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to the finished products (duty-free)

instead of the duty rate that would

otherwise apply to foreign adhesive tape

(duty rate—5.8%). The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

plant’s competitiveness and increase

exports.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is July 13, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to July 28, 1998. A copy

of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue,

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

U.S. Department of Commerce Export

Assistance Center, 1130 Cleveland St.,

Clearwater, Florida 34615.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12883 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Policies Regarding the Conduct of

Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders; Policy Bulletin

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for

submitting comments.

SUMMARY: On April 16, 1998, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published in the Federal

Register a notice of Policy Bulletin;

request for comments (63 FR 18871). In

response to requests for extension of the

deadlines contained in that notice, the

Department has granted an extension

until May 18, 1998 for the submission

of written comments and until June 8,

1998, for the submission of rebuttal

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa G. Skinner, Office of Policy,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, at (202) 482–1560 or Mark

A. Barnett, Office of Chief Counsel for

Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, at (202) 482–2866.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The policy

bulletin proposes policies regarding the

conduct of five-year (‘‘sunset’’) reviews

of antidumping and countervailing duty

orders and suspended investigations

pursuant to the provisions of sections

751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended, and the Department’s

regulations. In the request for comment,

the Department stated that to be assured

of consideration, written comments

must be received not later than May 12,

1998, and rebuttal comments must be

received not later than June 2, 1998. In

response to requests from several

parties, we have granted an extension of

these deadlines. Therefore, in order to

be assured of consideration, written

comments must be received not later

than May 18, 1998. Rebuttal comments

must be received not later than June 8,

1998. The filing requirements contained

in the notice of April 16, continue to

apply.

Dated: May 8, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–12886 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–804]

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than

Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts

Thereof From Japan; Amended Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final court decision

and amended final results of

administrative reviews.

SUMMARY: On March 27, 1998, the

United States Court of International

Trade affirmed the Department of

Commerce’s final remand results

affecting final assessment rates for the

second administrative reviews of the

antidumping duty orders on antifriction

bearings (other than tapered roller

bearings) and parts thereof from Japan

with respect to NSK. The classes or

kinds of merchandise covered by these

reviews are ball bearings and parts

thereof, cylindrical roller bearings and

parts thereof, and spherical plain

bearings and parts thereof. As there is

now a final and conclusive court

decision in these actions, we are

amending our final results of reviews

and we will subsequently instruct the

U.S. Customs Service to liquidate

entries subject to these reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Tomlinson or Richard Rimlinger, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

telephone (202) 482–4733.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Tariff Act), are references

to the provisions in effect as of

December 31, 1994. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations are to the

regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part

353 (April 1, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 24, 1992, the Department

published its final results of

administrative reviews of the

antidumping duty orders on antifriction

bearings (other than tapered roller

bearings) and parts thereof, from Japan

et al. covering the period May 1, 1990

through April 30, 1991. See Antifriction

Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller

Bearings) and Parts Thereof From

France, et al.; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews, 57 FR 28360 (June 24, 1992).

These final results were amended on

July 24, 1992, and December 14, 1992,

to correct clerical errors. See

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than

Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts

Thereof From France, et al.,

Amendment to Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews, 57 FR 32969, and Antifriction

Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller

Bearings) and Parts Thereof From

France, et al., Amendment to Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Reviews, 57 FR 59080,

respectively. 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
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bearings and parts thereof (SPBs).

Subsequently, two domestic producers,

the Torrington Company and FederalMogul, and a number of other interested

parties, filed lawsuits with the U.S.

Court of International Trade (CIT)

challenging the final results. These

lawsuits were litigated at the CIT and

the United States Court of Appeals for

the Federal Circuit (CAFC). On February

23, 1998, as a result of a final court

decision, we issued amended final

results for all firms whose dumping

margins had changed as a result of

litigation except for NSK. See

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than

Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts

Thereof From France, et al.; Amended

Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Reviews (63 FR 8908). At

that time our determination of NSK’s

dumping margins was still subject to

outstanding litigation.

On March 27, 1998, the CIT affirmed

the Department’s remand results for

Final Results of Redetermination

Pursuant to Court Remand, NSK Ltd.

And NSK Corporation v. United States,

Slip Op. 97–122 (CIT August 28, 1997),

and dismissed this case. NSK Ltd. and

NSK Corp. v. United States, Slip Op.

98–37 (CIT March 27, 1998). As a result

of this and other litigation cited in our

February 23, 1998, amended final

results notice, the CIT (in some cases

based on decisions by the CAFC)

ordered the Department to make

methodological changes and to

recalculate the dumping margins for

NSK. Specifically, the CIT ordered the

Department, inter alia: (1) To change its

methodology to account for value-added

taxes with respect to the comparison of

U.S. and home market prices; (2) not to

deduct pre-sale inland freight incurred

in the home market if the Department

determined that there was no statutory

authority to make such a deduction; (3)

to develop a methodology which

removes post-sale price adjustments and

rebates paid on out-of-scope

merchandise from any adjustment made

to foreign market value or to deny such

an adjustment if a viable method could

not be found; (4) remove zero-priced

United States sample sales from our

antidumping calculations; and (5) to

correct certain clerical errors.

As there is now a final and conclusive

court decision with respect to NSK, we

are amending our final results of review

for this firm and we will subsequently

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

liquidate NSK’s entries subject to these

reviews.

Amendment to Final Results

Pursuant to section 516A(e) of the

Tariff Act, we are now amending the

final results of administrative reviews of

the antidumping duty orders on

antifriction bearings (other than tapered

roller bearings) and parts thereof from

Japan for the period May 1, 1990,

through April 30, 1991, with respect to

NSK. The revised weighted-average

percentage margins are as follows:

Company BBs CRBs SPBs

NSK ................... 4.63 12.47 (1)

1AA(1) No U.S. sales during the review period.

Accordingly, the Department will

determine and the U.S. Customs Service

will assess appropriate antidumping

duties on entries of the subject

merchandise made by NSK. Individual

differences between United States price

and foreign market value may vary from

the percentages listed above. The

Department will issue appraisement

instructions to the U.S. Customs Service

after publication of these amended final

results of reviews.

This notice is published pursuant to

section 751(a) of the Tariff Act.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–12884 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–549–813]

Notice of Preliminary Results and

Partial Rescission of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review: Canned

Pineapple Fruit From Thailand;

Correction

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Correction.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice corrects the case number

previously published in the Federal

Register on April 9, 1998 (Notice of

Preliminary Results and Partial

Rescission of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 63 FR 17357).

On page 17357, we used the incorrect

case number to reference this case. The

correct case number is ‘‘A–549–813.’’

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–12760 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–601]

Certain Fresh Cut Flowers From

Mexico; Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, and Revocation of

Antidumping Duty Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, and Revocation of

Antidumping Duty Order in Part.

SUMMARY: On January 9, 1998, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on certain

fresh cut flowers from Mexico and

intent to revoke in part with respect to

respondent Rancho del Pacifico

(Pacifico). This review covers one

producer/exporter, Pacifico, and the

period April 1, 1996 through March 31,

1997.

We gave interested parties an

opportunity to comment on our

preliminary results; however, we

received no comments from interested

parties. We have not changed the results

from those presented in the preliminary

results of review. We have also

determined to revoke the order in part,

with respect to Pacifico.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi

Blum or Maureen Flannery, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

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

telephone: (202) 482–0197 or (202) 482–

3020, respectively.

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the 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 (1996).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On January 9, 1998, the Department

published in the Federal Register (63

FR 1428) the preliminary results of the

administrative review of the