[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8312-8313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China; initiation of new 
shipper antidumping duty administrative review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received two requests to 
conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and 
unfinished, from the People's Republic of China. In accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), we are initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zak Smith or James Breeden, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-1174, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the regulations of the Department 
of Commerce (``the Department'') are to the current regulations 
codified at 19 CFR Part 351(1998).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 30 and December 30, 1998, the Department received 
requests from Zhejiang Changshan Changhe Bearing Co. (``ZCCBC'') and 
Weihai Machinery Holding (Group) Corp. Ltd. (``Weihai''), respectively, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(b), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, 
(``TRBs'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This order 
has a December semiannual anniversary month. Accordingly, we are 
initiating a new shipper review for ZCCBC and Weihai as requested. The 
period of review is June 1, 1998 through November 30, 1998.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2) ZCCBC and Weihai provided 
certification that they did not export subject merchandise to the 
United States during the period of investigation; certification that, 
since the investigation was initiated, they have never been affiliated 
with any

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exporter or producer who exported the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of investigation, including those not 
individually examined during the investigation; certification that 
their export activities are not controlled by the central government; 
documentation establishing: (i) The date on which their TRBs were first 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, or if the 
exporter or producer could not establish the date of first entry, the 
date on which they first shipped the subject merchandise for export to 
the United States; (ii) the volume of that and subsequent shipments; 
and (iii) the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in the 
United States. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper 
review of the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC. We intend to 
issue the final results of this review not later than 270 days after 
the day on which this new shipper review is initiated.
    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by the above listed companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305 and 351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: February 12, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-4195 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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