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

On August 11, 1998, 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 Agreement during the period of review (POR). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We received comments from petitioner Tecumseh Products Company (``Tecumseh'') and respondents, the Government of the Republic of Singapore (GOS), Matsushita Refrigeration Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (MARIS), and Asia Matsushita Electric (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (AMS). We have now completed this review, the fourteenth review of this Agreement, and determine that the Government of the Republic of Singapore, MARIS, and AMS, the signatories to the Suspension Agreement, have complied with the terms of the Agreement during the period April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have not changed the results from those presented in the preliminary results of review. Applicable Statute: Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations set forth at 19 CFR part 351 (62 FR 27296, May 19, 1997).