[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32755-32757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[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 Germany; et al.; Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of final court decision and amended final results of 
administrative reviews

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SUMMARY: On November 19, 1996, the Court of International Trade (CIT) 
affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) final remand 
results affecting final assessment rates for the first administrative 
reviews (covering the period November 9, 1988 through April 30, 1990) 
of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than 
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The classes or kinds of 
merchandise covered by these reviews are ball bearings and parts 
thereof, cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof, and spherical 
plain bearings and parts thereof. As there is now a final and 
conclusive court decision in these actions, we are amending our final 
results of reviews and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs 
Service to liquidate entries subject to this review. The Department has 
already instructed the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate entries 
subject to the first administrative reviews of the antidumping duty 
orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings ) 
and parts thereof from Singapore and Thailand as a result of final and 
conclusive court decisions at an earlier date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, 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 July 11, 1991, the Department published its 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, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, 
and the United Kingdom, covering the period November 9, 1988 through 
April 30, 1990 (AFBs I) (56 FR 31692). The classes or kinds of 
merchandise covered by these reviews are ball bearings and parts 
thereof, cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof, and spherical 
plain bearings and parts thereof. Subsequently, two domestic producers, 
the Torrington Company and Federal-Mogul, and a number of other 
interested parties, filed lawsuits with the CIT challenging the final 
results. These lawsuits were litigated at the CIT and the Court of 
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). In the course of this 
litigation, the CIT issued a number of orders and opinions of which the 
following have resulted in changes to the antidumping margins 
calculated in AFBs I:
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00528, 824 F. Supp. 215 
(CIT 1993), and Slip Op. 96-1 dated January 2, 1996 (United Kingdom);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00529, Slip Op. 96-2 
dated January 2, 1996 (Sweden);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00530, 813 F. Supp. 856 
(CIT 1993), and 839 F. Supp. 864 (CIT) (Japan);
Federal-Mogul and The Torrington Company v. United States, Consol. Ct. 
No. 91-07-00530 and 91-08-00569, 834 F. Supp. 1391 (CIT 1993), 18 CIT 
160 (1994), 871 F. Supp. 443 (CIT 1994), and 907 F. Supp. (CIT 1995), 
(Japan);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00531, 17 CIT 1258 
(1993), and Slip Op. 95-188 dated November 22, 1995 (France);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00532, F. Supp. 767 (CIT 
1993), 17 CIT 1258 (1993), and Slip Op. 96-5 dated January 2, 1996 
(Italy);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00533, 824 F. Supp. (CIT 
1993), 839 F. Supp. 881 (CIT 1993), Slip Op. 95-191 dated November 22, 
1995, and Slip Op. 96-6 dated January 2, 1996 (Germany);
RHP Bearings v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00560, 808 F. Supp. 835 
(CIT 1992) (United Kingdom);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00562, 832 F. Supp. 393 (CIT 
1993), Slip Op. 96-10 dated January 4, 1996 (France);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00564, 834 F. Supp. 1384 
(CIT 1993), (Thailand) (see 60 FR 36779);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00565, 829 F. Supp. 492 (CIT 
1993), (Singapore);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00567, 832 F. Supp. 379 (CIT 
1993), 850 F. Supp. 12 (CIT 1994), 853 F. Supp. 446 (CIT 1994), and 
Slip Op. 96-9 dated January 4, 1996 (Germany);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00568, (832 F. Supp. 365 
(CIT 1993), 850 F. Supp. 1 (CIT 1993), 850 F. Supp. 7 (CIT 1994), and 
Slip Op. 95-189 dated November 22, 1995 (Italy);

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Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00569, 818 F. Supp. 1563 
(CIT 1993), (Japan);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00570, 824 F. Supp. 1095 
(CIT 1993), (United Kingdom);
NTN v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00577, 826 F. Supp. 1435 (CIT 
1993), and Slip Op. 96-69 dated November 19, 1996 (Japan);
Koyo Seiko Company, Ltd. v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-0051, 796 F. 
Supp. 1526 (CIT 1992), (Japan);
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00595, 798 F. 
Supp. 716 (CIT 1992), (Japan).

    In the context of the above-cited litigation, the CIT, in some 
cases based on decisions by the CAFC, ordered the Department to make 
methodological changes and to recalculate the antidumping margins for 
certain firms under review. Specifically, the CIT ordered the 
Department, inter alia: (1) To change its methodology to account for 
VAT taxes with respect to the comparison of U.S. and home market 
prices; (2) to not deduct pre-sale inland freight incurred in the home 
market if the Department determined that there was no statutory 
authority to make such a deduction; (3) to develop a methodology which 
removes post-sale price adjustments and rebates paid on out-of-scope 
merchandise from any adjustment made to foreign market value or to deny 
such an adjustment if a viable method could not be found; (4) to apply 
a best-information-available rate where a firm failed to report U.S. 
sales discounts properly, and (5) to correct certain clerical errors.
    On May 16, 1996, the CIT affirmed the final remand results of the 
Department for all the above-cited cases (Slip Op. 96-77) (except those 
cases involving Singapore and Thailand for which there were final and 
conclusive court decisions at an earlier date) and, on November 13, 
1996, the Court ordered these cases dismissed (Slip Op. 96-183). As 
there are now final and conclusive court decisions in these actions, we 
are amending our final results of review in these matters and we will 
subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate entries 
subject to these reviews.

