concerning imports into the United States of certain cotton, wool, and manmade fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in India. Under the terms of the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles done at Geneva on December 20, 1973, as extended on December 15, 1977; pursuant to the Bilateral Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Agreement of December 20, 1977, as amended, between the Governments of the United States and India; and in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended by Executive Order 11951 of January 6, 1977, you are directed to prohibit, effective on March 8, 1979, and for the 12month period beginning on January 1, 1978, and extending through December 31, 1978, entry into the United States for consumption and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of cotton textile products in category 359 and manmade fiber textile products in category 666, produced or manufactured in India, in excess of the following levels of restraint: Category 359 666 Amended 12-month level of restraint 1 434,783 pounds 320,513 pounds All cotton and manmade fiber textile products in categories 359 and 666 that were exported during the 12-month period that began on January 1, 1978, are to be charged to these increased 12-month levels of restraint. A detailed description of the categories in terms of TSUSA numbers was published in the Federal Register on January 4, 1978 (43 F.R. 884), as amended on January 25, 1978 (43 F.R. 3421), March 3, 1978 (43 F.R. 8828), June 22, 1978 (43 F.R. 26773), September 5, 1978 (43 F.R. 39408), and January 2, 1979 (44 F.R. 94). In carrying out the above directions, entry into the United States for consumption shall be construed to include entry for consumption into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The action taken with respect to the Government of India and with respect to imports of cotton and manmade fiber textile products from India has been determined by the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements to involve foreign affairs functions of the United States. Therefore, the directions to the Commissioner of Customs, being necessary to the implementation of such actions, fall within the foreign affairs exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553. This letter will be published in the Federal Register. Sincerely, ROBERT E. SHEPHERD, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Business Development. The levels have not been adjusted to reflect any imports after Dec. 31, 1977. (T.D. 79-120) BONDS Approval and discontinuance of consolidated aircraft bonds (air carrier blanket bonds) Customs form 7605 The following consolidated aircraft bond has been approved or discontinued as shown below. The symbol "D" indicates that the bond previously outstanding has been discontinued on the month, day, and year represented by the figures which follow. "PB" refers to a previous bond, dated as represented by figures in parentheses immediately following, which has been discontinued. If the previous bond was in the name of a different company or if the surety was different, the information is shown in a footnote at the end of the list. Dated: April 11, 1979. Name of principal and surety Date term commences Date of approval Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Miami Airport, Miami, FL; April 9, 1979 Mar. 22, 1979 Filed with area director of Customs; amount J.F.K. Airport; $100,000 (PB 1/7/74) D 4/8/79 The foregoing principal has been designated as a carrier of bonded merchandise. (BON-3-01) DONALD W. LEWIS (For Leonard Lehman, Assistant Commissioner, Regulations and Rulings). (T.D. 79–121) TITLE 19-CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 1-U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 159-LIQUIDATION OF DUTIES Certain Fasteners from Japan-Rescission of Countervailing Duty Order AGENCY: Customs Service, U.S. Treasury Department. ACTION: Rescission of countervailing duty order. SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that it has been determined appropriate to rescind T.D. 79–95. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 19, 1979. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda F. Potts, Office of Tariff Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department, 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20220; 202-566-2951. