[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18862]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-801 and A-588-804]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France and Japan; 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 June 16, 2003, the Department of Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the final results of the administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, 
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The period of review is 
May 1, 2001, through April 30, 2002. Based on the correction of certain 
ministerial errors, we have changed the margins for two companies 
(i.e., Nippon Pillow Block Sales Company for the administrative review 
of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan, and SKF for the 
administrative review of ball bearings and parts thereof from France).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please Contact Susan Lehman at (202) 
482-0180 or David Dirstine at (202) 482-3047; AD/CVD Enforcement 3, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 16, 2003, the Department of Commerce (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 (68 FR 35623) (Final Results).
    We received timely allegations of ministerial errors from Timken 
U.S. Corporation (Timken) and the SKF Group Companies in the United 
States and France (SKF France). In its comments dated June 18, 2003, 
Timken alleged that the Department erred when it made a correction to 
Nippon Pillow Block Sales Company's (NPBS's) preliminary results margin 
calculation. Specifically, Timken asserts that the Department erred 
when it deleted indirect advertising expenses from NPBS's U.S. indirect 
selling expense total. We agree with the alleged error and, therefore, 
we have amended the final results to correct the problem.
    In its comments dated June 16, 2003, SKF France alleged that the 
Department made a clerical error in assigning the level of trade (LOT) 
for U.S. sales. We agree with SKF France that we incorrectly assigned 
the LOT for U.S. sales. We corrected this error.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of the correction of clerical errors, the following 
weighted-average margins exist for exports of ball bearings by NPBS and 
SKF France for the period May 1, 2001, through April 30, 2002:

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                                                                Margin
                          Company                             (percent)
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Nippon Pillow Block Sales Company (NPBS)...................         4.82
SKF France.................................................         6.70
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    The Department will determine, and the U.S. Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection (BCBP), formerly known as the U.S. Customs Service, 
shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We will 
issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to BCBP within 15 
days of publication of these amended final results of review.
    We will also direct BCBP 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 notice. 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 these amended final 
results are published in the Federal Register.
    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 
351.224(e).

    Dated: July 18, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Acting Assistant Secretary, for Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18862 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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