[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56293-56294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-804]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, 
Sweden and the United Kingdom: 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 August 11, 2000, 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, 1998, through April 30, 1999. 
Based on the correction of certain ministerial errors, we have changed 
the margins for ball bearings and parts thereof for two Japanese 
companies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Dirstine 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) 482-4033 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. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On August 11, 2000, 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 36 
manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1998, through April 30, 
1999. The Japanese products subject to the orders are ball bearings and 
parts thereof (BBs), cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof 
(CRBs), and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof (SPBs).
    After publication of our final results, we received a timely 
allegation from a respondent, Tsubaki-Nakashima Co., Ltd. (Tsubaki), 
that we had made a ministerial error in calculating the final results. 
We agree with the respondent. We also received a timely allegation from 
the petitioner, The Torrington Company, that we had made a ministerial 
error in calculating the final results applicable to Koyo Seiko Co., 
Ltd. (Koyo). We agree with the petitioner. Both of these errors were 
the result of incorrect computer-programming language we used to 
calculate the weighted-average margins for the Final Results. See the 
analysis memorandum from analyst to file, dated

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September 7, 2000, for a description of the changes we made to correct 
these ministerial errors.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of the correction of the ministerial errors and amended 
margin calculations, the following weighted-average margins exist for 
Koyo and Tsubaki for the period May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999:

 
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                                                                     BBs rate        CRBs rate       SPBs rate
                      Manufacturer/exporter                          (percent)       (percent)       (percent)
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Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.............................................            5.41        \1\ 0.92        \1\ 0.00
Tsubaki-Nakashima Co., Ltd......................................           11.85           (\2\)          (\2\)
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\1\ No change from Final Results.
\2\ 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: September 8, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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