Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware from Mexico; Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

C-201-505

Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware from Mexico; 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 September 26, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results

of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-

on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Acero Porcelanizado, S.A. de C.V.

(APSA). The review covers the period January 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994. We have completed this review and determine the net subsidy

to be de minimis for APSA. The Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties,

all shipments of the subject merchandise from APSA exported on or after

January 1, 1994, and on or before December 31, 1994.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Curtis or Kelly Parkhill, 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 September 26, 1995, the Department published in the Federal

Register (60 FR 49565) the preliminary results of its administrative

review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-steel

cookingware from Mexico. 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, 1994 through December 31, 1994. The review

involves one company and ten 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

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regulations are in reference to the provisions as they existed on

December 31, 1994.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of porcelain-on-steel

cookingware from Mexico. The products are porcelain-on-steel

cookingware (except teakettles), which do not have self-contained

electric heating elements. All of the foregoing are constructed of

steel, and are enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses. During the

review period, such merchandise was classifiable under item number

7323.94.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS item

number is provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Programs

Based upon our analysis of the questionnaire response and

verification we determine the following:

I. Programs Conferring Subsidies

Bancomext Financing for Exporters

In the preliminary results, we found that this program conferred

countervailable benefits on the subject merchandise. Since we received

no comments on our preliminary results, our findings remain unchanged

in these final results.

II. Programs Found Not To Be Used

In the preliminary results, we found that APSA did not apply for or

receive benefits under the following programs during the period of

review (POR):

A. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)

B. PITEX

C. Other Bancomext Preferential Financing

D. Import Duty Reductions and Exemptions

E. State Tax Incentives

F. Article 15 Loans

G. NAFINSA FOGAIN-type Financing

H. NAFINSA FONEI-type Financing

I. FONEI

Since we received no comments on our preliminary results, our findings

remain unchanged in these final results.

Final Results of Review

For the period January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994, we

determine the net subsidy to be 0.01 percent ad valorem for APSA. In

accordance with 19 CFR 355.7, any rate less than 0.5 percent ad valorem

is de minimis.

The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate,

without regard to countervailing duties, all shipments of the subject

merchandise from APSA exported on or after January 1, 1994, and on or

before December 31, 1994.

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 APSA entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of

this review. The cash deposit rates for all other producers/exporters

remain unchanged from the last completed 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 C.F.R. 355.34(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: November 27, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-29584 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]

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