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31, 1985. The resultant rate for

Productos de Barro for the period July

1, 1984 through December 31, 1984 is

2.92 percent ad valorem, and for the

period January 1, 1985 through

December 31, 1985 is 3.10 percent ad

valorem. Accordingly, we are hereby

amending the final results of the

administrative review for the period

July 1, 1984 through December 31, 1985.

However, as discussed above, we will

order assessment only on entries

through April 22, 1985, the date prior to

the effective date of the revocation.

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: May 17, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Cotton Shop Towels From Pakistan;

Termination of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of

countervailing duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is terminating the

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on shop

towels from Pakistan initiated on April

25, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne D’Alauro or Maria MacKay, 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 March 27, 1996, Milliken &

Company (Milliken), a domestic

producer of shop towels, requested an

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on cotton

shop towels from Pakistan for the period

January 1, 1995 through December 31,

1995, for the producer/resellers Anwar

Corporation, Bita Textile Corporation,

Eastern Textiles (Pvt) Ltd., Fine Fabrico,

Hilal Corporation (Pvt) Ltd., Jawad

Brothers, Mehtabi Towel Mills (Pvt)

Ltd., Mohain Brothers, Pakistan Textile

Corporation (Pvt) Ltd., Quality Linen

Supply Corporation, Salimah

International, Shaheen Textiles, Shahi

Textiles, Sultex Industries, The Khans,

and United Towel Exporters. No other

interested party requested a review.

On April 25, 1996, the Department

published a notice initiating the

administrative review for that period

with respect to those producers/resellers

(61 FR 18378). On May 7, 1996,

Milliken withdrew its request for review

of the same producer/exporters.

Section 355.22(a)(3) of the

Department’s regulations provides that

the Department may permit a party that

requests a review to withdraw its

request not later than 90 days after the

date of publication of the notice of

initiation of the review. Since the

withdrawal of Milliken’s request was

timely submitted, we are accepting

Milliken’s withdrawal and terminating

this review.

This notice is published in

accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a)(3).

Dated: May 16, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

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Leather Wearing Apparel From Mexico;

Notice of Termination of the

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review and Amendment to the

Revocation of the Countervailing Duty

Order

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of the

countervailing duty administrative

review and amendment to the

revocation of the countervailing duty

order.

SUMMARY: On March 29, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register its notice of intent to terminate

the countervailing duty administrative

review and notice of intent to amend the

revocation of the countervailing duty

order on leather wearing apparel from

Mexico, 61 FR 14076, as a result of the

decision by the Court of Appeals for the

Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Ceramica

Regiomontana v. United States, Court

No. 95–1026 (Fed. Cir., Sept. 6, 1995)

(Ceramica). In Ceramica, the CAFC

ruled that absent an injury

determination by the International

Trade Administration (ITC), the

Department may not assess

countervailing duties under section

1303(a)(1) on entries of dutiable

merchandise which occurred on or after

April 23, 1985, the effective date of

Mexico’s Bilateral Agreement with the

United States. Since we received no

comments on our notice of intent, we

are hereby terminating this

administrative review, which covers the

period January 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994, and amending the

date of the revocation of the

countervailing duty order to be effective

April 23, 1985.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 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, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The countervailing duty order on

leather wearing apparel from Mexico

was issued on April 10, 1981 pursuant

to section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (the Act). No injury

determination was required for cases

conducted pursuant to section 303. In

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of

1994 (URAA), which amended the Act,

section 303 was repealed because the

new Agreement on Subsidies and

Countervailing Measures (SCM

Agreement) prohibits the assessment of

countervailing duties on imports from a

member of the World Trade

Organization without an affirmative

injury determination. The URAA added

section 753 to the Act, which provided

domestic interested parties an

opportunity to request an injury

investigation for orders that had been

issued pursuant to section 303.

