[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26452-26453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6878]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-804]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances 
Review: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan

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

SUMMARY: On March 23, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation and the preliminary results of its 
changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from Japan in which it preliminarily 
determined that JTEKT Corporation is the successor-in-interest to Koyo 
Seiko Company, Ltd., and that, as such, JTEKT is entitled to the cash-
deposit rate of Koyo Seiko Company, Ltd., with respect to entries of 
subject merchandise. We gave interested parties the opportunity to 
comment on our preliminary results. We received no comments. Therefore, 
for these final results, the Department is adopting its preliminary 
determination that JTEKT Corporation is the successor-in-interest to 
Koyo Seiko Company, Ltd.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 5, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931 or 
Richard Rimlinger at (202) 482-4477, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, 
Import Administration, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published antidumping 
duty orders on ball bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, and 
spherical plain bearings and parts thereof from Japan on May 15, 1989. 
See Antidumping Duty Orders: Ball Bearings, Cylindrical Roller 
Bearings, and Spherical Plain Bearings, and Parts Thereof from Japan, 
54 FR 20904 (May 15, 1989). The orders on cylindrical roller bearings 
and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof from Japan were revoked, 
effective January 1, 2000. See Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders on 
Certain Bearings From Hungary, Japan, Romania, Sweden, France, Germany, 
Italy, and the United Kingdom, 65 FR 42667 (July 11, 2000). Koyo Seiko 
Company, Ltd., and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. (collectively Koyo) have 
participated in numerous administrative reviews of the order on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from Japan.
    On February 3, 2006, Koyo informed the Department that Koyo Seiko 
Company, Ltd. (Koyo Seiko), had changed its name to JTEKT Corporation 
(JTEKT) and petitioned the Department to conduct a changed-
circumstances review to confirm that JTEKT is the successor-in-interest 
to Koyo Seiko for purposes of determining antidumping-duty liabilities 
subject to this order.\1\ Koyo also requested that the Department 
conduct a changed-circumstances review on an expedited basis, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii). In support of its requests, Koyo submitted 
a press release announcing the start of JTEKT due to the merger of Koyo 
Seiko and another company on January 1, 2006, the certification of 
JTEKT's history that is recorded in the registration book maintained by 
the local government authority, and sales and marketing documentation 
disseminated to Koyo Seiko's customers by JTEKT.
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    \1\ Koyo clarified in its February 3, 2006, submission that the 
name of Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. will remain unchanged at this 
time.
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    Upon review of the information submitted by Koyo, the Department 
determined that an expedited review was practicable and, on March 23, 
2006, issued a combined notice of initiation and preliminary results. 
See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan: Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, 71 FR 14679 (March 
23, 2006) (Preliminary Results). In its Preliminary Results, the 
Department provided all interested parties with an opportunity to 
comment or request a public hearing regarding the Department's finding 
that JTEKT is the successor-in-interest to Koyo Seiko. We did not 
receive any comments or any requests for a public hearing.

Scope of the Order

    For a listing of scope determinations which pertain to the order on 
ball bearings and parts thereof, see the Scope Determination Memorandum 
from the Antifriction Bearings Team to Laurie Parkhill, dated March 2, 
2006. This memorandum is on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), 
main Commerce building, Room B-099, in the General Issues record (A-
100-001) for the 2004/2005 administrative reviews of the orders on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from various countries, including Japan.

Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results and because we 
received no comments to the contrary, we continue to find that JTEKT is 
the successor-in-interest to Koyo Seiko. Consequently, we will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to apply the cash-deposit rate 
in effect for Koyo Seiko to all entries of the subject merchandise from 
JTEKT that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after the date of publication of the final results of this 
changed-circumstances review. See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 
Resin from Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review, 68 FR 25327 (May 12, 2003).
    This determination and this notice are in accordance with sections 
751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: April 27, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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