[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22789]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-475-801, A-588-804]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From Italy and Japan: Notice of 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 July 1, 1999, 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. 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. The period of review is May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998. 
Based on the correction of a typographical error and the correction of 
certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins for ball 
bearings for two companies and for cylindrical roller bearings for one 
company.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minoo Hatten or Robin Gray, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1690 or (202) 482-4023, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

    On July 1, 1999, 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 (64 FR 35590)(Final Results). The reviews covered 21 
manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 
1998.
    After publication of our final results, we received a timely 
allegation from a respondent, Somecat S.p.A.(Somecat), that the margin 
for ball bearings (BBs) was reported inaccurately in the final results 
notice. We agree with the respondent. The margin for Somecat should be 
0.25 percent, not 0.45 percent as reported in the Final Results.
    We also received a timely allegation from NSK Ltd. and NSK 
Corporation (collectively, NSK) that we had made two ministerial errors 
in calculating the final results. We agree with the respondent. We are 
unable to summarize these errors due to their proprietary nature. See 
analysis memorandum from analyst to file dated July 29, 1999, for a 
description of the changes we made to correct the ministerial errors.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of the correction of the typographical error and 
amended margin calculations, the following weighted-average margins 
exist for Somecat and NSK for the period May 1, 1997, through April 30, 
1998:

 
                              [In percent]
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                                                                   CRBs
            Country: Manufacturer  Exporter             BB rate    rate
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Italy: Somecat S.p.A..................................     0.25      (1)
Japan: NSK Ltd........................................     0.76     4.36
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\1\ No shipments or sales subject to this review. The firm has no
  individual rate from any segment of this proceeding.

    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We will also 
direct 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 (64 FR 35590) 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 25, 1999.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-22789 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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