[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45282-45283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16472]


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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 of 
Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Reinstate Shanghai General 
Bearing Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting a 
changed circumstances 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) to determine whether Shanghai 
General Bearing Co., Ltd. (SGBC/SKF) has resumed dumping TRBs and 
whether the antidumping order should be reinstated for TRBs from the 
PRC manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF. The period of review is June 
1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
    We preliminarily determine that SGBC/SKF has sold TRBs at less than 
normal value (NV) and that TRBs produced and exported by SGBC/SKF 
should be reinstated in the antidumping order on TRBs from the PRC. We 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 
liquidation of all entries of TRBs manufactured and exported by SGBC/
SKF and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: July 13, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes tapered roller 
bearings and parts thereof. 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\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, dated July 5, 2016 entitled ``Decision Memorandum for 
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Changed 
Circumstances Review of Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China'' 
(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 Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion 
to toll all administrative deadlines for the duration of the closure of 
the Federal Government during Snowstorm ``Jonas.'' \2\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by four 
days. The revised deadline for the preliminary results of this review 
is now July 5, 2016.\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016.
    \3\ We aligned the deadlines of this processing with those in 
the concurrent 2014-2015 administrative review of TRBs from the PRC. 
See memorandum from Alice Maldonado, International Trade Compliance 
Analyst, Office II, to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled 
``Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Changed 
Circumstances Review of Shanghai General Bearing Company, Ltd., 
entitled, Alignment with the 2014-2015 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated October 27, 2015.
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Basis for Reinstatement

    In requesting revocation, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(b)(2)(i)(B), 
SGBC/SKF agreed to immediate reinstatement of the order, so long as any 
exporter or producer is subject to the order, if the Secretary 
concludes that subsequent to the revocation, SGBC/SKF sold TRBs at less 
than NV.\4\ Under 19 CFR 351.222(b)(2)(i)(B) as long as any exporter or 
producer is subject to an antidumping duty order which remains in 
force, an entity previously granted a revocation may be reinstated 
under that order if it is established that the entity has resumed the 
dumping of subject merchandise.
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    \4\ See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Revocation in Part of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 62 FR 6189 (February 11, 1997) (for the 
1993-1994 review) (SGBC/SKF Revocation).
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    In this case, because other exporters in the PRC remain subject to 
the TRBs order, the order remains in effect, and SGBC/SKF may be 
reinstated in the order. The Department granted SGBC/SKF revocation 
based in part upon its agreement to immediate reinstatement in the 
antidumping duty order if the Department were to find that the company 
resumed dumping of TRBs from the PRC.\5\
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    \5\ See SGBC/SKF Revocation, 62 FR at 6214.
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    As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we have 
examined SGBC/SKF's response and have preliminarily found that SGBC/
SKF's dumping margin for the review period is greater than de minimis. 
Accordingly, we preliminarily intend to reinstate SGBC/SKF in the 
antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.

Methodology

    The Department is conducting this changed circumstances review in 
accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d). As noted above, this changed 
circumstances review is being conducted with respect to TRBs from the 
PRC manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF. For SGBC/SKF, we calculated 
constructed export prices 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.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users

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at https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records 
Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as the 
Appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period June 1, 2014, 
through May 31, 2015:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Shanghai General Bearing Co., Ltd..........................        9.81
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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 or, if 
the Department conducts verification of SGBC/SKF's data, seven days 
after the issuance of the final verification report, whichever date is 
later.\6\ Rebuttals to case briefs may be filed no later than five days 
after case briefs are filed and all rebuttal briefs must be limited to 
comments raised in the case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit comments are 
requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 
the due date. Documents excepted from the electronic submission 
requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with the APO/
Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with the date and time of 
receipt by 5 p.m. ET on the due date.
    Unless otherwise extended, the Department intends to issue the 
final results of this changed circumstances review, 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.

Reinstatement and Suspension of Liquidation

    Because we have preliminarily established that TRBs from the PRC 
manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF is being sold at less than NV, 
SGBC/SKF is hereby preliminarily reinstated in the antidumping duty 
order. We will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of all entries of 
subject merchandise manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF, entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Furthermore, a cash 
deposit requirement of 9.81 percent will be in effect for all shipments 
of the subject merchandise manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of this notice. This requirement 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 review 
in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.221(b) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: July 5, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting 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. Discussion of the Methodology
    a. Non-Market Economy Country Status
    b. Separate Rates
    c. Collapsing of SGBC/SKF With Another Producer of TRBs
    d. Surrogate Country
    e. Date of Sale
    f. Comparisons to Normal Value
    g. Constructed Export Price
    h. Value-Added Tax (VAT)
    i. Normal Value
    j. Currency Conversion
5. Conclusion

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