[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2331-2332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-905]


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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 Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final court decision and amended final results of 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The United States Court of International Trade has affirmed 
the Department of Commerce's final remand results affecting the final 
weighted-average margins for the 1997-1998 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, 
finished and unfinished, from the People's Republic of China. There was 
no appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit. As there is now a final and conclusive court decision in this 
case, we are amending the final results of review and we will instruct 
the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate entries subject to 
this review. The period of review is June 1, 1997, through May 31, 
1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 2004.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 15, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published the final results of administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts 
thereof, finished and unfinished (``TRB''), from the People's Republic 
of China covering the period June 1, 1997, through May 31, 1998. See 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 1997-1998 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Results of New Shipper 
Review, 64 FR 61837 (November 15, 1999) (``Final Results'').
    Luoyang Bearing Factory and the Timken Company contested the 
Department's decision in the Final Results. In issuing its decision in 
this case, the United States Court of International Trade (``CIT'') 
instructed the Department to exclude the category ``consumption of 
traded goods'' from the direct input costs used in the calculation of 
the surrogate overhead, profit, and SG&A ratios used in the 
Department's antidumping duty margin calculations.
    The Department issued final results of redetermination pursuant to 
remand on December 30, 2002, and on July 14, 2003. The CIT affirmed the 
Department's final remand results and dismissed the case on October 27, 
2003. See Luoyang Bearing Factory v. United States, Slip Op. 03-141 
(CIT October 27, 2003). There was no appeal to the United States Court 
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As there is now a final and 
conclusive court decision in this action, we are amending our final 
results of review and we will instruct the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') to liquidate entries subject to this review.

Amendment to Final Results

    Pursuant to section 516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the ``Act''), we are now amending the final results of administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order of TRBs from the People's Republic 
of China for the period of review June 1, 1997, through May 31, 1998. 
In the Final Results, we established antidumping duty margins for 
Luoyang Bearing Factory (``Luoyang'') and Premier Bearing and 
Equipment, Ltd. (``Premier''). Accordingly, we are amending the

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antidumping duty margins for Luoyang and Premier consistent with those 
final results of redetermination pursuant to remand.
    The revised weighted-average dumping margins for Luoyang and 
Premier are as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Exporter/manufacturer                        margin
                                                              percentage
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Luoyang Bearing Factory....................................         5.15
Premier Bearing and Equipment, Ltd.........................        24.55
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    The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
CBP. The Department will instruct CBP to assess appropriate antidumping 
duties on the relevant entries of the subject merchandise covered by 
this review.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 9, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-905 Filed 1-14-04; 8:45 am]
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