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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 
Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review

AGENCY: United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, Binational 
Secretariat, United States Section, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of completion of Panel Review of the final affirmative 
determination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce, International 
Trade Administration, Import Administration, in an affirmative 
countervailing duty determination respecting Pure and Alloy Magnesium 
from Canada, Secretariat File No. USA-92-1904-03.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Binational 
Panel dated December 14, 1993, affirming the determination on remand, 
the Panel Review of the final determination described above was 
completed on January 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, United States Secretary, Binational Secretariat, 
suite 2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 
482-5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 16, 1993, the Binational Panel 
issued a decision which affirmed in part and remanded in part the final 
affirmative countervailing duty determination of the United States 
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (``ITA'') 
concerning Pure and Alloy Magnesium from Canada. The panel remanded the 
ITA's determination in two respects:
    (1) For the ITA to explain why, in determining the specificity of 
the SDI program subsidy, the ITA conducted its ``disproportionality'' 
analysis on an enterprise-by-enterprise basis rather than on an 
industry-by-industry basis; and
    (2) For the ITA to explain why its use of Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS) depreciation tables for the useful life of equipment in the 
industry accurately reflects the commercial and competitive benefits 
received by Norsk Hydro Canada from grants it received for the purchase 
of pollution control equipment.
    The panel instructed ITA to provide its redetermination on remand 
within 30 days (by Sepember 16).
    The ITA submitted its redetermination on remand on September 15, 
1993, which the Panel Affirmed in all respects. The Secretariat was 
instructed to issue a Notice of Completion of Panel Review on the 31st 
day following the issuance of the Order, if no Request for an 
Extraordinary Challenge was filed. No such request was filed. 
Therefore, on the basis of the Panel Order and Rule 80 of the Article 
1904 Panel Rules, the Panel Review was completed and the panelists 
discharged from their duties effective January 14, 1994.

    Dated: January 18, 1994.
James R. Holbein,
United States Secretary, FTA Binational Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-1775 Filed 1-26-94; 8:45 am]
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