[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4853-4855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00826]


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

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

SUMMARY: On July 13, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the changed circumstances review 
and intent to reinstate Shanghai General Bearing Co., Ltd. (SGBC/SKF) 
in the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts 
thereof, finished and unfinished, (TRBs) from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). This review covers TRBs from the PRC manufactured and 
exported by SGBC/SKF. The period of review is June 1, 2014, through May 
31, 2015. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made 
changes to the margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ 
from the preliminary results. Further, we continue to determine that 
SGBC/SKF sold TRBs at less than normal value (NV), and, as a result, we 
are reinstating SGBC/SKF in the antidumping order on TRBs from the PRC. 
The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the

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section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective January 17, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 13, 2016, the Department published the preliminary results 
of this changed circumstances review and intent to reinstate SGBC/SKF 
in the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC.\1\ This review 
covers TRBs from the PRC manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF. The 
period of review is June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
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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 Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Reinstate Shanghai 
General Bearing Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 45282 
(July 13, 2016) (CCR Preliminary Results).
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    In August 2016, we received case briefs from the Timken Company 
(the petitioner) and SGBC/SKF; we also received a letter in lieu of a 
case brief from Stemco LP (Stemco), an interested party in the 
proceeding, in which Stemco supported the arguments made in the 
petitioner's case brief. In September 2016, we received rebuttal briefs 
from the petitioner and SGBC/SKF. In October 2016, the Department held 
a public hearing at the request of the petitioner.
    The Department conducted 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).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order \2\ 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.\3\
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    \2\ 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).
    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty 
Changed Circumstances Review of Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from the People's Republic of 
China,'' from Gary Taverman, Associate 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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Basis for Reinstatement

    In requesting revocation, pursuant to 19 CFR 353.25(b) (1996) and 
19 CFR 353.25(a)(2)(iii) (1996),\4\ 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.\5\ Under 19 CFR 
353.25(a)(2)(iii) (1996), 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\ The regulation that was in effect when SGBC/SKF requested 
revocation was amended in 1997 to become 19 CFR 351.222(b). This 
regulation was then revoked in 2012. See Modification to Regulation 
Concerning the Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Orders, 77 FR 29875 (May 21, 2012). However, when revoking this 
regulation, the Department noted that ``[a]ny company that has been 
revoked from an antidumping . . . order will remain subject to its 
certified agreement to be reinstated with respect to that order if 
the Department finds it to have resumed dumping . . . .'' See id. at 
29882.
    \5\ 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.\6\
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    \6\ See SGBC/SKF Revocation, 62 FR at 6214.
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    As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memo, we examined SGBC/
SKF's response and preliminarily found that SGBC/SKF's dumping margin 
for the review period is greater than de minimis. Accordingly, we are 
reinstating SGBC/SKF in the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the 
PRC.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this changed circumstances 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 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 SGBC/SKF. These changes are discussed in the 
relevant sections of the Issues and Decision Memo.

Final Results of Review

    The Department 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..........................        5.82
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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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because we established that TRBs from the PRC manufactured and 
exported by SGBC/SKF are being sold at less than NV, SGBC/SKF is hereby

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reinstated in the antidumping duty order on TRBs from the PRC effective 
upon the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. We will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect a cash 
deposit equal to the margin listed above on all entries of subject 
merchandise manufactured and exported by SGBC/SKF that are entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of this notice. This deposit requirement, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

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(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: January 10, 2017.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Margin Calculations
5. Discussion of the Issues
    a. Factor Reporting Methodology
    b. Surrogate Value for Truck Freight
    c. Ministerial Errors
    d. Adjustment to Inland Freight for Subcontracted Parts
    e. Differential Pricing Analysis
6. Recommendation

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