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respectively.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on
Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, in consultation with the
Secretary of Agriculture, has prepared
its quarterly update to the annual list of
foreign government subsidies on articles
of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty during the period October 1, 2004,
through December 31, 2004. We are
publishing the current listing of those
subsidies that we have determined exist.
DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
AGENCY:
Section
702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (‘‘the Act’’) requires
the Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) to determine, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, whether any foreign
government is providing a subsidy with
respect to any article of cheese subject
to an in-quota rate of duty, as defined
in section 702(h) of the Act, and to
publish an annual list and quarterly
updates of the type and amount of those
subsidies. We hereby provide the
Department’s quarterly update of
subsidies on articles of cheese that were
imported during the period October 1,
2004, through December 31, 2004.
The Department has developed, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies
(as defined in section 702(h) of the Act)
being provided either directly or
indirectly by foreign governments on
articles of cheese subject to an in-quota
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
rate of duty. The appendix to this notice
lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net
amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The
Department will incorporate additional
programs which are found to constitute
subsidies and additional information on
the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any
person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which
benefit articles of cheese subject to an
in-quota rate of duty to submit such
information in writing to the Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in
accordance with section 702(a) of the
Act.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
APPENDIX.—SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY 1
Gross 2 subsidy
($/lb)
Net 3 subsidy
($/lb)
Country
Program(s)
Austria ..................
Belgium ................
Canada ................
Cyprus * ...............
Denmark ..............
Finland .................
France ..................
Germany ..............
Greece .................
Hungary * .............
Ireland ..................
Italy ......................
Lithuania * ............
Luxembourg .........
Netherlands .........
Norway .................
European Union Restitution Payments .............................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese ...............................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
Indirect (Milk) Subsidy .......................................................................................................
Consumer Subsidy .........................................................................................................
0.00
0.00
0.43
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.43
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total ...............................................................................................................................
0.00
0.00
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
Deficiency Payments .........................................................................................................
EU Restitution Payments ..................................................................................................
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Poland * ................
Portugal ...............
Slovenia * .............
Spain ....................
Switzerland ..........
U.K .......................
1 This
chart includes only those countries which exported articles of cheese to the United States during 4th Quarter, 2004.
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
3 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
* This notice has been modified to reflect the enlargement of the European Union (UE) to 25 countries on May 1, 2004. See Modification of the
Tariff-Rate Import Quota for Certain Cheeses, 69 FR 77308 (December 27, 2004).
2 Defined
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(C–423–809)
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from
Belgium: Notice of Amended Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The United States Court of
International Trade has affirmed the
Department of Commerce’s
redetermination pursuant to remand
regarding the administrative review of
the countervailing duty order on
stainless steel plate in coils from
Belgium covering the period September
4, 1998, through December 31, 1999. See
ALZ N.V. v. United States, Slip Op. 04–
38, Court No. 01–00834 (CIT April 22,
2004). Although the Department of
Commerce appealed the United States
Court of International Trade’s decision
to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit, the Department of
Commerce did not further pursue this
appeal, and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit
dismissed the case. As there is now a
final and conclusive court decision in
this case, we are amending the final
results of review and we will instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
liquidate entries subject to this review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melani Miller Harig or Marc Rivitz, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0116
and (202) 482–1382, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are
shipments of certain stainless steel plate
in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or
less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more
of chromium, with or without other
elements. The subject plate products are
flat–rolled products, 254 mm or over in
width and 4.75 mm or more in
thickness, in coils, and annealed or
otherwise heat treated and pickled or
otherwise descaled. The subject plate
may also be further processed (e.g.,
cold–rolled, polished, etc.) provided
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that it maintains the specified
dimensions of plate following such
processing. Excluded from the scope of
this review are the following: (1) plate
not in coils, (2) plate that is not
annealed or otherwise heat treated and
pickled or otherwise descaled, (3) sheet
and strip, and (4) flat bars. In addition,
certain cold–rolled stainless steel plate
in coils is also excluded from the scope
of this order.1 The excluded cold–rolled
stainless steel plate in coils is defined as
that merchandise which meets the
physical characteristics described above
that has undergone a cold–reduction
process that reduced the thickness of
the steel by 25 percent or more, and has
been annealed and pickled after this
cold reduction process.
The merchandise covered by this
order is currently classifiable in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) at
subheadings 7219.11.00.30,
7219.11.00.60, 7219.12.00.06,
7219.12.00.21, 7219.12.00.26,
7219.12.00.51, 7219.12.00.56,
7219.12.00.66, 7219.12.00.71,
7219.12.00.81, 7219.31.00.10,
7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20,
7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60,
7219.90.00.80, 7220.11.00.00,
7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15,
7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80,
7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10,
7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60,
7220.20.60.80, 7220.90.00.10,
7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and
7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS
headings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
Background
On August 27, 2001, the Department
of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)
published its final results of
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on stainless
steel plate in coils from Belgium
covering the period September 4, 1998
through December 31, 1999. See
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from
Belgium: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 66 FR
45007 (August 27, 2001) (‘‘First Review
1 We note that, although the scope of the original
order was revised (see Notice of Amended
Countervailing Duty Orders; Certain Stainless Steel
Plate in Coils from Belgium, Italy, and South Africa,
68 FR 11524 (March 11, 2003)), the revised scope
did not take effect until March 11, 2003. Thus, the
revised scope is not applicable to the instant
proceeding because this proceeding covered a time
period (September 4, 1998 through December 31,
1999) prior to that date. On March 11, 2003, the
Department revised the HTSUS numbers from the
original scope description to take into account
changes to the HTSUS numbers themselves since
that time.
