MESSAGE NO: 4274111
DATE: 10 01 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: LIQ
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REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
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PERIOD COVERED:
02 01 1989
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LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: SCOPE RULING AND LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN
INDUSTRIAL BELTS AND COMPONENTS/PARTS THEREOF FROM JAPAN
NITTA INDUSTRIES CORP AND NITTA INTERNATIONAL INC.
1.
ON
AUGUST
16,
1993,
IN RESPONSE TO
A REQUEST BY
NITTA
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
AND
NITTA INTERNATIONAL INC.,
THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ISSUED
A
FINAL
SCOPE RULING
THAT
CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL BELTS,
1.
CERTAIN NYLON CORE
FLAT BELTS:
(1) MARKETED BY
NITTA
UNDER
THE
TRADE
NAME "POLYBELT" WITH
MODEL
NUMBERS
L-250, L-350, L-500,, M-250, M-500, H-250,
H-350,
AND
H-500;
(2)
BELTS
IN
THE
SG-750 SERIES
WITH
MODEL
NUMBERS SG-250, SG-350, SG-500,
SG-750,
AND
SG-1000;
(3) BELTS IN
THE XH- SERIES WITH MODEL NUMBERS XH-500,
XH-750, AND XH-1000; AND
(4) BELTS
WITH PRODUCT CODES
RT-500 AND IR-500,
2.
"NEW
LIGHT
GRIP"
BELTS
BEARING PRODUCT DESIGNATIONS
BEGINNING WITH PU, GU, GUH, WU, VC, KC, OR RT,
3.
"SUPER
ENDLESS"
BELTS
DESINATED
BY
PRODUCT
CODES
SE-A-NR, SE-A-WN, SE-M-01CA, OR SE-U-T,
ARE
NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
THE ORDER COVERING INDUSTRIAL
BELTS FROM JAPAN.
2.
BASED ON
AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED AND
OF
THE
BELTS'
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
DETERMINED
THAT
THE ABOVE-REFERENCED BELTS
ARE
EXCLUDED
FROM
THE
SCOPE
OF
THE
ORDER.
THEREFORE,
THE
ABOVE
MENTIONED BELTS ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIDUMPING
DUTY
ORDER
COVERING INDUSTRIAL BELTS
AND COMPONENTS
AND
PARTS THEREOF, WHETHER CURED OR UNCURED, FROM JAPAN.
3.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, TERMINATE SUSPENSION
AND
LIQUIDATE
ALL UNLIQUIDATED ENTRIES, REGARDLESS OF ENTRY DATE, OF
THE
BELTS LISTED ABOVE, THE ASSESSMENT OF ANTIDUMPING DUTIES BY
THE
CUSTOMS
SERVICE
ON
ENTRIES
OF
THIS MERCHANDISE IS
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF
THE TARIFF ACT
OF
1930,
WHICH REQUIRES INTEREST
ON OVERPAYMENTS OF
THE
AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED
AS
ESTIMATED
ANTIDUMPING
DUTIES.
INTEREST SHALL BE CALCULATED FROM
THE
DATE
OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED
ANTIDUMPING
DUTIES
THROUGH
THE
DATE
OF
LIQUIDATION.
THE RATE AT WHICH SUCH INTEREST IS PAYABLE IS
THE
RATE
IN
EFFECT
UNDER SECTION 6621
OF
THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH PERIOD.
4.
REFUND ANY
CASH DEPOSITS AND RELEASE ANY BONDS RELATING TO
THE INDUSTRIAL BELTS LISTED ABOVE.
5.
WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE, CONTINUE
TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION ON
ALL
OTHER ENTRIES OF INDUSTRIAL
BELTS
AND COMPONENTS AND
PARTS THEREOF, WHETHER CURED
OR
UNCURED, FROM JAPAN.
6.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH,
BY
E-MAIL ATTRIBUTE HQ
OAB.
THE
IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER
INTERESTED
PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
WENDY
FRANKEL
AT
(202)
482-5253
OR
KIMBERLEY
HUFFMAN AT
(202) 482-0780, OF
THE
OFFICE
OF ANTIDUMPING
COMPLIANCE, INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN