[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73415-73417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29770]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, and Italy: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; 2010-2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 5, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, 
Germany, and Italy. On October 16, 2012, the Department released its 
post-preliminary analysis in these reviews. For these final results, we 
continue to find that sales of the subject merchandise have not been 
made at prices below normal value.

DATES: Effective Date: December 10, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dustin Ross, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0747.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 5, 2012, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, and Italy.\1\ The 
period of review is May 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
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    \1\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, 
and Italy: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews in 
Part, 77 FR 33159 (June 5, 2012) (Preliminary Results).
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    We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results. We received case and rebuttal briefs from various parties to 
the proceedings.
    On October 16, 2012, we issued a post-preliminary analysis in which 
we addressed the targeted dumping allegations made by the petitioner 
and invited comments from interested parties.\2\ We received additional 
briefs from interested parties commenting on the Post-Preliminary 
Analysis.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, ``2010/2011 Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 
France, Germany, and Italy: Post-Preliminary Analysis and 
Calculation Memorandum'' (Post-Preliminary Analysis).
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    On July 5, 2012, the petitioner requested hearings with respect to 
these reviews on ball bearings and parts thereof from France and 
Germany. The petitioner and SKF Italy requested a hearing with respect 
to the review on ball bearings from Italy. On November 14, 2012, the 
petitioner withdrew its hearing request with respect to France and 
Germany. On November 21, 2012, the Department conducted a hearing on 
the review of ball bearings and parts thereof from to Italy.
    The Department has conducted these administrative reviews in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the orders are ball bearings and parts 
thereof. Imports of these products are classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 
3926.90.45, 4016.93.10, 4016.93.50, 6909.19.50.10, 8414.90.41.75, 
8431.20.00, 8431.39.00.10, 8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 8482.80.00, 
8482.91.00, 8482.99.05, 8482.99.35, 8482.99.25.80, 8482.99.65.95, 
8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.40, 8483.30.80, 8483.50.90, 8483.90.20, 
8483.90.30, 8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50, 8708.60.80, 8708.93.30, 
8708.93.60.00, 8708.99.06, 8708.99.31.00, 8708.99.40.00, 8708.99.49.60, 
8708.99.58, 8708.99.80.15, 8708.99.80.80, 8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 
8803.30.00, 8803.90.30, 8803.90.90, 8708.30.50.90, 8708.40.75.70, 
8708.40.75.80,

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8708.50.79.00, 8708.50.89.00, 8708.50.91.50, 8708.50.99.00, 
8708.70.60.60, 8708.80.65.90, 8708.93.75.00, 8708.94.75, 8708.95.20.00, 
8708.99.55.00, 8708.99.68, and 8708.99.81.80. Although the HTSUS item 
numbers above are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written descriptions of the scope of the orders remain dispositive.

Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to these 
administrative reviews are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from Gary Taverman, Senior Advisor 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated concurrently with 
this notice, 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 Memorandum and attached to this notice as an Appendix. The 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and it is 
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), room 
7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on 
the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/frn/index.html. The signed 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Rates for Non-Selected Companies

    Based on available resources, we selected certain companies for 
individual examination of their sales of the subject merchandise to the 
United States during the period of review as permitted under section 
777A(c)(2) of the Act. For a detailed discussion on the selection of 
the respondents for individual examination, see Preliminary Results, 77 
FR at 33160 through 33161. For the final results, we have not changed 
the rates we applied to respondents not selected for individual 
examination.

Rescission of Review in Part

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d), the Department will rescind 
an administrative review in part ``if a party that requested a review 
withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of the publication of 
notice of initiation of the requested review.'' On September 7, 2011, 
Intertechnique SAS (``Intertechnique'') timely withdrew its request for 
an administrative review. However, in the Preliminary Results we 
inadvertently did not include Intertechnique in the list of companies 
for which the review was rescinded. Instead, we preliminarily assigned 
Intertechnique the rate for all non-selected respondents from France. 
Because there are no other requests for review for Intertechnique, we 
are rescinding the review with respect to Intertechnique, effective 
June 5, 2012, the date of publication of the Preliminary Results, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have corrected 
programming and other errors in the weighted-average dumping margins 
which we included in the Preliminary Results, where applicable. These 
changes, however, did not affect the final weighted-average dumping 
margins for the reviewed respondents. A detailed discussion of each 
correction we made is in the company-specific analysis memoranda dated 
concurrently with this notice, which are on file electronically via IA 
ACCESS and in the CRU of the main Commerce building.

