[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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