NOTICES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                                [C-533-063]

         Certain Iron-Metal Castings From India; Amendment to Final Results of
     Countervailing Duty Administrative Review in Accordance With Decision Upon
                                  Remand

                          Friday, September 23, 1988

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 AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,
 Commerce.

 ACTION: Notice of Amendment to final results of Countervailing Duty Administrative
 Review in accordance with decision upon remand.

 SUMMARY: The Court of International Trade has upheld remand results submitted by the
 Department of Commerce on July 8, 1988. The remand involved the final results of the
 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron-metal castings
 from India for the period January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1984. As a result of the
 remand decision, the Department has determined the net subsidy to be 7.31 percent ad
 valorem.

 EFFECITVE DATE: September 23, 1988.

 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Swell or Paul McGarr, Office of
 Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
 Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 377-3337.

 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 Background

 On December 22, 1986, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") pubished in the
 Federal Register (51 FR 45789) the final results of its administrative review of the
 countervailing duty order on certain iron-metal castings from India. The review
 covered the period January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1984. The results of that review
 were challenged in the Court of International Trade ("CIT") by Indian exporters, RSI
 (India), Pvt. Ltd., et al. Pursuant to an injunction issued on January 20, 1987, to continue
 suspension of liquidation of entries of the subject merchandise pending final judgment of
 the CIT. On April 27, 1988, the CIT in RSI India Pvt., Ltd., et al v. United States, Slip Op.
 88-49, remanded the final results of review to the Department to recalculate the net IPRS
 benefit received by RSI. On July 8, 1988, we submitted the final results of the remand to the
 CIT. The remand results were affirmed in Slip Op. 88-110 (August 22, 1988).

 Remand Results

 Pursuant to the remand in RSI (India), the Department was required to recalculate the net
 IPRS benefit received by RSI. The CIT held that the Department's methodology did not
 reflect factual information contained in the administrative record and that the Department
 should recalculate RSI's net benefit by allocating benefits received under the IPRS over the
 export value of all castings to all markets.
 We divided RSI's total IPRS benefit received for all castings by its total value of all castings
 exported to all markets to recalculate RSI's net benefit from this program. We then
 weight-averaged this rate and the rates from the IPRS rebate previously determined for the
 other companies under review by each company's share of exports of the subject
 merchandise to the United States. The weighted-average rate for the IPRS is 6.54 percent ad
 valorem and the new weighted-average country-wide rate for all programs for both
 assessment and cash deposit purposes is 7.31 percent ad valorem.
 As a result of the remand decision, we are amending the final results of the administrative
 review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron- metal castings from India for
 the period January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1984 to incorporate the reasoning and
 calculations set forth above. Accordingly, we determined that the net subsidy during the
 period of review is 7.31 percent ad valorem.
 The Department will instruct the Customs Service to assess countervailing duties of 7.31
 percent of the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments of the subject merchandise exported on
 or after January 1, 1984 and on or before December 31, 1984.
 The Department will also instruct the Customs Service to collect a cash deposit of estimated
 countervailing duties, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, of 7.31 percent
 of the f.o.b. invoice price on all shipments of this merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
 warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice.

 Jan W. Mares,

 Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

 Date: September 14, 1988.

 [FR Doc. 88-21825 Filed 9-22-88; 8:45 am]

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