[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45795-45796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23105]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-588-804, A-412-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From Japan and the United Kingdom; Amended Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty 
administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: On January 15, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published Antifriction Bearings (other than tapered roller 
bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
Singapore, and the United Kingdom; Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 62 FR 2081. On May 27, 1997, the Court of 
International Trade (CIT) remanded the Final Results to the Department 
to correct certain clerical errors therein with respect to the 
antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (AFBs) from Japan 
(concerning AFBs sold by NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation (NSK)) and the 
United Kingdom (concerning AFBs sold by NSK Bearings Europe Ltd. and 
RHP Bearings Ltd. (NSK/RHP)). In this notice, we are amending the Final 
Results to reflect these corrections. The reviews at issue cover the 
period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995. The classes or kinds of 
merchandise covered by the reviews are ball bearings and parts thereof 
(BBs) and cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof (CRBs).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Robin Gray, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 15, 1997, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the final results of its administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on AFBs from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
Singapore, and the United Kingdom (62 FR 2081). Respondents NSK and 
NSK/RHP challenged the final results before the Court of International 
Trade (CIT), alleging clerical errors in the calculations for AFBs from 
Japan and the United Kingdom. On May 27, 1997, the CIT remanded the 
Final Results to the Department to correct certain clerical errors. See 
NSK Ltd., and NSK Corporation v. United States, 966 F. Supp. 1241 (May 
27, 1997), and RHP Bearings Ltd. et al. v. United States, 966 F. Supp. 
1240 (May 27, 1997).
    On June 23, 1997, in compliance with the CIT's instructions, we 
submitted a remand redetermination correcting the clerical errors at 
issue. On July 7, 1997, in slip opinion 97-90, the CIT affirmed the 
remand redetermination. On August 8, 1997, the CIT ordered the 
Department to issue, and transmit to the Federal Register for 
publication, the amended Final Results arising from the remand 
redetermination. This notice implements the CIT's order.

Amended Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of the amended margin calculations as directed by the 
CIT, the following weighted-average percentage margins exist for the 
period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995:

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                                                   BBs rate    CRBs rate
        Manufacturer/exporter and country          (percent)   (percent)
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NSK Ltd., Japan.................................       12.61       21.61
NSK/RHP, United Kingdom.........................       20.15       23.60
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess,

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antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling and 
other simplification methods prevent entry-by-entry assessments, we 
will calculate wherever possible an exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs.
    We will instruct the Customs Service to collect cash deposits of 
estimated antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in accordance 
with the procedures discussed in the Final Results (62 FR 2081) and as 
amended by this determination. These amended deposit requirements are 
effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of this notice and shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative reviews.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during the review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply is 
a violation of the APO.
    This amendment of final results of reviews and notice are in 
accordance with section 751(f) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1673(d)) 
and 19 CFR 353.28(c).

    Dated: August 26, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-23105 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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