[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63608-63609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26113]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-804]


BALL BEARINGS AND PARTS THEREOF FROM JAPAN; AMENDED FINAL RESULTS 
OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2002.
SUMMARY: On August 30, 2002, the Department of Commerce published in 
the Federal Register the final results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from 
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The period of 
review is May 1, 2000, through April 30, 2001. Based on the correction 
of certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins for ball 
bearings and parts thereof for two Japanese companies, Koyo Seiko Co., 
Ltd., and NTN Corporation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Lyn Johnson at (202) 
482-5287 or Dave Dirstine at (202) 482-4033; AD/CVD Enforcement 3, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    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 Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On August 30, 2002, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the final results of the administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof (ball 
bearings) from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom 
(67 FR 55780) (Final Results).
    We received timely allegations from Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. (Koyo), 
and NTN Corporation (NTN) that we made ministerial errors in the Final 
Results. In its September 4, 2002, comments Koyo alleges that the 
Department did not use Koyo's updated databases in the calculation of 
the final margin. The petitioner, The Torrington Company (Torrington), 
did not comment.
    We agree with Koyo that we did not use its updated databases and, 
therefore, we have amended the final results to correct this error. See 
the analysis memorandum from the analyst to the file dated September 
17, 2002, for a detailed description of the changes we made to correct 
our calculations of Koyo's dumping margin.
    In its September 3, 2002, comments NTN alleges that the Department 
made a ministerial error that resulted in the treatment of all U.S. 
sales of samples as zero-priced sales even though there were non-zero-
priced sample sales. We agree with NTN's assertion that this is a 
ministerial error and have removed only zero-priced sample sales from 
our margin calculations for the amended

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final results of review. See the analysis memorandum from the analyst 
to the file dated September 17, 2002, for a detailed description of the 
changes we made to correct NTN's margin calculation. On September 9, 
2002, Torrington submitted an allegation that there was a typographical 
error in the draft liquidation instructions we had prepared for 
merchandise NTN had exported during the period of review. We agree with 
Torrington and have corrected the error in our liquidation instructions 
reflecting these amended final results of review.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of the correction of ministerial errors, the following 
weighted-average margins exist for exports of ball bearings by Koyo and 
NTN for the period May 1, 2000, through April 30, 2001:

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                       Company                          Margin (percent)
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Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd..................................               7.68
NTN Corporation......................................               9.34
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    The Department will determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We will issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to the Customs Service 
within 15 days of publication of these amended final results of review.
    We will also direct the Customs Service to collect cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in accordance 
with the procedures discussed in the Final Results and at the rates 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 review.
    We are issuing and publishing these determinations and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(c).

    Dated: October 3, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-26113 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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