[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75489-75490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32227]



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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: Amended Final Results 
of 2001-2002 Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of 2000-2001 Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: On December 12, 2003, the Department of Commerce announced the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and 
unfinished, from the People's Republic of China for the period June 1, 
2001, through May 31, 2002. These final results were published in the 
Federal Register on December 18, 2003.
    On December 15, 2003, Yantai Timken Company Limited filed an 
allegation of ministerial error. Based on this allegation, we made 
changes to the margin calculation of Yantai Timken Company Limited. The 
final weighted-average dumping margin for this company is listed below 
in the section entitled ``Amended Final Results.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Anthony Grasso or Andrew Smith, 
Group 1, Office I, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone (202) 482-3853 and (202) 482-1276, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 18, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the final results in this administrative 
review. See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 2001-
2002 Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review, 68 FR 
70488 (December 18, 2003) (``Final Results''). The period of review is 
June 1, 2001, through May 31, 2002.
    On December 15, 2003, we received a ministerial error allegation, 
timely filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), from Yantai Timken 
Company Limited (``Yantai Timken'') regarding the Department's final 
margin calculation. Yantai Timken requested that we correct the error 
and publish a notice of amended final results in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e).

Scope of Review

    Merchandise covered by this review includes tapered roller bearings 
and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''); flange, take up cartridge, and hanger units 
incorporating tapered roller bearings; and tapered roller housings 
(except pillow blocks) incorporating tapered rollers, with or without 
spindles, whether or not for automotive use. This merchandise is 
currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS'') item numbers 8482.20.00, 8482.91.00.50, 
8482.99.30, 8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.80, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 
8483.90.80, 8708.99.80.15, and 8708.99.80.80. Although the HTSUS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the order and this review is dispositive.

Amended Final Results

    In its ministerial allegation, Yantai Timken claimed that the 
Department failed to multiply the surrogate value per kilogram used for 
the finished product purchased by Yantai Timken by the weight of that 
finished product to calculate a part-specific value for the Final 
Results. After analyzing the record of this review, we have determined, 
in accordance with section 771(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 351.224, that we made a ministerial 
error in the margin calculation for Yantai Timken. For a detailed 
discussion of the ministerial error allegation and the Department's 
analysis, see December 22, 2003 memorandum from team to Susan H. 
Kuhbach entitled Ministerial Error Allegation, which is on file in the 
Department's Central Records Unit located in the main Commerce building 
in Room B-099.
    In the course of our analysis, we also noted that in the ``Final 
Results of Review'' section of the Final Results, we inadvertently 
stated that ``{w{time} e determine that the following dumping margins 
exist for the period June 1, 2000, through May 31, 2001.'' See Final 
Results, 68 FR 70488, 70489. This should have read: ``we determine that 
the following dumping margins exist for the period June 1, 2001, 
through May 31, 2002.''
    Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) we are amending the 
Final Results of tapered roller bearings from the PRC to reflect the 
corrections noted above. Based on these revisions, we determine that 
the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period 
June 1, 2001, through May 31, 2002:

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                                                       Revised weighted-
                Exporter/manufacturer                   average margin
                                                          percentage
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Yantai Timken[chyph]Company, Ltd....................                0.00
Peer Bearing Company-Changshan......................                0.00
PRC-wide rate.......................................               33.18
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Cash Deposit Rates

    The following deposit rates will be effective upon publication of 
these final results for all shipments of tapered roller bearings and 
parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of this notice, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: 
(1) for Yantai Timken Company Limited and Peer Bearing Company-
Changshan, which have separate rates, no antidumping duty deposit will 
be required; (2) for a company previously found to be entitled to a 
separate rate and for which no review was requested, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established in the most recent review of that 
company; (3) for all other PRC exporters the case deposit rate will be 
the PRC-country wide rate, which is 33.18 percent; and (4) for non-PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These 
deposit rates shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection within 15 days 
of publication of these amended final results of review.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.


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    Dated: December 23, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-32227 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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