NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-559-401]
Final Negative Countervailing Duty Determinations; Certain
Textile Mill
Products and Apparel from Singapore
Tuesday, March 12, 1985
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AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We determine that no benefits which constitute bounties
or grants within the meaning of the countervailing duty law are
being provided to manufacturers, producers, or exporters in
Singapore of certain textile mill products and apparel. The estimated
net countervailable benefits are de minimis, and therefore our final
countervailing duty determinations are negative.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 1985.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rick Herring or Melissa Skinner, Office of Investigations and Office of
Policy, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202)
377-0187 or 377-4412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Final Determinations
For purposes of these investigations, the following programs are
found to confer countervailable benefits:
- Monetary Authority of Singapore Rediscount Facility.
- Double Deduction of Export Promotion Expenses.
The estimated net countervailable benefit is 0.005 percent ad
valorem for textile mill products and 0.013 percent ad valorem for
apparel. These amounts are de minimis. Therefore, we determine that
no benefits which constitute bounties or grants within the meaning of
section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), are being
provided to manufacturers, producers, or exporters in Singapore of
certain textile mill products and apparel.
Case History
On July 19, 1984, we received a petition from the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union, and the International Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, on behalf of the U.S. industries producing certain textile mill
products and apparel. In compliance with the filing requirements of §
355.26 of our regulations (19 CFR 355.26), the petition alleges that
manufacturers, producers, or exporters in Singapore of textile mill
products and apparel receive, directly or indirectly, benefits which
constitute bounties or grants within the meaning of section 303 of the
Act.
We found that the petition contained sufficient grounds upon which to
initiate countervailing duty investigations, and on August 8, 1984,
we initiated such investigations (49 FR 32439). We stated that we
expected to issue preliminary determinations by October 12, 1984.
On September 21, 1984, we determined these investigations to be
"extraordinarily complicated," as defined in section 703(c)(1)(B) of
the Act. Therefore, we extended the period for making our
preliminary determinations by 65 days until December 17, 1984 (49
FR 40198).
Since Singapore is not a "country under the Agreement" within the
meaning of section 701(b) of the Act and the merchandise being
investigated is dutiable, sections 303 (a)(1) and (b) of the Act apply to
these investigations. Accordingly, the domestic industry is not
required to allege that, and the U.S. International Trade Commission
is not required to determine whether, imports of these products
cause or threaten material injury to a U.S. industry.
Due to the scope of these investigations, we employed a two-step
questionnaire process. We presented a preliminary questionnaire to
the government of Singapore in Washington, D.C., on August 24,
1984. Based on the responses to the preliminary questionnaire, we
identified the three textile mill products producers and exporters,
and the sixteen apparel producers and exporters who accounted for
at least 60 percent of the textile mill products and apparel exported
to the United States. Two additional companies made timely requests
for exclusion. These twenty-one firms were selected to respond to the
detailed company questionnaire. On October 26, 1984, we presented
the detailed government and company questionnaires to the
government of Singapore in Washington, D.C. The
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responses to
our detailed questionnaires were received on December 3 and 4,
1984.
On December 21, 1984, we published our preliminary determinations
that no benefits constituting bounties or grants are being provided to
manufacturers, producers, or exporters in Singapore of certain
textile mill products and apparel (49 FR 49683). We conducted
verification of the responses of the government of Singapore and the
textile and apparel companies between January 8 and January 16,
1985 in Singapore. Our notice of preliminary determinations gave
interested parties an opportunity to submit oral and written views.
We received written views from interested parties and have taken
them into consideration in this determination.
Certain respondents in the Certain Textile Mill Products and Apparel
investigations have raised issues as to whether petitioners have
standing to file these cases. Petitioners have also made comments
regarding our methodology in selecting companies to receive
detailed questionnaires, and our investigation of only those
companies that account for sixty percent of exports of the subject
merchandise to the United States. We have addressed these issues in
our final determinations of Certain Textile Mill Products and Apparel
from Malaysia, published concurrently with this notice. See that
notice for our comments on those issues.
Scope of the Investigations
The products covered by these investigations are certain textile mill
products and apparel, which are described in Appendix A, that is
attached to this notice.
