[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40878-40879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20515]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-475-801, A-485-801, A-412-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From Italy, Romania, 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 June 18, 1998, the Department of Commerce 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 (63 FR 33320). The period of review is May 1, 
1996, through April 30, 1997. Subsequent to the publication of the 
final results, we received comments alleging that we made various 
ministerial errors in calculating the final results with regard to ball 
bearings from Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom. Based on the 
correction of certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins 
for ball bearings and parts thereof for two companies.


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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Flood or Chip Hayes, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th 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 (the Tariff Act), as amended, 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 of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR 
section 353 (April 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 18, 1998, 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 (63 FR 33320). The types of subject merchandise covered 
by these orders are ball bearings and parts thereof (BBs), cylindrical 
roller bearings and parts thereof (CRBs), and spherical plain bearings 
and parts thereof (SPBs). The reviews covered twenty manufacturers/
exporters and the period May 1, 1996, through April 30, 1997. After 
publication of our final results, we received timely allegations from 
the petitioner and two respondents that we made ministerial errors in 
calculating the final results with regard to BBs from Italy, Romania 
and the United Kingdom.
    A summary of each allegation along with the Department's response 
is included below. We corrected our calculations, where we agree that 
we made ministerial errors, in accordance with section 751(h) of the 
Tariff Act.

Clerical Error Allegations

    Allegation 1: The petitioner alleges that the Department made 
clerical errors in SKF Italy's margin program that fail to convert two 
variables to their full values and fail to include all necessary values 
in the calculation of revenue for home-market transactions.
    Department's Position: We agree and have changed SKF Italy's margin 
program accordingly.
    Allegation 2: The respondent, Technoimportexport (TIE), alleges 
that the Department made a clerical error in TIE's margin program for 
two different models. TIE alleges this clerical error inflates certain 
values for packing materials by a factor of 1,000.
    Department's Position: We agree that this was a clerical error and 
have changed the margin program accordingly.
    Allegation 3: The petitioner alleges that due to a clerical error 
in the Barden Corporation (U.K.) Ltd's (Barden's) margin program 
certain values are being assigned incorrectly. For further proprietary 
discussion of this error, see Memorandum to the File, dated 7/17/98.
    Department's Position: We agree and have changed the margin program 
accordingly. However, this change did not affect Barden's margin.

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, 1996, 
through April 30, 1997:

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                                                              BBs margin
             Country and manufacturer/exporter                (percent) 
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Italy: SKF.................................................         3.80
Romania: TIE...............................................         0.02
United Kingdom: Barden.....................................       *6.63 
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*This margin 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-by-entry assessments, we 
have calculated, wherever possible, an exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rate in accordance with the methodology described in the 
final results (63 FR 33320, 33321). 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 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 Department'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 an 
administrative protective order (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 with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation 
which is subject to sanction. Timely written notification of the 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR Section 
353.28(c).

    Dated: July 23, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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