[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39629-39630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-485-801, A-559-801, A-
401-801, A-549-801, A-412-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, 
Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom; Amendment to Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Termination of 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Termination of Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On June 20, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register (61 FR 31506) a notice of initiation 
of administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts 
thereof (AFBs) from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, 
Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The reviews cover shipments of 
AFBs to the United States during the period May 1, 1995, through April 
30, 1996. We are amending the initiation of the administrative reviews 
for France, Italy and Romania. We are also terminating the 
administrative review for Thailand.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Riggle, Kris Campbell or 
Richard Rimlinger, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4733.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), as amended 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. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations 
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Background

    The Department received timely requests, in accordance with 19 CFR 
353.22(a), for administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
AFBs from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, 
Thailand and the United Kingdom. In accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(c), 
we initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders 
covering AFBs from these nine countries. The orders cover three classes 
or kinds of merchandise: ball bearings, cylindrical roller bearings and 
spherical plain bearings. With respect to Romania, we initiated an 
administrative review of ball bearings from Tehnoimportexport, the only 
Romanian company for which we received a request for review. We hereby 
amend the notice of initiation to note that, in addition to 
Tehnoimportexport, all other exporters of AFBs from Romania are 
conditionally covered by this review.
    With respect to Italy, our notice indicated that we are initiating 
reviews for ball and cylindrical roller bearings from SKF Industrie 
S.p.A. (including all relevant affiliates). However, the antidumping 
duty order pertaining to SKF's cylindrical roller bearings was revoked 
in part by the Department in Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered 
Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from Italy (60 FR 10959, February 
28, 1995). Therefore, we are amending the notice of initiation to 
exclude any reviews of Italian cylindrical roller bearings from SKF.
    With respect to France, our notice indicated that we are initiating 
reviews only on ball and cylindrical roller bearings from SKF France 
(including all relevant affiliates). Because we received a request to 
review the order on French spherical plain bearings exported by SKF, we 
hereby amend the notice of initiation to include spherical plain 
bearings from SKF France as well.
    Finally, on June 28, 1996, we published a notice revoking the 
antidumping duty order on ball bearings from Thailand (61 FR 33711). 
Therefore, we are terminating the administrative review we initiated on 
ball bearings from Thailand for NMB Thai/Pelmec Thai LTD for the period 
May 1, 1995 through April 30, 1996.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 353.22(c).

    Dated: July 23, 1996.
Barbara Stafford,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 96-19345 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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