Certain Castor Oil Products From Brazil; Final Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration, Commerce.

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

SUMMARY: On July 3, 1989, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain castor oil products from Brazil. We have now completed that review and determine the net subsidy for the period January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987 to be 0.27 percent ad valorem. We consider any rate less than 0.50 percent to be de minimis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 1989.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Jean Carroll Kemp or Ilene Hersher, Office of Countervailing Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 377-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 3, 1989, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the Federal Register

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the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain castor oil products from Brazil (41 FR 8634; March 16, 1976). The Department has now completed that administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Tariff Act").

Scope of Review

Imports covered by the review are shipments of Brazilian hydrogenated castor oil and 12-hydroxystearic acid. During the review period, such merchandise was classifiable under items 178.2000, 490.2650, and 490.2670 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated. Such merchandise is currently classifiable under item numbers 1516.10.00, 1516.20.90, 1517.90.40, 1519.11.00, 1519.12.00, 1519.19.40, 2915.70.00, and 2916.19.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The written description remains dispositive of the scope.

Final Results of Review

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. We received no comments.
As a result of our review, we determine the net subsidy to be 0.27 percent ad valorem for the period January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987. The Department considers any rate less than 0.50 percent to be de minimis.
Therefore, the Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all entries of this merchandise exported on or after January 1, 1987 and on or before December 31, 1987.
Further, the Department will instruct the Customs to waive deposits of estimated countervailing duties on all shipments of this merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice. This deposit waiver shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and § 355.22 of the Commerce Regulations published in the Federal Register on December 27, 1988 (53 FR 52354) (to be codified at 19 CFR 355.22).
Dated: September 6, 1989.

Eric I. Garfinkel,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.