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Manufacturer/exporter Period Margin

(percent)

British Steel Engineering Steels Limited (BSES) (formerly United Engineering Steels Limited) .......................... 3/1/96–2/28/97 11.90

Glynwed Metal Processing Ltd. (Glynwed) ............................................................................................................ 3/1/96–2/28/97 7.69

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure within 5 business days of the

date of publication of this notice. Any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication. Pursuant

to 19 CFR 353.38, any hearing, if

requested, will be held 44 days after the

publication of this notice, or the first

workday thereafter. Interested parties

may submit case briefs within 30 days

of the date of publication of this notice.

Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited

to issues raised in the case briefs, may

be filed not later than 37 days after the

date of publication. The Department

will publish a notice of final results of

this administrative review, which will

include the results of its analysis of

issues raised in any such comments, not

later than 120 days after the date of

publication of this notice.

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

EP and NV may vary from the

percentages stated above. Upon

completion of this review, the

Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs

Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit

rates will be effective upon publication

of the final results of this administrative

review for all shipments of certain hotrolled lead and bismuth carbon steel

products from the United Kingdom

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the

publication date, as provided for by

section 751(a)(2)(c) of the Act: (1) the

cash deposit rate for the reviewed

company will be the rate established in

the final results of this review; (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in this review

but covered in the original LTFV

investigation or a previous review, the

cash deposit will continue to be the

company-specific rate published for the

most recent period; (3) if the exporter is

not a firm covered in this or a previous

review, or the original LTFV

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be the rate

established for the most recent period

for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) for all other

producers and/or exporters of this

merchandise, the cash deposit rate shall

be 25.82 percent, the ‘‘all others’’ rate

established in the LTFV investigation

(58 FR 6207, January 27, 1993).

These deposit rates, when imposed,

shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next

administrative review.

This notice also serves as a

preliminary reminder to importers of

their responsibility under 19 CFR

353.26 to file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation of the relevant

entries during this review period.

Failure to comply with this requirement

could result in the Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of double

antidumping duties.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19

CFR 353.22.

Dated: December 1, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–32213 Filed 12–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–559–001]

Preliminary Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review: Certain

Refrigeration Compressors From the

Republic of Singapore

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Bolling or Rick Johnson, Office of

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty

Enforcement, Group III, Office IX,

Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1874, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone

(202) 482–3434, or 482–0165,

respectively.

SUMMARY: In response to requests by the

Government of the Republic of

Singapore (GOS), Matsushita

Refrigeration Industries (Singapore) Pte.

Ltd. (MARIS), Asia Matsushita Electric

(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (AMS), and the

petitioner, Tecumseh Products

Company (Tecumseh), the Department

of Commerce (the Department) is

conducting an administrative review of

the agreement suspending the

countervailing duty investigation on

certain refrigeration compressors from

the Republic of Singapore. This review

covers the GOS, MARIS, and AMS.

AMS was the sole exporter of the

subject merchandise to the United

States during the period April 1, 1995,

through March 31, 1996, the period of

review (POR). We preliminarily

determine that the signatories have

complied with the terms of the

suspension agreement during the POR.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit arguments in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

their argument (1) a statement of the

issue and (2) a brief summary of the

argument.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute and to the

Department’s regulations are in

reference to the provisions as they

existed on or after January 1, 1995, the

effective date of the amendments made

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Tariff Act)

in accordance with the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 18, 1996, the GOS,

MARIS, and AMS, requested an

administrative review of the agreement

suspending the countervailing duty

investigation on certain refrigeration

compressors from the Republic of

Singapore (Certain Refrigeration

Compressors from the Republic of

Singapore: Suspension of

Countervailing Duty Investigation,

(‘‘Refrigeration Compressors’’) 48 FR

51167, 51170 (November 7, 1983)). On

November 19, 1996, petitioner also

requested an administrative review of

the agreement suspending the

countervailing duty investigation on

certain refrigeration compressors from

the Republic of Singapore. We initiated

the review on December 16, 1996

(Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews, 61 FR 66017, (December 16,

1996)). The Department is now
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conducting this review in accordance

with section 751 of the Tariff Act and

19 CFR 355.22. The Department issued

a questionnaire on April 9, 1997, and

received a joint questionnaire response

from the GOS, MARIS, and AMS, on

May 27, 1997. On May 27, 1997, the

Department extended the time limit for

completing these preliminary results

until December 2, 1997 (Extension of

Time Limit for Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, 62 FR 28672,

(May 27, 1997)). Subsequently, the

Department sent out a supplemental

questionnaire on September 23, 1997

and received a joint supplemental

questionnaire response on October 7,

1997. We conducted verification in

Singapore of the questionnaire

responses of the GOS, MARIS, and AMS

on October 29 and 31, 1997.

