[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4244-4247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01489]


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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: Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Results of the New 
Shipper Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results and partial rescission of the 26th 
administrative review and the preliminary results of one 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).\1\ The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2012, 
through May 31, 2013. Based on our analysis of the comments received, 
we have made certain changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the 
final results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-
average dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of the Reviews.''
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    \1\ See 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, 79 FR 
42758 (July 23, 2014) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse or Steve Bailey, 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-
6345 or (202) 482-0193, respectively.

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Background

    These final results of administrative review cover two exporters 
\2\ of the subject merchandise, of which the Department selected 
Changshan Peer Bearing Co. Ltd. (CPZ/SKF) as a mandatory respondent for 
individual examination. The respondent which was not selected for 
individual examination, Zhejiang Zhaofeng Mechanical and Electronic 
Co., Ltd. (Zhaofeng), is listed in the ``Final Results of the Reviews'' 
section of this notice. The NSR covers entries produced and exported by 
Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai).
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    \2\ This review originally covered four exporters. However, the 
Department rescinded the review with respect to Xiangyang Automobile 
Bearing Co., Ltd. and GGB Bearing Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. in 
the Preliminary Results. See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 42758-59.
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    On July 23, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
In August 2014, we received case and rebuttal briefs from the Timken 
Company (the petitioner) and CPZ/SKF. In August 2014, we also received 
a rebuttal brief from Tainai. In September 2014, the Department held a 
public hearing at the request of the petitioner. On October 27, 2014, 
the Department extended the final results in these reviews to no later 
than January 20, 2015.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 
Blaine Wiltse, Senior International Trade Compliance Analyst, Office 
II, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled, 
``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and New Shipper Review,'' dated October 27, 2014.
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    The Department has conducted these reviews in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \4\ includes tapered roller 
bearings tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and 
unfinished, from the PRC; 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, 8708.70.6060, 8708.99.2300, 8708.99.4850, 8708.99.6890, 
8708.99.8115, and 8708.99.8180. Although the HTSUS item numbers are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the Order is dispositive.\5\
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    \4\ See Notice of 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) (Order).
    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review (2012-2013): 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 Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, dated concurrently with, and adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memo).
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Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, we found that evidence provided by CPZ/
SKF, Tainai, and Zhaofeng supported finding an absence of both de jure 
and de facto government control, and, therefore, we preliminarily 
granted a separate rate to each of these companies.\6\ We have received 
no information since the issuance of the Preliminary Results that 
provides a basis for reconsidering these determinations. Therefore, for 
the final results, we continue to find that CPZ/SKF, Tainai, and 
Zhaofeng are eligible for a separate rate.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 42759, and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4-7.
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Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for the Non-Examined, Separate-Rate 
Company

    For the exporters subject to a review that are determined to be 
eligible for a separate rate, but are not selected as individually 
examined respondents, the Department generally weight averages the 
rates calculated for the individually examined respondents, excluding 
any rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts 
available.\7\ In this administrative review, the only individually-
examined company is CPZ/SKF, which has a rate that is not zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Accordingly, consistent 
with the Department's practice,\8\ we have determined that the 
weighted-average dumping margin to be assigned to the separate rate 
respondent not individually examined (i.e., Zhaofeng) should be the 
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for the mandatory 
respondent, CPZ/SKF.
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    \7\ See, e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review and 
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review, 73 FR 8273, 8279 
(February 13, 2008) (unchanged in Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review, 73 FR 49162 (August 
20, 2008)).
    \8\ See, e.g., Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011, 78 FR 
3396, 3397 (January 16, 2013).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues which have been raised in the case briefs by parties to 
this administrative review and this NSR are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memo. A list of the issues which parties raised and to which 
we respond in the Issues and Decision Memo is attached to this notice 
as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision Memo is a public document and 
is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System 
(ACCESS).\9\ ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and it is 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 Issues and Decision Memo can be 
accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The 
signed Issues and Decision Memo and the electronic version of the 
Issues and Decision Memo are identical in content.
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    \9\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS'') to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes in 
the margin calculations for CPZ/SKF and Tainai. These changes are 
discussed in the relevant sections of the Issues and Decision Memo and 
company-specific analysis memoranda, as appropriate.

Period of Review

    The POR is June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013.

Final Results of the Reviews

    Regarding the administrative review, we are assigning the following 
weighted-average dumping margins to the firms listed below for the 
period June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                      Exporter                          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Changshan Peer Bearing Co., Ltd.....................                0.65
Zhejiang Zhaofeng Mechanical and Electronic Co., Ltd                0.65
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* This company demonstrated eligibility for a separate rate in this
  administrative review. As discussed above, the rate for this company
  is the calculated weighted-average dumping margin for CPZ/SKF.

    Regarding the NSR, we are assigning the following weighted-average 
dumping margin to the exporter/producer combination listed below for 
the period June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013:

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                                                       Weighted-average
            Exporter                  Producer          dumping margin
                                                          (percent)
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Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co.,     Shanghai Tainai                   0.00
 Ltd.                             Bearing Co., Ltd.
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), the Department has determined, and Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise, where applicable, in accordance with 
the final results of these reviews. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of reviews.
    For each individually-examined respondent (either the exporter or 
producer and exporter combination specified above) whose weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), we calculated importer-specific assessment rates for entries 
subject to these reviews. For entries of subject merchandise exported 
by CPZ/SKF and for entries of subject merchandise produced and exported 
by Tainai, we calculated an ad valorem rate for each importer by 
dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales by the total entered values associated with those sales, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). For duty assessment rates 
calculated on this basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting ad 
valorem rate against the entered customs values for the subject 
merchandise. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review where an importer-specific 
assessment rate is not zero or de minimis. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or 
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\10\ For Zhaofeng, the ad valorem assessment rate 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin assigned above in 
the final results of review.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    On October 24, 2011, the Department announced a refinement to its 
assessment practice in NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in 
practice, for entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales 
databases submitted by the company individually examined during this 
review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 
the rate applicable to the PRC-wide entity (i.e., 92.84 percent).\11\
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    \11\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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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, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established in the final results of this review 
(except, if the rate is 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 currently 
have separate a rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding where the exporter received that separate 
rate; (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 separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
    With respect to the NSR, consistent with the Department's 
practice,\12\ the Department has established a producer/exporter 
combination cash deposit rate for Tainai as follows: (1) For subject 
merchandise exported and produced by Tainai, the cash deposit rate will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin for Tainai 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.
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    \12\ See e.g., Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 33341, 33342 (June 4, 2013).
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    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notifications to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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

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subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only 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 return or 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1), 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 20, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memo

1. Surrogate Value for Truck Freight
2. Using the Sigma Cap and Unreported Affiliate Distances
3. By-Products Offsets

CPZ/SKF Issues

4. Collapsing of Shanghai General Bearing Co., Ltd. and CPZ/SKF
5. Adverse Facts Available for CPZ/SKF
6. Market Economy Purchases of Steel
7. Calculation of Input Freight
8. Including Certain Fees in International Freight Expenses
9. Treatment of Value Added Tax

Tainai Issues

10. AFA for Tainai

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