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1See Certain Tapered Roller Bearings from the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, 

Postponement of Final Determination, and 

Extension of Provisional Measures, 83 FR 4901 

(February 2, 2018) (Preliminary Determination), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Tapered Roller Bearings 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Tapered Roller Bearings 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3 Iljin Group is the name used for the collapsedentity comprised of the following three affiliated 

companies: Bearing Art Corporation, Iljin Bearing 

Corporation, and Iljin Global Corporation. 

4For discussion of our verification findings, see 

the following memoranda: Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of Iljin USA Corporation in the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Tapered 

Roller Bearings from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

April 24, 2018; Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the 

Sales Response of Schaeffler Group U.S.A., Inc. in 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Tapered 

Roller Bearings from Korea,’’ dated April 25, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of 

Bearing Art Corporation in the Less-than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Tapered Roller Bearings from the 

Republic of Korea,’’ dated May 2, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of 

Schaeffler Korea Corporation and Schaeffler Group 

USA Inc., (‘Schaeffler’) in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Tapered Roller Bearings from 

Korea,’’ dated May 3, 2018; Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of Bearing Art Corporation in the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Tapered 

Roller Bearings from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated 

May 9, 2018; Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of Iljin 

Bearing Corporation in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Certain Tapered Roller Bearings 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated May 10, 2018; 

and Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of Schaeffler Korea Corporation in the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Tapered Roller 

Bearings from Korea,’’ dated May 10, 2018. 

5With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents 

applied to the flat surfaces of the can stock 

to facilitate its movement through machines 

used in the manufacture of beverage cans. 

Aluminum can stock is properly classified 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055. 

Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set for the 

above. 

Common alloy sheet is currently 

classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3060, 7606.11.6000, 7606.12.3090, 

7606.12.6000, 7606.91.3090, 7606.91.6080, 

7606.92.3090, and 7606.92.6080. Further, 

merchandise that falls within the scope of 

this investigation may also be entered into 

the United States under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3030, 7606.12.3030, 7606.91.3060, 

7606.91.6040, 7606.92.3060, 7606.92.6040, 

7607.11.9090. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–894] 

Certain Tapered Roller Bearings From 

the Republic of Korea: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

certain tapered roller bearings (TRBs) 

from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for 

the period of investigation (POI) of April 

1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). 

DATES: Applicable June 22, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Blaine Wiltse and Manuel Rey, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6345 and (202) 482–5518, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 2, 2018, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of sales at LTFV of TRBs 

from Korea.1 A summary of the events 

that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is adopted by this 

notice.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is TRBs from Korea. For a 

full description of the scope of this 

investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation’’ in Appendix I of this 

notice. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties in this 

investigation are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

accompanying this notice. A list of the 

issues addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix II. The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov, and it is available to 

all parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B–8024 of the main Department 

of Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act) 

from February through April 2018, we 

conducted verification of the sales and 

cost information submitted by Iljin 

Group 3 and Schaeffler Korea 

Corporation (Schaeffler) (collectively, 

the respondents) for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting and 

production records, and original source 

documents provided by the 

respondents.4

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings at 

verification, we made certain changes to 

the margin calculations for each of the 

respondents. For a discussion of these 

changes, see the ‘‘Margin Calculations’’ 

section of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually examined, excluding rates 

that are zero, de minimis or determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

For the final determination, Commerce 

calculated the ‘‘all others’’ rate based on 

a weighted average of Iljin Group’s and 

Schaeffler’s margins using publiclyranged quantities of their sales of 

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weighted using each respondent’s actual U.S. sale 

quantity; (B) a simple average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins calculated for 

the examined respondents; and (C) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents 

using each respondent’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale 

quantities for the merchandise under consideration. 

Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and 

selects the rate closest to (A) as the most 

appropriate rate for all-other producers and 

exporters. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

As complete publicly ranged sales data is available, 

pursuant to the above-described process, Commerce 

based the all-others rate on the publicly ranged 

sales data of the mandatory respondents. For a 

complete analysis of the data, see Memorandum, 

‘‘Calculation of the All-Others Rate for the Final 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Certain Tapered Roller Bearings 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated June 18, 2018. 

6See Modification of Regulations Regarding the 

Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional 

Measures Period in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 

(October 3, 2011). 

7Prior to July 2016, products entering under 

8482.20.0061 entered under 8482.20.0060, products 

entering under 8482.20.0081 entered under 

Continued 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter or producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Bearing Art Corporation, Iljin Bearing 

Corporation, Iljin Global Corporation 

(collectively, Iljin Group) .................... 8.21 

Schaeffler Korea Corporation ............... 52.44 

All Others .............................................. 30.25 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final 

determination, we will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

continue to suspend liquidation of all 

entries of TRBs from Korea, as described 

in Appendix I of this notice, which are 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after February 2, 

2018, the date of publication in the 

Federal Register of the affirmative 

Preliminary Determination. Further, we 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins indicated in 

the chart above.6 These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports, or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of TRBs from Korea no later 

than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated and all 

cash deposits will be refunded or 

canceled. If the ITC determines that 

such injury does exist, Commerce will 

issue an antidumping duty order 

directing CBP to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties on all imports of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of return or 

destruction of APO materials, or 

conversion to judicial protective order, 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: June 18, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation is certain 

tapered roller bearings. The scope covers all 

tapered roller bearings with a nominal 

outside cup diameter of eight inches and 

under, regardless of type of steel used to 

produce the bearing, whether of inch or 

metric size, and whether the tapered roller 

bearing is a thrust bearing or not. Certain 

tapered roller bearings include: Finished cup 

and cone assemblies entering as a set, 

finished cone assemblies entering separately, 

and finished parts (cups, cones, and tapered 

rollers). Certain tapered roller bearings are 

sold individually as a set (cup and cone 

assembly), as a cone assembly, as a finished 

cup, or packaged as a kit with one or several 

tapered roller bearings, a seal, and grease. 

The scope of the investigation includes 

finished rollers and finished cones that have 

not been assembled with rollers and a cage. 

Certain tapered roller bearings can be a single 

row or multiple rows (e.g., two- or four-row), 

and a cup can handle a single cone assembly 

or multiple cone assemblies. 

Finished cups, cones, and rollers differ 

from unfinished cups, cones, and rollers in 

that they have undergone further processing 

after heat treatment, including, but not 

limited to, final machining, grinding, and/or 

polishing. Mere heat treatment of a cup, 

cone, or roller (without any further 

processing after heat treatment) does not 

render the cup, cone, or roller a finished part 

for the purpose of this investigation. Finished 

tapered roller bearing parts are understood to 

mean parts which, at the time of importation, 

are ready for assembly (if further assembly is 

required) and require no further finishing or 

fabrication, such as grinding, lathing, 

machining, polishing, heat treatment, etc. 

Finished parts may require grease, bolting, 

and/or pressing as part of final assembly, and 

the requirement that these processes be 

performed, subsequent to importation, does 

not remove an otherwise finished tapered 

roller bearing from the scope. 

Tapered roller bearings that have a 

nominal outer cup diameter of eight inches 

and under that may be used in wheel hub 

units, rail bearings, or other housed bearings, 

but entered separately, are included in the 

scope to the same extent as described above. 

All tapered roller bearings meeting the 

written description above, and not otherwise 

excluded, are included, regardless of coating. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are: 

(1) Unfinished parts of tapered roller 

bearings (cups, cones, and tapered rollers); 

(2) cages, whether finished or unfinished; 

(3) the non-tapered roller bearing 

components of subject kits (e.g., grease, seal); 

and 

(4) tapered roller bearing wheel hub units, 

rail bearings, and other housed tapered roller 

bearings (flange, take up cartridges, and 

hanger units incorporating tapered rollers). 