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, 1995

through March 31, 1996, and includes 2

programs. 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 to exist by

the Department in this proceeding 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 Refrigeration Compressors, 48 FR

51167, 51170 (November 7, 1983).

Analysis of Programs

(1) The Economic Expansion Incentives

Act—Part VI

The Production for Export Programme

under Part VI of the Economic

Expansion Incentives Act allows a 90-

percent tax exemption on a company’s

export profit if the GOS designates a

company as an export enterprise. In the

investigation, the Department

preliminarily found this program to be

countervailable because ‘‘this tax

exemption is provided only to certified

export enterprises.’’ See Preliminary

Affirmative Countervailing Duty

Determination: Certain Refrigeration

Compressors from the Republic of

Singapore, 48 FR 39109, 39110 (August

29, 1983). MARIS is designated as an

export enterprise and used this tax

exemption during the period of review.

AMS was not designated an export

enterprise under Part VI of the

Economic Expansion Incentives Act for

the period of review.

According to the Export Enterprise

Certificate awarded to MARIS in a letter

dated May 12, 1981, MARIS is to receive

this benefit on the production of

compressors, electrical parts and

accessories for refrigerators, and plastic

refrigerators. To calculate the benefit,

we divided the tax savings claimed by

MARIS under this program by the f.o.b.

value of total exports of products

receiving the benefit for the period of

review.

MARIS’ response to the Department’s

countervailing duty questionnaire for

this review, which we confirmed at

verification, shows that MARIS

deducted export charges levied

pursuant to the suspension agreement in

arriving at an adjusted profit figure,

which was then used to calculate

exempt export profit for the review

period. In the 90–91 administrative

review, the Department determined that

the amount of the export charge

deduction must be added ‘‘back to

MARIS’ export profit in calculating

MARIS’ tax savings in order to offset the

deduction of the export charges in the

review period.’’ See Preliminary Results

of Countervailing Duty Review: Certain

Refrigeration Compressors from

Singapore, 57 FR 31175 (July 14, 1992),

affirmed in Final Results of

Countervailing Duty Review: Certain

Refrigeration Compressors from

Singapore, 57 FR 46539 (October 9,

1992). Therefore, as the Department did

in the 92–93 administrative review, in

calculating the benefit from this

program, we have added back this

deduction. On this basis, we

preliminarily determine the benefit from

this program during the review period

to be 0.23 percent of the f.o.b. value of

the merchandise.

(2) Financing Through the Monetary

Authority of Singapore

Under the terms of the suspension

agreement, MARIS and AMS agreed not

to apply for or receive any financing

provided by the rediscount facility of

the Monetary Authority of Singapore

(MAS) for shipments of the subject

merchandise to the United States. At

verification, we confirmed that, during

the period of review neither MARIS nor

AMS received any financing through the

MAS on subject merchandise exported

to the United States. Therefore, we

preliminarily determine that both

companies have complied with this

clause of the agreement.

Preliminary Results of Review

The suspension agreement states that

the GOS will offset completely with an

export charge the net bounty or grant

calculated by the Department. We

preliminarily determine that the

signatories have complied with the

terms of the suspension agreement,

including the payment of the

provisional export charges in effect for

the period April 1, 1995 through March

31, 1996. We also preliminarily

determine the net bounty or grant to be

0.23 percent of the f.o.b. value of the

merchandise for the April 1, 1995

through March 31, 1996 review period.

Following the methodology outlined

in section B.4 of the agreement, the

Department preliminarily determines

that, for the period April 1, 1995

through March 31, 1996, a negative

adjustment may be made to the

provisional export charge rate in effect.

The adjustments will equal the

difference between the provisional rate

in effect during the review period and

the rate determined in this review, plus

interest. The provisional rate,

established in the notice of the final

results of the 90–91 administrative

reviews of the suspension agreement

(See Certain Refrigeration Compressors

from the Republic of Singapore: Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, 57 FR 46539,

46540 (October 9, 1992)) was 5.52

percent. This rate was in effect from

April 1, 1995 through March 12, 1996.

On March 13, 1996, the Department

established in the notice of the final

results of the 92–93 administrative

review of the suspension agreement a

new provisional rate of 3.00 percent

(See Certain Refrigeration Compressors

from the Republic of Singapore: Final

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review, 61 FR 10315

(March 13, 1996)). If the Department’s

preliminary results do not change in the

final, we will notify the GOS that it may

refund or credit, in accordance with

section B.4.c of the agreement, the

difference between the above amounts

and the 0.23 percent, plus interest,

calculated in accordance with section

778(b) of the Tariff Act, within 30 days

of notification by the Department. The

Department will notify the GOS of these

adjustments after publication of the

final results of this review.

