[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8908-8909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4542]


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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 France, 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 October 15, 1997, the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Federal Circuit affirmed the Department of Commerce's final remand 
results affecting final assessment rates for the second administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other 
than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan (except NSK), Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, 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 (with the 
exception noted above), we are amending our final results of reviews 
and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate 
entries subject to these reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross 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.

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions in 
effect as of December 31, 1994. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR 
Part 353 (April 1, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 24, 1992, 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 May 1, 1990 through April 
30, 1991 (AFBs II) (57 FR 28360). These final results were amended on 
July 24, 1992, and December 14, 1992, to correct clerical errors (see 
57 FR 32969 and 57 FR 59080, respectively). 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). Subsequently, 
two domestic producers, the Torrington Company and Federal-Mogul, and a 
number of other interested parties, filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court 
of International Trade (CIT) challenging the final results. These 
lawsuits were litigated at the CIT and the United States 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 II:

Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States, 862 F. Supp. 384 (CIT 1994), 872 
F. Supp. 1011 (CIT 1994), and Slip Op. 95-184 (November 20, 1995) with 
respect to France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the United 
Kingdom;
Torrington Company v. United States, 881 F. Supp. 622 (CIT 1995) and 
926 F. Supp. 1151 (CIT 1996) with respect to France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom;
Koyo Seiko Company Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 96-168 (October 17, 
1996) with respect to Japan;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 874 F. Supp. 1395 (CIT 1995) with 
respect to Italy;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 875 F. Supp. 847 (CIT 1995) with respect 
to Germany;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-11 (January 31, 1995) with 
respect to the United Kingdom;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 876 F. Supp. 275 (CIT 1995) with respect 
to France;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-124 (July 5, 1995) with 
respect to Sweden;
Societe Nouvelle de Roulements v. United States, 927 F. Supp. 1558 (CIT 
1996) with respect to France.

    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 
value-added taxes with respect to the comparison of U.S. and home 
market prices, (2) not to 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, and (4) to correct certain clerical errors.
    On October 15, 1997, the CAFC affirmed the Department's final 
remand results affecting final assessment rates for all the above cases 
(except the reviews involving NSK Ltd. of Japan which are still subject 
to further litigation). See Torrington Co. v. United States, 127 F.3d 
1077 (Fed. Cir. 1997). 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 Results

    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

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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 May 1, 1990, through April 30, 
1991. 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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SKF..............................         8.56          (1)          (3)
SNR..............................         8.08        18.37          (2)
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                                 Germany                                
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FAG..............................        20.10         7.83         1.05
INA..............................        19.90         1.23          (1)
SKF..............................        12.08         5.10         0.82
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                                  Italy                                 
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FAG..............................         7.50          (1)  ...........
SKF..............................         8.78          (3)  ...........
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                                  Japan                                 
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Fujino...........................         1.83          (2)          (2)
IJK..............................         1.89          (3)          (2)
Izumoto..........................        12.14          (2)          (2)
Koyo Seiko.......................         6.95         1.39          (3)
Nachi............................         7.90        22.61          (1)
Nakai............................         6.47          (2)          (2)
Nankai...........................         9.41          (2)          (2)
NTN..............................         2.42         2.78         0.51
Showa............................         7.51          (2)          (2)
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                                Singapore                               
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NMB/Pelmec.......................         4.49  ...........  ...........
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                                  Sweden                                
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SKF..............................         7.67         4.18  ...........
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                                 Thailand                               
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NMB/Pelmec.......................        0.498  ...........  ...........
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                              United Kingdom                            
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Barden Corporation...............         0.85          (1)  ...........
FAG..............................        48.97          (3)  ...........
RHP Bearings.....................        16.75        50.39  ...........
SKF..............................         8.33          (1)  ...........
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(1) No U.S. sales during the review period.                             
(2) No review requested.                                                
(3) No change to the last published margin. See AFBs II, 57 FR 28360, as
  amended by 57 FR 32969 and 57 FR 59080.                               

    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 U.S. Customs 
Service will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the 
subject merchandise made by firms covered by these reviews. Individual 
differences between United States price and foreign market value may 
vary from the percentages listed above. The Department has already 
issued appraisement instructions to the Customs Service for certain 
companies whose margins have not changed from those announced in AFBs 
II and the two previous amendments. For companies covered by these 
amended results, the Department will issue appraisement instructions to 
the U.S. Customs Service after publication of these amended final 
results of reviews.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 751(a) of the Tariff 
Act.

    Dated: February 11, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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