[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23333]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-351-406]
Certain Agricultural Tillage Tools From Brazil: 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 August 4, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain
agricultural tillage tools from Brazil for the period January 1, 1993
through December 31, 1993. We have completed this review and determine
the net subsidy to be zero for all companies. The Department will
instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to
countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject merchandise from
Brazil exported on or after January 1, 1993 and on or before December
31, 1993.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorenza Olivas or Richard Herring,
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 August 4, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register
(60 FR 39933) the preliminary results of its administrative review of
the countervailing duty order on certain agricultural tillage tools
from Brazil. 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, 1993 through December 31,
1993. The review involves one company and four 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 regulations are in
reference to the provisions as they existed on December 31, 1994.
Scope of Review
Imports covered in this review are certain tillage tools from
Brazil (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 numbers are provided for
convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains
dispositive.
Analysis of Programs
Programs Found Not to be Used
In the preliminary determination we found, based upon our analysis
of our questionnaire response that the producers and/or exporters of
the subject merchandise did not apply for or receive benefits under the
following programs:
Preferential Financing under FINEP
Preferential Financing for Industrial Enterprises by the
Banco do Brazil (FST and EGF loans)
Accelerated Depreciation for Brazilian-made Capital Goods
Preferential Financing Under PROEX (Formerly under
Resolution Tax and Duty Exemptions Under Section 28 of the Investment
Promotion Act
Since we received no comments to our preliminary results, our
results remain unchanged in these final results.
Final Results of Review
For the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993, we
determine the net subsidy to be zero for all companies.
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate,
without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject
merchandise from Brazil, exported on or after January 1, 1993 and on or
before December 31, 1993.
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 Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this 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 CFR 355.43(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: September 13, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-23333 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
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