[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5612-5613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3006]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-201-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From Mexico: Notice of Panel Decision, 
Amended Order and Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation 
in Accordance With Decision Upon Remand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of panel decision and amendment to final determination 
of antidumping duty investigation in accordance with decision upon 
remand.

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SUMMARY: As a result of a remand from a Binational Panel (the Panel), 
convened pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 
the Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending its final 
determination in the antidumping duty investigation of Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Mexico. The Department has determined, in accordance 
with the instruction of the Panel, the dumping margin for entries of 
Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico to be 21.70 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Stagner, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement II, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1673.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 28, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(60 FR 33567) the final determination of sales at less than fair value 
for Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico (OCTG from Mexico). On August 
11, 1995, the Department published the antidumping duty order on OCTG 
from Mexico. 60 FR 41056.

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    Subsequent to the antidumping duty order, Tubos de Acero de Mexico, 
S.A. (TAMSA), the sole respondent, challenged the Department's findings 
and requested that the Panel review the final determination. 
Thereafter, the Panel remanded the Department's final determination 
with respect to two issues. Specifically, the Panel directed the 
Department to (1) substitute a weighted-average factor for the adverse 
factor used in the calculation of nonstandard costs for certain 
products and (2) provide a complete explanation of its reasoning for 
its use of 1994 data in calculating general and administrative (G&A) 
expense. In the Matter of: Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico; Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, USA-95-1904-04 (July 
31, 1996).
    The Department recalculated the nonstandard costs using a weighted-
average factor and provided an explanation of our use of 1994 data in 
calculating G&A expenses.<SUP>1 The Department submitted its remand 
determination on October 25, 1996.
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    \1\ For a complete discussion of the Department's reasoning for 
using 1994 data in calculating G&A expenses, see Redetermination on 
Remand; Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from Mexico (October 25, 1996).
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    On December 2, 1996, the Panel affirmed the remand determination of 
the Department. In the Matter of: Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
Mexico; Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, USA-95-
1904-04 (July 31, 1996) (Final Panel Order). As a result, the margin 
for TAMSA and all other producers/exporters was reduced from 23.79 
percent to 21.70 percent.

Suspension of Liquidation

    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to collect cash 
deposits of 21.70 percent on all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of this amended final determination.
    This notice is published pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1516a(g)(5)(B) 
(1996), section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
1673d(d) (1996)), and 19 CFR 353.20(a)(4) (1996).

    Dated: January 31, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-3006 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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