MESSAGE NO: 3124112 DATE: 05 04 1993
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 489 - 603 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 01 01 1991 TO 12 31 1991

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDER ON ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (ASPIRIN) FROM TURKEY
AND REVOCATION

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DID NOT RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW FOR THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (ASPIRIN) FROM TURKEY (C-489-603) FOR
THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1991 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1991. IN
ADDITION, ON JANUARY 27, 1993, THE DEPARTMENT REVOKED THIS
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER, WITH EFFECT FOR ALL SHIPMENTS OF
THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1992.

2. THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE SHIPMENTS
OF ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (ASPIRIN), CONTAINING NO ADDITIVES
OTHER THAN INACTIVE SUBSTANCES (SUCH AS STARCH, LACTOSE,
CELLULOSE, OR COLORING MATERIAL), AND/OR ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN
CONCENTRATIONS LESS THAN SPECIFIED FOR PARTICULAR
NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUG COMBINATIONS OF ASPIRIN AND ACTIVE
SUBSTANCES AS PUBLISHED IN THE HANDBOOK OF NON-PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS, EIGHTH EDITION, AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION,
AND NOT IN TABLET, CAPSULE OR SIMILAR FORMS FOR DIRECT HUMAN
CONSUMPTION, FROM TURKEY. THIS PROODUCT IS CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIED UNDER ITEM 2918.22 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES.


3. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 355.22(G) OF THE COMMERCE
REGULATIONS, YOU ARE TO ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES AT RATES
EQUAL TO THE CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF ENTRY ON MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ON OR
AFTER JANUARY 1, 1991 AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1991:


ID NUMBER PERIOD AD VALOREM
RATE
PROSES KIMYA
SANAYI VE TICARET
S.A. C-489-603-001 1/1/91-12/31/91 ZERO
ALL OTHER FIRMS C-489-603 1/1/91-12/31/91 6.54 PERCENT

4. FOR ALL SHIPMENTS EXPORTED FROM TURKEY ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1,
1992, YOU ARE TO LIQUIDATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO COUNTERVAILING
DUTIES, ALL UNLIQUIDATED ENTRIES OF THIS MERCHANDISE.

5. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 355.25(d)(5) OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
REGULATIONS, THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION IS TERMINATED FOR
THIS MERCHANDISE.

6. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT REQUIRE THAT
INTEREST BE PAID ON OVERPAYMENTS OR UNDERPAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. SUCH INTEREST
IS PAYABLE AT THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH PERIOD. THE INTEREST
SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION.

6. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH BY E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
THE OFFICE OF COUNTERVAILING COMPLIANCE, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, (202) 482-2786.

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



NANCY MCTIERNAN