[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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