Amendment to Final Determination

    Pursuant to 516A(e) of the Tariff Act, we are now amending 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, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, 
Thailand and the United Kingdom and the period November 9, 1988 through 
April 30, 1990. The revised weighted-average margins are as follows:

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             Company                   BBs          CRBs         SPBs   
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                                 France                                 
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ADH..............................         2.91        (\3\)        (\3\)
Dowty Rotol......................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\2\)
FiatAvio.........................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\2\)
INA..............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\3\)
Pratt & Whitney..................         4.89        (\3\)        (\1\)
SKF..............................         7.89        (\1\)        25.66
SNFA.............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\2\)
SNR..............................         2.09        (\3\)        (\1\)
SNECMA...........................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\2\)
Turbomeca........................         7.44        (\3\)        (\1\)
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                                 Germany                                
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Dowty-Rotol......................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\1\)
FAG..............................        11.45         3.59        12.24
FiatAvio.........................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\2\)
GMN..............................         1.73        (\2\)        (\2\)
GRW..............................         0.16        (\1\)        (\1\)
HDM..............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\1\)
INA..............................        11.88         8.40        (\1\)
MBB..............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\3\)
NWG..............................        53.43        (\2\)        (\2\)
NTN..............................         5.07        (\2\)        (\2\)
Pratt & Whitney..................         5.39        (\3\)        (\1\)
SKF..............................         6.11         7.07         4.22
ZF...............................        42.72        (\3\)        (\3\)
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                                  Italy                                 
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Dowty Rotol......................        12.67        (\1\)        (\4\)
FAG..............................         4.89        (\1\)        (\4\)
Fiat Avio........................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
Japanese Aero Engines............        (\1\)        (\1\)        (\4\)
Meter............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
Rolls-Royce......................        (\1\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
SKF..............................         4.41        (\3\)        (\4\)
SNECMA...........................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
Somecat..........................        (\3\)        (\2\)        (\4\)
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                                  Japan                                 
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Asahi Seiko......................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\1\)
Fujino...........................         2.13        (\2\)        (\2\)
Honda............................         3.84        (\3\)        (\3\)
IJK..............................        17.60        (\3\)        (\1\)

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Isuzu............................         0.92        (\3\)        (\3\)
Izumoto..........................        11.67        (\2\)        (\2\)
Japanese Aero Engines............        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\3\)
Koyo Seiko.......................         9.95         1.46        (\1\)
Minebea..........................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\3\)
Nachi............................         9.97         9.73        (\1\)
Nakai............................        12.73        (\1\)        (\1\)
Nankai...........................        13.28        (\1\)        (\1\)
NPBS.............................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\1\)
NSK..............................         6.28        49.85        (\1\)
NTN..............................         2.45         1.92        (\3\)
Osaka Pump.......................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\1\)
Showa............................        18.94        (\2\)        (\2\)
Takeshita........................        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\1\)
Tottori..........................         5.83        (\2\)        (\2\)
Wada.............................        23.72        (\2\)        (\2\)
Yamaha...........................         0.07        (\2\)        (\2\)
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                                Singapore                               
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NMB/Pelmec.......................        (\3\)        (\4\)        (\4\)
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                                  Sweden                                
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SKF..............................         3.20         4.14        (\4\)
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                                 Thailand                               
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NMB/Pelmec.......................        (\3\)        (\4\)        (\4\)
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                              United Kingdom                            
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Barden Corporation...............        (\3\)        (\1\)        (\4\)
Cooper Bearings..................        (\2\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
Dowty Rotol......................         9.01        (\3\)        (\4\)
FAG..............................        (\3\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
FiatAvio.........................        (\1\)        (\3\)        (\4\)
Pratt & Whitney..................         5.98        (\3\)        (\4\)
RHP Bearings.....................        14.54        30.34        (\4\)
Rolls-Royce......................         3.71        (\1\)        (\4\)
SKF..............................         4.92        (\1\)        (\4\)
SNFA.............................        (\1\)        (\2\)       (\4\) 
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\1\ No U.S. sales during the review period.                             
\2\ No review requested.                                                
\3\ No change to original margin as a result of litigation.             
\4\ No antidumping order covers this merchandise.                       

    The above rates will become the new antidumping duty deposit rates 
for firms that have not had a deposit rate established for them in 
subsequent reviews.
    Accordingly, the Department will determine and the Customs Service 
will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the subject 
merchandise made by firms covered by this review of the period November 
11, 1988 through April 30, 1990. Individual differences between United 
States price and foreign market value may vary from the percentages 
listed above. Where the Department has not already issued appraisement 
instructions to the Customs Service, it will do so after publication of 
these amended final results of reviews

    Dated: June 9, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-15870 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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