CITE = 60 FR 48692 (9/20/95) Filename = 95-920.htm
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[C-351-406]
Certain Agricultural Tillage Tools From Brazil: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review.
SUMMARY: On August 4, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary
results of administrative review of the countervailing duty
order on certain agricultural tillage tools from Brazil for
the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993. We have
completed this review and determine the net subsidy to be zero
for all companies. The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs
Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties,
all shipments of the subject merchandise from Brazil exported
on or after January 1, 1993 and on or before December 31, 1993.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorenza Olivas or Richard Herring,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 4, 1995, the Department published in the Federal
Register (60 FR 39933) the preliminary results of its administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on certain agricultural
tillage tools from Brazil. The Department has now completed
this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary
results. We received no comments.
The review covers the period January 1, 1993 through December
31, 1993. The review involves one company and four programs.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
The Department is conducting this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act. Unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the statute and to the Department's
regulations are in reference to the provisions as they existed
on December 31, 1994.
Scope of Review
Imports covered in this review are certain tillage tools
from Brazil (discs) with plain or notched edges, such as colters
and furrow-opener blades. The products covered in this review
are currently classifiable under the following item numbers
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS):
8432.21.00, 8432.29.00, 8432.80.00 and 8432.90.00. The HTSUS
numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The
written description remains dispositive.
Analysis of Programs
Programs Found Not to be Used
In the preliminary determination we found, based upon our
analysis of our questionnaire response that the producers and/or
exporters of the subject merchandise did not apply for or receive
benefits under the following programs:
· Preferential Financing under FINEP
· Preferential Financing for Industrial Enterprises by the
Banco do Brazil (FST and EGF loans)
· Accelerated Depreciation for Brazilian-made Capital Goods
· Preferential Financing Under PROEX (Formerly under Resolution Tax
and Duty Exemptions Under Section 28 of the Investment Promotion Act
Since we received no comments to our preliminary results,
our results remain unchanged in these final results.
Final Results of Review
For the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993,
we determine the net subsidy to be zero for all companies.
The Department will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments
of the subject merchandise from Brazil, exported on or after
January 1, 1993 and on or before December 31, 1993.
The Department will also instruct the U.S. Customs Service
to collect a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties
of zero percent of the f.o.b. invoice price 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 notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 355.43(d). Timely written notification
of 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 administrative review and notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR
355.22.
Dated: September 13, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-23333 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
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The Contents entry for this article reads as follows:
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Countervailing duties:
Agricultural tillage tools from-
Brazil, 48692