[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62391-62392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29584]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
C-201-505
Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware from Mexico; Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of countervailing duty administrative
review.
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SUMMARY: On September 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-
on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Acero Porcelanizado, S.A. de C.V.
(APSA). The review covers the period January 1, 1994 through December
31, 1994. We have completed this review and determine the net subsidy
to be de minimis for APSA. The Department will instruct the U.S.
Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties,
all shipments of the subject merchandise from APSA exported on or after
January 1, 1994, and on or before December 31, 1994.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Curtis or Kelly Parkhill, Office
of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202)
482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 26, 1995, the Department published in the Federal
Register (60 FR 49565) the preliminary results of its administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-steel
cookingware from Mexico. The Department has now completed this
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act). We invited interested parties to comment
on the preliminary results. We received no comments. The review covers
the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994. The review
involves one company and ten programs.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
The Department is conducting this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act. Unless otherwise indicated,
all citations to the statute and to the Department's
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regulations are in reference to the provisions as they existed on
December 31, 1994.
Scope of the Review
Imports covered by this review are shipments of porcelain-on-steel
cookingware from Mexico. The products are porcelain-on-steel
cookingware (except teakettles), which do not have self-contained
electric heating elements. All of the foregoing are constructed of
steel, and are enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses. During the
review period, such merchandise was classifiable under item number
7323.94.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item
number is provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written
description remains dispositive.
Analysis of Programs
Based upon our analysis of the questionnaire response and
verification we determine the following:
I. Programs Conferring Subsidies
Bancomext Financing for Exporters
In the preliminary results, we found that this program conferred
countervailable benefits on the subject merchandise. Since we received
no comments on our preliminary results, our findings remain unchanged
in these final results.
II. Programs Found Not To Be Used
In the preliminary results, we found that APSA did not apply for or
receive benefits under the following programs during the period of
review (POR):
A. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)
B. PITEX
C. Other Bancomext Preferential Financing
D. Import Duty Reductions and Exemptions
E. State Tax Incentives
F. Article 15 Loans
G. NAFINSA FOGAIN-type Financing
H. NAFINSA FONEI-type Financing
I. FONEI
Since we received no comments on our preliminary results, our findings
remain unchanged in these final results.
Final Results of Review
For the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, we
determine the net subsidy to be 0.01 percent ad valorem for APSA. In
accordance with 19 CFR 355.7, any rate less than 0.5 percent ad valorem
is de minimis.
The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate,
without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject
merchandise from APSA exported on or after January 1, 1994, and on or
before December 31, 1994.
The Department will also instruct the U.S. Customs Service to
collect a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties of zero
percent of the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments of the subject
merchandise from APSA entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. The cash deposit rates for all other producers/exporters
remain unchanged from the last completed administrative review.
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 355.34(d). Timely written notification
of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 355.22.
Dated: November 27, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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