[Federal Register: May 11, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 24115-24116]
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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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