Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 49 / Thursday, March 13, 1997 / Notices 11825

Export Price and Normal Value

The petitioner based the export price

on quotes for 1997 delivered prices.

Petitioner combined the per metric ton

prices for needle bearing wire with two

different diameters in order to provide

an average export price. Petitioner

adjusted these prices for the costs of

inland freight, insurance, handling fees,

ocean freight, brokerage, packaging, and

international fees.

Petitioner based normal value on

Japanese delivered home market prices.

Petitioner combined the prices for

needle bearing wire with two different

diameters in order to provide a

comparable value to the average export

price.

We find the petitioner’s averaging of

the export price and home market prices

to be inappropriate because the range of

diameters differed in the two markets.

Instead, for purposes of this initiation,

we have revised the calculation to

compare the home market and export

prices of needle bearing wire with the

closest diameter (i.e., the home market

prices of 2.0 mm. diameter wire to the

export price of 2.1 mm. diameter wire).

We also adjusted the home market price

for Japanese inland freight and made

arithmetic changes to the export price

for certain movement charges. (Our

adjustments to the calculations are

outlined in a memorandum to the file,

dated March 6, 1997.)

Based on comparisons of the export

price to normal value, the estimated

dumping margin for needle bearing wire

from Japan is 40.67 percent.

Fair Value Comparisons

Based on the information provided by

the petitioner, there is reason to believe

that needle bearing wire from Japan is

likely to be sold at less than fair value.

If it becomes necessary at a later date to

consider the petition as a source of facts

available under section 776 of the Act,

we may further review the margin

calculation in the petition.

Initiation of Investigation

We have examined the petition on

needle bearing wire and have found that

it meets the requirements of section 732

of the Act, including the requirements

concerning allegations of material injury

or threat of material injury to the

domestic producers of a domestic like

product by reason of the complained-of

imports, allegedly sold at less than fair

value. Therefore, we are initiating an

antidumping duty investigation to

determine whether needle bearing wire

from Japan is being, or is likely to be,

sold in the United States at less than fair

value. Unless extended, we will make

our preliminary determination by July

24, 1997.

Distribution of Copies of the Petition

In accordance with section

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act, a copy of the

public version of the petition has been

provided to the representatives of the

Government of Japan. We will attempt

to provide a copy of the public version

of the petition to each exporter of needle

bearing wire named in the petition.

International Trade Commission

Notification

We have notified the ITC of our

initiation, as required by section 732(d)

of the Act.

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC

The ITC will determine by March 31,

1997, whether there is a reasonable

indication that imports of needle

bearing wire from Japan are causing

material injury, or threatening to cause

material injury, to a U.S. industry. A

negative ITC determination will result

in the investigation being terminated;

otherwise, the investigation will

proceed according to statutory and

regulatory time limits.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–6384 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–570–825]

Sebacic Acid From the People’s

Republic of China, Extension of Time

Limit for Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration/Import Administration/

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits for its preliminary results in the

administrative review of the

antidumping order on sebacic acid from

the Peoples Republic of China (China).

The review covers the period July 1,

1995, through June 30, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Rice or Jean Kemp, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Group III, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–0162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete this

review within the original time limit,

the Department is extending the time

limit for the completion of the

preliminary results to July 31, 1997, in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). (See Memorandum from

Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa

on file in the public file of the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the

Department of Commerce).

This extension is in accordance with

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended by the URAA (19

U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: February 26, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement

Group III.

[FR Doc. 97–6331 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–588–604, A–588–054]

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; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews and Termination in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty administrative

reviews and termination in part.

SUMMARY: On November 6, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its 1994–95 administrative

reviews of the antidumping duty order

on tapered roller bearings (TRBs) and

parts thereof, finished and unfinished,

from Japan (A–588–604), and of the

finding on TRBs, four inches or less in

outside diameter, and components

thereof, from Japan (A–588–054). The

review of the A–588–054 finding covers

one manufacturer/exporter and seven

resellers/exporters of the subject

merchandise to the United States during

the period October 1, 1994, through

September 30, 1995. The review of the

A–588–604 order covers two

manufacturers/exporters, seven

resellers/exporters, four firms identified

by the petitioner in this case as forging

producers, and the period October 1,

1994, through September 30, 1995.

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on our