[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.
[FR Doc. 95-9276 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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