[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60688-60689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17148]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-559-801, A-412-801]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom: Notice of Partial Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

SUMMARY: On July 3, 2006, in response to requests from interested 
parties, the Department of Commerce published a notice of initiation of 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings 
(and parts thereof) from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and 
the United Kingdom. The period of review is May 1, 2005, through April 
30, 2006. The Department of Commerce is rescinding these reviews in 
part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Case or Richard Rimlinger, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3174 and (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 3, 2006, in response to requests from interested parties, 
the Department of Commerce (Department) published a notice of 
initiation of administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
ball bearings (and parts thereof) from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
Singapore, and the United Kingdom. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 37892 
(July 3, 2006).
    Subsequent to the initiation of these reviews, we received timely 
withdrawals of the requests we had received for the following reviews: 
ABB Turbo Systems Limited and ABB Inc. (collectively ABB) and NTN 
Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH (NTN GmbH) with respect to ball 
bearings and parts thereof from Germany; INA with respect to ball 
bearings and parts thereof from France; Alcatel Vacuum Technology 
France (AVTF) with respect to ball bearings and parts thereof from 
France and the United Kingdom; NSK Europe Ltd., NSK Bearings Europe 
Ltd. and NSK Corporation (collectively NSK UK) and SKF Aeroengine 
Bearings UK (SKF UK) with respect to ball bearings and parts thereof 
from the United Kingdom; and Toyota Industries Corporation (Toyota), 
Takeshita Seiko Co., Ltd. (Takeshita), and Minebea Co., Ltd. (Minebea) 
with respect to ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan.\1\ Because 
there are no other requests for review of the above-named firms, we are 
rescinding the reviews with respect to these companies in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d). We also received a timely withdrawal of the 
request we received for Sapporo Precision, Inc. (Sapporo) with respect 
to ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan.\2\ A review of Sapporo 
was also requested by another interested party which has not withdrawn 
its request. Consequently, we have continued our review of Sapporo.
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    \1\ On August 15, 2006, ABB submitted its withdrawal of request 
for review. On September 13, 2006, AVTF submitted its withdrawals of 
request for review. On September 21, 2006, Toyota submitted its 
withdrawal of request for review. On September 25, 2006, NSK UK 
submitted its withdrawal of request for review. On September 29, 
2006, Timken submitted its withdrawals of request for review of INA, 
Minebea, NTN GmbH, SKF UK, and Takeshita.
    \2\ On September 1, 2006, Sapporo submitted its withdrawal of 
request for review.
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Rescission of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d) the Department will rescind an 
administrative review ``if a party that requested the review withdraws 
the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of 
initiation of the requested review.'' ABB, AVTF, NSK UK, and Toyota 
withdrew their requests within the 90-day time limit. Timken U.S. 
Corporation (Timken) withdrew its requests for INA, Minebea, NTN GmbH, 
SKF UK, and Takeshita within the 90-day time limit. Because the 
Department received no other requests for review of ABB, AVTF, INA, NSK 
UK, NTN GmbH, Minebea, SKF UK, Takeshita, and Toyota, the Department is 
rescinding the reviews in part with respect to ball bearings and parts 
thereof from France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom by these 
firms. The above rescissions are pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection within 15 days of publication of this 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department's regulations 
to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
assumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties

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occurred and subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these rescissions in accordance with 
section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 10, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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