[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45777-45778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19407]


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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: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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


DATES: Effective Date: August 1, 2011.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review (``NSR'') of the antidumping 
duty order on tapered roller bearings (``TRBs'') from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') for this 
NSR is June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demitri Kalogeropoulos, 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-
2623.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the 
PRC was published in the Federal Register on June 15, 1987. See 
Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished or Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China, 52 FR 
22667 (June 15, 1987) (``Order''). On June 30, 2011, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b), the

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Department received a NSR request from GGB Bearing Technology (Suzhou) 
Co., Ltd. (``GGB''). GGB's request was made in June 2011, which is the 
anniversary month of the Order. See 19 CFR 351.214(d).
    In its submission, GGB certified that it is the exporter and 
producer of the subject merchandise upon which the request was based. 
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), GGB certified that it did not export TRBs to the 
United States during the period of investigation (``POI''). In 
addition, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), GGB certified that, since the initiation of the 
investigation, it has not been affiliated with a PRC exporter or 
producer who exported TRBs to the United States during the POI, 
including those not individually examined during the investigation. As 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), GGB also certified that its 
export activities were not controlled by the central government of the 
PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), GGB submitted documentation establishing the 
following: (1) The date on which GGB first shipped TRBs for export to 
the United States and the date on which the TRBs were first entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first 
shipment; and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    The Department conducted U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') database queries in an attempt to confirm that GGB's 
shipments of subject merchandise had entered the United States for 
consumption and that liquidation of such entries had been properly 
suspended for antidumping duties. The Department also examined whether 
the CBP data confirmed that such entries were made during the NSR 
POR.\1\ The information which the Department examined was consistent 
with that provided by GGB in its request. See Memorandum to the File 
titled ``Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Review: Tapered Roller 
Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the People's 
Republic of China, A-570-601,'' (``Initiation Checklist'') dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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    \1\ See July 14, 2011, memorandum to the file, regarding ``U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Data.''
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Period of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A), the POR for a NSR 
initiated in the month immediately following the anniversary month will 
be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the anniversary month. 
Therefore, the POR for this NSR is June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011. 
The sales and entries into the United States of subject merchandise 
produced and exported by GGB occurred during this twelve-month POR.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(b), 
the Department finds that the request submitted by GGB meets the 
threshold requirements for initiation of a NSR for the shipment of TRBs 
from the PRC produced and exported by GGB. See Initiation Checklist. 
However, if the information supplied by GGB is later found to be 
incorrect or insufficient during the course of this proceeding, the 
Department may rescind the review or apply adverse facts available 
pursuant to section 776 of the Act, depending upon the facts on record. 
The Department intends to issue the preliminary results of this NSR no 
later than 180 days from the date of initiation, and the final results 
no later than 90 days from the issuance of the preliminary results. See 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    It is the Department's usual practice, in cases involving non-
market economies, to require that a company seeking to establish 
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide 
rate provide evidence of de jure and de facto absence of government 
control over the company's export activities. Accordingly, the 
Department will issue a questionnaire to GGB which will include a 
section requesting information with regard to GGB's export activities 
for separate rates purposes. The review will proceed if the response 
provides sufficient indication that GGB is not subject to either de 
jure or de facto government control with respect to its export of 
subject merchandise.
    The Department will instruct CBP to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject 
merchandise from GGB in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because GGB certified that it produced 
and exported the subject merchandise, the Department will apply the 
bonding privilege to GGB for all subject merchandise produced and 
exported by GGB.
    To assist in its analysis of the bona fides of GGB's sales, upon 
initiation of this new shipper review, the Department will require GGB 
to submit on an ongoing basis complete transaction information 
concerning any sales of subject merchandise to the United States that 
were made subsequent to the POR.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this NSR should submit applications for disclosure under administrative 
protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 19 CFR 351.306. 
This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: July 27, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-19407 Filed 7-29-11; 8:45 am]
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