56 FR 15862
NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[C-351-406]

Certain Round Shaped Agricultural Tillage Tools From Brazil; Final Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

Thursday, April 18, 1991

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

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

SUMMARY: On February 22, 1991, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its 1987 and 1988 administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order or certain round shaped agricultural tillage tools from Brazil. We have not completed those reviews and determine that net subsidy to be zero for one firm and 1.19 percent ad valorem for all other firms for the period January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987, and zero for one firm and 1.06 percent ad valorem for all other firms for the period January 1, 1988 through December 31, 1988.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 1991.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Driscoll, Elizabeth Levy or Michael Rollin, Office of Countervailing Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 377-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 22, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register (56 FR 7340) the preliminary results of its 1987 and 1988 administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order on certain round shaped agricultural tillage tool from Brazil (50 42743; October 22, 1985). The Department has now completed those administrative reviews in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff Act).

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of certain round shaped agricultural tillage tools (discs) with plain or notched edge, such as colters and furrow-opener blades. During the review period, such merchandise was classified under item numbers 666.0015, 666.0020, 666.0050, 666.0060, 666.0065 and 666.0075 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA). This merchandise is currently classifiable under HTS item numbers 8432.21.00, 8432.29.00, 8432.80.00 and 8432.90.00. The TSUSA and HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
The reviews cover the periods January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987 and January 1, 1988 through December 31, 1988, and thirteen programs. (1) CACEX Preferential Working Capital Financing for Exports; (2) Income Tax Exemption for Export Earnings; (3) Export Credit Premium for IPI/Portaria 176/84; (4) Preferential Export Financing under CIC-OPCRE of the Banco do Brasil; (5) Preferential Financing for Industrial Enterprises by the Banco do Brasil (FST and EGF loans); (6) Reductions of Taxes and Import Duties under Decree Law No. 77.065 through BEFIEX and CIEX; (7) Preferential Financing for National

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Trading Companies under Resolution 883 of the Banco Central do Brasil; (8) Accelerated Depreciation for Brazilian-Made Capital Goods; (9) Preferential Financing under Resolution 68 and 509 through FINEX; (10) Preferential Financing under Resolution 578/83 through FUNPAR; (11) Preferential Financing under FINEP; (12) Preferential Financing under Resolution 579/83 through PROEX and PROSIM; and (13 Preferential Financing for the Storage of Merchandise Destined for Export under Resolution 330/Portaria 130 of the Banco do Brasil.

Analysis of Comments Received

We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. We received no comments.

Final Results of Review

As a result of our reviews, we determine the net subsidy to be zero for Semeato, and 1.19 percent ad valorem for all other firms for the period January 1, 1987, through December 31, 1987, and zero for Semeato, and 1.06 percent ad valorem for all other firms for the period January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1988.
Therefore, the Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, shipments of this merchandise from Semeato, and to assess countervailing duties of 1.19 percent of the f.o.b. invoice price on all other shipments of the subject merchandise exported on or after January 1, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1987. The Department also will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, shipments of this merchandise from Semeato, and to assess countervailing duties of 1.06 percent of the f.o.b. invoice price on all other shipments of the subject merchandise exported on or after January 1, 1988, and on or before December 31, 1988.
Because the only two programs used by the respondents during the review period, the CACEX Preferential Working Capital Financing for Exports and the Income Tax Exemption for Export Earnings programs, have been terminated by the Government of Brazil, the Department will instruct the Customs Service to waive the collection of cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties on all shipments of the subject merchandise from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this 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 19 CFR 355.22.
Dated: April 11, 1991.

Marjorie A. Chorlins,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.