Analysis of Programs
Throughout this notice, we refer to certain general principles applied
to the facts of the instant investigations. These principles are
described in the "Subsidies Appendix" attached to the notice of
"Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat- Rolled Products from Argentina; Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order," which was published in the April 26,
1984 issue of the Federal Register (49 FR 18016).
For purposes of these determinations, the period for which we are
measuring bounties or grants ("the review period") is calendar year
1983. For companies on a non-calendar fiscal year, we used their
most recent completed fiscal year.
Based upon our analysis of the petition, the responses to our
questionnaires, our verification, and comments submitted by
interested parties, we determine the following:
1. Programs Determined to Confer Countervailable Benefits
We determine that countervailable benefits are being provided to
manufacturers, producers, or exporters in Singapore of certain
textile mill products and apparel under the following programs.
A. Monetary Authority of Singapore Rediscount Facility
Petitioners allege that producers and exporters of the products under
investigation benefit from the provision of preferential financing
through the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) rediscount
facility for eligible export and pre-export bills of exchange.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore operates a rediscounting
facility at which banks are permitted to rediscount qualified
pre-export and export bills of exchange. Most exporters of
manufactured products are eligible to receive financing from
commercial banks using this facility. Banks negotiating rediscounted
bills are allowed to charge a maximum commission of not more than
one and one-half percent, per annum, above the rediscount rate
charged by the Authority. The Authority's rediscount rate is subject
to change from time to time. The rediscount rate during the review
period was 6.5 percent and the commission that banks were allowed
to charge under this program was 1.5 percent; therefore, the rate
charged to exporters for this financing was eight percent. This was
lower than the interest rate on three month commercial bill
discounts, which is the most comparable, predominant short-term
debt instrument. During the review period the average annual rate,
including the bank commission of 0.5 percent, for commercial bill
discounts was 8.12 percent. Since the rediscount facility is only
available for use by exporters and the rate of interest charged is less
than commercial interest rates on comparable loans, we determine
that the provision of financing by the rediscount facility of the
Monetary Authority of Singapore constitutes a countervailable
export benefit.
The benefit provided under this program was determined by applying
the interest differential between the commercial bill discount rate and
the rate charged for MAS financing to the principal amount of the
loans received in 1983 and used to finance exports to the U.S., for the
weighted-average number of days the loans were outstanding. We
then allocated the aggregate benefit over total U.S. exports of the
products under investigation. On this basis, we calculated a
countervailable benefit in the amount of 0.005 percent ad valorem
for textile mill products and 0.013 percent ad valorem for apparel.
B. Double Deduction of Export Promotion Expenses
Petitioners allege that firms exporting the merchandise under
investigation are receiving benefits under the Singapore tax law
which allows a double deduction from gross corporate income of
expenses incurred in export promotion.
This program allows the double deduction of approved expenses
incurred in the overseas promotion of Singapore-made products. Any
company undertaking the following promotion activities is eligible for
the benefit:
- Participation in an overseas trade fair, trade exhibition, and trade
mission;
- Participation in an approved trade fair or exhibition;
- Maintaining an approved overseas trade office;
- Overseas market development program; and
- Advertising in an approved publication.
Every company is allowed a single deduction for promotional
expenses, but since the double deduction is available only to
exporters, we determine that this program confers a countervailable
benefit upon the products under investigation. Only one company
received tax benefits under this program. To calculate the benefit
from this program, we determined the tax savings (half the amount of
the double deduction claimed on the tax return filed during the
review period applied to the corporate tax rate) and allocated that
amount over the total value of export sales in 1983 to determine a
countervailable benefit of less than 0.001 percent ad valorem for
apparel.
II. Programs Determined not to Confer Bounties or Grants
We determine that bounties or grants are not being provided to
manufacturers, producers, or exporters in Singapore of certain
textile mill products and apparel under the following programs.
A. Part VIA of the Economic Expansion Incentives Act (Investment
Allowance)
Petitioners allege that under this program, producers and exporters
receive tax credits for up to 50 percent of the outlays on approved
new investments in plant, machinery, and factory buildings.
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Under the Investment Allowance program, a company is
granted a tax exemption on a specific amount of profits equal to a
percentage of the fixed investments in plant and equipment incurred
by the company on the project. Companies can receive the
investment allowance if the investment meets one of the following
criteria:
- The investment results in greater efficiency in resource utilization;
- The investment introduces new technology into an existing
industry;
- The project is significantly more efficient in resource utilization than
the industry average; or
- The project produces parts and components used by other
industries.
