[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26221]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-504]


Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From Mexico; Amended Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Accordance With 
Decision Upon Remand

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review in accordance with decision upon remand.

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SUMMARY: As a result of a remand from a Binational Panel (the Panel), 
convened pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 
the Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending its final 
results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from Mexico, published in the Federal 
Register on January 9, 1995 (60 FR 6889). The Department has 
determined, in accordance with the instruction of the Panel, the 
dumping margin for entries of porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from 
Mexico made during the period December 1, 1990 through November 30, 
1991 to be 9.82 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorenza Olivas or Richard Herring, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 9, 1995, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 2378) the final results of its fifth administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel cooking ware 
from Mexico. On February 8, 1995, the Department amended its final 
results (60 FR 7521). The review covered the period December 1, 1990 
through November 30, 1991.
    Subsequent to the amended final results, CINSA, S.A., one of two 
respondents, challenged the Department's findings and requested that 
the Panel review the final results of review. Thereafter, the Panel 
remanded the Department's final results with respect to two issues 
only. Specifically, the Panel directed the Department (1) to apply the 
Department's tax-neutral VAT adjustment methodology which was approved 
by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Federal Mogul v. 
United States, 63 F.3d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1995) and (2) to either correct 
CINSA's clerical error, or allow CINSA to present data sufficient to 
allow the Department to correct the clerical error. The Department made 
the tax-neutral VAT adjustment and recalculated the cost of Item No. 
10158, the item affected by the clerical error. The Department 
submitted its remand determination on June 14, 1996.
    On July 19, 1996, the Panel affirmed the remand determination of 
the Department. As a result, the margin for CINSA was reduced from 
27.96 percent to 9.82 percent.

Results of Remand

VAT Tax Methodology

    In accordance with the order from the Panel, the Department applied 
a tax-neutral VAT adjustment methodology. Specifically, the Department 
added the VAT tax to U.S. price rather than subtracting it from home 
market price. See Federal Mogul, 1572 F.3d at 1577, 1580.

Clerical Error

    In accordance with the order from the Panel, the Department made a 
correction to the total cost of Item No. 10158 to account for a 
clerical error. Although Item No. 10158 was sold in boxes containing 
two units, CINSA had reported each box as a single unit. To comply with 
the remand, the Department has recalculated the cost of Item No. 10158 
by dividing the cost of producing such item by two.
    As a result of our comparison of U.S. price to foreign market 
value, we determine that an antidumping margin of 9.82 percent exists 
for CINSA for the period December 1, 1990 through November 30, 1991.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual differences 
between U.S. price and foreign market value may vary from the 
percentage stated above. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service. The Department will also 
instruct the Customs Service to collect duty deposits of 9.82 percent 
on all shipments of the subject merchandise manufactured by CINSA 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of these amended final results of review.
    This amendment to the final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review notice is in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of 
the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and Sec. 353.22 of the 
Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.22 (1989)).

    Dated: October 4, 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-26221 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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