[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57219-57220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28081]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-122-404]


Live Swine From Canada; Amended Final Results of Administrative 
Review in Accordance With Decision on Remand

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

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of countervailing duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On September 27, 1995, the Binational North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Panel (``Panel'') affirmed the Department of 
Commerce's (``the Department'') remand results of the sixth 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on live swine 
from Canada, as amended. The Panel also approved the Department's 
Consent 

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Notice of Motion Requesting Termination of Panel Review With Respect to 
Weanlings, and the Request of Pryme for an individual review. On 
October 10, 1995, the NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, 
provided a Notice of Final Panel Action in this proceeding. As a 
result, the Department is amending the final results of the sixth 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on Live Swine 
from Canada for purposes of the entries subject to the Panel's review 
and for cash deposit purposes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore or Maria MacKay, 
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 March 16, 1994 (59 FR 12243), the Department published the final 
results of its sixth administrative review of the countervailing duty 
order on Live Swine from Canada covering the period from April 1, 1990 
through March 31, 1991. These results were challenged by the Canadian 
Pork Council, Pryme Pork, Ltd. (``Pryme''), Earle Baxter Trucking LQ., 
and P. Quintaine & Son, Ltd. before a Binational Panel pursuant to 
Article 1904 of the NAFTA and 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1516a(g). Pursuant to 19 
U.S.C. Sec. 1516a(g)(5)(C), P. Quintaine & Son, Ltd., Earle Baxter 
Trucking LQ., and Pryme requested that the Department continue 
suspension of liquidation of entries covered by the sixth 
administrative review.
    The Panel issued its decision on May 30, 1995, and therein remanded 
for certain issues to the Department for reconsideration. Live Swine 
from Canada, USA-94-1904-01. In particular, the Panel directed the 
Department to reinstate the subclass for sows and boars, and to 
calculate a separate countervailing duty (CVD) rate for sows and boars.
    Pursuant to this remand order, the Department submitted to the 
Panel its final results of redetermination on August 14, 1995, which 
reinstated the sows and boars subclass and provided a separate CVD rate 
for sows and boars. In addition, the Department filed, pursuant to Rule 
71(2), a Consent Notice of Motion Requesting Termination of Panel 
Review With Respect to Weanlings and the Request of Pryme for an 
Individual Review.
    After discovering a ministerial error in its calculations, the 
Department submitted amended final results of redetermination on 
September 1, 1995, in which it found the countervailing duty rate for 
sows and boars to be de minimis.
    On September 27, 1995, the Panel affirmed the Department's remand 
results, as amended, and approved the Consent Notice of Motion. Based 
upon the Panel's order affirming the Department's determination on 
remand, the Department has established a countervailing duty rate for 
sows and boars and has recalculated the countervailing duty rate for 
all other Live Swine from Canada for purposes of the entries for which 
liquidation was suspended subject to the Panel's review. In addition, 
the Department has assigned a de minimis CVD rate to Pryme, pursuant to 
the Consent Notice of Motion.
    The subsidy rates contained herein are those determined by the 
Department in its final remand results, as amended. They are: for sows 
and boars, CAN$0.0036 per kilogram. This rate is de minimis. For all 
live swine, other than sows and boars, CAN$0.0296 per kilogram.

Amended Final Results of Review

    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate 
without regard to countervailing duties all shipments of live swine 
from Canada produced by Pryme Pork, Ltd. exported on or after April 1, 
1990 and on or before March 31, 1991. In addition, the Department will 
instruct the Customs Service to liquidate entries of merchandise 
produced/exported by P. Quintaine & Son, Ltd., and Earle Baxter 
Trucking LQ., exported on or after April 1, 1990 and on or before March 
31, 1991 as follows: to liquidate without regard to countervailing 
duties all shipments of sows and boars and to assess CAN$0.0296 per 
kilogram on entries of all other live swine.
    The Department will also instruct the Customs Service to collect a 
cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties of zero on all 
shipments of live swine from Canada produced by Pryme Pork, Ltd. 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication of this notice. Futhermore, the Department will 
instruct the Customs Service to collect a cash deposit of estimated 
countervailing duties of zero on all shipments of sows and boars from 
Canada and CAN$0.0296 per kilogram on shipments of all other live swine 
from Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of this notice. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This amended notice of final results is published in accordance 
with 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(a)(1), 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1516a(g)(5)(B), 19 CFR 
Sec. 355.22 and 19 CFR Sec. 356.8(a).

    Dated: November 6, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-28081 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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