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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 107 / Monday, June 7, 2021 / Notices HTSUS
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Product description
6204.39.30

Womens or girls suit-type jackets and blazers, not knitted or crocheted, of artificial fibers, under 36% by weight of wool or fine animal hair.
Womens or girls suit-type jackets and blazers, not knitted/crocheted, of othertextile materials nesoi, cont. 70% + by weight of silk or silk waste.
Womens or girls suit-type jackets and blazers, not knitted or crocheted, of textile materials nesoi.
Footwear w/outer soles and uppers of leather, not cov. ankle, n/welt, for men, youths and boys.
Footwear w/outer soles of rubber/plastics/composition leather & uppers of leather, covering the ankle, n/welt, for men, youths and boys.
Footwear w/outer soles of rubber/plastics/comp. leather & uppers of leather, cov. ankle, n/welt, for persons other than men/youths/boys.
Spectacle lenses of glass, unmounted.
Spectacle lenses of materials other than glass, unmounted.
Lenses nesoi, unmounted.
Optical elements nesoi, unmounted.

6204.39.60
6204.39.80
6403.59.60
6403.91.60
6403.91.90
9001.40.00
9001.50.00
9001.90.40
9001.90.90

implementation of additional duties on products, contact traderemedy@cbp.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Docket Number USTR20210006

Notice of Action in the Section 301
Investigation of Turkeys Digital Services Tax Office of the United States Trade Representative USTR.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

On January 6, 2021, the U.S.
Trade Representative announced a determination that Turkeys Digital Services Tax DST is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. This notice announces the U.S. Trade Representatives determination to take action in the form of additional duties of 25 percent on the products of Turkey specified in Annex A to this notice. The U.S. Trade Representative has further determined to suspend application of the additional duties for a period of up to 180 days.
DATES:
June 2, 2021: The U.S. Trade Representative determined to take action in the form of additional duties of 25 percent on products of Turkey specified in Annex A.
November 29, 2021: The end of the 180-day suspension period for the additional duties.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions concerning the investigation, please contact Benjamin Allen, Thomas Au, or Patrick Childress, Assistant General Counsels at: 202 3959439, 202 3950380, and 202 3859531, respectively; Robert Tanner, Director, Services and Investment at 202 395
6125; or Michael Rogers, Director for Europe and the Middle East at 202
3952684. For specific questions on customs classification or SUMMARY:

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I. Proceedings in the Investigation Turkey has adopted a DST that applies to companies that during the previous calendar year, generated 750
million or more in worldwide revenues and TRY 20 million or more in revenues deriving from the provision of digital services in Turkey. On June 2, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative initiated an investigation of Turkeys DST pursuant to section 302b1A of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended Trade Act. See 85
FR 34709 June 5, 2020 notice of initiation. The notice of initiation solicited written comments on, inter alia, the following aspects of Turkeys DST: Discrimination against U.S.
companies; retroactivity; and possibly unreasonable tax policy. With respect to tax policy, USTR solicited comments on, inter alia, whether the DST diverged from principles reflected in the U.S. and international tax systems including extraterritoriality; taxing revenue not income; and a purpose of penalizing particular technology companies for their commercial success. Interested persons filed over 380 written submissions in response. The public submissions are available on www.regulations.gov in docket number USTR20200022.
Under section 303 of the Trade Act, the U.S. Trade Representative requested consultations with the government of Turkey regarding the issues involved in the investigation. Consultations were held on September 29, 2020. Based on information obtained during the investigation, USTR prepared a comprehensive report on Turkeys DST, which is posted on the USTR website at https ustr.gov/issue-areas/
enforcement/section-301-investigations/
section-301-digital-services-taxes. The report includes a full description of Turkeys DST, and supports findings
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that Turkeys DST is unreasonable and discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S commerce. On January 6, 2021, based on the information obtained during the investigation and the advice of the Section 301 Committee, the U.S.
Trade Representative determined that Turkeys DST is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, and therefore is actionable under sections 301b and 304a of the Trade Act. See 86 FR 2480
January 12, 2021.
On March 31, 2021, USTR issued a notice proposing that appropriate action would include additional ad valorem duties of up to 25 percent on products of Turkey to be drawn from a list of 45
tariff subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS included in the annex to that notice. The March 31, 2021 notice requested comments on the proposed action as well as on other potential actions in the investigation. Witnesses provided testimony at public hearings held on May 3 and May 7, 2021, and interested persons filed written comments. Transcripts from the hearings are available on the USTR
website at: https ustr.gov/issue-areas/
enforcement/section-301-investigations/
section-301-digital-services-taxes. The written public submissions are available at: https comments.ustr.gov/s/
docket?docketNumber=USTR-20210006 and https comments.ustr.gov/s/
docket?docketNumber=USTR-20210008.
II. Determination of Action To Be Taken in the Investigation In accordance with section 301b of the Trade Act, the U.S. Trade Representative has determined that action is appropriate in this investigation. Section 301b provides that upon determining that the acts, policies, and practices under investigation are actionable and that action is appropriate, the U.S. Trade
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