[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44296-44297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21967]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-559-001]


Certain Refrigeration Compressors from the Republic of Singapore: 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of countervailing duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On June 10, 1996, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of its administrative review of the agreement 
suspending the countervailing duty investigation on certain 
refrigeration compressors from the Republic of Singapore.
    In our preliminary results of review, we preliminarily determined 
that the signatories to the suspension agreement complied with the 
terms of the suspension agreement during the period of review. We gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary 
results, but we received no comments. We have not changed the margin 
from that presented in our preliminary results of review.
    We have now completed this review, the eleventh review of this 
Agreement, and determine that the Government of the Republic of 
Singapore (GOS), Matsushita Refrigeration Industries (Singapore) Pte. 
Ltd. (MARIS) and Asia Matsushita Electric (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (AMS), 
the signatories to the suspension agreement, have complied with the 
terms of the suspension agreement during the period April 1, 1993 
through March 31, 1994.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Johnson or Jean Kemp, Office of 
AD/CVD Enforcement, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3793.

Applicable Statutes and Regulations

    Unless otherwise stated, all citations to the statute and to the 
Department's regulations are references to the provisions as they 
existed on December 31, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 10, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register (61 FR 29348-50) the preliminary 
results of its administrative review of the agreement suspending the 
countervailing duty investigation on certain refrigeration compressors 
from the Republic of Singapore (48 FR 51167; November 7, 1983). We 
received no comments from interested parties on our preliminary 
results. We have now completed this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff 
Act).

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of hermetic 
refrigeration compressors rated not over one-quarter horsepower from 
Singapore. This merchandise is currently classified under Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) item number 8414.30.40. The HTS item number is 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description 
remains dispositive.
    The review period is April 1, 1993 through March 31, 1994, and 
includes three programs. (For the preliminary results of review notice, 
we received information on three additional programs: the Operational 
Headquarters Program, the Technical Assistance Fees/Royalty Payments 
Program, and the Investment Allowance Program. However, the Department 
found these programs to be non-countervailable in the tenth 
administrative review of this Agreement. See Certain Refrigeration 
Compressors from Singapore; Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 60 FR 10315, 10317-8 (March 13, 1996). 
Therefore, we did not consider these programs for the purposes of the 
final results of this review). The review covers one producer and one 
exporter of the subject merchandise, MARIS and AMS, respectively. These 
two companies, along with the GOS, are the signatories to the 
suspension agreement.
    Under the terms of the suspension agreement, the GOS agrees to 
offset completely the amount of the net bounty or grant determined by 
the Department in this proceeding to exist with respect to the subject 
merchandise. The offset entails the collection by the GOS of an export 
charge applicable to the subject merchandise exported on or after the 
effective date of the agreement. See Certain Refrigeration Compressors 
from the Republic of Singapore: Suspension of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 48 FR 51167, 51170 (November 7, 1983).

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the signatories to the suspension agreement have 
complied with the terms of the suspension agreement, including the 
payment of the provisional export charge for the review period. From 
April 1, 1993, through March 31, 1994, a rate of 5.52 percent was in 
effect.
    We determine the total bounty or grant to be 2.22 percent of the 
f.o.b. value of the merchandise for the April 1, 1993 through March 31, 
1994 review period. Following the methodology outlined in section B.4 
of the agreement, the Department determines that, for the period of 
review, a negative adjustment may be made to the provisional export 
charge rate in effect. The adjustment will equal the difference between 
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provisional rate in effect during the review period and the rate 
determined in this review, plus interest. This rate, established in the 
notice of the final results of the eighth administrative review of the 
suspension agreement (See Certain Refrigeration Compressors from the 
Republic of Singapore; Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, 57 FR 46540 (October 9, 1992)) is 5.52 percent. 
For this period the GOS may refund or credit, in accordance with 
section B.4.c of the agreement, the difference to the companies, plus 
interest, calculated in accordance with section 778(b) of the Tariff 
Act.
    The Department intends to notify the GOS that the provisional 
export charge rate on all exports of the subject merchandise to the 
United States with Outward Declarations filed on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this administrative review shall be 
2.22 percent of the f.o.b. value of the merchandise.
    This notice also 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 administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and section 
355.22 of the Department's regulations (19 CFR 355.22(1994)).

    Dated: August 22, 1996.
 Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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