[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30558]
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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-412-801]
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore;
Sweden and the United Kingdom; 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 October 17, 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, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 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 is May 1, 1995, through April 30, 1996. Based on the
correction of certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins
for BBs for seven companies, CRBs for three companies, and SPBs for one
company.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Biggs or Robin Gray, 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:
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 regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 353 (1997).
Background
On October 17, 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, Romania, Singapore, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom (62 FR 54043). The review covered 21
manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1995, through April 30,
1996. 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 corrected
our calculations, where we agree that we made ministerial errors, in
accordance with section 751(A) of the Tariff Act. See company-specific
analysis memoranda for a description of the changes that we made to
correct the ministerial errors.
Amended Final Results of Reviews
As a result of the amended margin calculations, the following
weighted-average percentage margins exist for the period May 1, 1995,
through April 30, 1996:
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BBs rate CRBs rate SPBs rate
Manufacturer/exporter and country (percent) (percent) (percent)
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France: SKF..................................................... 10.80 .............. ..............
Germany: FAG.................................................... \1\ 12.40 \1\ 19.49 \1\ 10.32
Japan:
NPBS........................................................ 7.87 .............. ..............
NSK Ltd..................................................... 6.65 7.16 ..............
NTN......................................................... 7.02 4.33 7.19
Romania: TIE.................................................... \1\ 0.20 .............. ..............
Singapore NMB/Pelmec Ind........................................ 4.85
United Kingdom:
NSK/RHP..................................................... 16.33 67.92 ..............
Barden...................................................... 3.99 .............. ..............
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\1\ This rate did not change as a result of the correction of ministerial errors.
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
have calculated, wherever possible, an exporter/importer-specific
assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs. We will also 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 review (62 FR 54043) 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) or conversion
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply is
a violation of the APO.
These administrative reviews and this notice are in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and
19 CFR 353.28.
Dated: November 13, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-30558 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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