Certain Agricultural Tillage Tools From Brazil: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[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.

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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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