[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38943-38944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15458]


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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 Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstances 
review of the antidumping duty order of tapered roller bearings and 
parts thereof, finished and unfinished (TRBs), from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC). Specifically, Shanghai General Bearing 
Company, Ltd. (SGBC) notified the Department that it became part of the 
SKF Group in 2012. As a result, SGBC has requested that the Department 
determine that it is the successor-in-interest to the pre-merger entity 
(also known as SGBC), a company which the Department revoked from the 
order on TRBs from the PRC in 1997. In response to this request, the 
Department is initiating this changed circumstances review.

DATES: Effective Date: June 28, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Stephen Banea, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3874 or (202) 482-0656, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 15, 1987, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.\1\ On February 11, 
1997, the Department revoked the order on TRBs from the PRC with 
respect to merchandise produced and exported by the pre-merger SGBC.\2\
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    \1\ 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).
    \2\ See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Revocation in Part of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 62 FR 6189 (Feb. 11, 1997).
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    Effective August 1, 2012, the majority shareholder of SGBC merged 
with a subsidiary of the SKF Group and, as a result of the merger, both 
SGBC and its majority shareholder became part of the SKF Group. On 
February 13, 2013, SGBC requested that the Department conduct a changed 
circumstances review pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) to determine 
that it is the successor-in-interest to SGBC as it existed prior to the 
merger.
    On March 22, 2013, the Department requested that SGBC supplement 
its request for a changed circumstances review by providing additional 
information regarding the merger and other supporting documentation. On

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May 9, 2013, SGBC responded to the Department's request.\3\
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    \3\ See SGBC's May 9, 2013, submission.
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Scope of the Order

    Imports covered by the order are shipments of tapered roller 
bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the People's 
Republic of China; flange, take up cartridge, and hanger units 
incorporating tapered roller bearings; and tapered roller housings 
(except pillow blocks) incorporating tapered rollers, with or without 
spindles, whether or not for automotive use. These products are 
currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) item numbers 8482.20.00, 8482.91.00.50, 8482.99.15, 
8482.99.45, 8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.80, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 
8483.90.80, 8708.70.60.60, 8708.99.23.00, 8708.99.48.50, 8708.99.68.90, 
8708.99.81.15, and 8708.99.81.80. Although the HTSUS item numbers are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review

    Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the Department will conduct a changed circumstances review 
upon receipt of information concerning, or a request from an interested 
party for a review of, an antidumping duty order which shows changed 
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d), the Department finds there is 
sufficient information to warrant initiating a changed circumstances 
review because SGBC has provided evidence that it is now part of the 
SKF Group as a result of a merger in 2012. Therefore, pursuant to 
section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), we are initiating a 
changed circumstances review to determine whether SGBC is the 
successor-in-interest to SGBC as it existed prior to the merger.
    The Department will publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
preliminary results of the changed circumstances review in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 351.221(c)(3)(i), which will set forth 
the Department's preliminary factual and legal conclusions. Pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested parties will have an opportunity 
to comment on the preliminary results. The Department will issue its 
final results of review in accordance with the time limits set forth in 
19 CFR 351.216(e).
    This notice is in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 21, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-15458 Filed 6-27-13; 8:45 am]
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