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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-604]

 

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or 
Unfinished, From Japan; Affirmation of the Results of Redetermination 
Pursuant to Court Remand

SUMMARY: On February 15, 1994, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's redetermination on 
remand and amendment to the redetermination on remand of the final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, 
from Japan (57 FR 4951, February 11, 1992) NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation 
v. United States (Slip. Op. 93-178, September 10, 1993) (NSK I) and NSK 
Ltd. and NSK Corporation v. United States (Slip. Op. 93-216, November 
18, 1993) (NSK II). The results covered the period October 1, 1988 
through September 30, 1989.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 9, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen Shields or John Kugelman at (202) 482-5253, Office of 
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 10, 1993, the CIT issued an order remanding to the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) the final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller 
bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, from Japan (57 FR 
4951, February 11, 1992), and on November 18, 1993, the CIT issued an 
order to the Department further remanding these results.
    In its decision in NSK I, the CIT remanded the final results to the 
Department: (1) To correct the misidentification of a part's 19-digit 
number, (2) to search for and average difference-in-merchandise 
adjustment (difmer) data reported for the quarter during which a 
particular TRB model was sold and for the preceding quarter if it finds 
none in the same quarter as that in which the sale occurs, and (3) to 
enable the Department to reconsider all cost-of-production information 
on the record, including cost information reported for quarters 
subsequent to sale.
    In NSK II, the CIT further remanded the case to the Department to 
add NSK's U.S. direct selling expenses to foreign market value, rather 
than subtracting them from United States price.
    In its decision in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. 
Cir. 1990) (Timken), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit held that, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1516a(e), the Department must 
publish a notice of a court decision which is not ``in harmony'' with a 
Department determination, and must suspend liquidation of entries 
pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. These remand instructions 
constitute a decision not in harmony with the Department's final 
results of review. This notice fulfills the publication requirements of 
Timken.
    Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of 
liquidation of the subject merchandise. Further, absent an appeal, or, 
if appealed, upon a ``conclusive'' court decision affirming the CIT's 
opinion, the Department will amend the final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller 
bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, from Japan to 
reflect the amended margin of 15.02 percent in the Department's amended 
redetermination on remand, which was affirmed by the CIT.

    Dated: April 27, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-11126 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45 am]
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