[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14391-14392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7589]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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


Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and 
Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Singapore; 
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 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, Singapore, and the United Kingdom (62 FR 2801). 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 (the POR) is May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995. 
Based on the correction of ministerial errors, we have changed the 
margins for BBs for 10 companies, CRBs for 5 companies, and SPBs for 2 
companies. We are also amending the section of the published final 
results regarding sales below cost in the home market in order to 
correct a ministerial error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross, Richard Rimlinger, or Kris 
Campbell, 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:

Background

    On January 15, 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, Singapore, and the United 
Kingdom (62 FR 2081). The reviews covered 27 manufacturers/exporters 
and the POR May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995.
    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 have 
corrected our calculations where we agree that we made ministerial 
errors in accordance with section 751(A) of the Tariff Act. In 
addition, we have corrected our calculations for ministerial errors 
that were not alleged by the petitioner or respondents but which we 
discovered after publication of the final results. See company-specific 
analysis memoranda for a description of the changes that we made to 
correct the ministerial errors.
    We are also amending the section of the notice of final results of 
reviews regarding sales below cost in the home market in order to 
correct a ministerial error. In this section, we inadvertently listed 
Nachi as one of the companies for which we disregarded below-cost sales 
in the home market. Nachi was not subject to review and, therefore, 
should not have been listed in this section.

The 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 current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations 
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

Amended Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of our corrections for ministerial errors, we determine 
that the following weighted-average percentage margins exist for the 
period May 1, 1994, through April 30, 1995:

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                                                                 Rate   
                Company                    Class or kind      (percent) 
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                                 France                                 
                                                                        
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Intertechnique........................  BBs                     \1\ 1.55
SKF...................................  BBs                        16.61
SNR...................................  BBs                         5.99
                                        CRBs                        5.19
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                                 Germany                                
                                                                        
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FAG...................................  BBs                        13.43
                                        CRBs                       23.10
                                        SPBs                       12.10
INA...................................  BBs                        19.50
                                        CRBs                       18.36
SKF...................................  BBs                         2.53
                                        CRBs                        9.50
                                        SPBs                        6.63
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                                  Italy                                 
                                                                        
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FAG...................................  BBs                         4.88
SKF...................................  BBs                         2.84
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                                  Japan                                 
                                                                        
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Asahi Seiko...........................  BBs                         2.43
Koyo Seiko............................  BBs                        18.60
                                        CRBs                        3.65
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                                Singapore                               
                                                                        
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NMB Singapore/Pelmec Ind..............  BBs                        2.43 
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\1\ This rate did not change as a result of the correction.             

    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling 
and other simplification methods prevent entry-

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 by-entry assessments, we will calculate wherever possible an exporter/
importer-specific assessment rate for each class or kind of AFBs.
    We will 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 the reviews (62 
FR 2081, 2082) 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). Failure to 
comply is a violation of the APO.
    These administrative reviews and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 
353.28.
    Dated: March 14, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-7589 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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