We verified that all manufacturing companies investing in new
productive equipment are eligible to participate in the program and
that any such company which meets the above criteria will be
approved to receive the investment allowance. Because the program
is not limited, either de jure or de facto, to a specific enterprise or
industery, or group of enterprises or industries, we determine that
the program does not constitute a bounty or grant.
B. Skills Development Fund
Petitioners allege that the Singapore Development Board provides
countervailable assistance to producers and exporters of the
products under investigation through the Skills Development Fund,
which provides assistance, usually in the form of grants, to employers
undertaking to upgrade employee kills or to increase efficient
production. The three programs under the Skills Development Fund
are Training Grants, Interest Grants for Mechanisation, and the
Development Consultancy Scheme.
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) was established in October 1979
to promote the training of the Singapore labor force. The SDF is
financed through a levy on employers, currently amounting to four
percent of the salaries of all employees earning less than $750 per
month. We verified that all sectors of the economy are eligible to
participate in the program. Because the program is not limited, either
de jure or de facto, to a specific enterprise or industry, or group of
enterprises or industries, we determine that this program does not
constitute a bounty or grant.
C. Textile and Garment Industry Training Centre
Petitioners allege that the producers and exporters of the products
under investigation receive a countervailable grant through the
government's operation of a training center specifically for textile
workers to the extent that this program involves an assumption of
manufacturing and production costs.
The Textile and Garment Industry Training Centre was established,
and is operated, by the Singapore Textile and Garment Manufacturers'
Association (STGMA). The Centre provides to all employees of the
textile and garment industry a wide range of courses aimed at training
new workers and upgrading the skills of existing workers. The cost of
courses taken is the responsibility of the participants' employers.
Employers may apply to the Skills Development Fund (SDF) for
training grants to cover these costs (see previous section).
The STGMA received funds from the SDF to assist in covering the
Centre's start-up cost. We verified that this Centre is one of eleven
centers in a wide range of industries, which were or are in the process
of being established with funds provided by the SDF. We verified that
the government of Singapore has made funds available to all other
trade associations which have requested training centers. Since the
provision of grants by the SDF to industry associations is not limited,
either de lure or de facto, to a specific industry or group of industries,
we determine that the Textile and Garment Industry Training Centre
does not confer a bounty or grant upon the production or
exportation of the products under investigation.
D. Public Utility Board Surcharge Exemption Programme
This program provides for exemption from the ten percent surcharge
on Public Utility Board (PUB) bills. Exemption from the surcharge is
granted on an approval basis to industrial establishments with a
monthly electricity consumption of at least 100,000 kwh.
Criteria of energy conservation are the sole bases for determining
whether a company qualifies for the exemption. A company with
monthly electricity consumption of at least 100,000 kwh qualifies for
the exemption as long as it meets one of the following criteria: (a) The
company's energy efficiency in the current year is better than in the
previous year, (b) the company's energy efficiency is better than the
average for the same industry group, or (c) new investments in
energy conservation equipment are equal to or greater than 15
percent of total annual energy costs.
We verified that any company meeting any of the above criteria
which applies for the exemption has its application approved. We also
verified that companies which apply, and which do not meet the
specifications for approval, are denied the exemption. Since this
program is not limited, either de jure or de facto, to a specific
enterprise or industry, or group of enterprises or industries, we
determine that this program does not constitute a bounty or grant.
E. Small Industries Finance Scheme
Under this program, the Economic Development Board provides
fixed interest funds to financial institutions participating in the
program for onward lending to qualifying small companies. Loans
made to such companies are currently set at nine percent. The
Economic Development Board and the participating financial
institutions jointly administer the program and share equally in the
credit risk. We verified that all small companies in manufacturing
activities qualify for the program as long as they meet the normal
credit risk criteria set by the participating financial institutions. We
found in practice that there is no limitation on the companies which
receive financing under this program, other than the regulatory
guidelines of the program.
Since this program is not limited, either de jure or de facto, to a
specific enterprise or industry, or group of enterprises or industries,
we determine that this program does not constitute a bounty or
grant.