Tapered roller bearings subject to this 

investigation are primarily classifiable under 

subheadings 8482.20.0040, 8482.20.0061, 

8482.20.0070, 8482.20.0081, 8482.91.0050, 

8482.99.1550, and 8482.99.1580 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS).7 Parts may also enter under 


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8482.20.0080, and products entering under 

8482.99.1550 entered under 8482.99.1540. 

1See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 83 FR 4906 (February 2, 2018) 

(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3For discussion of our verification findings, see 

the following memoranda: Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of Huvis 

Corporation in the Antidumping Duty Investigation 

of Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the 

Republic of Korea,’’ dated April 9, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of 

Huvis Corporation in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber 

from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated April 12, 2018; 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Sales Response 

of Toray Chemical Korea Inc. in the Antidumping 

Duty Investigation of Low Melt Polyester Staple 

Fiber from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated April 9, 

2018; and Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Cost 

Response of Toray Chemical Korea, Inc. in the 

Antidumping Duty Investigation of Low Melt 

Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea,’’ 

dated April 6, 2018. 

8482.99.4500. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and for 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the subject merchandise is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Margin Calculations 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Allegation of a Particular Market 

Situation (PMS) in Korea 

2. Affiliation With Hyundai Motor 

Company (HMC) 

3. Using New Prototype Sales in the 

Calculation of Normal Value (NV) and 

U.S. Price 

4. Reclassifying Certain Prototype Sales as 

Export Price (EP) 

5. Post-Sale Price Adjustments 

6. Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset 

7. Calculating Financial Expenses 

8. Applying Partial Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) to Direct Material Costs 

9. Unreported Home Market Sales 

10. Level of Trade (LOT) and CEP Offset 

11. Home Market Rebates 

12. Home Market Billing Adjustments 

13. U.S. Movement Expenses in Korea 

14. U.S. Movement Expenses in the United 

States 

15. U.S. Warehousing Expenses 

16. Calculation of U.S. Duties 

17. U.S. Billing Adjustments 

18. Rebates Granted on U.S. Sales 

19. Borrowing Rate for U.S. Credit 

Expenses 

20. Classifying Certain Sales as EP 

21. Calculating Financial Expenses 

22. Commerce’s Schedule for Submitting 

Case Briefs 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2018–13447 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–895] 

Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From 

the Republic of Korea: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

low melt polyester staple fiber (low melt 

PSF) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV) during the period of 

investigation (POI) April 1, 2016, 

through March 31, 2017. In addition, we 

determine that critical circumstances 

exist with respect to certain imports of 

the subject merchandise. The final 

dumping margins of sales at LTFV are 

listed below in the ‘‘Final 

Determination’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable June 22, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Maldonado or Brittany Bauer, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4682 or (202) 482–3860. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 2, 2018, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of sales at LTFV of low 

melt PSF from Korea, in which we also 

postponed the final determination until 

June 18, 2018.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. A summary of the events 

that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is adopted by this 

notice.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is low melt PSF from 

Korea. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ in 

Appendix I of this notice. For a 

discussion of changes to the scope since 

the Preliminary Determination, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation’’ section of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by submitted by parties in 

this investigation are addressed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum 

accompanying this notice. A list of the 

issues addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is attached to 

this notice as Appendix II. The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov, and it is available to 

all parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B–8024 of the main Department 

of Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act) 

from February through March 2018, we 

conducted verification of the sales and 

cost information submitted by Huvis 

Corporation (Huvis) and Toray 

Chemical Korea Inc. (TCK) (collectively, 

the respondents) for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting and 

production records, and original source 

documents provided by Huvis and 

TCK.3

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings at 

verification, we made certain changes to 

the margin calculations for the 

respondents. For a discussion of these 

changes, see the ‘‘Margin Calculations’’ 

section of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 


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