[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5949-5960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2722]



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-559-801, A-412-801]


Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom: Preliminary Results Of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Partial Rescission Of 
Administrative Reviews, Notice Of Intent To Rescind Administrative 
Reviews, And Notice Of Intent To Revoke Order In Part

AGENCY:  Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, Partial Rescission of Administrative Reviews, 
Notice of Intent to Rescind Administrative Reviews, and Notice of 
Intent to Revoke Order in Part.

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SUMMARY:  In response to requests from interested parties, the 
Department of Commerce is conducting administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered 
roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The merchandise covered by these 
orders are ball bearings and parts thereof (ball bearings) from France, 
Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom and spherical 
plain bearings and parts thereof from France. The reviews cover 173 
manufacturers/exporters. The period of review is May 1, 2002, through 
April 30, 2003.
    We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below 
normal value by various companies subject to these reviews. If these 
preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative 
reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
    We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results. Parties who submit comments in these reviews are requested to 
submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief 
summary of the argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  The Department of Commerce (the 
Department) received numerous requests for reviews of companies under 
multiple orders. Please contact the appropriate analyst as outlined in 
the following chart at Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4733.

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           COMPANY                                   COUNTRY                                   ANALYST
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Ace Bearing and Transmission                                France, Germany, Italy                 Edythe Artman
 Co..........................
Acorn Industrial Service                                    France, Germany, Italy                 Jeffrey Frank
 Limited.....................
Aeroengine Bearings..........                                       United Kingdom             Catherine Cartsos
Aktif Endustrie Malzemeleri..                               France, Germany, Italy                   Lyn Johnson
Alphateam SPRL...............                               France, Germany, Italy             Catherine Cartsos
Asahi Seiko..................                                                Japan                Jennifer Moats
Australian Bearing Pty Ltd...                               France, Germany, Italy             Dmitry Vladimirov
Baltic Bearing Supply........                               France, Germany, Italy                 Yang Jin Chun
Barden/FAG...................                                       United Kingdom                 Jeffrey Frank
Bearing and Tool GmbH........                               France, Germany, Italy                  Brian Ellman
Bearing Discount                                            France, Germany, Italy                     Fred Aziz
 International GmbH..........
Bearing Dynamics.............                               France, Germany, Italy                 Janis Kalnins
Bearing Net..................                               France, Germany, Italy                  Susan Lehman
Bearing Sales Corporation....                               France, Germany, Italy                 Jeffrey Frank
BTM Bearing Trade F.C.                      France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom                Hermes Pinilla
 Miltner.....................
Budapesti Sved Casapagy Ltd..               France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom                   Tom Schauer
Cantoni and C.S.N.C..........                               France, Germany, Italy                 Sochieta Moth
CCVI Bearing Company.........                               France, Germany, Italy                  Kristin Case
Comal SNC....................                               France, Germany, Italy             Dmitry Vladimirov
DCD Corporation..............                               France, Germany, Italy                Jennifer Moats
Delta Export GmbH............               France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom                  Minoo Hatten
EuroLatin Ex. Services.......                               France, Germany, Italy                 Sochieta Moth
Ever-on Corporation (formerly                               France, Germany, Italy                  Kristin Case
 Taisho Kiko Co. Ltd.).......
FAG..........................                                       Germany, Italy             Dmitry Vladimirov
Fair Friend Ent. Co. Ltd.....                               France, Germany, Italy                  Kristin Case
Friedrich Picard GmbH........                               France, Germany, Italy                  Susan Lehman
Frohlich and Dorken GmbH.....                               France, Germany, Italy                 Jeffrey Frank
Godiva.......................                                              Germany                     Fred Aziz
Han Sol Tech Corp./Yoo Shin                                 France, Germany, Italy                 Janis Kalnins
 Co..........................
Hayley Import/Export.........                               France, Germany, Italy                 Yang Jin Chun
Heinz Knust..................                               France, Germany, Italy                  Brian Ellman
Hergenhan GmbH...............                               France, Germany, Italy             Catherine Cartsos
Hoens Industrieel BV.........                               France, Germany, Italy             Dmitry Vladimirov

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IBD Ltd......................                               France, Germany, Italy                 Edythe Artman
IMA Corporation..............                                                Japan                 Edythe Artman
INA..........................                                              Germany                  Susan Lehman
International Bearing Pte.                                  France, Germany, Italy                Jennifer Moats
 Ltd.........................
Interspecies Donath GmbH.....                               France, Germany, Italy                   Lyn Johnson
Italcuscinetti Group.........                               France, Germany, Italy                Dunyako Ahmadu
Justy Corporation............        France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom                Dunyako Ahmadu
Kian Ho Bearings, Ltd........                               France, Germany, Italy                 Edythe Artman
KIS Antriebs Technik GmbH....                               France, Germany, Italy                Jennifer Moats
Koyo Seiko...................                                                Japan                   Tom Schauer
KSM, Minamiguchi/Bearing MFG.                               France, Germany, Italy                   Lyn Johnson
 Co..........................
LTM Industrietechnik.........                               France, Germany, Italy             Dmitry Vladimirov
M. Buchhalter Maschenmode/                                  France, Germany, Italy                 Yang Jin Chun
 Hergenhan...................
Micaknowledge................                               France, Germany, Italy                  Brian Ellman
Minetti SpA..................                               France, Germany, Italy                     Fred Aziz
Ming Hing Trading Company....                               France, Germany, Italy                 Janis Kalnins
Motion Bearing Pte. Ltd......                               France, Germany, Italy                  Susan Lehman
Nachi-Fujikoshi..............                                                Japan                  Minoo Hatten
Nankai Seiko.................                                                Japan             Catherine Cartsos
NPBS.........................                                                Japan                 Yang Jin Chun
NSK..........................                                Japan, United Kingdom                Dunyako Ahmadu
NTN..........................                                                Japan                Hermes Pinilla
Osaka Pump Co. Ltd...........                                                Japan                 Edythe Artman
Paul Mueller.................                                              Germany                 Dave Dirstine
Ringball Corporation.........                        France, Germany, Italy, Japan                 Dave Dirstine
Rodamietos Rovi..............                               France, Germany, Italy                 Jeffrey Frank
Roeirasa.....................                               France, Germany, Italy                 Sochieta Moth
Rolling Bearing Co. Pty. Ltd.                               France, Germany, Italy                  Kristin Case
Rovi-Marcay..................                               France, Germany, Italy                   Tom Schauer
Rovi-Valencia................                               France, Germany, Italy                  Minoo Hatten
Sapporo Precision Bearings,                                                  Japan                  Brian Ellman
 Inc.........................
SKF..........................                                               France                Dunyako Ahmadu
SKF..........................                                              Germany                  Kristin Case
SKF..........................                                                Italy                 Sochieta Moth
SKF..........................                                       United Kingdom                  Kristin Case
SNR..........................                                               France                     Fred Aziz
Sprint Engineering...........                               France, Germany, Italy                 Sochieta Moth
Taisei Industries............                                                Japan             Catherine Cartsos
Takeshita Seiko Co. Ltd......                                                Japan                 Janis Kalnins
Taninaka Ltd.................                               France, Germany, Italy                  Susan Lehman
TEC Engineering Co., Ltd.....                                                Japan                 Sochieta Moth
Timken.......................                                              Germany                  Kristin Case
Top G Trading Pte Ltd........                               France, Germany, Italy                  Brian Ellman
Weber Kugellager                                            France, Germany, Italy                     Fred Aziz
 International...............
Withus Technology Corp.......                               France, Germany, Italy                 Janis Kalnins
Wyko Export..................                               France, Germany, Italy                 Yang Jin Chun
Yoshida Shokai...............                                                Japan             Dmitry Vladimirov
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 15, 1989, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(54 FR 20909) the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings from France, 
Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom and on 
spherical plain bearings and parts thereof from France. On July 1, 
2003, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), we published a notice of 
initiation of administrative reviews of these orders (68 FR 39055). On 
July 29, 2003, we published a second notice of initiation of 
administrative reviews (68 FR 524) of companies that had been omitted 
inadvertently from the July 1, 2003, Federal Register notice.
    After we initiated our reviews, we learned that the company Taisho 
Kiko had changed its name to Ever-On Corporation. Subsequently, even 
though we initiated a review of this firm as Taisho Kiko, for the 
remainder of this review, we will refer to this company as Ever-On 
Corporation. In addition, we initiated reviews of Kugellager Weber and 
Weber Kugellager. We learned after initiation that these two names were 
used for the same company (Letter from Weber Kugellager International 
to Secretary of Commerce, dated September 15, 2003, on file in room B-
099 of the Commerce Department). As such, we will refer to this firm 
for the remainder of this review as Weber Kugellager. Similarly, we 
also initiated reviews of BTM and BTM Bearing Trade F.C. Miltner, but 
learned after initiation that these were variant names for the same 
firm.

