[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14391-14392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7589]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-559-801]
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Singapore;
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 January 15, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the final results of administrative reviews of
the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom (62 FR 2801). 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
period of review (the POR) is May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995.
Based on the correction of ministerial errors, we have changed the
margins for BBs for 10 companies, CRBs for 5 companies, and SPBs for 2
companies. We are also amending the section of the published final
results regarding sales below cost in the home market in order to
correct a ministerial error.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross, Richard Rimlinger, or Kris
Campbell, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4733.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 15, 1997, 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 from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom (62 FR 2081). The reviews covered 27 manufacturers/exporters
and the POR May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995.
After publication of our final results, we received timely
allegations from the petitioner and several respondents that we had
made ministerial errors in calculating the final results. We have
corrected our calculations where we agree that we made ministerial
errors in accordance with section 751(A) of the Tariff Act. In
addition, we have corrected our calculations for ministerial errors
that were not alleged by the petitioner or respondents but which we
discovered after publication of the final results. See company-specific
analysis memoranda for a description of the changes that we made to
correct the ministerial errors.
We are also amending the section of the notice of final results of
reviews regarding sales below cost in the home market in order to
correct a ministerial error. In this section, we inadvertently listed
Nachi as one of the companies for which we disregarded below-cost sales
in the home market. Nachi was not subject to review and, therefore,
should not have been listed in this section.
The Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to
the Tariff 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).
Amended Final Results of Reviews
As a result of our corrections for ministerial errors, we determine
that the following weighted-average percentage margins exist for the
period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995:
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Rate
Company Class or kind (percent)
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France
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Intertechnique........................ BBs \1\ 1.55
SKF................................... BBs 16.61
SNR................................... BBs 5.99
CRBs 5.19
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Germany
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FAG................................... BBs 13.43
CRBs 23.10
SPBs 12.10
INA................................... BBs 19.50
CRBs 18.36
SKF................................... BBs 2.53
CRBs 9.50
SPBs 6.63
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Italy
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FAG................................... BBs 4.88
SKF................................... BBs 2.84
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Japan
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Asahi Seiko........................... BBs 2.43
Koyo Seiko............................ BBs 18.60
CRBs 3.65
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Singapore
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NMB Singapore/Pelmec Ind.............. BBs 2.43
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\1\ This rate did not change as a result of the correction.
The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling
and other simplification methods prevent entry-
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by-entry assessments, we will calculate wherever possible an exporter/
importer-specific assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs.
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 the reviews (62
FR 2081, 2082) and as amended by this determination.
The amended 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 final 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 also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to
comply is a violation of the APO.
These administrative reviews and this notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR
353.28.
Dated: March 14, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-7589 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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