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Materials specifications, most notably

A–53, A–120, or A–135. Standard pipe

is currently classified under

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS) item numbers

7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032,

7306.30.5040, and 7306.30.5055.

Although the HTSUS subheading is

provided for convenience and customs

purposes, the written description of the

merchandise under investigation is

dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

We invited interested parties to

comment on the preliminary results of

this administrative review. As noted

above, we received timely comments

from Yieh Hsing, and rebuttal comments

from the petitioner.

Comment 1: Yieh Hsing asserts that

other discounts are understated by a

factor of 1000 in its home market sales

listing. Yieh Hsing contends that the

Department should correct this error in

the final results of review. This error

was not disputed by the petitioners.

Department’s Position: We agree.

During our verification of Yieh Hsing,

we verified that other discounts were

understated by a factor of 1000. (See

January 29, 1997 verification report of

Yieh Hsing, at page 10.) We have

amended our calculations to reflect the

correct amount for this expense.

Comment 2: Yieh Hsing contends that

in calculating its dumping margin, the

Department improperly compared U.S.

prices to a ‘six-month window period’

surrounding each U.S. sale. Yieh Hsing

asserts that the Department should

follow its normal practice, and compare

individual U.S. sales to normal values

corresponding to the month of the U.S.

sale.

Petitioners contend that normal

values have not been averaged across a

six month period, and that the

Department correctly matched U.S.

prices to normal values for the

corresponding month.

Department’s Position: We have

reviewed our preliminary calculations

and determined that we improperly

compared U.S. sales to a weightedaverage six-month period in our

preliminary results. In these final

results, we have amended our

calculations, and based our calculations

of normal value to the month

corresponding to the U.S. sale.

Final Results of Review

As a result of this review, we

preliminarily determine that a margin of

0.37 percent exists for Yieh Hsing for

the period of June 1, 1995 through May

31, 1996.

The U.S. Customs Service shall assess

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

U.S. price and normal value may vary

from the percentages stated above. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the U.S. Customs

Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

requirements will be effective for all

shipments of certain circular welded

carbon steel pipes and tubes from

Taiwan entered or withdrawn from the

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the publication date of the final results

of these administrative reviews, as

provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act:

(1) No cash deposit shall be required for

Yieh Hsing because its weighted average

margin is less than 0.5 percent and

therefore de minimis, (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in this review

but covered in the original less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation or a

previous review, the cash deposit will

continue to be the most recent rate

published in the final determination or

final results for which the manufacturer

or exporter received a company-specific

rate; (3) if the exporter is not a firm

covered in this review or the original

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be that

established for the manufacturer of the

merchandise in the final results of these

reviews or the LTFV investigation; and

(4) if neither the exporter nor the

manufacturer is a firm covered in this or

any previous reviews or the original fair

value investigation, the cash deposit

rate will be 9.7%, the ‘‘all others’’ rate

established in the LTFV investigation.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to importers of their responsibility

under 19 CFR 353.26(b) to file a

certificate regarding the reimbursement

of antidumping duties prior to

liquidation of the relevant entries

during these review periods. Failure to

comply with this requirement could

result in the Secretary’s presumption

that reimbursement of antidumping

duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping

duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective orders (APOs) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written

notification of the return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of an APO is a violation

which is subject to sanction.

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 353.22.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

District Export Councils

AGENCY: Commercial Service,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to serve as

a member of one of the fifty-one district

export councils.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Commerce is currently seeking

expressions of interest from individuals

in serving as a member of one of the

fifty-one District Export Councils (DECs)

nationwide. The DECs are closely

affiliated with the Export Assistance

Centers (EACs) of the Commercial

Service. DECs combine the energies of

over 1,500 exporters and private and

public export service providers who

volunteer their time to supply

specialized expertise to small and

medium-sized businesses in their local

communities who are interested in

exporting. DEC members volunteer at

their own expense.

Providing their expertise and

mentoring services, DEC members help

local firms move from their first

international business plan to their first

export sale. The DECs create seminars

that simplify trade finance, host

international buyer delegations, design

breakthrough exporting guides, put

exporters on the Internet, and help build

local partnerships that strengthen export

assistance programs. Because DEC

members represent both the users and

providers of local export assistance

services, they can identify gaps in the

export services that EACs provide to

U.S. businesses and thus shape EAC

international trade programs to better

meet local business needs.