Rescission of Reviews

    Subsequent to the publication of our initiation notices, we 
received timely withdrawals of the requests we had received for reviews 
of Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd. (U.K.), Delta Export GmbH (U.K.), Godiva 
Bearing Ltd. (Germany), Justy Corp. (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
U.K.), Nachi (Japan), NSK Bearings Europe (U.K.), Ringball Corporation 
(Japan), SNR Roulements (Japan), Taisei Industries, Ltd. (Japan), TEC 
Engineering (Japan), and Yoshida Shokai (Japan) with respect to ball 
bearings. Because there were no other requests for review for these 
companies and no interested party objected, we are rescinding the 
reviews with respect to these companies in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d). We also received timely withdrawals of the requests we had

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received for reviews of Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd (France, Germany, 
and Italy), Delta Export GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy), and Sapporo 
Precision Bearings, Inc. (Japan). Reviews for these three companies 
were also requested by other interested parties who did not withdraw 
their original requests. Consequently, we have continued our review of 
these companies.
    On January 9, 2004, the petitioner withdrew its request for the 
review of ball bearings from Germany concerning INA-Schaeffler KG 
(INA). INA opposed the withdrawal, claiming that the Department should 
not honor the request for withdrawal for the following reasons: 1) the 
withdrawal is untimely; 2) INA has expended considerable time and 
effort already to prepare responses to the Department's original and 
supplemental questionnaires; 3) the Department has already expended 
considerable time and effort to analyze INA's responses; 4) because the 
Department already has INA's most current sales information, it is now 
able to calculate a more accurate dumping margin; 5) the decision to 
rescind the review may impede the Department's ability to gather 
information from involuntary respondents in the future; 6) 
circumstances surrounding INA's current review (for example, its 
affiliation with FAG) distinguish it from past cases where the 
Department has rescinded reviews for companies for which withdrawal 
requests were made past the 90-day deadline in the Department's 
regulations; 7) having already cooperated with the review thus far, INA 
has become an ``interested party'' to the review and thus has a vested 
interest in the continuance of the review.
    Although we have accepted untimely withdrawals of requests for 
review elsewhere, the circumstances surrounding the review of INA are 
different from other situations. First, we have decided to collapse INA 
with another company under review, FAG, thereby treating the two 
requested firms as one entity. See the Collapsing Decision section of 
this notice for more details. We have not received a withdrawal of the 
request for review of FAG. Second, we had expended effort and resources 
in our analysis of INA prior to the untimely withdrawal such that we 
were quite advanced in the review. For these reasons, we have not 
rescinded the review of the order on ball bearings and parts thereof 
from Germany with respect to INA.
    On January 29, 2004, we received a withdrawal of the request we had 
received for the review of the order on ball bearings and parts thereof 
from Japan from IMA Corporation. Even though this withdrawal came later 
than 90 days after the initiation of the instant review, we are 
rescinding the review for IMA because there were no other requests for 
review for this company and no other interested party objected.

Intent to Rescind Reviews

    Although we initiated administrative reviews of the orders on ball 
bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, and Italy that were 
exported by Comal SNC and Interspecies Donath GmbH, these firms were 
unlocatable and we were unable to conduct administrative reviews of 
them. In addition, we initiated reviews for BTM with respect to ball 
bearings from France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. 
Subsequent to the initiation of the reviews, BTM informed us that, 
although it is a reseller of subject bearings, all of its suppliers had 
knowledge at the time of sale that the merchandise was destined for the 
United States. If in fact the suppliers had knowledge that the sales 
they made to this trading company were destined for exportation to the 
United States, then the suppliers would be the proper parties to review 
because their sales would be the point in the sales chain at which 
merchandise ``is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the date of 
importation by the producer or exporter of the subject merchandise 
outside of the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United 
States or to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United 
States...'' pursuant to section 772(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). Therefore, we intend to rescind the administrative 
reviews with respect BTM.

Scope of Reviews

    The products covered by these reviews are antifriction bearings 
(other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof (AFBs) and 
constitute the following merchandise:
1. Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof: These products include all AFBs 
that employ balls as the rolling element. Imports of these products are 
classified under the following categories: antifriction balls, ball 
bearings with integral shafts, ball bearings (including radial ball 
bearings) and parts thereof, and housed or mounted ball bearing units 
and parts thereof.
    Imports of these products are classified under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTSUS) subheadings: 3926.90.45, 
4016.93.00, 4016.93.10, 4016.93.50, 6909.19.5010, 8431.20.00, 
8431.39.0010, 8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 8482.80.00, 8482.91.00, 
8482.99.05, 8482.99.2580, 8482.99.35, 8482.99.6595, 8483.20.40, 
8483.20.80, 8483.50.8040, 8483.50.90, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 
8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50, 8708.60.80, 8708.70.6060, 
8708.70.8050, 8708.93.30, 8708.93.5000, 8708.93.6000, 8708.93.75, 
8708.99.06, 8708.99.31, 8708.99.4960, 8708.99.50, 8708.99.5800, 
8708.99.8080, 8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 8803.30.00, 8803.90.30, and 
8803.90.90.
2. Spherical Plain Bearings, Mounted and Unmounted, and Parts Thereof: 
These products include all spherical plain bearings that employ a 
spherically-shaped sliding element and include spherical plain rod 
ends.
    Imports of these products are classified under the following HTS 
subheadings: 3926.90.45, 4016.93.00, 4016.93.10, 4016.93.50, 
6909.50.10, 8483.30.80, 8483.90.30, 8485.90.00, 8708.93.5000, 
8708.99.50, 8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 8803.30.00, 8803.90.30, and 
8803.90.90.
    Although the HTSUS item numbers above are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, written descriptions of the scope of these 
proceedings remain dispositive.
    The size or precision grade of a bearing does not influence whether 
the bearing is covered by one of the orders. These orders cover all the 
subject bearings and parts thereof (inner race, outer race, cage, 
rollers, balls, seals, shields, etc.) outlined above with certain 
limitations. With regard to finished parts, all such parts are included 
in the scope of the these orders. For unfinished parts, such parts are 
included if (1) they have been heat-treated, or (2) heat treatment is 
not required to be performed on the part. Thus, the only unfinished 
parts that are not coverd by these orders are those that will be 
subject to heat treatment after importation. The ultimate application 
of a bearing also does not influence whether the bearing is covered by 
the orders. Bearings designed for highly specialized applications are 
not excluded. Any of the subject bearings, regardless of whether they 
may ultimately be utilized in aircraft, automobiles, or other 
equipment, are within the scope of these orders.
    For a listing of scope determinations which pertain to the orders, 
see the Scope Determination Memorandum (Scope Memorandum) from the 
Antifriction Bearings Team to Laurie Parkhill, dated April 1, 2002. The 
Scope Memorandum is on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), Main 
Commerce Building, Room B-099, in the General Issues record (A-100-001) 
for the 02/03 reviews.