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Final Results’’). This review covered
one producer/exporter, ALZ N.V. In the
First Review Final Results, the
Department found three equity
purchases to confer countervailable
subsidies: 1) the Government of
Belgium’s (‘‘GOB’’) purchases of the
SIDMAR Group’s (‘‘Sidmar’’) common
and preference shares in 1984; 2) the
GOB’s purchases of ALZ N.V.’s (‘‘ALZ’’)
common and preference shares in 1985;
and 3) the GOB’s 1985 debt–to-equity
conversion for Sidmar.
On July 11, 2003, the Court of
International Trade (‘‘CIT’’) remanded to
the Department its determination in the
First Review Final Results. See ALZ N.V.
v. United States, 283 F. Supp. 2d 1302
(CIT 2003). In its remand order, the CIT
directed the Department 1) to apply the
equityworthiness methodology in
existence at the time of the original
petition to the 1984 and 1985 equity
investments into Sidmar, and the 1985
equity investment into ALZ; and 2) (a)
to scrutinize more closely the terms of
the Memorandum of Understanding
regarding the purchase of Sidmar’s
common and preference shares to
determine whether such document
indicates a binding decision to invest;
(b) to re–examine the record for any
additional evidence regarding the date
upon which the GOB decided to invest
in Sidmar’s common shares; and (c) to
explain the Department’s reasoning for
choosing the date it finds to be the date
the GOB decided to invest.
Although we disagreed with the CIT’s
instructions to apply the
equityworthiness methodology in
existence at the time the original
petition in the investigation was filed
(instead of the methodology that was in
place at the time the request for
administrative review in the proceeding
in question was made, consistent with
19 CFR 351.702(a)(2)) to the 1984 and
1985 equity investments into Sidmar
and the 1985 equity investment into
ALZ, the Department complied with the
CIT’s remand instructions and issued
the final results of redetermination on
December 10, 2003. See Final Results of
Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand: ALZ N.V. v. United States,
Slip Op. 03–81, Court No. 01–00834
(CIT July 11, 2003) (‘‘Final Results of
Redetermination’’). As explained in the
Final Results of Redetermination, we
made changes to the Department’s
findings in the First Review Final
Results relating to the GOB’s 1984 and
1985 equity infusions in Sidmar and
ALZ. Specifically, after applying the
equityworthiness methodology in
existence at the time the petition was
filed and based upon our
reconsideration, we determined that 1)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, has prepared its quarterly update to the annual list of
foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-
quota rate of duty during the period October 1, 2004, through December
31, 2004. We are publishing the current listing of those subsidies that
we have determined exist.
DATES: Effective Date: April 11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura Jeffords or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3146
or 6071, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (as amended) (``the Act'') requires the Department of Commerce
(``the Department'') to determine, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, whether any foreign government is providing a subsidy
with respect to any article of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty, as defined in section 702(h) of the Act, and to publish an annual
list and quarterly updates of the type and amount of those subsidies.
We hereby provide the Department's quarterly update of subsidies on
articles of cheese that were imported during the period October 1,
2004, through December 31, 2004.
The Department has developed, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, information on subsidies (as defined in section 702(h) of
the Act) being provided either directly or indirectly by foreign
governments on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty.
The appendix to this notice lists the country, the subsidy program or
programs, and the gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which
information is currently available. The Department will incorporate
additional programs which are found to constitute subsidies and
additional information on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed.
The Department encourages any person having information on foreign
government subsidy programs which benefit articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty to submit such information in writing to the
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix.--Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty \1\
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Gross \2\ Net \3\ subsidy
Country Program(s) subsidy ($/lb) ($/lb)
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Austria.............................. European Union Restitution Payments.... 0.00 0.00
Belgium.............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Canada............................... Export Assistance on Certain Types of 0.43 0.43
Cheese.
Cyprus *............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Denmark.............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Finland.............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
France............................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Germany.............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Greece............................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Hungary *............................ EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Ireland.............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Italy................................ EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Lithuania *.......................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Luxembourg........................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Netherlands.......................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Norway............................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy................ 0.00 0.00
Consumer Subsidy..................... 0.00 0.00
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Total................................ 0.00 0.00
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Poland *............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Portugal............................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Slovenia *........................... EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Spain................................ EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
Switzerland.......................... Deficiency Payments.................... 0.00 0.00
U.K.................................. EU Restitution Payments................ 0.00 0.00
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\1\ This chart includes only those countries which exported articles of cheese to the United States during 4th
Quarter, 2004.
\2\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
* This notice has been modified to reflect the enlargement of the European Union (UE) to 25 countries on May 1,
2004. See Modification of the Tariff-Rate Import Quota for Certain Cheeses, 69 FR 77308 (December 27, 2004).
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