Selection Process

About half of the approximately 30

positions on each of the 51 DECs will be

open for nominations for the term that

begins January 1, 1998, and ends

December 31, 2001. Nominees are

recommended by the local DEC

Executive Secretary in consultation with

the DEC and with other local export
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promotion partners. After undergoing a

review process, DEC nominees are then

selected and appointed to DEC

membership by the Secretary of

Commerce.

Membership Criteria

Each DEC is interested in nominating

highly-motivated people active in the

local exporting community.

Membership composition on the DECs

include: exporters (such as

representatives from manufacturing, the

services industry, and export trading

companies); bankers; U.S. Small

Business Administration

representatives; state and local officials;

and other ‘‘partners’’ including

international lawyers and accountants

as well as representatives from world

trade centers, chambers of commerce,

export management companies, labor

and freight forwarders.

Deadline

Applications for nomination to a DEC

must be received by the designated local

DEC representative by November 1,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathanael Herman, International Trade

Specialist, the Commercial Service, tel.

202–482–5956. Additional information

about the DECs is also found on the

National DEC Internet Home Page at

http://www.ita.doc.gov/usfcs/usf/dec.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 15 U.S.C.

4721.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Daniel J. McLaughlin,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Domestic Operations.

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–351–406]

Certain Agricultural Tillage Tool 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.

SUMMARY: On July 9, 1997, 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, 1995 through

December 31, 1995 (62 FR 36771). The

Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended. For information on

the net subsidy for the reviewed

company, and for all non-reviewed

companies, please see the Final Results

of Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lorenza Olivas or Gayle Longest, Office

of CVD/AD Enforcement VI, 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

Pursuant to 19 CFR 355.22(a), this

review covers only those producers or

exporters of the subject merchandise for

which a review was specifically

requested. Accordingly, this review

covers the producer/exporter of the

subject merchandise Marchesan

Implementos Agrı ́colas, S.A.

(Marchesan). This review covers the

period January 1, 1995 through

December 31, 1995, and five programs.

We published the preliminary results

of review on July 9, 1997 (62 FR 36771)

and invited interested parties to

comment. We received no comments on

our preliminary results.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930

(‘‘the Act’’), as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’),

effective January 1, 1995. In addition, all

references to the Department’s

regulations are to the provisions

codified at 19 CFR Part 355 (April

1997). The Department is conducting

this administrative review in

accordance with § 751(a) of the Act.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of certain round shaped

agricultural tillage tools (discs) with

plain or notched edge, such as colters

and furrow-opener blades. During the

review period, such merchandise was

classifiable under item numbers

8432.21.00, 8432.29.00, 8432.80.00 and

8432.90.00 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS). The HTS item numbers

are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Programs

Programs Found To Be Not Used

In the preliminary results we found

that the producers and/or exporters of

the subject merchandise did not apply

for or receive benefits under the

following programs:

1. Accelerated Depreciation for

Brazilian-Made Capital Goods

2. Preferential Financing for Industrial

Enterprises by Banco do Brasil (FST and

EGF loans)

3. SUDENE Corporate Income Tax

Reduction for Companies Located in the

Northeast of Brazil

4. Preferential Financing under

PROEX (formerly under Resolution 68

and 509 through FINEX)

5. Preferential Financing under FINEP

We did not receive any comments on

these programs from the interested

parties, and our review of the record has

not led us to change our findings from

the preliminary results.

Final Results of Review

In accordance with 19 C.F.R.

355.22(c)(4)(ii), we calculated an

individual subsidy rate for the only

producer/exporter subject to this

administrative review. For the period

January 1, 1995 through December 31,

1995, we determine the net subsidy for

Marchesan to be zero percent ad

valorem.

The Department will instruct the U.S.

Customs Service (Customs) to liquidate,

without regard to countervailing duties,

shipments of the subject merchandise

from Marchesan exported on or after

January 1, 1995, and on or before

December 31, 1995. The Department

will also instruct Customs to collect a

cash deposit of estimated countervailing

duties of zero percent on all shipments

of this merchandise from Marchesan,

entered or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication of the final results of this

administrative review.

Because the URAA replaced the

general rule in favor of a country-wide

rate with a general rule in favor of

individual rates for investigated and

reviewed companies, the procedures for

establishing countervailing duty rates,

including those for non-reviewed

companies, are now essentially the same

as those in antidumping cases, except as

provided for in section 777A(e)(2)(B) of

the Act. The requested review will

normally cover only those companies

specifically named. Pursuant to 19 CFR

§ 355.22(g), for all companies for which

a review was not requested, duties must

be assessed at the cash deposit rate, and

cash deposits must continue to be

collected, at the rate previously ordered.