[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1356-1357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-464]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-505]


Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware From Mexico; Preliminary Results 
of New Shipper Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of New Shipper Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting a 
new shipper administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
porcelain-on-steel cookingware from Mexico. We preliminarily determine 
the net subsidy to be zero percent for Esmaltaciones San Ignacio S.A. 
(San Ignacio) for the period January 1, 1995 through June 30, 1995. If 
the final results remain the same as these preliminary results, the 
Department intends to instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate, 
without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject 
merchandise from San Ignacio exported on or after January 1, 1995, and 
on or before June 30, 1995. Interested parties are invited to comment 
on these preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 19, 1996.

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 December 12, 1986, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (55 FR 51139) the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-
steel cookingware from Mexico. On June 20, 1995 the Department received 
a request from San Ignacio for a new shipper administrative review of 
the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-steel cookingware from 
Mexico pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, (the Act), and in accordance with interim regulation 19 CFR 
355.22(j)(2) (60 FR 25130 (May 11, 1995)). In its request, San Ignacio 
certified that it met the requirements set forth in the Act and interim 
regulations for new shippers.
    We initiated the review, covering the period January 1, 1995 
through June 30, 1995 (POR), on July 20, 1995 (60 FR 37426). The review 
covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise, San 
Ignacio, and nine programs.

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act.

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

Programs Preliminarily Found Not To Be Used

    We examined the following programs and preliminarily determine that 
the exporter of the subject merchandise did not apply for or receive 
benefits under these programs during the review period:
    (A) Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior, S.N.C. (Bancomext)
    (B) Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)
    (C) PITEX
    (D) Other Bancomext Preferential Financing
    (E) State Tax Incentives
    (F) Article 15 Loans 
    
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    (G) NAFINSA FOGAIN-type Financing
    (H) NAFINSA FONEI-type Financing
    (I) FONEI

Preliminary Results of Review

    For the period January 1, 1995 through June 30, 1995, we 
preliminarily determine the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. 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 
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of 
the subject merchandise from San Ignacio exported on or after January 
1, 1995, and on or before June 30, 1995.
    The Department also intends to 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 San Ignacio 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 (See 
Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware From Mexico; Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review (60 FR 53165; October 12, 
1995)).
    Interested parties 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.
    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. 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 or at a hearing.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)).

    Dated: December 14, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-464 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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