[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5966-5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2186]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Notification of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished or Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salim Bhabhrawala or Eugene Degnan, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1784 
or (202) 482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts 
thereof, finished or unfinished (``TRBs''), from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') for the period June 1, 2003, through May 31, 2004. 
See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 69 FR 
30873, (June 1, 2004). On June 30, 2004, The Timken Company (the 
Petitioner) requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order covering TRBs from the PRC for 
entries of subject merchandise produced and exported by China National 
Machinery Import & Export Corporation, Chin Jun Industrial Ltd., 
Luoyang Bearing Corporation (Group), Peer Bearing Company-Changshan 
(``CPZ''), Shanghai United Bearing Co., Ltd., Weihai Machinery Holding 
(Group) Company, Ltd., Zhejiang Changshan Bearing (Group) Co., Ltd., 
Zhejiang Changshan Change Bearing Co., and

[[Page 5967]]

Zhejiang Machinery Import & Export Corp. Also on June 30, 2004, Yantai 
Timken Company Limited (``Yantai'') requested an administrative review 
of entries of subject merchadise produced by Yantai.
    On July 28, 2004, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of the initiation of the antidumping duty administrative 
reveiw of TRBs from the PRC for the period June 1, 2003, though May 31, 
2004. See Initiation of Antidumping and Contervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 45010 
(July 28, 2004) (Initiation Notice). On August 5, 2004, the Department 
issued antidumping duty questionnaires to all of the above respondents.
    On October 22, 2004, the Petitioner withdrew its request for an 
administrative review of sales and entries of subject merchandise 
produced and exported by CPZ.

Rescission of the Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind 
an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that 
requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the initiation notice of the requested review. Based on 
a timely request by the Petitioner, the only party that made a request 
for review with respect to CPZ, the Department is rescinding this 
review with respect to CPZ in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The 
Department will continue its review of other exporters/producers as 
announced in the Intitiation Notice. See 69 FR 45010.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsiblity concerning 
the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notificaiton of 
return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This determination is issued in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4) and section 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended.

    Dated: January 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-2186 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S