[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62391-62392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29584]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
C-201-505


Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware from Mexico; 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 September 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-
on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Acero Porcelanizado, S.A. de C.V. 
(APSA). The review covers the period January 1, 1994 through December 
31, 1994. We have completed this review and determine the net subsidy 
to be de minimis for APSA. The Department will instruct the U.S. 
Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, 
all shipments of the subject merchandise from APSA exported on or after 
January 1, 1994, and on or before December 31, 1994.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Curtis or 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 September 26, 1995, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 49565) the preliminary results of its administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-steel 
cookingware from Mexico. 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, 1994 through December 31, 1994. The review 
involves one company and ten 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 

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regulations are in reference to the provisions as they existed on 
December 31, 1994.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of porcelain-on-steel 
cookingware from Mexico. The products are porcelain-on-steel 
cookingware (except teakettles), which do not have self-contained 
electric heating elements. All of the foregoing are constructed of 
steel, and are enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses. During the 
review period, such merchandise was classifiable under item number 
7323.94.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item 
number is provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written 
description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Programs

    Based upon our analysis of the questionnaire response and 
verification we determine the following:

I. Programs Conferring Subsidies

Bancomext Financing for Exporters
    In the preliminary results, we found that this program conferred 
countervailable benefits on the subject merchandise. Since we received 
no comments on our preliminary results, our findings remain unchanged 
in these final results.

II. Programs Found Not To Be Used

    In the preliminary results, we found that APSA did not apply for or 
receive benefits under the following programs during the period of 
review (POR):

A. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)
B. PITEX
C. Other Bancomext Preferential Financing
D. Import Duty Reductions and Exemptions
E. State Tax Incentives
F. Article 15 Loans
G. NAFINSA FOGAIN-type Financing
H. NAFINSA FONEI-type Financing
I. FONEI

Since we received no comments on our preliminary results, our findings 
remain unchanged in these final results.

Final Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, we 
determine the net subsidy to be 0.01 percent ad valorem for APSA. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 355.7, any rate less than 0.5 percent ad valorem 
is de minimis.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate, 
without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject 
merchandise from APSA exported on or after January 1, 1994, and on or 
before December 31, 1994.
    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 APSA entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review. The cash deposit rates for all other producers/exporters 
remain unchanged from the last completed 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 C.F.R. 355.34(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: November 27, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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