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Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we will verify 
information provided by certain respondents using standard verification 
procedures, including on-site inspection of the manufacturers' 
facilities, the examination of relevant sales and financial records, 
and the selection of original documentation containing relevant 
information. Our verification results will be outlined in the public 
versions of the verification reports, which will be placed on file in 
the CRU, Room B-099.

Use of Neutral Facts Available

    Weber Kugellager responded in a timely manner to our requests for 
information but it did not provide U.S. and home-market sales databases 
that we could use to calculate dumping margins for the three country-
specific reviews underway. Because we have not yet afforded Weber 
Kugellager the opportunity to correct the deficiencies in its responses 
for the preliminary results of these administrative reviews we have 
calculated a rate for Weber Kugellager based on neutral facts 
available. We calculated a margin for Weber Kugellager in each country-
specific review by calculating a simple average margin using the non-de 
minimis and non-adverse facts-available rates we determined for the 
other respondents in each of the country-specific reviews for this 
period. We will issue a supplemental questionnaire to Weber Kugellager 
to allow it the opportunity to correct its responses. We will analyze 
the sufficiency of the response and issue the preliminary results of 
our analysis prior to the deadline for the case briefs in these 
reviews.

Use of Adverse Facts Available

    In accordance with section 776(a) of the Act, we preliminarily 
determine that the use of facts available as the basis for the 
weighted-average dumping margin is appropriate for the following 
companies:
Ace Bearing and Tool (France, Germany, and Italy)
Aeroengine Bearings (United Kingdom)
Aktif Endustrie (France, Germany, and Italy)
Alphateam SPRL (France, Germany, and Italy)
Australian Bearing Pty Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Baltic Bearing Supply (France, Germany, and Italy)
Bearing Dynamics (France, Germany, and Italy)
Bearing Sales Corp. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Bearing and Tool GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy)
Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Cantoni and C.S.N.C (France, Germany, and Italy)
CCVI Bearing Co. (France, Germany, and Italy)
DCD Corporation (France, Germany, and Italy)
Delta Export (France, Germany, and Italy)
EuroLatin Services (France, Germany, and Italy)
Fair Friend Ent. CO. Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Friedrich Picard GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy)
Frohlich and Dorken GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy)
Han Sol Technology Corporation (France, Germany, and Italy)
Hayley Import and Export (France, Germany, and Italy)
Heinz Knust (France, Germany, and Italy)
Hergenhan GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy)
Hoens Industrieel BV (France, Germany, and Italy)
IBD Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
International Bearing Pte. Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Italcuscinetti Group (France, Germany, and Italy)
Kian Ho Bearings (France, Germany, and Italy)
KIS Antriebs Technik GmbH (France, Germany, and Italy)
KSM Minamiguchi/Bearing Manufacturing Co. (France, Germany, and Italy)
LTM Industrietechnik (France, Germany, and Italy)
M. Buchhalter Maschenmode/Hergenhan (France, Germany, and Italy)
Micaknowledge (France, Germany, and Italy)
Minetti SPA (France, Germany, and Italy)
Ming Hing Trading Co. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Motion Bearing Pte. Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Rodamietos Rovi (France, Germany, and Italy)
Roeirasa (France, Germany, and Italy)
Rovi-Marcay (France, Germany, and Italy)
Rovi-Valencia (France, Germany, and Italy)
Taninaka Ltd. (France, Germany, and Italy)
Top G Trading Company (France, Germany, and Italy)
Withus Technology Corporation (France, Germany, and Italy)
Wyko Export (France, Germany, and Italy)
    These companies did not submit adequate responses to our 
antidumping duty questionnaire.\1\ Consequently, we find that they have 
withheld ``information that has been requested by the administering 
authority'' under section 776(a)(1) of the Act. Further, Acorn 
Industrial Service filed two responses to section A of our 
questionnaire on August 15, 2003, and September 12, 2003, improperly. 
We rejected each response as being filed improperly in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.303 and 304 and gave Acorn Industrial Service additional 
time to submit a response to our original questionnaire properly. Acorn 
did not submit any other information concerning bearings it exported to 
the United States from Germany. Therefore, having no information on the 
record, we find that this firm also did not provide ``information that 
has been requested by the administering authority'' under section 
776(a)(1) of the Act.
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    \1\ See memo from analyst to the file, ``Administrative Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Antifriction bearings and Parts 
Thereof from Germany - Responses to Questionnaire (December 11, 
2003), Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof from Italy - Responses to 
Questionnaire (December 11, 2003), and Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Antifriction Bearings and Parts Thereof 
from France - Responses to Questionnaire (December 11, 2003).''
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    In accordance with section 776(b) of the Act, we are making an 
adverse inference in our application of the facts available. This is 
appropriate because the companies identified above have not provided 
appropriate responses to our requests for information and have not 
provided any acceptable rationale for their non-responses. Therefore, 
we find that they have not acted to the best of their ability in 
providing us with relevant information which is under their control. As 
adverse facts available for these firms, we have applied the highest 
rate which we have calculated for any company in any segment of the 
relevant proceeding on ball bearings from the countries for which these 
firms have been reviewed. We have selected these rates because they are 
sufficiently high as to reasonably assure that these firms do not 
obtain a more favorable result by failing to cooperate. Specifically, 
the rates are as follows: 66.42 percent for France, 70.41 percent for 
Germany, 68.29 percent for Italy, and 61.14 percent for the United 
Kingdom.
    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that the Department shall, to 
the extent practicable, corroborate secondary information used for 
facts available by reviewing independent sources reasonably at its 
disposal. Information

