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