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 23, 1979, a notice of "Suspension of Liquidation and Estimated New Net Amount of Bounty or Grant" (T.D. 79-95) was published in the Federal Register (44 F.R. 17653). That notice stated that additional benefits considered to be bounties or grants under section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1303) ("the act") are bestowed upon the manufacture, production, or exportation of certain fasteners from Japan which are covered under the countervailing duty order (T.D. 77–128) published in the Federal Register of May 6, 1977 (42 F.R. 23146). Accordingly, effective April 9, 1979, a new net amount of bounty or grant (4 percent ad valorem) was estimated with regard to certain fasteners covered by items Nos. 646.54 and 646.56 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA). Upon review of the law it has been determined that since the "Temporary Measures Act for Small and Midsize Businesses with Regard to the High Yen Exchange Market" has not heretofore been the subject of an investigation pursuant to section 303 of the act, the action taken in T.D. 79-95 was premature. While Treasury formally presented a questionnaire concerning the high yen countermeasures program to the Government of Japan in November 1978, it did not announce publicly the reopening of the fastener investigation into this new program as required under section 303 (a)(3) and (a)(4) of the act (19 U.S.C. 1303 (a)(3), (a) (4)). Accordingly, T.D. 79-95 is hereby rescinded. As a result, the suspension of liquidation ordered therein has been terminated and the appropriate Customs officers have been instructed not to collect the estimated countervailing duty of 4 percent ad valorem as ordered therein, but rather to continue to collect countervailing duties in the amount of 0.2 percent ad valorem as originally instructed in T.D. 77-128. The table in section 159.47 (f) of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 159.47 (f)) is amended by deleting the entry added by T.D. 79-95. Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950 and Treasury Department order 190 (revision 15), March 16, 1978, the provisions of Treasury Department order No. 165, revised, November 2, 1954, and section 159.47 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 159.47), insofar as they pertain to the rescission of a countervailing duty order by the Commissioner of Customs, are hereby waived. Dated: April 12, 1979. ROBERT H. MUNDHEIM, General Counsel of the Treasury. [Published in the Federal Register April 13,1979 (44 F.R. 23237)] (T.D. 79-122) Foreign Currencies-Daily Rates for Countries Not on Quarterly List Rates of exchange based on rates certified to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the Hong Kong dollar, Iran rial, People's Republic of China yuan, Philippines peso, Singapore dollar, Thailand baht (tical) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, pursuant to section 522 (c), Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (31 U.S.C. 372 (c)), has certified buying rates for the dates and foreign currencies shown below. The rates of exchange, based on these buying rates, are published for the information and use of Customs officers and others concerned pursuant to part 159, subpart C, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 159, subpart C). (T.D. 79-123) Bonds Approval and discontinuance of carrier bonds, Customs form 3587. Bonds of carriers for the transportation of bonded merchandise have been approved or discontinued as shown below. The symbol "D" indicates that the bond previously outstanding has been discontinued on the month, day, and year represented by the figures which follow. "PB" refers to a previous bond, dated as represented by figures in parentheses immediately following, which has been discontinued. If the previous bond was in the name of a different company or if the surety was different, the information is shown in a footnote at the end of the list. Dated: April 19, 1979. Name of principal and surety Date of bond Date of approval Filed with district director/area director/amount All American, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD; motor carrier; Aug. 4, 1975 Aug. 22, 1975 Pembina, ND; Western Surety Co. D 4/2/79 All Americas Forwarding Co., 2225 N.W. 70th Ave., All Southern Trucking, Inc., P.O. Box 2698, Tampa, (PB 2/1/78) D 1/26/79 Coast Transport, Inc., 4667 Somerton Rd., Trevose, Luis Ayala Colon, Sucrs., Inc., 65 Comercio St., $30,000 $25,000 Everett Trucking, Inc., P.O. Box 56, Mount Vernon, Jan. 14, 1972 Jan. 14, 1972 Seattle, WA; F. H. Fenderson, Inc., Bangor International Airport, Apr. 13, 1979 Apr. 13, 1979 Portland, ME; P.O. Box 614, Bangor, ME; motor carrier; Aetna $50,000 Casualty & Surety Co. (PB 4/13/76) D 4/12/79 Frederick Transport Ltd., R.R. No. 6, Chatham, Mar. 13, 1979 Mar. 13, 1979 Ontario, Canada N7M 5J6; motor carrier; Lawyers Detroit, MI; $50,000 Surety Corp. (PB 4/23/75) D 3/13/79 • Gulf Central Warehouse Center, Inc., 5605 South Footnotes at end of table. Mar. 23, 1979 Mar. 30, 1979 Tampa, FL; $25,000 |