[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10967-10968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4617]



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[A-588-804, A-428-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From Japan and Germany; Amendment to Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of antidumping duty 
administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) issued the final results of its administrative reviews of 
the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than 
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof (AFBs) from France, Germany, 
Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. 
The classes or kinds of merchandise covered by these reviews are ball 
bearings and parts thereof (BBs), cylindrical roller bearings and parts 
thereof (CRBs), and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof (SPBs). 
The reviews covered 29 manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 
1992, through April 30, 1993. Based on corrections to the calculation 
of cost of production (COP) and constructed value (CV), we are amending 
the final results with respect to Japanese ball bearings and 
cylindrical roller bearings sold by one company, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. 
and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. (collectively Koyo). We are also 
amending our final results to indicate that we disregarded sales below 
cost with respect to sales of AFBs from Germany by two companies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Rimlinger or Michael Rill, 
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 3, 1995, the Department issued the final results of its 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on AFBs from 
France, Germany, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the 
United Kingdom. The notice of these final results is published in this 
issue of the Federal Register. The classes or kinds of merchandise 
covered by these reviews were BBs, CRBs, and SPBs. The reviews covered 
29 manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1992, through April 
30, 1993.
    Subsequent to the issuance of our final results, Koyo alleged a 
clerical error per its letter of February 7, 1995. We determined there 
was a ministerial error in the calculation of COP and CV in the final 
results for AFBs from Japan sold by Koyo. Specifically, in those 
instances where Koyo reported finished or semi-finished bearings 
purchased from other suppliers, we included both the total cost of 
manufacturing (COM) and the acquisition cost of such bearings in the 
calculation of COP and CV. This effectively doubled the COM for these 
purchased bearings since Koyo's acquisition cost is its COM for these 
bearings. We have therefore corrected our calculation of Koyo's COP and 
CV.

Sales Below Cost in the Home Market--Germany

    With respect to AFBs from Germany, the final results issued on 
February 3, 1995, and published in this issue of the Federal Register 
inadvertently failed to indicate that we disregarded certain sales 
below cost in the home market. Those omitted were sales of SPBs by FAG 
and BBs by Fichtel & Sachs.
    Concerning AFBs from Germany, the Department disregarded sales 
below cost for the following firms and classes or kinds of merchandise:

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  Country              Company              Class or kind of merchandise
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Germany...  FAG..........................  BBs, CRBs, SPBs.             
            INA..........................  BBs, CRBs.                   
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            SKF..........................  BBs, CRBs, SPBs.             
            Fichtel & Sachs..............  BBs.                         
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Amended Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of our corrections, we have determined the following 
percentage weighted-average margins to exist for the period May 1, 1992 
through April 30, 1993:

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                        Company                           BBs      CRBs 
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Koyo..................................................    14.28     3.54
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    Based on these results, we will direct the Customs Service to 
collect cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries in accordance with the procedures discussed in the 
final results of these reviews.
    These deposit requirements are effective for all shipments of the 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice and 
shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the 
next administrative reviews.
    This notice also serves as a 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 notice is published in accordance with section 751(f) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(f)) and 19 CFR 
353.28(c).

    Dated: February 17, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-4617 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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