[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30558]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-485-801, A-559-801, A-
401-801, A-412-801]


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore; 
Sweden 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 October 17, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the final results of administrative reviews of 
the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than 
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The classes 
or kinds of merchandise covered by these reviews are ball bearings and 
parts thereof (BBs), cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof 
(CRBs), and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof (SPBs). The 
period of review is May 1, 1995, through April 30, 1996. Based on the 
correction of certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins 
for BBs for seven companies, CRBs for three companies, and SPBs for one 
company.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1997.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 353 (1997).

Background

    On October 17, 1997, the Department published the final results of 
its administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts 
thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, 
and the United Kingdom (62 FR 54043). The review covered 21 
manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1995, through April 30, 
1996. After publication of our final results, we received timely 
allegations from the petitioner and several respondents that we had 
made ministerial errors in calculating the final results. We corrected 
our calculations, where we agree that we made ministerial errors, in 
accordance with section 751(A) of the Tariff Act. See company-specific 
analysis memoranda for a description of the changes that we made to 
correct the ministerial errors.

Amended Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of the amended margin calculations, the following 
weighted-average percentage margins exist for the period May 1, 1995, 
through April 30, 1996:

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                                                                     BBs rate        CRBs rate       SPBs rate  
                Manufacturer/exporter and country                    (percent)       (percent)       (percent)  
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France: SKF.....................................................           10.80  ..............  ..............
Germany: FAG....................................................       \1\ 12.40       \1\ 19.49       \1\ 10.32
Japan:                                                                                                          
    NPBS........................................................            7.87  ..............  ..............
    NSK Ltd.....................................................            6.65            7.16  ..............
    NTN.........................................................            7.02            4.33            7.19
Romania: TIE....................................................        \1\ 0.20  ..............  ..............
Singapore NMB/Pelmec Ind........................................            4.85                                
United Kingdom:                                                                                                 
    NSK/RHP.....................................................           16.33           67.92  ..............
    Barden......................................................            3.99  ..............  ..............
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\1\ This rate did not change as a result of the correction of ministerial errors.                               

    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling 
and other simplification methods prevent entry-by-entry assessments, we 
have calculated, wherever possible, an exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs. We will also direct 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 of review (62 FR 54043) and as amended 
by this determination. The 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 also 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 this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    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) or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply is 
a violation of the APO.
    These administrative reviews and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 
19 CFR 353.28.

    Dated: November 13, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,


Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-30558 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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