[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19259]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-351-406]
Certain Agricultural Tillage Tools From Brazil; Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
July 28, 1995.
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain
agricultural tillage tools from Brazil. We preliminarily determine the
net subsidy to be zero for all companies for the period January 1, 1993
through December 31, 1993. If the final results remain the same as
these preliminary results; the Department intends to instruct the U.S.
Customs Service to assess countervailing duties as indicated above.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright and 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 October 22, 1985, the Department published in the Federal
Register (50 FR 42743) the countervailing duty order on certain
agricultural tillage tools from Brazil. On October 7, 1994, the
Department published a notice of ``Opportunity to Request an
Administrative Review'' (59 FR 51166) of this countervailing duty
order. We received a timely request for review from Marchesan
Implementos Argicolas, S.A. a Brazilian producer of the subject
merchandise and a respondent, and Agritech Trading Company, an importer
of the subject merchandise.
We initiated the review, covering the period January 1, 1993 to
December 31, 1993, on November 14, 1994 (59 FR 56459). The review
covers four manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise and four
programs.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
The Department is conducting this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute and
to the Department's regulations are in reference to the provisions as
they existed on December 31, 1994.
Scope of the Review
The merchandise subject to this review (hereinafter ``subject
merchandise'') is certain round shaped agricultural tillage tools
(discs) with plain or notched edges, such as colters and furrow-opener
blades. The products covered in this review are currently classifiable
under the following item numbers of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS): 8432.21.00, 8432.29.00, 8432.80.00 and
8432.90.00. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
Customs purpose. The written description remains dispositive.
Analysis of Programs
Programs Preliminarily Found Not to Be Used
We examined the following programs and preliminarily determine that
the respondents did not use them during the review period:
A. Preferential Financing under FINEP.
B. Preferential Financing for Industrial Enterprises by the Banco
de Brasil (FST and EGF loans).
C. Accelerated Depreciation for Brazilian-made Capital Goods.
D. Preferential Financing under PROEX (Formerly under Resolution 68
and 509 through FINEX).
Preliminary Results of Review
For the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993, we
preliminarily determine the net subsidy to be zero for all companies.
If the final results of this review remain the same as these
preliminary results, the Department intends to instruct the U. S.
Customs Service to assess the following countervailing duties:
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Manufacturer/exporter Rate
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All companies................................................. Zero.
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The Department also intends to instruct the U. S. Customs Service
to collect zero cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties on all
shipments of the subject merchandise, entered or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of Publication of the
final results of this review.
Parties to the proceeding may request a hearing not later than 10
days after the date of publication of this notice. Interested parties
may submit written arguments in case briefs on these preliminary
results within 30 days of the date of publication. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to arguments raised in case briefs, may be submitted seven days
after the time limit for filing the case brief. Parties who submit
written arguments in this proceeding are requested to submit with the
argument (1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief summary of the
argument. Any hearing, if requested, will be held seven days after the
scheduled date for submission of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs
and rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties in accordance
with 19 CFR 355.38(e).
Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure
of proprietary information under administrative protective order no
later than 10 days after the representative's client or employer
becomes a party to the proceeding, but in no event later than the date
the case briefs are due under section 355.38(c). The Department will
publish the final results of this administrative review including the
results of its analysis of issues raised in any case or rebuttal brief.
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: July 28, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-19259 Filed 8-3-95; 8:45 am]
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