MESSAGE NO: 2274114 DATE: 10 01 1991
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: FIN
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 201 - 003 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 01 01 1988 TO 12 31 1989

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: COUNTERVAILING DUTIES-CERAMIC TILE FROM MEXICO (C-201-003)



1. The Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register
of June 14, 1991 the final results of its administrative
reviews of the countervailing duty order on ceramic tile from
Mexico. The reviews cover the periods January 1, 1988
through December 31, 1988 and January 1, 1989 through
December 31, 1989.

2. Imports covered by the reviews are shipments of Mexican
ceramic tile, including non-mosaic, glazed, and unglazed
ceramic floor and wall tile.

During the 1988 review period such merchandise was
classifiable under item numbers 532.2400 and 532.2700 of the
Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated. During the
1989 review period such merchandise was classifiable under
item numbers 6907.10.0000, 6907.90.0000, 6908.10.0000 and
6908.90.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

3. The total bounty or grant during the period January 1, 1988
through December 31, 1988 was found to be zero or de minimis
for the following 11 firms and 1.14 percent ad valorem for
all other firms:
1)Azulejos Decorativos Carillo (C-201-003-023)
2)Azulejos Orion (C-201-003-004)
3)Ceramica Santa Julia (C-201-003-005)
4)Eduardo S. Garcia De la Pena (C-201-003-007)
5)Internacional de Ceramica (C-201-003-008)
6)Jesus Garza Arocha (C-201-003-010)
7)Ladrillera Monterrey (C-201-003-041)
8)Pisos Coloniales de Mexico, S.A. (C-201-003-016)
9)Pisos de Barro (C-201-003-087)
10)Reynold Martinez Chapa (C-201-003-019)
11)Teofillo Covarrubias Villareal (C-201-003-020)

In addition, we determined the total bounty or grant during
the period January 1, 1989 through December 31, 1989 to be
zero or de minimis for all firms.

4. Accordingly, you are to liquidate, without regard to
countervailing duties, shipments of this merchandise from the
11 firms listed above and to assess countervailing duties of
1.14 percent of the f.o.b. invoice price for all other firms
on shipments of this merchandise exported on or after January
1, 1988 and on or before December 31, 1988. In addition, you
are to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties,
shipments of this merchandise from all firms exported on or
after January 1, 1989 and on or before December 31, 1989.

5. The provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act require that
interest be paid on overpayments or underpayments of amounts
deposited as estimated countervailing duties. Such interest
is payable at the rate in effect under section 6621 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period. The interest
rate shall be calculated at that rate from the date of
payment of estimated duties through the date of liquidation.

6. The suspension of liquidation ordered for this merchandise
exported on or before December 31, 1989 is lifted.
Suspension of liquidation for all entries of this merchandise
exported on or after January 1, 1990 will continue.

7. Customs officers shall waive cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties on all shipments of this merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after June 14, 1991. This deposit requirement will remain in
effect until publication of the final results of the next
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on
this merchandise.

8. If there are any questions regarding this matter by Customs
officers, please contact via E-Mail, through the Regional
Antidumping\Countervailing Duty Coordinator, Trade Compliance
Division, Antidumping\Countervailing Duty Branch, using
attribute "HQ OAB." The importing public and other
interested parties should contact the Office of
Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce,
(202) 377-2786.

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Nancy McTiernan