Because no domestic interested

parties exercised their right under

section 753(a) of the Act to request an

injury investigation on Mexican leather

wearing apparel, the ITC made a

negative injury determination with

respect to this order, pursuant to section

753(b)(4) of the Act. As a result, the

Department revoked this countervailing

duty order, effective January 1, 1995,

pursuant to section 753(b)(3)(B) of the

Act. Revocation of Countervailing Duty

Orders, 60 FR 40,568 (August 9, 1995).
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However, administrative reviews of

periods prior to January 1, 1995 could

still be conducted and on April 28, 1995

an administrative review of this order

was requested for the period January 1,

1994 through December 31, 1994. 60 FR

25885 (May 15, 1995).

On September 6, 1995, in a case

involving the countervailing duty order

on ceramic tile from Mexico, Ceramica,

the CAFC ruled that, absent an injury

determination by the ITC, the

Department may not assess

countervailing duties under section

1303(a)(1) on entries from Mexico of

dutiable merchandise which occurred

on or after April 23, 1985, the effective

date of Mexico’s Bilateral Agreement

with the United States. On February 21,

1996, the Department implemented the

CAFC’s ruling in the case of Mexican

ceramic tile and amended the effective

date of the revocation from January 1,

1995 to April 23, 1985. 61 FR 6630.

Because the order on leather wearing

apparel is a Mexican order and involves

the same set of pertinent facts (i.e., the

ITC did not make an injury

determination), the CAFC’s decision

applies to the order on leather wearing

apparel from Mexico.

As a result, on March 29, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register its notice of intent to terminate

the countervailing duty administrative

review and to amend the revocation of

the countervailing duty order on leather

wearing apparel from Mexico to be

effective April 23, 1985. We invited

interested parties to comment but

received no comments. Accordingly, we

are terminating the instant review of

this countervailing duty order. Also, we

are amending the previous revocation of

this order, which affects all

unliquidated entries, to be effective

April 23, 1985, rather than January 1,

1995, in recognition of the Ceramica

decision.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of Mexican leather wearing

apparel. These products include leather

coats and jackets for men, boys, women,

girls, and infants, and other leather

apparel products including leather

vests, pants, and shorts. Also included

are outer leather shells and parts and

pieces of leather wearing apparel. This

merchandise is currently classifiable

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(HTS) item numbers 4203.10.4030,

4203.10.4060, 4203.10.4085 and

4203.10.4095. The HTS item numbers

are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

Notice of Termination of the

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review and Amendment of the

Revocation of the Countervailing Duty

Order

This notice serves as notification to

the public of our termination of the

instant administrative review, covering

the period January 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994, and amendment of

the revocation of the countervailing

duty order on Mexican leather wearing

apparel to be effective April 23, 1985.

This revocation applies to all

unliquidated entries of subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after April 23, 1985.

We will instruct the U.S. Customs

Service to terminate the suspension of

liquidation as of the date of publication

of this notice and to liquidate all

unliquidated entries of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after April 23, 1985, without regard to

countervailing duties. We will instruct

the U.S. Customs Service to refund with

interest any estimated countervailing

duties collected with respect to those

entries. We note that the requirement for

a cash deposit of estimated

countervailing duties was previously

terminated in conjunction with the

section 753 determination.

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 CFR 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 notice is published in

accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR

355.22.

Dated: May 17, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Oil Country Tubular Goods From

Argentina; Extension of Time Limit for

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review

May 20, 1996.

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for countervailing duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for preliminary and final results of

the 1994 administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on oil country

tubular goods from Argentina. This

extension is made pursuant to the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (hereinafter,

‘‘the Act’’).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brian Albright or Rick Herring, Office of

Countervailing Compliance, 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.

POSTPONEMENT: Under the Act, the

Department may extend the deadline for

completion of the preliminary results of

an administrative review if it

determines that it is not practicable to

complete those results within the

statutory time limit of 245 days. The

Department finds that it is not

practicable to complete the preliminary

results of the 1994 administrative

review of oil country tubular goods from

Argentina within this time limit. See

Memorandum to the File dated May 9,

1996.

In accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

will extend the time for completion of

the preliminary results of this review

from a 245-day period to no later than

a 365-day period.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–13168 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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