[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
the
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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.
[FR Doc. 96-21967 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
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