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from a prior segment of the proceeding or from another company in the 
same proceeding constitutes secondary information. The Statement of 
Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
H.R. Doc. 103-316, at 870 (1994) (SAA), provides that the word 
``corroborate'' means that the Department will satisfy itself that the 
secondary information to be used has probative value. As explained in 
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, 
from Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings Four Inches or Less in Outside 
Diameter, and Components Thereof, from Japan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Partial Termination of 
Administrative Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 (November 6, 1996) (Tapered 
Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan), in order to corroborate 
secondary information, the Department will examine, to the extent 
practicable, the reliability and relevance of the information used. 
Unlike other types of information, however, such as input costs or 
selling expenses, there are no independent sources for calculated 
dumping margins. The only source for margins is administrative 
determinations. Thus, with respect to an administrative review, if the 
Department chooses as facts available a calculated dumping margin from 
a prior segment of the proceeding, it is not necessary to question the 
reliability of the margin for that time period.
    With respect to the relevance aspect of corroboration, however, the 
Department will consider information reasonably at its disposal as to 
whether there are circumstances that would render a margin not 
relevant. Where circumstances indicate that the selected margin is not 
appropriate as adverse facts available, the Department will disregard 
the margin and determine an appropriate margin. See Fresh Cut Flowers 
from Mexico; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
61 FR 6812, 6814 (February 22, 1996), where the Department disregarded 
the highest dumping margin as best information available because the 
margin was based on another company's uncharacteristic business expense 
resulting in an unusually high margin. Further, in accordance with 
F.LII De Cecco Di Filippo Fara S. Martino S.p.A. v. United States, 216 
F.3d 1027 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2000), we also examine whether 
information on the record would support the selected rates as 
reasonable facts available.
    We find that the rates which we are using for these preliminary 
results have probative value. We compared the selected margins to 
margins calculated on individual sales of the merchandise in question 
made by the French, German, Italian, and U.K. companies covered by the 
instant review. We found a number of sales, made in the ordinary course 
of trade and in commercial quantities, with dumping margins near or 
exceeding the rates under consideration. The details of this analysis 
are contained in the memoranda from the case analysts to Laurie 
Parkhill.\2\ This evidence supports an inference that the selected 
rates reflect the actual dumping margins for the firms in question.
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    \2\ See The Use of Facts Available and Corroboration of 
Secondary Information for Italy (February 2, 2004), The Use of Facts 
Available and Corroboration of Secondary Information for France 
(February 2, 2004), The Use of Facts Available and Corroboration of 
Secondary Information for Germany (February 2, 2004), and The Use of 
Facts Available and Corroboration of Secondary Information for the 
United Kingdom (February 2, 2004) (collectively, Corroboration 
Memoranda).
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    These rates are the current cash-deposit rates for a number of 
firms (e.g., in the Germany proceeding, 70.41 percent is the current 
deposit rate for, among other firms, Timken (formerly Torrington 
Nadellager), NTN, Bearings Discount International GmbH, Motion 
Bearings, and Alphateam SPRL). Therefore, we find that these rates are 
relevant and have probative value.
    Furthermore, there is no information on the record that 
demonstrates that the rates we have selected are inappropriate for use 
as the total adverse facts-available rates for the companies in 
question. Therefore, we consider the selected rates to have probative 
value with respect to the firms in question in these reviews and to 
reflect the appropriate adverse inferences.

Intent to Revoke

    On May 30, 2003, Paul Mueller requested the revocation of the order 
covering ball bearings and parts thereof from Germany as it pertains to 
its sales.
    Under section 751(d)(1) of the Act, the Department ``may revoke, in 
whole or in part'' an antidumping duty order upon completion of a 
review. Although Congress has not specified the procedures that the 
Department must follow in revoking an order, the Department has 
developed a procedure for revocation that is set forth under 19 CFR 
351.222. Under subsection 351.222(b), the Department may revoke an 
antidumping duty order in part if it concludes that (i) an exporter or 
producer has sold the merchandise at not less than normal value for a 
period of at least three consecutive years, (ii) the exporter or 
producer has agreed in writing to its immediate reinstatement in the 
order if the Secretary concludes that the exporter or producer, 
subsequent to the revocation, sold the subject merchandise at less than 
normal value, and (iii) the continued application of the antidumping 
duty order is no longer necessary to offset dumping. Subsection 
351.222(b)(3) states that, in the case of an exporter that is not the 
producer of subject merchandise, the Department normally will revoke an 
order in part under subsection 351.222(b)(2) only with respect to 
subject merchandise produced or supplied by those companies that 
supplied the exporter during the time period that formed the basis for 
revocation.
    A request for revocation of an order in part must address three 
elements. The company requesting the revocation must do so in writing 
and submit the following statements with the request: (1) The company's 
certification that it sold the subject merchandise at not less than 
normal value during the current review period and that, in the future, 
it will not sell at less than normal value; (2) the company's 
certification that, during each of the consecutive years forming the 
basis of the request, it sold the subject merchandise to the United 
States in commercial quantities; (3) the agreement to reinstatement in 
the order if the Department concludes that the company, subsequent to 
revocation, has sold the subject merchandise at less than normal value. 
See 19 CFR 351.222(e)(1).
    We preliminarily determine that the request from Paul Mueller meets 
all of the criteria under 19 CFR 351.222(e)(1). With regard to the 
criteria of subsection 351.222(b)(2), our preliminary margin 
calculations show that this firm sold ball bearings at not less than 
normal value during the current review period. See dumping margins 
below. In addition, it sold ball bearings at not less than normal value 
in the two previous administrative reviews in which it was involved. 
See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, et al; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Revocation of Orders in 
Part, 67 FR 55780, 55781 (August 30, 2002), covering the period May 1, 
2000, through April 30, 2001, and Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From 
France, et al: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews, Rescission of Administrative Review in Part, and Determination 
Not to Revoke Order in Part, 68 FR 35623, 35625 (June 16, 2003), 
covering the period May 1, 2001, through April 30, 2002.
    Based on our examination of the sales data submitted by Paul 
Mueller, we

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preliminarily determine that Paul Mueller sold the subject merchandise 
in the United States in commercial quantities in each of the 
consecutive years cited by Paul Mueller to support its request for 
revocation. See preliminary results calculation memorandum for Paul 
Mueller, dated February 2, 2004, which is in the Department's CRU, Room 
B-099. Thus, we preliminarily find that Paul Mueller had zero or de 
minimis dumping margins for the last three consecutive administrative 
reviews and sold in commercial quantities in all three years. Also, we 
preliminarily determine that application of the antidumping order to 
Paul Mueller is no longer warranted for the following reasons: 1) the 
company had zero or de minimis margins for a period of at least three 
consecutive years; 2) the company has agreed to immediate reinstatement 
of the order if the Department finds that it has resumed making sales 
at less than fair value; 3) the continued application of the order is 
not otherwise necessary to offset dumping.
    Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Paul Mueller qualifies 
for revocation of the order on ball bearings and parts thereof pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.222(b)(2) and that the order with respect to merchandise 
produced and exported by Paul Mueller should be revoked.
    If these preliminary findings are affirmed in our final results, we 
will revoke the order in part with respect to German ball bearings 
produced and exported by Paul Mueller and, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.222(f)(3), we will terminate the suspension of liquidation for ball 
bearings produced and exported by Paul Mueller that were entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 1, 2003, and 
will instruct CBP to refund any cash deposits for such entries.

