[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35312-35314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14493]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-804, A-412-801]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan and the United 
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Rescission of Review in Part; 2009-2010

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On April 21, 2011, 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 Japan 
and the United Kingdom.\1\ On March 25, 2014, the Department issued 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.
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    \1\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Administrative and Changed-Circumstances Reviews, 76 FR 
22372 (April 21, 2011) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective Date: June 20, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 21, 2011, the Department published, and invited interested 
parties to comment on, the Preliminary Results.\2\ The period of 
reviews is May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010. We received case and 
rebuttal briefs from various parties to these reviews. On July 15, 
2011, the Department discontinued these reviews.\3\
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    \2\ Id.
    \3\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Japan and the 
United Kingdom: Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 76 FR 41761 
(July 15, 2011).
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    The Department resumed these reviews effective November 29, 2013, 
pursuant to court judgment.\4\ On March 25, 2014, we issued a post-
preliminary analysis in which we (1) addressed the methodology stated 
in the Final Modification for Reviews \5\ as it pertained to these 
administrative reviews and (2) stated our intent to rescind the review 
in part with respect to the administrative review of ball bearings and 
parts thereof from Japan.\6\ We invited comments from interested 
parties for the Post-Preliminary Analysis.\7\ We received additional 
case and rebuttal briefs from interested parties commenting on the 
Post-Preliminary Analysis. The Department conducted these 
administrative reviews in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \4\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Japan and the 
United Kingdom: Notice of Reinstatement of Antidumping Duty Orders, 
Resumption of Administrative Reviews, and Advance Notification of 
Sunset Reviews, 78 FR 76104 (December 16, 2013).
    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8113 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews), in which the Department 
stated that the methodology described therein ``will also be 
applicable to any reviews currently discontinued by the Department 
if such reviews are continued after April 16, 2012 by reason of a 
final and conclusive judgment of a U.S. Court.'' See also 19 CFR 
351.414.
    \6\ See the memorandum from Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian 
Marsh to Assistant Secretary Paul Piquado entitled ``Administrative 
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Ball Bearings and Parts 
Thereof from Japan and the United Kingdom for the 2009-2010 Period: 
Post-Preliminary Analysis Memorandum and Intent to Rescind a Review 
in Part'' dated March 25, 2014 (Post-Preliminary Analysis).
    \7\ Id.
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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

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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, 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. A full description of the scope of the orders is contained 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See the memorandum from Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian 
Marsh to Deputy Assistant Secretary Lynn Fischer Fox entitled 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews of Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan 
and the United Kingdom; 2009-2010'' dated concurrently with this 
notice and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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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. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which 
we have responded is in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and attached 
to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance'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 Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Rescission of Review in Part

    In the Post-Preliminary Analysis, we stated our intent to rescind 
the administrative review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan 
in part, for Tsubakimoto Precision Products Co., Ltd. (Tsubakimoto). 
Because no interested parties provided comments concerning our intent 
to rescind in part, we are rescinding the Japan review with respect to 
Tsubakimoto.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made revisions 
and corrected programming and other errors in the weighted-average 
dumping margins which we included in the Preliminary Results and the 
Post-Preliminary Analysis, where applicable. These changes, however, 
did not affect the final weighted-average dumping margins for the 
reviewed respondents. A detailed discussion of each change 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.\9\
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    \9\ See the company-specific final analysis memoranda for Asahi 
Seiko Co., Ltd., NSK Ltd., NTN Corporation, and NSK Bearings Europe 
Ltd. dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of the Reviews

    We determine that the weighted-average dumping margins on ball 
bearings and parts thereof exist for the period May 1, 2009, through 
April 30, 2010, at the following rates:

                                  Japan
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                       Company                          Rate  (percent)
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Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd.................................               0.00
Audi AG..............................................               0.00
Bosch Corporation....................................               0.00
Bosch Packaging Technology K.K.......................               0.00
Bosch Rexroth Corporation............................               0.00
Caterpillar Japan Ltd................................               0.00
Caterpillar Overseas S.A.R.L.........................               0.00
Caterpillar Group Services S.A.......................               0.00
Caterpillar Brazil Ltd...............................               0.00
Caterpillar Africa Pty. Ltd..........................               0.00
Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd....................               0.00
Caterpillar S.A.R.L..................................               0.00
Caterpillar Americas Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.......               0.00
Caterpillar Logistics Services China Ltd.............               0.00
Caterpillar Mexico, S.A. de C.V......................               0.00
Hagglunds Ltd........................................               0.00
Hino Motors Ltd......................................               0.00
JTEKT Corporation (formerly known as Koyo Seiko Co.,                0.00
 Ltd.)...............................................
Kongskilde Limited...................................               0.00
Mazda Motor Corporation..............................               0.00
Mori Seiki Co., Ltd..................................               0.00
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation..........................               0.00
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd............................               0.00
NSK Ltd..............................................               0.00
NTN Corporation and NTN Kongo Corporation............               0.00
Perkins Engines Company Limited......................               0.00
Volkswagen AG........................................               0.00
Volkswagen Zubehor GmbH..............................               0.00

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Yamazaki Mazak Trading Corporation...................               0.00
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                             United Kingdom
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                       Company                          Rate  (percent)
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Alcatel Vacuum Technology............................               0.00
Bosch Rexroth Ltd....................................               0.00
Caterpillar S.A.R.L..................................               0.00
Caterpillar Group Services S.A.......................               0.00
Caterpillar of Australia Pty Ltd.....................               0.00
Caterpillar Overseas S.A.R.L.........................               0.00
Caterpillar Marine Power UK..........................               0.00
NSK Bearings Europe Ltd..............................               0.00
Perkins Engines Company Ltd..........................               0.00
SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Aeroengine Bearings U.K...               0.00
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews,\10\ we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate the 
entries pertaining to these reviews without regard to antidumping 
duties because the weighted-average dumping margin for each respondent 
is zero or de minimis.
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    \10\ 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 these 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 
the 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).
    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 antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and 
parts thereof from Japan and the United Kingdom effective September 15, 
2011, no cash deposits for estimated antidumping duties on future 
entries of subject merchandise will be required.\11\
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    \11\ See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Japan and the 
United Kingdom: Final Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 16771 (March 26, 2014).
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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 written 
notification of the return or 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) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 13, 2014.
Lynn Fischer Fox,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Company Abbreviations
IV. Other Abbreviations
V. AFBs Administrative Determinations and Results
VI. Scope of the Orders
VII. Rates for Non-Selected Companies
VIII. Sales Below Cost in the Home Market
IX. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Whether to Use an Alternative Method
    2. Model Match and Differences in Merchandise
    3. Billing Adjustments
    4. Inventory Carrying Costs
    5. Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses
    6. Request to Reject Factual Information and Targeted Dumping 
Analyses
    7. Contemporaneous Sampled Sales
    8. Treatment of Repacking Expenses
    9. Rescission of Review for No Shipments
    10. Respondent Selection Methodology
    11. Request to Terminate the Administrative Reviews
    12. 15-Day Issuance of Liquidation Instructions
    13. U.S. Customer Code
    14. Denial of Offsets for Non-Dumped Sales
    15. Clerical Errors
X. Recommendation

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