[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15463-15464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8516]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-201-504]


Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware from Mexico; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: On February 9, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) issued preliminary results of a new shipper administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel cooking ware 
(POS cooking ware) from Mexico (61 FR 4957). The review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Esmaltaciones San 
Ignacio, S.A. (San Ignacio) to the United States during the period 
January 1, 1995 through June 30, 1995.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results and no comments were received. Therefore, the final 
results remain unchanged from the preliminary results. The final 
weighted-average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below 
in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Merchant or Thomas Futtner, 
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

    On February 9, 1996, the Department issued preliminary results (61 
FR 4957) of its new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from Mexico (51 FR 43415, December 2, 
1986). The preliminary results indicated that San Ignacio sold subject 
merchandise at not less than normal value during the POR. We invited 
parties to comment on the preliminary results.
    The Department has now conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Act and section 353.22 of its regulations.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by the review are shipments of POS cooking ware, 
including tea kettles, 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.
    This merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) item number 7323.94.00. Kitchenware currently entering 
under HTS item number 7323.94.00.30 is not subject to the order. The 
HTS item number is provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The 
written description remains dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results. We received no comments. The final results remain 
unchanged from the preliminary results as the Department used the same 
methodology described in the preliminary results. As a result of our 
comparison of the export price (EP) and normal value (NV), we determine 
that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists:

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                     Manufacturer/Exporter                        Margin
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San Ignacio....................................................     0.00
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    The results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the 
determination and for future deposits of estimated duties. The posting 
of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit, pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and section 353.22(h)(4) of the 
Department's regulations, will no longer be permitted for this firm. 
The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
Customs Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of 
these final results of this administrative review, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the 
reviewed company will be zero percent; (2) for exporters not covered in 
this review, but covered in previous reviews or the original less-than-
fair-value (LTFV) investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to 
be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) 
if the exporter is not a firm covered by this review, or the original 
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer 
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters not previously reviewed will continue to be 
29.52 percent, the ``All Others'' rate made effective by the final 
results of review published on January 9, 1995 (see Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 60 FR 2378) and as 
amended on February 8, 1995 (60 FR 7521). This is the ``All Others'' 
rate from the LTFV investigation.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this

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review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in 
the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d)(1). Timely written notification 
of the 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 new shipper administrative review and notice are in accordance 
with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)) and 19 
CFR 353.22(h).

    Dated: March 27, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary, for Import Administration.
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