[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11923]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty 
administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: On February 28, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published 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, et al. 
(60 FR 10900). On April 10, 1995, the Court of International Trade 
(CIT) ordered the Department to correct a ministerial error in the 
final results with respect to AFBs from France sold by SNR Roulements 
(SNR). Accordingly, we are amending our final results of administrative 
review of the antidumping duty orders on AFBs from France with respect 
to SNR. The reviews cover the period May 1, 1992, through April 30, 
1993. The ``classes or kinds'' of merchandise covered by these reviews 
are ball bearings and parts thereof (BBs) and cylindrical roller 
bearings and parts thereof (CRBs).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Rill, Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 28, 1995, the Department published the final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review, partial termination, and 
revocation in part of antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings 
(other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, et 
al. (60 FR 10900). The reviews of AFBs from France covered six 
manufacturers/exporters. The review period is May 1, 1992, through 
April 30, 1993. The classes or kinds of merchandise covered by these 
reviews are BBs and CRBs. For a detailed description of the products 
covered under these classes or kinds of merchandise, including a 
compilation of all pertinent scope determinations, see the ``Scope 
Appendix'' of the final results referenced above.
    One respondent, SNR, challenged the final results before the CIT 
alleging a ministerial error. On April 10, 1995, the CIT ordered the 
Department to correct the error and publish the amended final results 
in the Federal Register.

Amended Final Results of Review

    We have corrected the ministerial error in SNR's margin calculation 
for the period May 1, 1992, through April 30, 1993. SNR alleged that 
the Department's treatment of its domestic inland freight expense as an 
indirect selling expense was in error. SNR claimed that it did not 
incur or report any home market pre-sale freight, and therefore, the 
decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Ad Hoc 
Committee of AZ-NM-TX-FL Producers of Grey Portland Cement v. United 
States should have had no effect on SNR's domestic inland freight 
expense. We agree that we made an error in treating SNR's domestic 
inland freight as an indirect selling expense, and we have corrected 
this error for these amended final results of review by deducting the 
expenses from foreign market value.
    Based on the correction of the ministerial error in our 
calculations for SNR, we have determined that the following percentage 
weighted-average margins exist for the period May 1, 1992, through 
April 30, 1993:

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                        Company                           BBs      CRBs 
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SNR...................................................     1.89     2.58
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    Based on these results, the Department will instruct 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 review.
    This notice 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 the review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.
    This amendment of final results of review and notice are in 
accordance with section 751(f) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1673(d)) 
and 19 CFR 353.28(c).

    Dated: May 8, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-11923 Filed 5-12-95; 8:45 am]
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