[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3218-3219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-804]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Japan: Notice of Court 
Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2005-2006

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

SUMMARY: On December 24, 2014, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT or Court) issued final judgment in JTEKT Corp. v. United 
States, Consol. Court No. 07-377 (JTEKT Corp.), affirming the 
Department of Commerce's (the Department) final results of 
redetermination pursuant to remand.\1\
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    \1\ See Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Consol. Court 
No. 07-377, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/ 
(Final Second Remand).
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    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 
judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan covering the period May 1, 
2005 through April 30, 2006, and is amending the final results with 
respect to Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

DATES: Effective January 3, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, Office I, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 12, 2007, the Department published AFBs 17.\2\ Aisin 
Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin) and other parties appealed AFBs 17 to the CIT 
and on September 3, 2009, the CIT granted the Department's request for 
a voluntary remand to examine its calculation of constructed export 
price (CEP) for certain U.S. sales made by Aisin. After reexamining 
Aisin's CEP calculation, the Department determined it appropriate to 
recalculate Aisin's dumping margin.\3\ On May 5, 2011, the CIT 
affirmed, in part, the Department's first remand, which resulted in a 
weighted-average dumping margin of 1.13 percent for Aisin.\4\ The Court 
remanded issues regarding other respondent companies, relating to the 
Department's use of zeroing and model match methodology. In Final 
Second Remand, the Department further explained these issues but did 
not recalculate the dumping margins for any other respondents in the 
litigation.\5\ The Court affirmed the Department's second

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remand in its entirety on December 24, 2014, and entered judgment.
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    \2\ Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Japan, 
Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Review in 
Part, 72 FR 58053 (October 12, 2007) (AFBs 17).
    \3\ See Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, JTEKT Corporation, 
et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 07-00377 (CIT September 
2, 2009), dated December 4, 2009 (Final First Remand).
    \4\ See JTEKT Corp. v. United States, 768 F. Supp. 2d 1333 
(2011).
    \5\ See Final Second Remand.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades, the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) 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 December 24, 2014, judgment 
affirming the Final Second Remand constitutes a final decision of that 
court that is not in harmony with AFBs 17. This notice is published in 
fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision, the Department is 
amending AFBs 17 with respect to Aisin's weighted-average dumping 
margin as redetermined in the Final First Remand. The revised weighted-
average dumping margin for the period May 1, 2005, to April 30, 2006, 
for Aisin is 1.13%.
    Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of 
liquidation of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the 
period of appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court 
decision. In the event the Court's ruling is not appealed, or if 
appealed and upheld by the Federal Circuit, the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 
duties on entries of the subject merchandise exported by Aisin using 
the revised assessment rate calculated by the Department in the Final 
First Remand and listed above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because we revoked the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and 
parts thereof from Japan effective September 15, 2011, no cash deposits 
for estimated antidumping duties on future entries of subject 
merchandise will be required.\6\
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    \6\ 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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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 15, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-01053 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
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