CSMS Message: 96-000028

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LOUIS ALFANO

SUBJECT : OGA/TEX-FURL/FABR-FIXED-CORR

DATE : 01/18/96

CORRECTION TO TYPOS IN ORIGINAL POSTING
IMPACTS HTSUSA SUBHEADING

SUBJECT: FURLOUGH EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN
POLYESTER FABRICS IN HTSUSA SUBHEADING 5407.61.99

ON JANUARY 5, 1996, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE AUTOMATED 1996 EDITION
OF THE HTSUSA WHICH IS IN ACS MADE NO PROVISION FOR WOVEN FABRICS OF
SYNTHETIC FILAMENT YARN, OTHER..., CONTAINING 85 PERCENT OR MORE BY
WEIGHT OF NON-TEXTURED POLYESTER FILAMENTS, OTHER, OTHER, DYED,
WEIGHING MORE THAN 170 GRAMS PER SQUARE METER. THIS PROVISION SHOULD
FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER HTSUSA SUBHEADING 5407.61.99.30, AND SHOULD
COME BEFORE HTSUSA SUBHEADING 5407.61.99.45.

SINCE THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC) WAS ON FURLOUGH,
CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS COULD NOT CONTACT THE ITC TO ASCERTAIN THE PROPER
SUBHEADING NUMBER AND INPUT IT INTO THE ACS SYSTEM. FIELD OFFICES WERE
THUS INSATRUCTED TO TEMPORARILY CLASSIFY SUCH GOODS UNDER HTSUSA
SUBHEADING 5407.61.99.55 AND TO WITHHOLD LIQUIDATION UNTIL THE ITC
RETURNED FROM FURLOUGH.

ON JANUARY 17, 1995, CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS CONTACTED THE ITC AND WAS
ADVISED THAT THE PROPER SUBHEADING FOR THE GOODS IN QUESTION IN
5407.61.99.35. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS SUBHEADING HAS BEEN
ADDED TO THE AUTOMATED FILES IN ACS. THEREFORE, EFFECIVE IMMEDIATELY,
ALL FIELD OFFICES SHOULD:

1. BEGIN USING THE PROPER CLASSIFICATION FOR THE GOODS IN
QUESTION.

2. RECLASSIFY ANY ENTIRES WHICH HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY CLASSIFIED
ERRONEOUSLY UNDER SUBHEADING 5407.61.99.55, LIQUIDATE THESE
ENTRIES (UNLESS THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL REASON TO WITHHOLD
LIQUIDATION IN ANY PARTICULAR INSTANCE), AND TRANSMIT CORRECTED
STATISTICAL INFORMATION TO THE CENSUS BUREAU.

CUSTOMS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS MATTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION, STATISTICS, AT (202) 927-1249, OR TO THE
TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT, AT (202) 927-0005.