III. Programs Determined Not To Be Used
We determine that manufacturers, producers or exporters in
Singapore of certain textile mill products and apparel did not use the
following programs which were listed in our notice of initiation.
A. Parts II, III, IV, IVA, IVB, and V of the Economic Expansion
Incentives Act
Petitioners allege that the producers and exporters of the products
under investigation benefit from exemptions on income tax based
upon their classification under the Economic Expansion Incentives
Act. We verified that the only part of the Economic Expansion
Incentives Act used by producers and exporters was the investment
allowance allowed under Part VIA of the Act (see the section
"Programs Determined Not To Confer Bounties Or Grants").
B. Capital Assistance Scheme
Petitioners allege that producers and exporters of the products under
investigation receive preferential loans
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and loan guarantees
under the Capital Assistance Scheme which is administerd by the
Singapore Economic Development Board. We verified that the textile
and apparel companies did not use this program.
C. Production Development Assistance Scheme
Petitioners allege that producers and exporters of the products under
investigation receive grants from the Singapore Economic
Development Board under the Product Development Assistance
Scheme to finance technical improvements in products or
manufacturing processes. We verified that the textile and apparel
companies did not use this program.
D. Research and Development Tax Incentives
Petitioners allege that the producers and exporters of the products
under investigation receive special tax treatment for approved
research and development costs. We verified that the textile and
apparel companies did not use this program.
E. Export Credit Insurance Corporation
Petitioners allege that exporters benefit from the provision of export
credit insurance at concessional rates not consistent with commercial
considerations, which are inadequate to cover the long-term
operating costs of the program.
The Export Credit Insurance Corporation insures exporters against
the risk of non-payment. To qualify for export credit insurance
coverage, the exporter must be a company incorporated in Singapore
and operating out of a permanent establishment in Singapore. During
verification we found that this program was not used to insure
exports to the U.S.
Petitioners' Comments
Comment 1: Petitioners argue that the Skills Development Fund, the
Textile and Garment Industry Training Centre, the Public Utility
Board Surcharge Exemption Programme, and the Small Industries
Finance Scheme may not be limited de jure to a specific industry or
group of industries, but that they are administerd de facto in a way
that particularly benefits the textile and apparel industries in
Singapore.
DOC Position: During verification of these programs, we examined the
administration of these programs and determined that the
administration did not provide preferential treatment to selected
companies or industries. The only criterion in determining whether a
company was approved or denied participation in a program was
whether it met the regulatory guidelines of the program.
Comment 2: Petitioners argue that we should determine the Textile
and Garment Industry Training Centre to be countervailable because
during the period of review, the textile and apparel industries were
the sole beneficiaries of this program.
DOC Position: We disagree. We verified that the Textile and Garment
Industry Training Centre is one of eleven centers that have and are
being established with government assistance. Every trade
association which has applied has received this assistance. This
assistance is neither de facto or de jure limited to a specific enterprise
or industry or group of enterprises or industries.
Comment 3: Petitioners argue that the Small Industries Finance
Scheme should be determined countervailable because a program
benefiting small businesses discriminates among businesses based on
size. They state that the Department has consistently found that
regional programs provide bounties or grants. Therefore, the
Department should find programs discriminating in favor of small
businesses countervailable as well.
DOC Position: We disagree. The Department has consistently held that
small and medium sized businesses constitute more than one group of
enterprises or industries. (See for example, Certain Softwood
Products from Canada, 48 FR 24159.)
Comment 4: Petitioners argue that the Department's use in the
preliminary determination of the average prime rate as the
benchmark for calculating benefits of the loans rediscounted with
MAS was in error. The appropriate benchmark is the
weighted-average interest rate reported by the companies in the
responses and represents the actual borrowing experience of the
exporting firms.
DOC Position: We disagree with petitioners' argument that we should
use a weighted-average company-specific interest rate as our
benchmark in the final determination. It is a long-standing
Department policy to use a comparable national average commercial
interest rate as a benchmark in measuring the preferentiality of
short-term financing. See our Subsidies Appendix (49 FR 18016), for
an elaboration of our reasoning for using a national average
benchmark. We believe that the commercial bill discount rate is the
appropriate national average commercial benchmark rate.
For our final determination, we used the rate of three month
commercial bill discounts as our benchmark because we determined
that it was the most comparable, predominant short-term debt
instrument. We used the prime rate for our benchmark in the
preliminary determination because we were unsure whether the rates
on the commercial bill discounts which were published in the
Monetary Authority of Singapor's Monthly Statistical Bulletin were
nominal or effective rates. We had also used the prime rate in the
preliminary determination of Certain Refrigeration Compressors
from Singapore (48 FR 39109) in measuring the preferentiality of
MAS rediscounting. During verification we obtained information on
the amount of additional bank charges which are normally added to
the published commercial bill discount rates. We also verified the
value of commercial bill transactions and found that the commercial
bill discounting operates in a similiar manner to the rediscounting of
bills with the MAS. These factors led us to conclude that the three
month commercial bill discount rate is the more appropriate
commercial benchmark for measuring the preferentiality of MAS
rediscounting.
Comment 5: Petitioners argue that under the MAS program banks
may charge up to a 1.5 percent commission, which is three times
higher than the commission banks charge on commercial bills.
Therefore, although the interest rates charged to borrowers appear to
be the same, banks have an incentive to provide MAS loans over
loans based on commercial bills. This provides, in effect, a preference
for MAS loans.
DOC Position: Banks are not limited on the rates of commission they
may charge on commercial bill discounts. Therefore, the amount of
commission they are able to charge under the MAS rediscount
program does not provide an incentive to the banks to provide MAS
loans over commercial bill discount financing.
Comment 6: Petitioners argue that we should reject respondents
claim that the Skills Development Fund is not countervailable
because it is paid for our of employer levies.
DOC Position: We did not address this issue because we determined
that the Skills Development Fund is not limited to a specific enterprise
or industry, or group of enterprises or industries.
Respondents Comments
Comment 1: Respondents argue that the Department used the wrong
commercial benchmark to measure the preferentiality of loans
rediscounted at
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the MAS rediscount facility. The correct
commercial benchmark is the rate for three month commercial bill
discounting, which is the predominant source for short-term
financing of trade transactions.
DOC Position: We agree that the three month commercial bill discount
rate is the appropriate benchmark. See the DOC position on
Petitioners' Comment 4.
Verification
In accordance with section 776(a) of the Act, we verified the data
used in making our final determinations. During verification we
followed normal verification procedures, including meetings with
government officials and inspection of documents and on-site
inspection of accounting records of companies exporting
merchandise under investigation to the United States.
Administrative Procedures
We afforded interested parties an opportunity to present oral views in
accordance with our regulations (19 CFR 355.35). Neither petitioners
nor respondents requested a public hearing. In accordance with the
Department's regulations (19 CFR 355.34(a)), written views have been
submitted and considered in this determination.
This notice is published pursuant to section 705(d) of the Act (19
U.S.C. 1671d(d)).
William T. Archey,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Trade Administration.
March 4, 1985.
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Appendix.--List of TSUSA Codes
