[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19023-19024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9276]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-001]


Leather Wearing Apparel from Mexico; Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances countervailing 
duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On February 13, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of its changed 
circumstances countervailing duty administrative review. We examined 
whether Maquiladora Pieles Pitic, S.A. de C.V. (MPP) and Finapiel de 
Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Finapiel), two manufacturers/exporters of leather 
wearing apparel from Mexico to the United States, had received bounties 
or grants during the first three quarters of 1994. We have now 
completed this review and determine that neither company received 
bounties or grants during this time period under any programs 
previously found countervailable, and, consequently, their cash deposit 
rate should be zero.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Cameron Cardozo, 
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 August 25, 1994, the Department published the final results of 
the last administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
leather wearing apparel from Mexico, covering the January 1, 1992 
through December 31, 1992 review period (46 FR 21357; April 10, 1981). 
In that review, 65 companies which the Government of Mexico (GOM) 
certified did not receive benefits from the programs under review 
received a cash deposit rate of zero. All other companies, which did 
not respond to our questionnaire, including MPP and Finapiel, received 
a cash deposit rate of 13.35 percent based on best information 
available.
    On December 1, 1994, the GOM requested a changed circumstances 
review to examine the cash deposit rate applicable to MPP and Finapiel. 
In its request, the GOM stated that MPP and Finapiel were excluded from 
the list of GOM-certified zero-benefit recipients submitted to the 
Department in the recently completed administrative review due to an 
oversight by the GOM. With its request, the GOM provided company and 
government certifications that MPP and Finapiel did not apply for or 
receive any net subsidy during the first three quarters of 1994 from 
the programs that were previously found countervailable or not-used, 
and will not apply for or receive any such net subsidy in the future, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a)(2)(1994). The GOM also stated that 
it has taken steps to ensure that the type of oversight which occurred 
in this case will not be [[Page 19024]] repeated in future 
administrative reviews.
    On December 21, 1994 (59 FR 65755), the Department initiated a 
changed circumstances review to examine the cash deposit rate for MPP 
and Finapiel. On February 13, 1995, the Department published in the 
Federal Register the preliminary results of its changed circumstances 
countervailing duty administrative review on leather wearing apparel 
from Mexico (60 FR 8221). We have now completed this review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). The review covers the period January 1, 1994 through September 
30, 1994, two manufacturers/exporters, and the following programs:
(A) BANCOMEXT Loans and Export Financing
(B) Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)
(C) FOGAIN
(D) FONEI
(E) State Tax Incentives
(F) PITEX
(G) Import Duty Reductions and Exemptions
(H) Article 15 Loans

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of Mexican leather 
wearing apparel. These products include leather coats and jackets for 
men, boys, women, girls, and infants, and other leather apparel 
products including leather vests, pants, and shorts. Also included are 
outer leather shells and parts and pieces of leather wearing apparel. 
This merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) item numbers 4203.10.4030, 4203.10.4060, 4203.10.4085 
and 4203.10.4095. 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 Act and to the 
Department's regulations are in reference to the provisions as they 
existed on December 31, 1994.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. We received no comments.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we have determined that, during the 
first three quarters of 1994, MPP and Finapiel did not use any of the 
programs examined in the last administrative review of this order (59 
FR 43815; August 25, 1994), and therefore their cash deposit rate 
should be zero.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to continue to 
suspend liquidation and to collect zero cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties, as provided by the Act, on shipments of Mexican 
leather wearing apparel from MPP and Finapiel exported on or after the 
date of publication of this notice of final results of review. These 
instructions shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This changed circumstances review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(b)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(b)(1)) and 19 CFR 
355.22(h).

    Dated: April 7, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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