[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35124-35126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16658]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, Requests for Revocation in Part and Deferral of Administrative 
Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty 
administrative reviews, requests for revocation in part and deferral of 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received request to conduct 
administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders and findings with May anniversary dates. In accordance with the 
Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative 
reviews. The Department of Commerce also received a request to revoke 
five antidumping duty orders in part and to defer the initiation of an 
administrative review for one antidumping duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly A. Kugs, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
C.F.R. 351.213(b)(1997), for administrative reviews of various 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with May 
anniversary dates. The Department also received timely requests to 
revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Ball Bearings from France, 
Cylindrical Roller Bearings from Germany, Dynamic Random Access Memory 
semiconductors (``DRAMs'') from the Republic of Korea, Antifriction 
Bearings and parts thereof from Rumania, and Polyvinyl Alcohol from 
Taiwan. In addition, the Department received a request to defer for one 
year the initiation of the May 1, 1998 through April 30, 1999 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Antifriction 
Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof from 
Japan with respect to one exporter in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 
351.213(c). The Department received no objections to this request from 
any party cited in 19 C.F.R. 351.213(c)(1)(ii).

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are 
initiating administrative reviews of the following

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antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings. We intend to 
issue the final results of these reviews not later than May 31, 2000. 
Also in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.213(c), we are deferring for one 
year the initiation of the May 1, 1998 through April 30, 1999 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on antifriction 
bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from 
Japan with respect to one exporter.

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       Antidumping duty proceedings             Period to be reviewed
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BRAZIL:
    Certain Malleable Cast Iron Pipe        5/1/98-4/30/99.
     Fittings A-351-505.
        Industria de Fundicao Tupy S.A.
    Orange Juice A-351-605................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        Citrovita Agro Industrial Ltda.
JAPAN:
    Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide * A-588- 4/1/98-3/31/99.
     806.
        Tosoh Corporation
  * Inadvertently omitted from previous
   initiation notice.
    Polyvinyl Alcohol A-588-836...........  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        Kuraray Co., Ltd.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: DRAMs A-580-812........  5/1/98-4/30/99.
    LG Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Hyundai Electronics Industries Co.
    G5 Corporation
    Wooyang Industry Co.
    Kim's Marketing
    Jewon Trading
TAIWAN:
    Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe &      5/1/98-4/30/99.
     Tubes A-583-008.
        Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
        Yu Din Steel
        Kao Hsing Chang Iron & Steel
         Corporation
        Yieh Loong Co., Ltd.
        Far East Machinery Co., Ltd.
        Tai Feng Industries
        An Mau Steel Co., Ltd.
    Polyvinyl Alcohol A-583-824...........  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        Chang Chun Petrochemical Col.,
         Ltd.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Pure
 Magnesium A-570-832.
        Taiyuan East-United Mangnesium
         Company Ltd.
TURKEY: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe    5/1/98-4/30/99.
 and Tube A-489-501.
        The Borusan Group (including
         Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari
         (S.A.)
        Borusan Ihracat Ithalat ve Dagitam
         A.S.


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                                                Period class or kind
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  Anti-Friction Bearings Proceedings and
                   Films
 
FRANCE: A-427-801.........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        SKF France S.A. (including all      All.
         relevant affiliates).
        Societe Nouvelle de Roulements      Ball & Cylindrical.
         (SNR).
        SNFA S.A./Somecat S.p.A.            Ball & Cylindrical.
         (including all relevant
         affiliates).
        Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica...  All.
        AVSA S.A.R.L......................  Spherical plain.
        Wyko Export.......................  Ball & Cylindrical.
GERMANY; A428 801.........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        FAG Kugelfischer George Schaefer    Ball & Cylindrical
         AG (including all relevant
         affiliates).
        INA Walzlager Schaeller KG........  All.
        NTN...............................  Ball
        SKF GmbH (including all relevant    All
         affiliates).
        SNR...............................  Ball & Cylindrical.
        Torrington Nadellager GmbH........  All
        Paul Muller GmbH & Co. KG.........  Ball
        Wyko Export of Queen Cross........  Ball & Cylindrical.
        AVSA S.A.R.L......................  Spherical Plain.
        Mannesmann Sachs AG...............  Ball.
        MPT Prazisionsteile GmbH Mittweida  Cylindrical.
ITALY: A-475-801..........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        SKF Industrie S.p.A (including all  Ball.
         relevant affiliates).
        FAG Italia S.p.A. (including all    Ball & Cylindrical.
         relevant affiliates).
        Meter, S.p.A......................  Ball.
        SNR Roulements....................  All.
        SOMECAT s.P.A/SNFA Bearings Ltd.    Ball.
         (U.K.) (including all relevant
         affiliates).
        Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica...  All.
JAPAN: A-588-804..........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd...............  All
        Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation.......  Ball & Cylindrical.
        Nippon Pillow Block Sales Company,  Ball.
         Ltd.
        NSK Ltd. (formerly Nippon Seiko     Ball & Cylindrical.
         K.K.

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        NTN Corporation...................  All.
        Asahi Sieko.......................  Ball.
        Inoue Jukuuke Kogyo (IJK).........  Ball.
        Isuzu Motors......................  All.
        Izumoto Sieko (IKS)...............  Ball.
        Nakai Bearing.....................  Ball.
        Nankai Seiko......................  Ball.
        Osaka Pump........................  Ball.
        Takeshita Seiko...................  Ball.
        Tottori Yamakai (KYK).............  Ball.
        Tsubakimoto Precision.............  Ball.
ROMANIA: A-485-801........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        S.C. Koyo Romania S.A.............  Ball.
        Technoimportexport, S.A. (TIE)....  Ball.
SINGAPORE: A-559-801......................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        NMB Singapore Ltd./Pelmec           Ball.
         Industries (Pte.) Ltd..
SWEDEN: A-401-801.........................  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        SKF Sverige AB....................  Ball & Cylindrical.
        Wyko Export of Queen Cross........  Ball & Cylindrical.
THE UNITED KINGDOM: A-412-801.............  5/1/98-4/30/99.
        NSK Bearings Europe Ltd./RHP        Ball & Cylindrical.
         Bearings Ltd..
        Barden Corporation................  Ball & Cylindrical.
        FAG (U.K.) Limited................  Ball & Cylindrical.
        SNFA Bearings Limited/Somecat       Ball.
         S.P.A. (including all relevant
         affiliates).
        SNR Roulements....................  Ball.
        Augusta Un'Azienda Finmeccanica...  Ball & Cylindrical.
 
      Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
VENEZUELA: Ferrosilicon, C-307-808........  1/1/98-12/31/98.
        Ferroatlantica de Venezuela S.A.
 
           Suspension Agreements
 
    None..................................


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                                                 Period to be deferred
 Deferral initation of administrative review         class or kind
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JAPAN: Antifriction Bearings (Other than       5/1/98-4/30/99.
 tapered roller bearings) and Parts Thereof,
 A-588-804.
        Muro Corporation                       Ball.
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    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under section 351.211 or a 
determination under section 351.218(d) (sunset review), the Secretary, 
if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will 
determine whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter 
or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in 
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such 
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the 
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
    For transition orders defined in section 751(c)(6) of the Act, the 
Secretary will apply paragraph (j)(1) of this section of any 
administrative review initiated in 1998 (19 C.F.R. 351.213(j)(1-2)).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.305.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)), and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: June 21, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group II, AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-16658 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
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