Furthermore, if the final results of this

review remain the same as these
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preliminary results, the Department

intends to notify the GOS that the

provisional export charge rate on all

exports 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 0.23 percent of the f.o.b. value

of the merchandise.

The agreement can remain in force

only as long as shipments from the

signatories account for at least 85

percent of imports of the subject

refrigeration compressors into the

United States. Our information indicates

that the two signatory companies

accounted for 100 percent of imports

into the United States from Singapore of

this merchandise during the review

period.

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure within 5 days of the date of

publication of this notice. Any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication. Case

briefs and/or written comments from

interested parties may be submitted no

later than 30 days after the date of

publication. Rebuttal briefs and

rebuttals to written comments, limited

to issues raised in the case briefs and

comments, may be filed not later than

37 days after the date of publication of

this notice. Any hearing, if requested,

will be held 44 days after the date of

publication, or the first workday

thereafter. The Department will publish

the final results of this administrative

review including the results of its

analysis of issues raised in any such

written comments or at a hearing.

These requirements, when imposed,

shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next

administrative review. This

administrative review and this notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19

CFR 353.22.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–32212 Filed 12–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–489–502]

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes

and Tubes and Welded Carbon Steel

Line Pipe From Turkey; Preliminary

Results and Partial Recission of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

countervailing duty administrative

reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is conducting administrative reviews of

the countervailing duty orders on

certain welded carbon steel pipes and

tubes and welded carbon steel line pipe

from Turkey. For information on the net

subsidy for each reviewed company for

each class or kind of merchandise, as

well as for all non-reviewed companies,

see the Preliminary Results of Reviews

section of this notice. If the final results

remain the same as these preliminary

results of administrative reviews, we

will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

assess countervailing duties as detailed

in the Preliminary Results of Reviews

section of this notice. Interested parties

are invited to comment on these

preliminary results. (See Public

Comment section of this notice.)

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Moore or Cheri Caddy, Office

of Countervailing Duty/Antidumping

Enforcement VI, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–3692 or (202) 482–2849.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 7, 1986, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) published

in the Federal Register (51 FR 7984) the

countervailing duty orders on certain

welded carbon steel pipes and tubes

(welded pipe and tube) and certain

welded carbon steel line pipe (line pipe)

from Turkey. On March 7, 1997, the

Department published a notice of

‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative

Review’’ (62 FR 10521) of these

countervailing duty orders. We received

timely requests for reviews from

Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari A.S.

(BBBF) and Borusan Ihracat Ithalat ve

Dagitim A.S. (Dagitim) (Borusan Group).

We also received a timely request from

Wheatland Tube Company and

Maverick Tube Corporation (petitioners)

to conduct reviews of Erciyas Boru

Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. (Erbosan), Yucel

Boru ve Profil Endustrisi A.S. (Yucel

Boru), Bant Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S.

(Bant Boru), Erkboru Profil San ve Tic

A.S. (Erkboru), Borusan Group, and

Mannesmann—Sumerbank Boru

Endustrisi T.A.S. (Mannesmann). We

initiated the reviews covering the period

January 1, 1996 through December 31,

1996 on April 24, 1997 (62 FR 19988).

In accordance with 19 CFR 355.22(a),

the review on welded pipe and tube

covers Erbosan, Yucel Boru, Bant Boru,

Erkboru, and the Borusan Group. The

review on line pipe covers

Mannesmann, Yucel Boru, Bant Boru,

and Erkboru. These reviews also cover

21 programs.

Erbosan, Yucel Boru, Bant Boru and

Erkboru reported that they did not

export welded pipe and tube or line

pipe to the United States during the

period of review (POR). Information

obtained from the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) confirmed the companies’

statements. Therefore, we are rescinding

the reviews with respect to Erbosan,

Yucel Boru, Bant Boru and Erkboru. The

companies subject to these reviews are

the Borusan Group for welded pipe and

tube and Mannesmann for line pipe.

Although the Borusan Group produces

both welded pipe and tube and line

pipe, they only exported welded pipe

and tube to the United States during the

POR.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) effective

January 1, 1995 (the Act). The

Department is conducting these

administrative reviews in accordance

with section 751(a) of the Act.

Scope of Reviews

Imports covered by these reviews are

shipments from Turkey of two classes or

kinds of merchandise: (1) Certain

welded carbon steel pipe and tube,

having an outside diameter of 0.375

inch or more, but not over 16 inches, of

any wall thickness. These products,

commonly referred to in the industry as

standard pipe and tube or structural

tubing, are produced to various

American Society for Testing and

Materials (ASTM) specifications, most

notably A–53, A–120, A–135, A–500, or

A–501; and (2) certain welded carbon

steel line pipe with an outside diameter

of 0.375 inch or more, but not over 16