[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8385-8386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2682]


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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 Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping duty reviews.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received two requests to 
conduct new shipper reviews 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, we are 
initiating these new shipper reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or Melani Miller, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-0116, 
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, all 
references to the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'') 
regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (April 2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 28 and December 29, 2000, the Department received 
separate requests from Peer Bearing Company--Changshan (``CPZ'') and 
Yantai Timken Company Limited (``Yantai Timken''), respectively, 
pursuant to section

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751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214, for new 
shipper reviews 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 
semi-annual anniversary month.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), CPZ and Yantai Timken each 
provided certification that (1) they did not export subject merchandise 
to the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''); (2) 
that, since the investigation was initiated, they never have been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI, including those not 
individually examined during the investigation; and (3) that their 
export activities are not controlled by the central government. Also, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2), CPZ and Yantai Timken 
submitted documentation establishing (1) 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; (2) the volume of those and subsequent shipments; 
and (3) the dates of the first sales to unaffiliated customers in the 
United States.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.214, we are initiating new shipper reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(i), we intend to issue the preliminary results of these 
reviews not later than 180 days from the date of publication of this 
notice. All provisions of 19 CFR 351.214 will apply to CPZ and to 
Yantai Timken throughout the duration of these new shipper reviews.
    The standard period of review (``POR'') in a new shipper review 
initiated in the month immediately following the semi-annual 
anniversary month is the six-month period immediately preceding the 
semi-annual anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for these new shipper 
reviews is June 1, 2000 through November 30, 2000.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice, and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the Customs Service to suspend 
liquidation of any unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from 
the relevant exporter or producer, and 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 subject 
merchandise exported by the companies listed above.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation notice is in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: January 24, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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