[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1396-1398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00432]


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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; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 7, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the 27th administrative review 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, 2013, through May 
31, 2014. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we 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 Review.''
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    \1\ See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 38665 
(July 7, 2015) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: January 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse, 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.

Background

    These final results of administrative review cover four exporters 
of the subject merchandise, Changshan Peer Bearing Co., Ltd. and Peer 
Bearing Company (collectively, CPZ/SKF), Ningbo Xinglun Bearings Import 
& Export Co., Ltd. (Xinglun), Xinchang Kaiyuan Automotive Bearing Co., 
Ltd. (Kaiyuan), and Yantai CMC Bearing Co. Ltd. (Yantai CMC). The 
Department selected as CPZ/SKF and Yantai CMC as mandatory respondents 
for individual examination; however, we subsequently found that Yantai 
CMC does not qualify for a separate rate.\2\ Additionally, in the 
Preliminary Results, we determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.401(f) to treat affiliated producers, CPZ/SKF and Shanghai General 
Bearing Co., Ltd. (SGBC) as a single entity (collectively, CPZ/SGBC).
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    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 38666.
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    On July 7, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary Results. 
In August 2015, we received case and rebuttal briefs from the Timken 
Company (the petitioner) and CPZ/SKF. We also received a case brief 
from Yantai CMC. In September 2015, the Department held a public 
hearing at the request of the petitioner.
    The Department conducted this review 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 \3\ includes 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.\4\
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    \3\ 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).
    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review (2013-2014): 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, Kaiyuan, and Xinglun 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.\5\ We 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, Kaiyuan, and Xinglun 
are eligible for separate rates.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 80 FR at 38665, and accompanying 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4-7.
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    With respect to Yantai CMC, however, we determined in the 
Preliminary Results that this company failed to demonstrate an absence 
of de facto government control, and, thus, the Department did not grant 
Yantai CMC a separate rate. For these final results, we continue to 
find, based on record evidence, that Yantai CMC failed to demonstrate 
an absence of de facto government control. Accordingly, we

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are not granting Yantai CMC a separate rate. For further discussion of 
this issue, see Comments 6 through 9 of the accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memo.

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin for the Non-Examined, Separate-Rate 
Companies

    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.\6\ In this administrative review, the only individually-
examined company for which we calculated a margin is CPZ/SKF, which is 
receiving a separate rate calculated from its own sales and production 
data. To determine a rate for the unselected separate rate companies, 
we find it appropriate to use the margin calculated for CPZ/SKF, which 
was also found to be separate from the PRC-wide entity with respect to 
its export activities, and which has been assigned a rate that is not 
zero or de minimis nor based entirely on facts available. Therefore, we 
are assigning CPZ/SKF's calculated margin as the rate assigned to non-
examined entities which demonstrated their eligibility for a separate 
rate.\7\
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    \6\ 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).
    \7\ We note that this represents a change from the Preliminary 
Results, where we preliminarily assigned separate rate companies the 
separate rate from the immediately preceding administrative review. 
This is a function of the fact that CPZ/SKF's rate has changed from 
zero to above de minimis in these final results. As a result, using 
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act as guidance, we revised our 
methodology for these final results.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review 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). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, 
and it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room 
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memo can be accessed 
directly at http://trade.gov/enforcement. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memo and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memo are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes in 
the margin calculation for CPZ/SKF. These changes are discussed in the 
relevant sections of the Issues and Decision Memo.

Period of Review

    The POR is June 1, 2013, through May 31, 2014.

Final Results of the Review

    Because Yantai CMC did not demonstrate that it is entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department finds Yantai CMC to be part of the PRC-
wide entity. No party requested a review of the PRC-wide entity. 
Therefore, we did not conduct a review of the PRC-wide entity and the 
entity's rate is not subject to change.\8\ The rate previously 
established for the PRC-wide entity is 92.84 percent.
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 
2013).
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    Additionally, we are assigning the following weighted-average 
dumping margins to the firms listed below for the period June 1, 2013, 
through May 31, 2014:

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                                                        Weighted-average
                      Exporters                          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Changshan Peer Bearing Co., Ltd./Shanghai General                   0.91
 Bearing Co., Ltd....................................
Ningbo Xinglun Bearings Import & Export Co., Ltd.*...               0.91
Xinchang Kaiyuan Automotive Bearing Co., Ltd.*.......               0.91
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* This company demonstrated eligibility for a separate rate in this
  administrative review.

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 this review. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of review.
    Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem or per-unit 
rate is greater than de minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to 
collect the appropriate duties at the time of liquidation.\9\
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    \9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise exported by CPZ/SKF we 
calculated an ad valorem rate 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). We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.
    For Yantai CMC, because the Department determined that this company 
did not qualify for a separate rate, we will instruct CBP to assess 
dumping duties on the company's entries of subject merchandise at the 
rate of 92.84 percent.
    For Kaiyuan and Xinglun, the companies not selected for individual 
examination, the ad valorem assessment rate will be equal to the 
weighted-

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average dumping margin assigned above in the final results of review.
    For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database 
submitted by an exporter individually examined during this review, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide 
rate. Additionally, 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 will be 
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate (i.e., 92.84 percent).\10\
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    \10\ 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.
    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 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 4, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memo

CPZ/SKF

1. Whether to Collapse CPZ/SKF and Shanghai General Bearing Co., 
Ltd.
2. Calculation of Steel Bar Transportation Cost
3. Surrogate Value (SV) for Truck Freight
4. SV for Labor Rate
5. Unreported Steel Producer Distances to Subcontractors

Yantai CMC

6. The Department Should Discontinue its Separate Rate Practice
7. The Denial of Separate Rate Status for Yantai CMC is not 
Supported by Record Evidence
8. Assigning Yantai CMC the PRC-Wide Rate is Contrary to Law
9. The Department's Separate Rate Tests and Resulting Use of AFA are 
Inconsistent with the World Trade Organization Agreements

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