[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16682]



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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 March 26, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published Antifriction Bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) 
and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and 
the United Kingdom; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 62 FR 14391 (Amended Final Results). On May 27, 
1997, the Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered the Department to 
correct three clerical errors in the Amended Final Results with respect 
to antifriction bearings (AFBs) from France sold by SNR Roulements 
(SNR). Accordingly, we are amending our amended final results of 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty of orders on AFBs from 
France with respect to SNR. The reviews cover the period May 1, 1994, 
through April 30, 1995. The ``classes or kinds'' of merchandise covered 
by the reviews are ball bearings and parts thereof (BBs) and 
cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof (CRBs).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Chu or Thomas O. Barlow, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 26, 1997, the Department published the amended final 
results. The reviews cover the period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 
1995 and 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 
Antifriction Bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts 
thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United 
Kingdom; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 62 
FR 2081 (January 15, 1997) (Final Results).
    Respondent SNR challenged the amended final results before the CIT, 
alleging clerical errors in the amended calculations for AFBs from 
France. On May 27, 1997, the CIT ordered the Department to correct 
certain errors and publish amended final results incorporating the 
corrections in the Federal Register by June 26, 1997. See SNR 
Roulements v. United States, Slip Op. 97-64, May 27, 1997.
    The CIT ordered the Department to make the following corrections to 
its analysis for SNR: (1) Delete the OBS=50 instruction at line 1054 of 
the margin calculation program (this corrects the home market model 
match programming to ensure all models are available for the model-
match exercise); (2) delete from the currency conversion calculations 
the variables reported in U.S. dollars for indirect selling expenses 
incurred in the home market on U.S. sales and inventory carrying cost 
incurred in the home market on U.S. sales; and (3) substitute total 
cost of production incurred in the home market for total value as the 
denominator in the calculation of the credit rate. We have amended 
SNR's margin calculations as the CIT has directed.

Amended Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of the amended margin calculations as directed by the 
CIT, the following weighted-average percentage margins exist for the 
period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995:

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                                                  BBs rate    CRBs rate 
       Manufacturer/exporter and country         (percent)    (percent) 
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SNR, France...................................         3.05         6.41
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling 
and other simplification methods prevent entry-by-entry assessments, we 
will calculate wherever possible an exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs.
    We 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 (62 
FR 2081) and as amended by this determination. These 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 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 the 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). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply is 
a violation of the APO.
    This amendment of final results of reviews 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: June 19, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16682 Filed 6-24-97; 8:45 am]
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