[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2492-2493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1311]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-201-001]


Leather Wearing Apparel From Mexico; Amended Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review in Accordance With Decision 
on Remand

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On October 20, 1995, the North American Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA) Panel (``Panel'') affirmed the Department of Commerce's (``the 
Department'') remand results in Leather Wearing Apparel from Mexico, 
Secretariat File No. USA-94-1904-02 (July 19, 1995). On November 7, 
1995, the NAFTA Secretariat, United States Section, provided a Notice 
of Final Panel Action in this proceeding. As a result, the Department 
is amending the final results of the 1992 administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on leather wearing apparel from Mexico for 
purposes of the entries subject to the Panel's review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Albright or Cameron Cardozo, 
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 August 25, 1994 (59 FR 43815), the Department published the 
final results of its 1992 administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on leather wearing apparel from Mexico, covering the period 
January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992. These results were 
challenged by Maquiladora Pieles Pitic (Pieles Pitic) and Finapiel de 
Mexico (Finapiel), exporters of the subject merchandise, before a Panel 
pursuant to Article 1904 of the NAFTA.
    The Panel issued its decision on July 19, 1995, and therein 
remanded the Department to reopen the 1992 administrative review. 
Leather Wearing Apparel from Mexico, Secretariat File No. USA-94-1904-
02. In particular, the Panel directed the Department to conduct a 
review of the 1992 entries of Pieles Pitic and Finapiel. Pursuant to 
the remand order, the Department submitted to the Panel its final 
results of redetermination on September 19, 1995, finding that Pieles 
Pitic and Finapiel did not receive any benefits during 1992 from the 
programs examined by the Department.
    On October 20, 1995, the Panel affirmed the Department's remand 
results. Therefore, the Department is amending the final results of the 
1992 administrative review to reflect a subsidy rate of zero for Pieles 
Pitic and Finapiel, as determined by the Department in its final remand 
results.

Amended Final Results of Review

    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate 
without regard to countervailing duties all shipments of leather 
wearing apparel from Mexico exported by Pieles Pitic or Finapiel on or 
after January 1, 1992 and on or before December 31, 1992.
    Pursuant to section 753(b)(3)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, the Department revoked this order effective January 1, 1995, 
and has refunded, with interest, the estimated countervailing duties 
collected since that date. See Revocation of Countervailing Duty Orders 
(60 FR 40568; August 9, 1995). Therefore, the suspension of liquidation 
has been lifted, and there is no cash deposit requirement, on all 
shipments of the subject merchandise exported on or after January 1, 
1995.
    This amended notice of final results is published in accordance 
with 19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1) and 19 CFR Sec. 355.22.


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    Dated: January 11, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-1311 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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