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320.0045 320.0050
320.0077 320.0085
320.1013 320.1018
320.1032 320.1033
320.1045 320.1049
320.1062 320.1063
320.1080 320.1085
320.2021 320.2022
320.2054 320.2057
322.1012 322.1013
322.1033 322.1038
322.1057 322.1062
322.1098 322.3003
322.3049 322.3054
322.3098 322.4016
322.5022 322.5024
322.5065 322.5072
322.6022 322.6024
322.6065 322.6072
323.1024 322.1031
322.1065 322.1072
323.2024 323.2038
323.2072 323.2074
326.0052 326.0062
326.1001 326.1062
328.2038 328.2042
328.2074 328.2080
328.4003 328.4021
328.4054 328.4057
329.1021 329.1022
329.1054 329.1057
336.6451 336.6453
338.5012 338.5015
345.1040 349.1060
360.1515 360.1520
363.5130 363.6015
385.1500 385.5000
389.7000 -----------
373.0500 373.2500
378.0550 379.0211
379.0254 379.0370
379.0642 379.0646
379.1748 379.2320
379.3120 379.3130
379.3930 379.3940
379.4620 379.4640
379.5525 379.5530
379.5560 379.5565
379.6230 379.6240
379.6984 379.6992
379.8420 379.8906
379.9010 379.9020
379.9515 379.9520
379.9585 379.9605
379.9828 379.9830
383.0226 383.0228
383.0390 383.0505
383.0622 383.0631
383.0815 383.0856
383.1809 383.1811
383.1848 383.1860
383.1928 383.1935
383.2040 383.2052
383.2228 383.2229
383.2237 383.2241
383.2354 383.2590
383.2720 383.2726
383.2814 383.2816
383.2835 383.2838
383.3040 383.3050
383.3415 383.3430
383.3450 383.3452
383.4704 383.4705
383.4747 383.4748
383.4762 383.4764
383.5020 383.5027
383.5037 383.5041
383.5082 383.5086
383.6200 383.6371
383.7210 383.7510
383.7542 383.7544
383.7528 383.7558
383.8007 383.8009
383.8024 383.8026
383.8052 383.8069
383.8117 383.8125
383.8145 383.8147
383.8620 383.8621
383.8661 383.8663
383.9020 383.9025
383.9042 383.9050
383.9061 383.9062
383.9072 383.9074
383.9246 383.9270
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Which Covered Singapore's Exports of Certain Textile Mill Products and
Apparel to the United States in 1983
A. Textile Mill Products
Yarns
310.1135 310.4047 310.5049 310.9140 -----------
Fabrics
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320.1050 320.1051 320.1052 320.1054 320.1057 ------
320.1065 320.1071 320.1072 320.1074 320.1077 ------
320.1089 320.1091 320.1095 320.1098 320.1027 ------
320.2024 320.2031 320.2038 320.2042 320.2049 ------
320.2065 320.2072 320.2074 320.2080 320.2098 ------
322.1021 322.1022 322.1024 322.1031 322.1032 ------
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322.1063 322.1065 322.1072 322.1074 322.1080 ------
322.3021 322.3022 322.3024 322.3038 322.3042 ------
322.3057 322.3065 322.3072 322.3074 322.3080 ------
322.4023 322.4069 322.4073 322.5003 322.5021 ------
322.5038 322.5042 322.5049 322.5054 322.5057 ------
322.5074 322.5080 322.5098 322.6003 322.6021 ------
322.6038 322.6042 322.6049 322.6054 322.6057 ------
322.6074 322.6080 322.6098 323.1021 323.1022 ------
322.1038 322.1042 322.1049 322.1054 322.1057 ------
322.1074 322.1080 322.1098 323.2003 323.2021 ------
323.2042 323.2049 323.2054 323.2057 323.2065 ------
323.2080 323.2098 326.0001 326.0050 326.0051 ------
326.0063 326.0085 326.0089 326.0091 326.0095 ------
326.1063 328.2003 328.2021 328.2022 328.2024 ------
328.2049 328.2054 328.2057 328.2065 328.2072 ------
328.2098 328.3016 328.3023 328.3069 328.3073 ------
328.4022 328.4024 328.4038 328.4042 328.4049 ------
328.4065 328.4072 328.4074 328.4080 328.4098 ------
329.1024 329.1031 329.1038 329.1042 329.1049 ------
329.1065 329.1072 329.1074 329.1080 329.1098 ------
337.2005 337.2015 338.5008 338.5009 338.5010 ------
338.5035 338.5065 ----------- ----------- ----------- ------
Special Construction Fabrics
351.6030 353.5052 355.6510 357.9000 358.0290 ------
Textile Furnishings
360.3000 360.4225 360.4825 360.7000 363.5030 ------
366.2460 367.3428 367.7500 ----------- ----------- ------
Miscellaneous
385.5500 385.6120 386.3000 386.5045 389.6265 ------
