[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10726-10727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6287]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-201-505]
Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware From Mexico; Final Results of New
Shipper Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review.
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SUMMARY: On January 19, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results
of a new shipper administrative review of the countervailing duty order
on porcelain-on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Esmaltaciones San
Ignacio S.A. (San Ignacio). The review covers the period January 1,
1995 through June 30, 1995. We have completed this review and determine
the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue
appropriate liquidation instructions to the U.S. Customs Service with
respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1996.
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, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 19, 1996, the Department published in the Federal
Register (61 FR 1356) the preliminary results of its new shipper
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-
steel cookingware from Mexico. The Department has now completed this
administrative review pursuant to section 751 (a)(2)(B) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and in accordance with interim
regulations 19 CFR 355.22(j)(2) (60 FR 25130 (May 11, 1995)). We
invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results. We
received no comments. The review covers the period January 1, 1995
through June 30, 1995. The review involves one company and nine
programs.
Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective
date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act.
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
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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 we determine
the following: Programs Found Not To Be Used
In the preliminary results, we found that San Ignacio did not apply
for or receive benefits under the following programs during the period
of review:
A. Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterio, S.N.C. (Bancomext)
B. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)
C. PITEX
D. Other Bancomext Preferential Financing
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, 1995 through June 30, 1995, we determine
the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue
appropriate liquidation instructions to the Customs Service with
respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.
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 San Ignacio 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)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)).
Dated: March 5, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-6287 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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