[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2492-2493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1311]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-001]
Leather Wearing Apparel From Mexico; Amended Final Results of
Countervailing Duty 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 October 20, 1995, the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) Panel (``Panel'') affirmed the Department of Commerce's (``the
Department'') remand results in Leather Wearing Apparel from Mexico,
Secretariat File No. USA-94-1904-02 (July 19, 1995). On November 7,
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 1992 administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on leather wearing apparel from Mexico for
purposes of the entries subject to the Panel's review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Cameron Cardozo,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 25, 1994 (59 FR 43815), the Department published the
final results of its 1992 administrative review of the countervailing
duty order on leather wearing apparel from Mexico, covering the period
January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992. These results were
challenged by Maquiladora Pieles Pitic (Pieles Pitic) and Finapiel de
Mexico (Finapiel), exporters of the subject merchandise, before a Panel
pursuant to Article 1904 of the NAFTA.
The Panel issued its decision on July 19, 1995, and therein
remanded the Department to reopen the 1992 administrative review.
Leather Wearing Apparel from Mexico, Secretariat File No. USA-94-1904-
02. In particular, the Panel directed the Department to conduct a
review of the 1992 entries of Pieles Pitic and Finapiel. Pursuant to
the remand order, the Department submitted to the Panel its final
results of redetermination on September 19, 1995, finding that Pieles
Pitic and Finapiel did not receive any benefits during 1992 from the
programs examined by the Department.
On October 20, 1995, the Panel affirmed the Department's remand
results. Therefore, the Department is amending the final results of the
1992 administrative review to reflect a subsidy rate of zero for Pieles
Pitic and Finapiel, as determined by the Department in its final remand
results.
Amended Final Results of Review
The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate
without regard to countervailing duties all shipments of leather
wearing apparel from Mexico exported by Pieles Pitic or Finapiel on or
after January 1, 1992 and on or before December 31, 1992.
Pursuant to section 753(b)(3)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, the Department revoked this order effective January 1, 1995,
and has refunded, with interest, the estimated countervailing duties
collected since that date. See Revocation of Countervailing Duty Orders
(60 FR 40568; August 9, 1995). Therefore, the suspension of liquidation
has been lifted, and there is no cash deposit requirement, on all
shipments of the subject merchandise exported on or after January 1,
1995.
This amended notice of final results is published in accordance
with 19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1) and 19 CFR Sec. 355.22.
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Dated: January 11, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-1311 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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