Sales Below Cost in the Home Market

    Pursuant to section 773(b)(1) of the Act, the Department 
disregarded sales in the home market that failed the cost-of-production 
test for the following firms for these final results of reviews: 
France--NTN-SNR; Germany--myonic GmbH; Italy--Schaeffler Italia S.r.l./
WPB Water Pump Bearing GmbH & Co. KG/Schaeffler Italia SpA/The 
Schaeffler Group and SKF Industries S.p.A./Somecat S.p.A./SKF RIV-SKF 
Officine di Villar Perosa S.p.A.

Final Results of the Reviews

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins on 
ball bearings and parts thereof exist for the period May 1, 2010, 
through April 30, 2011:

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                                                                Margin
                           Company                             (percent)
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France:
    Audi AG.................................................        0.00
    Bosch Rexroth SAS.......................................        0.00
    Caterpillar Group Services S.A..........................        0.00
    Caterpillar Materials Routiers S.A.S....................        0.00
    Caterpillar S.A.R.L.....................................        0.00
    Perkins Engines Company Limited.........................        0.00
    SNECMA..................................................        0.00
    NTN-SNR.................................................        0.00
    Volkswagen AG...........................................        0.00
    Volkswagen Zubehor GmbH.................................        0.00
Germany:
    Bayerische Motoren Werke AG.............................        0.00
    Bosch Rexroth AG........................................        0.00
    BSH Bosech und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH..................        0.00
    Caterpillar S.A.R.L.....................................        0.00
    myonic GmbH.............................................        0.00
    Robert Bosch GmbH.......................................        0.00
    Robert Bosch GmbH Power Tools and Hagglunds Drives......        0.00
Italy:
    Audi AG.................................................        0.00
    Bosch Rexroth S.p.A.....................................        0.00
    Caterpillar Overseas S.A.R.L............................        0.00
    Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd.......................        0.00
    Caterpillar Group Services S.A..........................        0.00
    Caterpillar Mexico, S.A. de C.V.........................        0.00
    Caterpillar Americas C.V................................        0.00
    Hagglunds Drives S.r.l..................................        0.00
    Perkins Engines Company Limited.........................        0.00
    Schaeffler Italia S.r.l. and WPB Water Pump Bearing GmbH        0.00
     & Co. KG, Schaeffler italia SpA and The Schaeffler
     Group..................................................
    SKF Industries S.p.A., Somcat S.p.A., and SKF Riv-SKF           0.00
     Officine di Villar Perosa S.p.A........................
    SNECMA..................................................        0.00
    Volkswagen AG...........................................        0.00
    Volkswagen Zubehor GmbH.................................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with the Final Modification, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate the reviews' entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.\3\
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    \3\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification).
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    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the period of review produced by companies selected 
for individual examination in the reviews for which the reviewed 
companies did not know their merchandise was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the country-specific all-others rate if there is no rate for 
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intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full 
discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 
2003).
    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination, we will instruct CBP to apply the rates listed above to 
all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by such 
firms.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of these reviews.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because we revoked the order effective September 15, 2011, no cash 
deposit for estimated antidumping duties on future entries of subject 
merchandise is required.\4\
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    \4\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany and 
Italy: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Antidumping 
Duty Orders, 76 FR 57019 (September 15, 2011).
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Notifications

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also 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 notification of the 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    These final results of administrative reviews are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1), 751(b)(1), and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: December 4, 2012
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

1. Targeted Dumping Methodology
2. ISEs, Packing, and Inland Freight Costs
3. G&A Expenses
4. U.S. Warehousing Expenses
5. Home Market Interest Expense Calculation
6. Capping Interest Revenue at the Amount of Credit Expenses
7. Other Issues

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