Export Price and Constructed Export Price

    For the price to the United States, we used export price (EP) or 
constructed export price (CEP) as defined in sections 772(a) and (b) of 
the Act, as appropriate. Due to the extremely large volume of 
transactions that occurred during the period of review and the 
resulting administrative burden involved in calculating individual 
margins for all of these transactions, we sampled CEP sales in 
accordance with section 777A of the Act. When a firm made more than 
10,000 CEP sales transactions to the United States of merchandise 
subject to a particular order, we reviewed CEP sales that occurred 
during sample weeks. We selected one week from each two-month period in 
the review period, for a total of six weeks, and analyzed each 
transaction made in those six weeks. The sample weeks are as follows: 
May 26 June 1, 2002; August 4 10, 2002; September 15 21, 2002; November 
17 - 23, 2002; December 29, 2003 January 4, 2003; April 13 - 19, 2003. 
We reviewed all export-price sales transactions made during the period 
of review.
    We calculated export price and CEP based on the packed F.O.B., 
C.I.F., or delivered price to unaffiliated purchasers in, or for 
exportation to, the United States. We made deductions, as appropriate, 
for discounts and rebates. We also made deductions for any movement 
expenses in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Act.
    In accordance with section 772(d)(1) of the Act and the SAA at 823-
824, we calculated the CEP by deducting selling expenses associated 
with economic activities occurring in the United States, which includes 
commissions, direct selling expenses, indirect selling expenses, and 
U.S. repacking expenses. When appropriate, in accordance with section 
772(d)(2) of the Act, we also deducted the cost of any further 
manufacture or assembly, except where we applied the special rule 
provided in section 772(e) of the Act. See below. Finally, we made an 
adjustment for profit allocated to these expenses in accordance with 
section 772(d)(3) of the Act.
    With respect to subject merchandise to which value was added in the 
United States prior to sale to unaffiliated U.S. customers, e.g., parts 
of bearings that were imported by U.S. affiliates of foreign exporters 
and then further processed into other products which were then sold to 
unaffiliated parties, we determined that the special rule for 
merchandise with value added after importation under section 772(e) of 
the Act applied to all firms, except NPBS, that added value in the 
United States.
    Section 772(e) of the Act provides that, when the subject 
merchandise is imported by an affiliated person and the value added in 
the United States by the affiliated person is likely to exceed 
substantially the value of the subject merchandise, we shall determine 
the CEP for such merchandise using the price of identical or other 
subject merchandise sold by the exporter or producer to an unaffiliated 
customer, if there is a sufficient quantity of sales to provide a 
reasonable basis for comparison and we determine that the use of such 
sales is appropriate. If there is not a sufficient quantity of such 
sales or if we determine that using the price of identical or other 
subject merchandise is not appropriate, we may use any other reasonable 
basis to determine the CEP.
    To determine whether the value added is likely to exceed 
substantially the value of the subject merchandise, we estimated the 
value added based on the difference between the averages of the prices 
charged to the first unaffiliated purchaser for the merchandise as sold 
in the United States and the averages of the prices paid for the 
subject merchandise by the affiliated purchaser. Based on this 
analysis, we determined that the estimated value added in the United 
States by all firms accounted for at least 65 percent of the price 
charged to the first unaffiliated customer for the merchandise as sold 
in the United States. See 19 CFR 351.402(c) for an explanation of our 
practice on this issue. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that for 
all firms the value added is likely to exceed substantially the value 
of the subject merchandise. Also, for these firms, we determine that 
there was a sufficient quantity of sales remaining to provide a 
reasonable basis for comparison and that the use of these sales is 
appropriate. See analysis memoranda for Barden U.K., INA/FAG, Koyo 
Seiko Co. Ltd., NMB/Pelmec, NSK, NTN, Paul Mueller, SKF France, SKF 
Germany, and SKF Italy, dated February 2, 2004. Accordingly, for 
purposes of determining dumping margins for the sales subject to the 
special rule, we have used the weighted-average dumping margins 
calculated on sales of identical or other subject merchandise sold to 
unaffiliated persons.
    For NPBS, we determined that the special rule did not apply because 
the value added in the United States did not exceed substantially the 
value of the subject merchandise. Consequently, NPBS submitted a 
complete response to our further-manufacturing questionnaire which 
included the costs of the further processing performed by its U.S. 
affiliate. Since the majority of NPBS's products sold in the United 
States were further processed, we analyzed all sales.
    No other adjustments to export price or CEP were claimed or 
allowed.

Normal Value

    Based on a comparison of the aggregate quantity of home-market and 
U.S. sales and absent any information that a particular market 
situation in the exporting country did not permit a proper comparison, 
we determined, with the exception of Takeshita Seiko Co., that the 
quantity of foreign like product sold by all respondents in the 
exporting country was sufficient to permit a proper comparison with the 
sales of the subject merchandise to the

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United States, pursuant to section 773(a) of the Act. Each company's 
quantity of sales in its home market was greater than five percent of 
its sales to the U.S. market. Therefore, in accordance with section 
773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we based normal value on the prices at 
which the foreign like product was first sold for consumption in the 
exporting country in the usual commercial quantities and in the 
ordinary course of trade and, to the extent practicable, at the same 
level of trade as the EP or CEP sales.
    With respect to Takeshita Seiko Co., we found that, because 
Takeshita sold only customized bearings, Takeshita's U.S. models of 
subject merchandise had no identical or similar match in the home 
market or in a third-country market. Therefore we used the constructed 
value of the U.S. model as the basis for the normal value.
    Due to the extremely large number of transactions that occurred 
during the period of review and the resulting administrative burden 
involved in examining all of these transactions, we sampled sales to 
calculate normal value in accordance with section 777A of the Act. When 
a firm had more than 10,000 home-market sales transactions on a 
country-specific basis, we used sales in sample months that 
corresponded to the sample weeks that we selected for U.S. CEP sales, 
sales in a month prior to the period of review, and sales in the month 
following the period of review. The sample months were February, May, 
August, September, and November of 2002, and January, April, and May of 
2003.
    The Department may calculate normal value based on a sale to an 
affiliated party only if it is satisfied that the price to the 
affiliated party is comparable to the price at which sales are made to 
parties not affiliated with the exporter or producer, i.e., sales at 
arm's-length prices. See 19 CFR 351.403(c). We excluded sales to 
affiliated customers for consumption in the home market that we 
determined not to be at arm's-length prices from our analysis. To test 
whether these sales were made at arm's-length prices, the Department 
compared the prices of sales of comparable merchandise to affiliated 
and unaffiliated customers, net of all rebates, movement charges, 
direct selling expenses, and packing. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.403(c) and 
in accordance with the Department's practice, when the prices charged 
to an affiliated party were, on average, between 98 and 102 percent of 
the prices charged to unaffiliated parties for merchandise comparable 
to that sold to the affiliated party, we determined that the sales to 
the affiliated party were at arm's-length prices. See Antidumping 
Proceedings: Affiliated Party Sales in the Ordinary Course of Trade, 67 
FR 69186 (November 15, 2002). We included in our calculation of normal 
value those sales to affiliated parties that were made at arm's-length 
prices.
    Because we disregarded below-cost sales in accordance with section 
773(b) of the Act in the last completed review with respect to ball 
bearings sold by INA/FAG, FAG Italy, Koyo, NTN, NPBS, NSK, NMB/Pelmec, 
Paul Mueller, SNR, SKF France, SKF Italy, and SKF Germany (see Ball 
Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, et al; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Rescission of Administrative 
Review in Part, and Determination Not to Revoke in Part, 68 FR 35623, 
35624 (June 16, 2003)), and with respect to ball bearings sold by Asahi 
Seiko, Barden/FAG, and Nankai Seiko in their last completed reviews 
(see Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, et al; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Revocation of Orders in 
Part, 67 FR 55780, 55781 (August 30, 2002)), we had reasonable grounds 
to believe or suspect that sales of the foreign like product under 
consideration for the determination of normal value in these reviews 
may have been made at prices below the cost of production (COP) as 
provided by section 773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act. Therefore, pursuant to 
section 773(b)(1) of the Act, we conducted COP investigations of sales 
by these firms in the home market.
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated the 
COP based on the sum of the costs of materials and fabrication employed 
in producing the foreign like product, the selling, general, and 
administrative (SG&A) expenses, and all costs and expenses incidental 
to packing the merchandise. In our COP analysis, we used the home-
market sales and COP information provided by each respondent in its 
questionnaire responses.
    After calculating the COP, in accordance with section 773(b)(1) of 
the Act, we tested whether home-market sales of the foreign like 
product were made at prices below the COP within an extended period of 
time in substantial quantities and whether such prices permitted the 
recovery of all costs within a reasonable period of time. We compared 
model-specific COPs to the reported home-market prices less any 
applicable movement charges, discounts, and rebates.
    Pursuant to section 773(b)(2)(C) of the Act, when less than 20 
percent of a respondent's sales of a given product were at prices less 
than the COP, we did not disregard any below-cost sales of that product 
because the below-cost sales were not made in substantial quantities 
within an extended period of time. When 20 percent or more of a 
respondent's sales of a given product during the period of review were 
at prices less than the COP, we disregarded the below-cost sales 
because they were made in substantial quantities within an extended 
period of time pursuant to sections 773(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the Act and 
because, based on comparisons of prices to weighted-average COPs for 
the period of review, we determined that these sales were at prices 
which would not permit recovery of all costs within a reasonable period 
of time in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of the Act. See 
analysis memoranda for Asahi Seiko, Barden/FAG, FAG Italy, INA/FAG, 
Koyo, Nankai Seiko, NMB/Pelmec, NTN, NPBS, NSK, Paul Mueller, SNR, SKF 
France, SKF Italy, and SKF Germany, dated February 2, 2004. Based on 
this test, we disregarded below-cost sales with respect to all of the 
above-mentioned companies.
    We compared U.S. sales with sales of the foreign like product in 
the home market. We considered all non-identical products within a 
bearing family to be equally similar. As defined in the questionnaire, 
a bearing family consists of all bearings which are the foreign like 
product that are the same in the following physical characteristics: 
load direction, bearing design, number of rows of rolling elements, 
precision rating, dynamic load rating, outer diameter, inner diameter, 
and width.
    We received a suggestion from the petitioner to alter our model-
match methodology. The petitioner suggested that, instead of averaging 
the sales of all the models within a family, it would be more accurate 
to compare sales of the single most similar model in those cases where 
an identical match cannot be found in the home and U.S. market. Because 
it is not possible for us to make such a substantial change to our 
model-match methodology within the statutorily mandated deadlines, we 
have decided to continue to use the same methodology from past reviews 
for this period of review. See Memorandum to James J. Jochum from 
Jeffrey A. May, Ball Bearings (and Parts Thereof) From France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom - Model-Match 
Methodology (December 3, 2003). We have solicited comments and invited 
rebuttal comments from all interested parties on the proposed change to 
our model-match methodology (see letters to interested

