46 FR 37067

                             NOTICES

                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Refrigerators, Freezers, Other Refrigerating Equipment and Parts From Italy; 
    Final Results of Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order

                         Friday, July 17, 1981

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AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of administrative Review of Countervailing
Duty Order.

SUMMARY: On April 27, 1981, the Department of Commerce published the
preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty
order on refrigerators, freezers, other refrigerating equipment and parts from
  Italy. The review covered the period January 1, 1980 through December 31, 1980.

Interested parties were given an opportunity to submit written or oral comments.
We received no comments. Therefore, we have determined the net amount of the
subsidy to be the full value of the rebates for these products under Italian Law 639.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 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 March 28, 1973, a final countervailing duty determination on
refrigerators, freezers, other refrigerating equipment and parts from Italy, T.D.
73-85, was published in the Federal Register (38 FR 8057).
On April 3, 1980, the International Trade Commission ("the ITC") notified the
Department of Commrce ("the Department") that an injury determination for this
order had been requested under section 104(b) of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 ("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withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after that date.
On April 27, 1981, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of
"Preliminary Results of administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order"
on refrigerators, freezers, other refrigerating equipment and parts from Italy
(46 FR 23512). The Department has now completed its administrative review of that 
  countervailing duty order.

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Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are refrigerators, freezers, other refrigerating
equipment and parts imported directly or indirectly from Italy (see Appendix
A). These imports are currently classifiable under item numbers 661.35 and 661.37
of the Tariff Schedules of the United States.
The review covered the period January 1, 1980 through December 31, 1980, and 
was limited to rebates granted under Italian Law 639 of July 5, 1964, which was the
only program found countervailable in the final determination.

Final Results of the Review

Since we have received no comments, the final results of our review are the same as
those presented in the preliminary results of the review. The stated purpose of
Italian Law 639 is to rebate customs duties and certain indirect taxes on the export
of products containing iron and steel. No evidence was presented in this case to
demonstrate the requisite linkage between the incidence of customs duties and
certain indirect taxes on various inputs of this merchandise and the amount of the
rebates.
Therefore, we determine that the rates of net subsidy conferred upon producers
exporting to the united States for the period January 1, 1980 through December 31,
1980, are those listed in Appendix A.
The U.S. Customs Service shall 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 T.D. 73-85 and of section 303(a)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the
Tariff Act"), prior to the enactment of the TAA, apply to all 
entries prior to January 1, 1980. Accordingly, the Custom Service shall assess
  countervailing duties in the amount set forth in T.D. 73-85 on all
unliquidated entries of this merchandise which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption prior to January 1, 1980.
In addition, should the ITC find that there is material injury or likelihood of material
injury to an industry in the United States, the Department will instruct the Customs
Service to assess countervailing duties at the rates listed in Appendix A on all
unliquidated entries of refrigerators, freezers, other refrigerating equipment and
parts entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 3,
1980, and exported on or before December 31, 1980. 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.
Further, as required by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, the Customs Service shall
collect a cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties at the rates listed in
Appendix A on all shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of these final results.
This deposit requirement will remain in effect until publication of the final results of
the next administrative review. The Department intends to conduct the next review
by the end of May, 1982.

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 § 355.41 of the Commerce Regulations (19
CFR 355.41).

Gary N. Horlick,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

July 14, 1981.

Appendix A

Complete refrigerators (cabinets, chests, and refrigerated counters, refrigerated
display cases, water coolers and the like)--45 lire/kg
Insulated cold cabinets (unequipped), isothermal cabinets, ice-cream storage
cabinets, and the like--20 lire/kg
Refrigerating apparatus and components thereof, fixed on a common baseplate,
including freezers and parts--45 lire/kg

[FR Doc. 81-21028 Filed 7-16-81; 8:45 am]

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