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B. Apparel
Wearing Apparel
373.2700 374.3550 376.5412 376.5609 376.5612 ------
379.0212 379.0220 379.0230 379.0240 379.0252 ------
379.0610 379.0615 379.0620 379.0630 379.0640 ------
379.0650 379.1710 379.1742 379.1744 379.1746 ------
379.2360 379.2350 379.2610 379.2620 379.2630 ------
379.3140 379.3190 379.3310 379.3332 379.3925 ------
379.4020 379.4030 379.4050 379.4060 379.4330 ------
379.4650 379.4660 379.4670 379.5510 379.5520 ------
379.5535 379.5540 379.5545 379.5550 379.5555 ------
379.5800 379.6210 379.6217 379.6219 379.6220 ------
379.6250 379.6260 379.6270 379.6280 379.6470 ------
379.7620 379.6730 379.7650 379.8318 379.8360 ------
379.8911 379.8915 379.8930 379.8935 379.8940 ------
379.0925 379.9030 379.9035 379.9040 379.9250 ------
379.9530 379.9540 379.9555 379.9575 379.9580 ------
379.9630 379.9820 379.9822 379.9824 379.9826 ------
379.9832 383.0205 383.0213 383.0219 383.0222 ------
383.0232 383.0234 383.0305 383.0335 383.0350 ------
383.0506 383.0507 383.0509 383.0608 383.0612 ------
383.0606 383.0622 383.0631 383.0616 383.0805 ------
383.1802 383.1804 383.1805 383.1806 383.1807 ------
383.1812 383.1820 383.1841 383.1843 383.1846 ------
383.1910 383.1915 383.1922 383.1924 383.1926 ------
383.1940 383.2013 383.2016 383.2020 383.2035 ------
383.2056 383.2058 383.2205 383.2225 383.2227 ------
383.2231 383.2232 383.2233 383.2234 383.2236 ------
383.2243 383.2245 383.2250 383.2305 383.2320 ------
383.2706 383.2715 383.2716 383.2718 383.2721 ------
383.2728 383.2730 383.2731 383.2750 383.2815 ------
383.2818 383.2821 383.2820 383.2826 383.2828 ------
383.2842 383.2844 383.2910 383.2920 383.3030 ------
383.3060 383.3069 383.3080 383.3085 383.3090 ------
383.3435 383.3440 383.3445 383.3446 383.3448 ------
383.3460 383.3465 383.3466 383.4300 383.4702 ------
383.4709 383.4711 383.4720 383.4724 383.4726 ------
383.4750 383.4753 383.4754 383.4756 383.4761 ------
383.4765 383.4818 383.4821 383.4825 383.4900 ------
383.5028 383.5029 383.5090 383.5032 383.5034 ------
383.5042 383.5043 383.5046 383.5051 383.5054 ------
383.5090 383.5304 383.5365 383.5366 383.5830 ------
383.6385 383.6395 383.6610 383.6649 383.6651 ------
383.7522 383.7532 383.7534 383.7536 383.7538 ------
383.7546 383.7548 383.7552 383.7554 383.7556 ------
383.7562 383.7595 383.7768 383.7772 383.8002 ------
383.8011 383.8012 383.8014 383.8017 383.8019 ------
383.8028 383.8030 383.8045 383.8048 383.8050 ------
383.8071 383.8073 383.8110 383.8114 383.8115 ------
383.8126 383.8137 383.8139 383.8141 383.8143 ------
383.8156 383.8158 383.8162 383.8164 383.8605 ------
383.8622 383.8635 383.8645 383.8650 383.8660 ------
383.8667 383.8669 383.8670 383.9010 383.9015 ------
383.9027 383.9029 383.9035 383.9040 383.9032 ------
383.9051 383.9056 383.9057 383.9058 383.9059 ------
383.9063 383.9064 383.9066 383.9065 383.9070 ------
383.9076 383.9210 383.9211 383.9215 383.9225 ------
383.9276 383.9280 383.9291 ----------- ----------- ------
Footwear
----------- 700.4506 ----------- ----------- ----------- ------
Gloves
704.4508 704.5015 704.8520 704.8550 ----------- ------
Luggage and Handbags
706.4121 706.4140 706.4150 ----------- ----------- ------
32.....40....+...50....+...60....+...70....+...80....+...90....+....0...
*9846
1. For the woven cotton fabric under investigation the U.S.
Department of Commerce, in preparing the Appendices for these
investigations, has used the U.S. Import Statistical Numbers which
closely parallel the TSUSA numbers. For example U.S. Import
Statistical Number 320.0012 represents TSUSA numbers 320.0112
through 320.0912 and 329.1098 represents TSUSA numbers 329.
1098 through 329.1998. The fourth and fifth digits of these TSUSA
numbers are the yarn count numbers.
[FR Doc. 85-5823 Filed 3-11-85; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M