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parties dated December 4, 2003, and January 9, 2004, on file in the 
CRU). We will then use these comments to identify the physical 
characteristics that we will require respondents to report in future 
reviews and develop a new model-match methodology for use in the 2003-
2004 reviews.
    Home-market prices were based on the packed, ex-factory, or 
delivered prices to affiliated or unaffiliated purchasers. When 
applicable, we made adjustments for differences in packing and for 
movement expenses in accordance with sections 773(a)(6)(A) and (B) of 
the Act. We also made adjustments for differences in cost attributable 
to differences in physical characteristics of the merchandise pursuant 
to section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411 and for 
differences in circumstances of sale in accordance with section 
773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410. For comparisons to 
export price, we made circumstances-of-sale adjustments by deducting 
home-market direct selling expenses from and adding U.S. direct selling 
expenses to normal value. For comparisons to CEP, we made 
circumstances-of-sale adjustments by deducting home-market direct 
selling expenses from normal value. We also made adjustments, when 
applicable, for home-market indirect selling expenses to offset U.S. 
commissions in export-price and CEP calculations.
    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we based 
normal value, to the extent practicable, on sales at the same level of 
trade as the export price or CEP. If normal value was calculated at a 
different level of trade, we made an adjustment, if appropriate and if 
possible, in accordance with section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. See Level 
of Trade section below.
    In accordance with section 773(a)(4) of the Act, we used 
constructed value as the basis for normal value when there were no 
usable sales of the foreign like product in the comparison market. We 
calculated constructed value in accordance with section 773(e) of the 
Act. We included the cost of materials and fabrication, SG&A expenses, 
and profit in the calculation of constructed value. In accordance with 
section 773(e)(2)(A) of the Act, we based SG&A expenses and profit on 
the amounts incurred and realized by each respondent in connection with 
the production and sale of the foreign like product in the ordinary 
course of trade for consumption in the home market.
    When appropriate, we made adjustments to constructed value in 
accordance with section 773(a)(8) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.410, and 19 
CFR 351.412 for circumstance-of-sale differences and level-of-trade 
differences. For comparisons to export price, we made circumstance-of-
sale adjustments by deducting home-market direct selling expenses from 
and adding U.S. direct selling expenses to constructed value. For 
comparisons to CEP, we made circumstance-of-sale adjustments by 
deducting home-market direct selling expenses from constructed value. 
We also made adjustments, when applicable, for home-market indirect 
selling expenses to offset U.S. commissions in export-price and CEP 
comparisons.
    When possible, we calculated constructed value at the same level of 
trade as the export price or CEP. If constructed value was calculated 
at a different level of trade, we made an adjustment, if appropriate 
and if possible, in accordance with sections 773(a)(7) and (8) of the 
Act. See Level of Trade section below.

Level of Trade

    To the extent practicable, we determined normal value for sales at 
the same level of trade as the U.S. sales (either export price or CEP). 
When there were no sales at the same level of trade, we compared U.S. 
sales to home-market sales at a different level of trade. The normal-
value level of trade is that of the starting-price sales in the home 
market. When normal value is based on constructed value, the level of 
trade is that of the sales from which we derived SG&A and profit.
    To determine whether home-market sales are at a different level of 
trade than U.S. sales, we examined stages in the marketing process and 
selling functions along the chain of distribution between the producer 
and the unaffiliated customer. If the comparison-market sales were at a 
different level of trade from that of a U.S. sale and the difference 
affected price comparability, as manifested in a pattern of consistent 
price differences between the sales on which normal value is based and 
comparison-market sales at the level of trade of the export 
transaction, we made a level-of-trade adjustment under section 
773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 
from South Africa, 62 FR 61731, 61732 (November 19, 1997).
    For a company-specific description of our level-of-trade analysis 
for these preliminary results, see Memorandum to Laurie Parkhill from 
Antifriction Bearings Team Regarding Level of Trade, dated February 2, 
2004, on file in the CRU, Room B-099.

