[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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