Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware From Mexico; Final Results of New Shipper Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-201-505]

Porcelain-on-Steel Cookingware From Mexico; Final Results of New

Shipper Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On January 19, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results

of a new shipper administrative review of the countervailing duty order

on porcelain-on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Esmaltaciones San

Ignacio S.A. (San Ignacio). The review covers the period January 1,

1995 through June 30, 1995. We have completed this review and determine

the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue

appropriate liquidation instructions to the U.S. Customs Service with

respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1996.

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, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On January 19, 1996, the Department published in the Federal

Register (61 FR 1356) the preliminary results of its new shipper

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

steel cookingware from Mexico. The Department has now completed this

administrative review pursuant to section 751 (a)(2)(B) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and in accordance with interim

regulations 19 CFR 355.22(j)(2) (60 FR 25130 (May 11, 1995)). We

invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results. We

received no comments. The review covers the period January 1, 1995

through June 30, 1995. The review involves one company and nine

programs.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

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

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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 we determine

the following: Programs Found Not To Be Used

In the preliminary results, we found that San Ignacio did not apply

for or receive benefits under the following programs during the period

of review:

A. Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterio, S.N.C. (Bancomext)

B. Certificates of Fiscal Promotion (CEPROFI)

C. PITEX

D. Other Bancomext Preferential Financing

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, 1995 through June 30, 1995, we determine

the net subsidy to be zero for San Ignacio. The Department will issue

appropriate liquidation instructions to the Customs Service with

respect to all shipments of the subject merchandise by San Ignacio.

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 San Ignacio 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)(2)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)).

Dated: March 5, 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-6287 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]

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