Collapsing Decision

    As a result of our analysis of INA and FAG's responses to our 
supplemental questionnaires, we have found that the totality of factual 
information suggests that it is appropriate to collapse FAG and INA as 
affiliated producers for the purpose of calculating an antidumping duty 
margin. See Memorandum to Laurie Parkhill, Ball Bearings (and Parts 
Thereof) From Germany-Collapsing Affiliated Producers, FAG Kugelfischer 
Georg Schafer AG and INA-Schaeffler KG, for Purposes of Calculating a 
Dumping Margin, January 29, 2004 (Collapsing Memo).
    As we have found before, ``[i]t is the Department's long-standing 
practice to calculate a separate dumping margin for each manufacturer 
or exporter investigated.'' Final Determinations of Sales at Less than 
Fair Value; Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, Certain 
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, and Certain Corrosion-Resistant 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Japan, 58 FR 37154, 37159 (July 9, 
1993). Because we calculate margins on a company-specific basis, we 
must ensure that we review the entire producer or reseller, not merely 
a part of it. We review the entire entity due to our concerns regarding 
price and cost manipulation. Because of this concern, we examine the 
question of whether companies ``constitute separate manufacturers or 
exporters for purposes of the dumping law.'' Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Certain Granite Products from Spain, 53 
FR 24335, 24337 (June 28, 1988). When affiliated producers have 
production facilities for similar or identical products that would not 
require substantial retooling of either facility in order to 
restructure manufacturing priorities and there is evidence indicating a 
significant potential for the manipulation of price and production, we 
``collapse'' related companies; that is, we treat the companies as one 
entity for purposes of calculating the dumping margin. See 19 CFR 
351.401(f). See also Nihon Cement Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 
93-80 (CIT May 25, 1993). As detailed in our Collapsing Memo, we find 
that such a potential for the manipulation of price and production 
exists with respect to INA and FAG. Therefore, we have calculated a 
single margin for this entity.

Preliminary Results of Reviews

    As a result of our reviews, we preliminarily determine the 
following percentage weighted-average dumping margins on antifriction 
bearings and

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parts thereof for the period May 1, 2002, through April 30, 2003:

                                             FRANCE - Ball Bearings
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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Ace Bearing and Transmission Service..................                                                     66.42
Acorn Industrial Service Limited......................                                                       (1)
Aktif Endustrie Malzemeleri...........................                                                     66.42
Alphateam SPRL........................................                                                     66.42
Australian Bearing Pty Ltd............................                                                     66.42
Baltic Bearing Supply.................................                                                     66.42
Bearing and Tool GmbH.................................                                                     66.42
Bearing Discount International GmbH...................                                                       (1)
Bearing Dynamics......................................                                                     66.42
Bearing Net...........................................                                                       (1)
Bearing Sales Corp....................................                                                     66.42
Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd............................                                                     66.42
Cantoni and C.S.N.C...................................                                                     66.42
CCVI Bearing Co.......................................                                                     66.42
DCD Corp..............................................                                                     66.42
Delta Export GmbH.....................................                                                     66.42
EuroLatin Ex. Services................................                                                     66.42
Ever-On Corporation (formerly Taisho Kiko Co.)........                                                       (1)
Fair Friend Ent. Co. Ltd..............................                                                     66.42
Friedrich Picard GmbH.................................                                                     66.42
Frohlich and Dorken GmbH..............................                                                     66.42
Han Sol Tech. Corp/Yoo Shin Co........................                                                     66.42
Hayley Import/Export..................................                                                     66.42
Heinz Knust...........................................                                                     66.42
Hergenhan GmbH........................................                                                     66.42
Hoens Industrieel BV..................................                                                     66.42
IBD Ltd...............................................                                                     66.42
International Bearing Pte.Ltd.........................                                                     66.42
Italcuscinetti Group..................................                                                     66.42
Kian Ho Bearings, Ltd.................................                                                     66.42
KIS Antriebs Technik GmbH.............................                                                     66.42
KSM, Minamiguchi/Bearing Manufacturing Co.............                                                     66.42
LTM Industrietechnik..................................                                                     66.42
M. Buchhalter Maschenmode/Hergenhan...................                                                     66.42
Micaknowledge.........................................                                                     66.42
Minetti SpA...........................................                                                     66.42
Ming Hing Trading Co..................................                                                     66.42
Motion Bearing Ptre. Ltd..............................                                                     66.42
Ringball Corporation..................................                                                      2.94
Rodamietos Rovi.......................................                                                     66.42
Roeirasa..............................................                                                     66.42
Rolling Bearing Co. Pty Ltd...........................                                                       (1)
Rovi-Marcay...........................................                                                     66.42
Rovi-Valencia.........................................                                                     66.42
SKF...................................................                                                      5.25
SNR...................................................                                                      6.40
Sprint Engineering....................................                                                       (1)
Taninaka Ltd..........................................                                                     66.42
Top G Trading Pte Ltd.................................                                                     66.42
Weber Kugellager Int..................................                                                      4.86
Withus Technology Corporation.........................                                                     66.42
Wyko Export...........................................                                                     66.42
        FRANCE - Spherical Bearings...................
Ringball..............................................                                                       (1)
SKF...................................................                                                     22.72
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                                                     GERMANY
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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Ace Bearing and Transmission Service..................                                                     70.41
Acorn Industrial Service Limited......................                                                     70.41
Aktif Endustrie Malzemeleri...........................                                                     70.41
Alphateam SPRL........................................                                                     70.41
Australian Bearing Pty Ltd............................                                                     70.41
Baltic Bearing Supply.................................                                                     70.41
Bearing and Tool GmbH.................................                                                     70.41
Bearing Discount International GmbH...................                                                       (1)

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Bearing Dynamics......................................                                                     70.41
Bearing Net...........................................                                                       (1)
Bearing Sales Corp....................................                                                     70.41
Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd............................                                                     70.41
Cantoni and C.S.N.C...................................                                                     70.41
CCVI Bearing Co.......................................                                                     70.41
DCD Corp..............................................                                                     70.41
Delta Export GmbH.....................................                                                     70.41
EuroLatin Ex. Services................................                                                     70.41
Ever-On Corporation (formerly Taisho Kiko Co.)........                                                       (1)
Fair Friend Ent. Co. Ltd..............................                                                     70.41
Friedrich Picard GmbH.................................                                                     70.41
Frohlich and Dorken GmbH..............................                                                     70.41
Han Sol Tech. Corp/Yoo Shin Co........................                                                     70.41
Hayley Import/Export..................................                                                     70.41
Heinz Knust...........................................                                                     70.41
Hergenhan GmbH........................................                                                     70.41
Hoens Industrieel BV..................................                                                     70.41
IBD Ltd...............................................                                                     70.41
INA/FAG...............................................                                                      3.00
International Bearing Pte.Ltd.........................                                                     70.41
Italcuscinetti Group..................................                                                     70.41
Kian Ho Bearings, Ltd.................................                                                     70.41
KIS Antriebs Technik GmbH.............................                                                     70.41
KSM, Minamiguchi/Bearing Manufacturing Co.............                                                     70.41
LTM Industrietechnik..................................                                                     70.41
M. Buchhalter Maschenmode/Hergenhan...................                                                     70.41
Micaknowledge.........................................                                                     70.41
Minetti SpA...........................................                                                     70.41
Ming Hing Trading Co..................................                                                     70.41
Motion Bearing Pte. Ltd...............................                                                     70.41
Paul Mueller..........................................                                                      0.35
Ringball..............................................                                                      6.54
Rodamietos Rovi.......................................                                                     70.41
Roeirasa..............................................                                                     70.41
Rolling Bearing Co. Pty Ltd...........................                                                       (1)
Rovi-Marcay...........................................                                                     70.41
Rovi-Valencia.........................................                                                     70.41
SKF...................................................                                                      2.49
Sprint Engineering....................................                                                       (1)
Taninaka Ltd..........................................                                                     70.41
Timken................................................                                                       (1)
Top G Trading Pte Ltd.70.41...........................
Weber Kugellager Int..................................                                                      4.01
Withus Technology Corporation.........................                                                     70.41
Wyko Export...........................................                                                     70.41
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                                                      ITALY
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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Ace Bearing and Transmission Service..................                                                     68.29
Acorn Industrial Service Limited......................                                                       (1)
Aktif Endustrie Malzemeleri...........................                                                     68.29
Alphateam SPRL........................................                                                     68.29
Australian Bearing Pty Ltd............................                                                     68.29
Baltic Bearing Supply.................................                                                     68.29
Bearing and Tool GmbH.................................                                                     68.29
Bearing Discount International GmbH...................                                                       (1)
Bearing Dynamics......................................                                                     68.29
Bearing Net...........................................                                                       (1)
Bearing Sales Corp....................................                                                     68.29
Budapesti Sved Csapagy Ltd............................                                                     68.29
Cantoni and C.S.N.C...................................                                                     68.29
CCVI Bearing Co.......................................                                                     68.29
DCD Corp..............................................                                                     68.29
Delta Export GmbH.....................................                                                     68.29
EuroLatin Ex. Services................................                                                     68.29
Ever-On Corporation (formerly Taisho Kiko Co.)........                                                       (1)
FAG...................................................                                                      3.50
Fair Friend Ent. Co. Ltd..............................                                                     68.29

