOST REASONABLY
CORRESPOND TO THE SCOPE OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON
COTTON SHEETING AND SATEEN FROM PERU (C-333-001) AS IT WAS
ORIGINALLY DEFINED BY THE THE TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES ITEM NUMBERS.

2. THE AMENDED HTS SCOPE OF THE ORDER IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

5208.1120 5208.1240 5208.1920 5208.2920 5209.1900
5209.2900

COVERAGE LIMITED TO FABRIC, WHOLLY OF SATIN WEAVE.

3. THEREFORE, ALL SHIPMENTS OF MERCHANDISE NOT COVERED BY THE
IDENTIFIED HTS ITEM NUMBERS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994,
SHOULD BE LIQUIDATED WITHOUT REGARD TO COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
CUSTOMS SHOULD SUSPEND LIQUIDATION ONLY ON MERCHANDISE
ENTERING UNDER THE IDENTIFIED HTS ITEM NUMBERS AND
DISCONTINUE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR MERCHANDISE
ENTERING UNDER HTS ITEM NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY NOT IDENTIFIED.

4. ADDITIONALLY, ALL MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THE IDENTIFIED HTS
ITEM NUMBERS THAT WAS EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994,
AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1994 SHOULD BE LIQUIDATED AT
THE RATE OF 0.71 PERCENT OF THE ENTERED VALUE FOR ALL
COMPANIES.

5. THE ASSESSMENT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BY THE CUSTOMS SEVICE
ON ENTRIES OF THIS MERCHANDISE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. SECTION 778 OF THE
TARIFF ACT REQUIRE THAT INTEREST BE PAID ON OVERPAYMENTS OR
UNDERPAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED AS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
THE INTEREST PROVISIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO CASH OR BONDS
POSTED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BEFORE THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER. THE INTEREST
SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION. THE RATE
AT WHICH SUCH INTEREST IS PAYABLE IS THE RATE IN EFECT UNDER
SECTION 6621 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH
PERIOD.

6. THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ORDERED FOR THIS MERCHANDISE
EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994 AND ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 31, 1994, IS LIFTED. SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR
ALL ENTRIES EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1995, WILL
CONTINUE.

7. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, TECHNICAL PRGORAMS,
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
THE OFFICE OF COUNTERVAILING COMPLIANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, (202) 482-2786.

8. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

NANCY MCTIERNAN