[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 75078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29218]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-428-801


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

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 7, 2008, we published the preliminary results of 
changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from Germany. See Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review, 73 FR 25663 (May 7, 
2008) (Preliminary Results). Interested parties were invited to comment 
on these preliminary results. After reviewing parties' comments, we 
have affirmed the preliminary results and find that myonic GmbH is the 
successor-in-interest to Miniaturkugellager Gesellschaft mit 
beschr[auml]nkter Haftung (MKL).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dirstine or Richard Rimlinger, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4033 
and (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 7, 2008, the Department published a notice of preliminary 
results of its changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty 
order on ball bearings and parts thereof from Germany in which it 
preliminarily determined that myonic GmbH is the successor-in-interest 
to MKL and should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded 
MKL with regard to the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and 
parts thereof from Germany. See Preliminary Results, 73 FR 25663.
    On May 21, 2008, the petitioner, the Timken Company (Timken), 
submitted a case brief. Myonic submitted a rebuttal brief on June 17, 
2008.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are ball bearings and parts 
thereof. These products include all bearings that employ balls as the 
rolling element. Imports of these products are classified under the 
following categories: antifriction balls, ball bearings with integral 
shafts, ball bearings (including radial ball bearings) and parts 
thereof, and housed or mounted ball bearing units and parts thereof.
    Imports of these products are classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 
3926.90.45, 4016.93.00, 4016.93.10, 4016.93.50, 6909.19.5010, 
8431.20.00, 8431.39.0010, 8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 8482.80.00, 
8482.91.00, 8482.99.05, 8482.99.2580, 8482.99.35, 8482.99.6595, 
8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.50.8040, 8483.50.90, 8483.90.20, 
8483.90.30, 8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50, 8708.60.80, 
8708.70.6060, 8708.70.8050, 8708.93.30, 8708.93.5000, 8708.93.6000, 
8708.93.75, 8708.99.06, 8708.99.31, 8708.99.4960, 8708.99.50, 
8708.99.5800, 8708.99.8080, 8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 8803.30.00, 
8803.90.30, and 8803.90.90.
    As a result of recent changes to the HTS, effective February 2, 
2007, the subject merchandise is also classifiable under the following 
additional HTS item numbers: 8708.30.5090, 8708.40.7500, 8708.50.7900, 
8708.50.8900, 8708.50.9150, 8708.50.9900, 8708.80.6590, 8708.94.75, 
8708.95.2000, 8708.99.5500, 8708.99.68, and 8708.99.8180.

Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this changed-circumstances review are addressed in the ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum'' (Decision Memo) from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, to David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary, dated 
December 1, 2008, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the 
issues which parties have raised and to which we have responded is in 
the Decision Memo and attached to this notice as an Appendix. The 
Decision Memo, which is a public document, is on file in the Central 
Records Unit (CRU), main Department of Commerce building, Room 1117, 
and is accessible on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. 
The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are 
identical in content.

Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review

    After consideration of the comments, we continue to find that 
myonic is the successor-in-interest to MKL and, as such, is entitled to 
MKL's cash-deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise. 
Consequently, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
to apply the cash-deposit rate in effect for MKL to all entries of the 
subject merchandise from myonic 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: December 1, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

1. Changes to MKL
2. Totality of the Circumstances
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