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Friedrich Picard GmbH.................................                                                     68.29
Frohlich and Dorken GmbH..............................                                                     68.29
Han Sol Tech. Corp/Yoo Shin Co........................                                                     68.29
Hayley Import/Export..................................                                                     68.29
Heinz Knust...........................................                                                     68.29
Hergenhan GmbH........................................                                                     68.29
Hoens Industrieel BV..................................                                                     68.29
IBD Ltd...............................................                                                     68.29
International Bearing Pte.Ltd.........................                                                     68.29
Italcuscinetti Group..................................                                                     68.29
Kian Ho Bearings, Ltd.................................                                                     68.29
KIS Antriebs Technik GmbH.............................                                                     68.29
KSM, Minamiguchi/Bearing Manufacturing Co.............                                                     68.29
LTM Industrietechnik..................................                                                     68.29
M. Buchhalter Maschenmode/Hergenhan...................                                                     68.29
Micaknowledge.........................................                                                     68.29
Minetti SpA...........................................                                                     68.29
Ming Hing Trading Co..................................                                                     68.29
Motion Bearing Ptre. Ltd..............................                                                     68.29
Ringball..............................................                                                      3.45
Rodamietos Rovi.......................................                                                     68.29
Roeirasa..............................................                                                     68.29
Rolling Bearing Co. Pty Ltd...........................                                                       (1)
Rovi-Marcay...........................................                                                     68.29
Rovi-Valencia.........................................                                                     68.29
SKF...................................................                                                      1.40
Sprint Engineering....................................                                                       (1)
Taninaka Ltd..........................................                                                     68.29
Top G Trading Pte Ltd.................................                                                     68.29
Weber Kugellager Int..................................                                                      2.78
Withus Technology Corporation.........................                                                     68.29
Wyko Export...........................................                                                     68.29
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                                                      JAPAN
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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Asahi Seiko Co. Ltd...................................                                                      0.23
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd...................................                                                      5.49
Nankai Seiko..........................................                                                      0.46
NPBS..................................................                                                     10.32
NSK...................................................                                                      2.46
NTN...................................................                                                      2.74
Osaka Pump............................................                                                      1.78
Sapporo...............................................                                                      9.05
Takeshita Seiko.......................................                                                      2.90
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                                                    SINGAPORE
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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NMB/Pelmec............................................                                                      1.44
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                                                 UNITED KINGDOM
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                        Company                                                  Margin
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Aeroengine Bearings...................................                                                     61.14
Barden/FAG............................................                                                      6.06
SKF...................................................                                                      (1)
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\1\ No shipments or sales subject to this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(2), we intend to rescind these
  reviews at the time of our final results if we continue to find no evidence of sales during the period of
  review.

Comments

    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of the 
date of publication of this notice. A general-issues hearing, if 
requested, and any hearings regarding issues related solely to specific 
countries, if requested, will be held at the main Commerce

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Department building at a time and location to be determined.
    Issues raised in hearings will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case and rebuttal briefs. Parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in these proceedings are requested to submit with each 
argument (1) a statement of the issue, and (2) a brief summary of the 
argument with an electronic version included. The Department will 
notify all parties in each country-specific review as to the applicable 
briefing schedule.
    The Department will publish the final results of these 
administrative reviews, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any such written briefs. The Department will issue final 
results of these reviews within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), we have calculated, whenever possible, an exporter/
importer (or customer)-specific assessment rate or value for 
merchandise subject to these reviews.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the period of review produced by companies 
included in these preliminary results of reviews for which the reviewed 
companies did not know their merchandise was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Notice of Policy Concerning Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Export-Price Sales

    With respect to export-price sales, for these preliminary results 
we divided the total dumping margins (calculated as the difference 
between normal value and export price) for each exporter's importer/
customer by the total number of units the exporter sold to that 
importer/customer. We will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-unit 
dollar amount against each unit of merchandise in each of that 
importer's/customer's entries under the relevant order during the 
review period.

Constructed Export Price Sales

    For CEP sales (sampled and non-sampled), we divided the total 
dumping margins for the reviewed sales by the total entered value of 
those reviewed sales for each importer. We will direct the CBP to 
assess the resulting percentage margin against the entered customs 
values for the subject merchandise on each of that importer's entries 
under the relevant order during the review period. See 19 CFR 
351.212(b).

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    To calculate the cash-deposit rate for each respondent (i.e., each 
exporter and/or manufacturer included in these reviews), we divided the 
total dumping margins for each company by the total net value for that 
company's sales of merchandise during the review period. In order to 
derive a single weighted-average margin for each respondent, we weight-
averaged the export-price and CEP deposit rates (using the export price 
and CEP, respectively, as the weighting factors). To accomplish this 
when we sampled CEP sales, we first calculated the total dumping 
margins for all CEP sales during the review period by multiplying the 
sample CEP margins by the ratio of total days in the review period to 
days in the sample weeks. We then calculated a total net value for all 
CEP sales during the review period by multiplying the sample CEP total 
net value by the same ratio. Finally, we divided the combined total 
dumping margins for both export-price and CEP sales by the combined 
total value for both export-price and CEP sales to obtain the deposit 
rate.
    Entries of parts incorporated into finished bearings before sales 
to an unaffiliated customer in the United States will receive the 
respondent's deposit rate applicable to the order.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of the notice of final results of administrative 
reviews for all shipments of antifriction bearings and parts thereof 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) 
the cash-deposit rates for the reviewed companies will be the rates 
established in the final results of reviews; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash-deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but 
the manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(4) the cash-deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be the ``All Others'' rate for the relevant order made 
effective by the final results of review published on July 26, 1993. 
See Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France, et al; Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Revocation in Part of an Antidumping Duty 
Order, 58 FR 39729, 39730 (July 26, 1993). For ball bearings from 
Italy, see Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) 
and Parts Thereof From France, et al; Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, Partial Termination of Administrative Reviews, 
and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Orders, 61 FR 66472, 66521 
(December 17, 1996). These rates are the ``All Others'' rates from the 
relevant less-than-fair-value investigations.
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until publication of the final results of the next administrative 
reviews.
    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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these determinations in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 2, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-2722 Filed 2-6-04; 8:45 am]
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