46 FR 31463
NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Compressors and Parts Thereof From Italy; Preliminary Results of
Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order
Tuesday, June 16, 1981
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AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of administrative review of
countervailing duty order.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has conducted an administrative review
of the countervailing duty order on compressors and parts thereof from
Italy. The review covers the period January 1, 1980, through December 31,
1980. As a result of this review, the Department has preliminarily determined the
net amount of the subsidy to be the full value of the rebates for these products under
Italian Law 639. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 1981.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul J. McGarr, Office of Compliance, Room 2803, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230
(202-377- 1167).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Procedural Background
On May 3, 1972, a final countervailing duty determination on compressors
and parts thereof from Italy, T.D. 72-122, was published in the Federal Register
(37 FR 8948). The notice stated that the Department of the Treasury had
determined that exports of compressors and parts thereof from Italy benefitted
from bounties or grants within the meaning of section 303 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1303) ("the Tariff Act"). Accordingly, imports of this merchandise
were subject to countervailing duties.
On January 1, 1980, the provisions of title I of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979
("the TAA") became effective. On January 2, 1980, the authority for administering
the countervailing duty law was transferred from the Department of the
Treasury to the Department of Commerce ("the Department"). On April 3, 1980, the
International Trade Commission ("the ITC") notified the Department that an injury
determination for this order had been requested under section 104(b) of the TAA.
Therefore, following the requirements of that section, liquidation was suspended on
April 3, 1980, on all shipments of such merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after that date. The Department published in the
Federal Register on May 13, 1980 (45 FR 31455) a notice of intent to conduct
administrative reviews of all outstanding countervailing duty orders. As
required by section 751 of the Tariff Act, the Department has conducted an
administrative review of the order on compressors and parts thereof from Italy.
Scope of the Review
Imports covered by this review are compressors and parts therof from Italy
(see Appendix A). These imports are currently classifiable under item 661.12,
Tariff Schedules of the United States.
The review covers the period January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1980, and is
limited to rebates granted under Italian Law 639 of July 5, 1964, which was the only
program found countervailable in the Final Determination.
Preliminary Results of the Review
Under Italian Law 639, exporters receive rebates of customs duties and certain
indirect taxes on the export of specified products containing iron and steel. The
rates differ for particular types of products. For compressors and parts thereof from
Italy (see Appendix A), the rebates are between 15 and 80 lire per kilogram.
The Government of Italy provided no response to our questionnaire of July 15,
1980, nor were our follow-up requests for information answered. Our independent
investigation has confirmed that the rates legislated in Law 639 still apply in full for
exports of this merchandise to the United States.
Because we have received no information to indicate that any part of the rebates is
not countervailable, we preliminarily determine that the rates of net subsidy
conferred upon producers exporting to the United States are those listed in
Appendix A.
The Department intends to instruct the Customs Service to assess
countervailing duties at the rates listed in Appendix A on all unliquidated
entries of this merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1, 1980, and prior to April 3, 1980. The provisions
of section 303(a)(5) of the Tariff Act, prior to the enactment of the TAA, apply to all
entries prior to January 1, 1980. Accordingly, the Department also intends to
instruct the Customs Service to assess countervailing duties on all
unliquidated entries of this merchandise which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption prior to January 1, 1980 in the amounts set forth in
T.D. 71-122. (The lower rates are due to allowable offsets reported on during the
initial investigation but not reported during this review.) In addition, should the ITC
find that there is injury or likelihood of injury to an industry in the United States, the
Department intends to instruct the Customs Service to assess countervailing
duties at the rates listed in Appendix A on all unliquidated entries of compressors
and parts thereof entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after April 3, 1980, and exported on or before December 31, 1980.
Further, as required by section 355.36(c) of the Commerce Regulations, a cash
deposit of the estimated countervailing duties listed in Appendix A shall be
required on all shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption
on or after the date of publication of the final results. This requirement shall remain
in effect until publication of the final results of the next
administrative review.
Pending publication of the final results of the present review, the existing deposit of
estimated duties shall continue to be required, at the rates set forth in T.D. 72-122,
on each entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of this merchandise,
and liquidation shall continue to be suspended on entries made on or after April 3,
1980 until the Department is notified of a determination by the ITC.
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Interested parties may submit written comments on these preliminary results
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice and may request disclosure
and/or a hearing within 15 days of the date of publication. The Department will
publish the final results of this administrative review including the results of its
analysis of any such comments or hearing.
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 section 355.41 of the Commerce
Regulations (19 CFR 355.41).
B. Waring Partridge III,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
June 10, 1981.
Appendix A
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Air or gas compressors (including compressors for refrigerating
equipment presented separately); power driven vacuum pumps .......... 35 lire
Compressors and vacuum pumps, motor coupled sets ........................... 35
Parts of compressors:
Blades, vanes and rotors:
Of stainless steel ......................................................... 80
Other, made predominantly of cast iron, iron or steel ...................... 40
Cylinders and cylinder heads ............................................... 20
Cylinder blocks, crankcases, baseplates and bodies of pumps and
compressors: of cast iron or steel ....................................... 15
Pistons, made predominantly of cast iron, iron or steel .................... 20
Cylinder liners ............................................................ 15
Connecting rods ............................................................ 30
Crankshafts and camshafts, pump shafts ..................................... 30
Piston rings ............................................................... 15
Oil pumps, water pumps and turbines, feed pumps ............................ 20
Gasoline lifting pumps, economizers, oil cleaners, oil and fuel
filters, and their parts, made predominantly of cast iron, iron
or steel ................................................................. 20
Infectors, injector holders, injection pumps and parts thereof, the
latter limited to those made predominantly of cast iron, iron or
steel .................................................................... 70
Pressure regulators ........................................................ 40
Gaskets, also presented in envelopes or like packages, made
predominantly of iron or steel ........................................... 20
Other parts, not elsewhere specified, made predominantly of iron or
steel .................................................................... 30
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