[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10726-10727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6287]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-201-505]


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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.

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

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SUMMARY: On January 19, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results 
of a new shipper administrative review of the countervailing duty order 
on porcelain-on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Esmaltaciones San 
Ignacio S.A. (San Ignacio). The review covers the period January 1, 
1995 through June 30, 1995. We have completed this review and determine 
the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue 
appropriate liquidation instructions to the U.S. Customs Service with 
respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 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, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 19, 1996, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (61 FR 1356) the preliminary results of its new shipper 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-
steel cookingware from Mexico. The Department has now completed this 
administrative review pursuant to section 751 (a)(2)(B) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and in accordance with interim 
regulations 19 CFR 355.22(j)(2) (60 FR 25130 (May 11, 1995)). We 
invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results. We 
received no comments. The review covers the period January 1, 1995 
through June 30, 1995. The review involves one company 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

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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 we determine 
the following: Programs Found Not To Be Used
    In the preliminary results, we found that San Ignacio did not apply 
for or receive benefits under the following programs during the period 
of review:

A. Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterio, 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
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, 1995 through June 30, 1995, we determine 
the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue 
appropriate liquidation instructions to the Customs Service with 
respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.
    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 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.
    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)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)).

    Dated: March 5, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-6287 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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