[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24115-24116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-063]


Certain Iron-Metal Castings From India: Amended Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review in Accordance With Decision 
Upon Remand

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of countervailing duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to remand instructions by the Court of International 
Trade (CIT), the Department has recalculated the countervailing duty 
rates for the 1991 administrative review of the countervailing duty 
order on certain iron-metal castings from India. The final 
countervailing duty rates for this administrative review period are 
listed below in the Final Results of Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Office VI, Group II, 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: On August 29, 1995, the Department published 
the final results of its administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on certain iron-metal castings from India for the period 
January 1, 1991 through December 31, 1991. See Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Iron-Metal Castings 
from India, 60 FR 44,843 (1991 Iron-Metal Castings). Subsequently, 
respondents challenged the final results before the CIT. The primary 
issue involved the calculation of the program rates for the subsidies 
provided under section 80HHC of India's Income Tax Act.
    Under section 80HHC of India's Income Tax Act, exporters of iron-
metal castings are eligible to claim tax exemptions based on their 
export profits. In 1991 Iron-Metal Castings, the Department calculated 
these subsidies without adjusting for other subsidies received under 
India's International Price Reimbursement Scheme (IPRS) and India's 
Cash Compensatory Support Scheme (CCS). In Kajaria Iron Castings Pvt. 
Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 00-147 (CIT Nov. 9, 2000), the court 
remanded the final results of the 1991 administrative review and 
directed the Department to recalculate these subsidies by subtracting 
IPRS rebates and CCS rebates from taxable income before determining the 
benefit under section 80HHC. The Department's subsequent remand 
determination reflected the Court's instructions and was affirmed in 
Kajaria Iron Castings Pvt. v. United States, Slip Op. 01-5 (CIT Jan. 
24, 2001).

Final Results of Review

    We recalculated the company-specific and all-other subsidy rates 
for the period January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991. The amended 
final countervailing duty rates are as follows:

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                                                               Revised
                   Manufacturer/exporter                        rates
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Calcutta Ferrous..........................................          0.93
Carnation Enterprise Pvt. Ltd.............................          0.66
Commex....................................................      \1\ 0.44
Crescent Foundry Co. Pvt. Ltd.............................          1.18
Dinesh....................................................          0.00
Kajaria Castings Ltd......................................          2.56
Kejriwal Iron & Steel Works...............................      \1\ 0.40
Nandikeshwari.............................................          2.56
R.B. Agarwalla & Co.......................................          1.73
R.S.I.....................................................          4.19

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Serampore Industries Pvt. Ltd.............................          0.78
Super Castings (India)....................................         23.00
Tiruptati.................................................          3.68
UMA Iron & Steel Co.......................................          1.84
All-other Rate............................................          2.56
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\1\ de minimis.

    The Department has been enjoined from issuing any liquidation 
instructions to the U.S. Customs Service (Customs) until the conclusion 
of litigation of this case. Litigation has been completed and, 
therefore, the Department will instruct Customs to assess 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies 
with de minimis rates, the Department will instruct Customs to 
liquidate without regard to countervailing duties. The Department will 
issue liquidation instructions directly to Customs.
    This amendment to the final results of countervailing duty 
administrative review notice is in accordance with section 705(d) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 USC 1671d(d)) and section 
351.210(c) of the Department's regulations. Effective January 20, 2001, 
Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the duties of the Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration.

    Dated: May 3, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-11939 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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