[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2738-2739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-688]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-003]


Ceramic Tile From Mexico; Amended Final Results of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Amended Final Result of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On August 8, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
submitted to the Court of International Trade (CIT) the final results 
of redetermination pursuant to a remand in Ceramica Regiomontana,

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S.A., et al. (Slip Op. 94-74, May 5, 1994). On September 14, 1994, the 
CIT affirmed our redetermination (Slip Op. 94-142). In accordance with 
that affirmation, we are hereby amending the final results of the 
countervailing duty administrative review of ceramic tile from Mexico, 
covering the period January 1, 1986, through December 31, 1986. During 
the above period, the country-wide rate for ceramic tile for the 
companies that are not de minimis is 4.02 percent ad valorem.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone:(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 9, 1989 (54 FR 19930), the Department published the final 
results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on 
ceramic tile from Mexico, covering the period January 1, 1986, through 
December 31, 1986. For purposes of the final results, the Department 
calculated the ``all others'' countervailing duty rate by weight 
averaging the benefits received by companies, excluding zero rate and 
de minimis firms. The resultant countervailing duty rate applicable to 
non-de minimis firms was 4.28 percent ad valorem.
    On May 5, 1994, the CIT, in Ceramica Regiomontana S.A. v. United 
States (Slip Op. 96-74, May 5, 1994), remanded to the Department for 
redetermination the final results of this review. The CIT ordered the 
Department to ``recalculate the country-wide countervailing duty rate 
applicable to non-de minimis firms by weight averaging the benefits 
received by all companies by their proportion of exports to the United 
States, inclusive of zero rate firms and de minimis firms pursuant to 
the methodology set forth in Ipsco v. United States, 899 F.2d 1192 
(Fed. Cir. 1990).''

Final Remand Results

    On August 8, 1994, the Department filed with the CIT its final 
results of redetermination upon remand, in which the Department 
complied with the CIT's order and recalculated the ``all others'' 
countervailing duty rate by weight averaging the benefits received by 
all of the 42 companies, including 36 de minimis or zero rate firms 
subject to the 1986 review. The resultant ``all others'' rate of 4.02 
percent ad valorem, which included de minimis and zero rate firms, was 
assigned to the remaining six non-de minimis firms--Barros Tlaquepaque, 
Ceramica Regiomontana, Ceramica y Pisos Industriales de Culiacan, Ima 
Regiomontana, Industrias Intercontinental and O.H. Internacional.

Final Results of Redetermination

    On September 14, 1994, the CIT affirmed the Department's 
redetermination upon remand (Slip Op. 94-142). In accordance with that 
affirmation, we are hereby amending the final results of the 
administrative review for the period January 1, 1986, through December 
31, 1986. We determined that the ``all others'' countervailing duty 
rate for companies that are not de minimis is 4.02 percent ad valorem.
    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. The 
Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs 
Service.
    This notice is in accordance with section 516(a)(e) of the Act.

    Dated: December 29, 1994.
Barbara R. Stafford,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-688 Filed 1-10-95; 8:45 am]
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