[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58996-58997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23390]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of 
Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 30, 2013, the United States Court of International 
Trade (``CIT'' or ``Court'') sustained the Department of Commerce's 
(``Department'') final results of the second remand redetermination \1\ 
relating to the twentieth administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on tapered roller bearings from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), in Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United States, Court 
No. 09-00052, Slip. Op. 13-116 (CIT 2013) (``CPZ III''). Consistent 
with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. 
Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. 
Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (``Diamond 
Sawblades''), the Department is notifying the public that the final CIT 
judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final 
results and is amending its final results of the administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings from the PRC 
covering the period of review (``POR'') of June 1, 2006, through May 
31, 2007, with respect to the weighted-average dumping margin assigned 
to Peer Bearing Company--Changshan (``CPZ'').
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    \1\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Court No. 09-00052, Slip Op. 12-102, dated October 2, 2012 
(``CPZ II Remand Redetermination'').

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DATES: Effective Date: September 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, Office 8, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Subsequent to the publication of the Final Results \2\ on January 
22, 2009, CPZ filed a complaint with the CIT to challenge various 
aspects of the Final Results.
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    \2\ Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 3987 (January 22, 
2009) (``Final Results'').
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    On January 28, 2011, in Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United 
States, 752 F. Supp. 2d 1353 (CIT 2011) (``CPZ I''), the Court remanded 
the Final Results and ordered that the Department: a) re-determine 
CPZ's margin using U.S. prices calculated in a manner that complies 
with the law, either by employing the constructed export price 
(``CEP'') methodology using price and transaction data available on the 
administrative record or re-opening the record to obtain export price 
(``EP'') information; and b) review, reconsider, and re-determine 
surrogate values (``SVs'') for alloy steel wire rod, alloy steel bar, 
and scrap from the production of cages, used to calculate CPZ's factors 
of production.
    In response to CPZ I, the Department issued the Final Results of 
Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, Court No. 09-00052, Slip Op. 11-11 
(CIT 2011) on July 1, 2011 (``CPZ I Remand Redetermination''). In the 
CPZ I Remand Redetermination, the Department determined: 1) that CPZ's 
dumping margin should be calculated on an EP basis; 2) that CPZ was 
unresponsive to the Department's requests for EP information; and 3) to 
apply total adverse facts available (``AFA'') to CPZ. As a result of 
the determination to apply total AFA to CPZ, the Department did not 
reach any determination regarding SV issues remanded by the Court in 
CPZ I.
    On August 2, 2012, in Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United 
States, Court No. 09-00052, Slip Op. 12-102 (CIT 2012) (``CPZ II''), 
the Court remanded the CPZ I Remand Redetermination to the Department. 
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CPZ II, the Court held that the Department acted unlawfully by using an 
adverse inference in re-determining CPZ's dumping margin, and acted 
unlawfully by failing to recalculate the SVs. The Court ordered the 
Department to: 1) Determine the U.S. price for CPZ's sales of subject 
merchandise according to a lawful method; and 2) review, reconsider, 
and re-determine the SVs.
    In response to CPZ II, the Department issued the CPZ II Remand 
Redetermination on October 2, 2012. In the CPZ II Remand 
Redetermination, the Department: 1) Applied non-AFA by calculating 
CPZ's margin utilizing the CEP U.S. price methodology based on sales 
information available on the record of the underlying review; and 2) 
re-determined the SVs based on alternative SV information on the 
record.
    On August 31, 2013, the Court sustained the CPZ II Remand 
Redetermination, holding that: 1) There was no error in the 
Department's decision to use the record CEP data instead of entered 
value data to determine the U.S. prices of CPZ's subject merchandise, 
as had been argued during the remand proceeding; and 2) the re-
determined SVs comply with the remand order issued in CPZ I.\3\
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    \3\ See CPZ III, Slip Op. 13-116 at 5-9.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the 
CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the Department must publish a notice of a 
court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's August 30, 2013, judgment in 
this case constitutes a final decision of that court that is not in 
harmony with the Department's final results of the administrative 
review. This notice is published in fulfillment of the publication 
requirements of Timken. Accordingly, the Department will continue the 
suspension of liquidation of the subject merchandise pending expiration 
of the period of appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive 
court decision. The cash deposit rate will remain the company-specific 
rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the respondent was included.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to this 
case, the Department is amending its Final Results with respect to 
CPZ's weighted-average dumping margin for the period June 1, 2006 
through May 31, 2007. The revised weighted-average dumping margin is as 
follows:

                            TRBs From the PRC
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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporter                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Peer Bearing Company--Changshan (CPZ)...................            6.25
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    In the event that the CIT's ruling is not appealed, or if appealed, 
upheld by the CAFC, the Department will instruct Customs and Border 
Protection to assess antidumping duties on entries of the subject 
merchandise exported by CPZ during the POR.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 18, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-23390 Filed 9-24-13; 8:45 am]
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