[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22128]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-122-404]
Live Swine From Canada; Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Revocation
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, and Revocation In Part of Countervailing Duty
Order.
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SUMMARY: On May 29, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed
circumstances countervailing duty administrative review with intent to
revoke the order, in part. We are now revoking this order, in part,
with respect to slaughter sows and boars and weanlings from Canada,
because this portion of the order is no longer of interest to domestic
parties.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore or Brian Albright,
Office of CVD/AD Enforcement, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 15, 1985, the Department published in the Federal
Register (50 FR 32880) the countervailing duty order on live swine from
Canada. On December 11, 1995, petitioners requested the partial
revocation of the order on live swine from Canada with respect to
slaughter sows and boars and weanlings due to lack of interest,
effective April 1, 1991. We determined that petitioner's affirmative
statement of no interest constitutes good cause for conducting a
changed circumstances review. As a result, on May 29, 1996, the
Department initiated and simultaneously issued the preliminary results
of a changed circumstances review, preliminarily determining to revoke
the order, in part, with respect to slaughter sows and boars and
weanlings (61 FR 26879). We gave interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the preliminary results of this changed circumstances
review. We received no comments.
Scope of the Order
Due to the changed circumstances review, the merchandise now
covered by this order is live swine, except U.S. Department of
Agriculture certified purebred breeding swine, slaughter sows and
boars, and weanlings (weanlings are swine weighing up to 27 kilograms
or 59.5 pounds) from Canada. Such merchandise is classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers 0103.91.00 and
0103.92.00. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute, are
references to the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA'') effective January 1, 1995
(``the Act'').
Final Results of the Review; Partial Revocation of Countervailing
Duty Order
The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners in this
case constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial
revocation of this order. Therefore, the Department is partially
revoking the order, effective April 1, 1991, on live swine from Canada,
with respect to slaughter sows and boars and weanlings (as defined in
the scope section of this notice) in accordance with the provisions of
19 CFR 355.25(d)(1).
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate,
without regard to countervailing duties, all unliquidated entries of
slaughter sows and boars and weanlings (as defined in the scope section
of this notice) from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after April 1, 1991, in accordance with 19 CFR
355.25(d)(5). We will also instruct the Customs Service to refund with
interest any estimated countervailing duties collected with respect to
unliquidated entries of these slaughter sows and boars and weanlings
made on or after April 1, 1991, in accordance with section 778 of the
Act.
This changed circumstances administrative review, and notice are in
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1675
(a)(1)) and 19 C.F.R. section 355.22(h), and 355.25(d) of the
Department regulations.
Dated: August 22, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-22128 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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