[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42758-42760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17350]


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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: Preliminary Results 
and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review (AR) and a new shipper review (NSR) of the 
antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, 
finished and unfinished (TRBs), from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC). The administrative review covers four exporters, of which the 
Department selected one mandatory respondent for individual examination 
(i.e., Changshan Peer Bearing Co. Ltd. (CPZ/SKF)). The NSR covers 
Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai). The period of review (POR) 
is June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013.
    We preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal 
value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final 
results of these reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective Date: July 23, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ray or Stephen Banea, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5403 and (202) 482-0656, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes tapered roller 
bearings. The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 
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, 
8708.70.6060, 8708.99.2300, 8708.99.4850, 8708.99.6890, 8708.99.8115, 
and 8708.99.8180. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes only; the written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review: 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
from the People's Republic of China'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated July 16, 2014 (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), issued concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice.
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Tolling of Deadlines for Preliminary Results

    As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to 
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, 2013, through October 16, 2013.\2\ 
Therefore, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by 16 days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results 
of this review is now July 16, 2014.
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    \2\ See the October 18, 2013, Memorandum for the Record from 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 
``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the Federal Government.''
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Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
September 20, 2013, and November 13, 2013, Xiangyang Automobile Bearing 
Co., Ltd. (Xiangyang) and GGB Bearing Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 
(GGB)

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timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review.\3\ No 
other party had requested a review of Xiangyang or GGB. Based on the 
timely withdrawal of the requests for review and because Xiangyang and 
GGB established their entitlement to separate rates from a prior 
segment, the Department is rescinding this administrative review with 
respect to Xiangyang and GGB, in accordance with 19 CR 351.213(d)(1).
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    \3\ See Letter to the Department from Xiangyang, ``Withdrawal of 
Administrative Review Request in the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of China (POR: 
06/01/12-5/31/13)'' (September 20, 2013); see also Letter to the 
Department from GGB, ``Withdrawal of Administrative Review Request 
in the Antidumping Duty Order on Tapered Roller Bearings from the 
People's Republic of China (POR: 06/01/12-5/31/13)'' (November 13, 
2013). GGB's letter was timely given the tolling of deadlines, 
explained above.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted these reviews in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(A) and 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act). Constructed export prices and export prices have been 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC 
is a non-market economy (NME) within the meaning of section 771(18) of 
the Act, NV has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of 
the Act. Specifically, the respondents' factors of production have been 
valued using surrogate values from Thailand, which is economically 
comparable to the PRC and a significant producer of comparable 
merchandise.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ The 
Preliminary 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; the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is also 
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the 
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Enforcement and Compliance's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \4\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    Regarding the administrative review, we preliminarily determine 
that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the 
period June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                         Exporters                             percent
                                                                margin
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Changshan Peer Bearing Co., Ltd............................         0.60
Zhejiang Zhaofeng Mechanical and Electronic Co., Ltd. *....        0.60
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* This company demonstrated that it qualified for a separate rate in
  this administrative review. The rate for this company is the
  calculated weighted-average dumping margin for CPZ/SKF. See the
  Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

    Regarding the NSR, we preliminarily determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period June 1, 2012, 
through May 31, 2013:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                         Exporters                             percent
                                                               margin
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Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd..........................         0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of these preliminary results of review.\5\ 
Rebuttals to case briefs may be filed no later than five days after the 
written comments are filed and all rebuttal comments must be limited to 
comments raised in the case briefs.\6\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\7\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department will issue the final results of this administrative 
review and this NSR, which will include the results of its analysis of 
all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of 
these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by these reviews.\9\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of the final results 
of these reviews.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    For each individually-examined respondent in these reviews (i.e., 
CPZ/SKF and Tainai) which has a weighted-average dumping margin which 
is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those sales, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). For the respondents which were not selected 
for individual examination in this administrative review and which 
qualified for a separate rate, the assessment rate will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin assigned to CPZ/SKF in the final 
results of this administrative review.
    The Department recently announced a refinement to its assessment 
practice in NME cases.\10\ Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for 
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by 
companies individually examined during this review, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the NME-wide rate. In 
addition, if the Department determines that an exporter under review 
had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the NME-wide rate. For a full discussion of 
this practice, see NME Antidumping Proceedings.
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    \10\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (NME 
Antidumping Proceedings).
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    We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by these reviews. Where either of the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or 
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis,

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we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters 
listed above which have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established in the final results of this review (except, if 
the rate is zero or de minimis, then a cash deposit rate of zero will 
be established for that company); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate 
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific 
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have 
not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate for the PRC-wide entity, 92.84 percent; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
    With respect to the NSR, consistent with the Department's practice, 
the Department has established a combination cash deposit rate for 
Tainai as follows: (1) For subject merchandise exported and produced by 
Tainai, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
company in the final results of this review; (2) for subject 
merchandise exported by Tainai but not produced by Tainai, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-wide entity, 92.84 percent; 
(3) for subject merchandise produced by Tainai but not exported by 
Tainai, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to that 
exporter.
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of reviews 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(l), 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(l) of 
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: July 16, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Bona Fides Analysis
5. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Non-Market Economy Country
    b. Separate Rates
    c. Separate Rate for Non-Selected Companies
    d. Surrogate Country
    e. Date of Sale
    f. Normal Value Comparisons
6. Conclusion

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