11562 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 38 / Monday, February 26, 2001 / Notices

1Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,

Finished and Unfinished, From the People’s

Republic of China; Final Results of 1998–1999

Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of

Review, and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order in

Part, 66 FR 1953 (January 10, 2001) (‘‘Final

Results’’).

reviews but covered in the original

investigation of sales at LTFV or a

previous review, the cash deposit will

continue to be the company-specific rate

published for the most recent period; (3)

if the exporter is not a firm covered in

this or a previous review, or the original

LTFV investigation, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate

will be the rate established for the most

recent period for the manufacturer of

the merchandise; and (4) for all other

producers and/or exporters of this

merchandise, the cash deposit rate shall

be 9.86 percent, the ‘‘all others’’ rate

established in the LTFV investigation

(64 FR 15476, March 31, 1999).

These deposit rates, when imposed,

shall remain in effect until publication

of the final results of the next

administrative review. This notice also

serves as a preliminary reminder to

importers of their responsibility under

19 CFR § 351.402(f) 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 administrative review and notice

are issued and published in accordance

with sections 751(a)(1) and (a)(2)(B) of

the Act (19 USC 1675(a)) and 19 CFR

§§ 351.213. Effective January 20, 2001,

Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the

duties of the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–841–804]

Notice of Postponement of the Final

Determination of Investigation: Steel

Concrete Reinforcing Bars From

Moldova

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nithya Nagarajan or Michele Mire at

(202) 482–5253 or (202) 482–4711,

respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement,

Office 4, Group II, Import

Administration, Room 1870,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to Department of

Commerce (the Department) regulations

refer to the regulations codified at 19

CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

This investigation was initiated on

July 18, 2000. See Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Investigations: Steel

Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Austria,

Belarus, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia,

Moldova, the People’s Republic of

China, Poland, the Republic of Korea,

the Russian Federation, Ukraine and

Venezuela, 65 FR 45754 (July 25, 2000).

The period of investigation (POI) is

October 1, 1999 through March 31,

2000. On January 30, 2001, the

Department published the notice of

preliminary determination. See Notice

of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less than Fair Value: Steel Concrete

Reinforcing Bars from Moldova, 66 FR

8338 (January 30, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by exporters who account for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, or in the event of

a negative preliminary determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by petitioner. The Department’s

regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2),

require that requests by respondents for

postponement of a final determination

be accompanied by a request for

extension of provisional measures from

a four-month period to not more than

six months.

On February 1, 2001, JV CJSC

Moldova Steel Works (MSW), the

respondent in this investigation,

requested that the Department extend

the final determination for the

maximum statutory period of 135 days

after the publication of the preliminary

determination. MSW also requested that

the Department extend the imposition of

provisional measures from a four-month

period to not more than six months.

Accordingly, since we have made an

affirmative preliminary determination,

and MSW is the sole producer of the

subject merchandise in Moldova, we

have postponed the final determination

until not later than 135 days after the

date of publication of the preliminary

determination or June 14, 2001.

This notice is published in

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

Act. Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard

T. Carreau is fulfilling the duties of

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Dated: February 15, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group II.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–601]

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished,

From the People’s Republic of China;

Amended Final Results of 1998–1999

Administrative Review and

Determination To Revoke Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results

of 1998–1999 administrative review and

determination to revoke order in part.

SUMMARY: On January 10, 2001, the

Department published the final results

of the administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on tapered

roller bearings and parts thereof,

finished and unfinished, from the

People’s Republic of China.1 On January

12, 2001, certain respondents filed

allegations of ministerial errors and on

January 18, 2001, the petitioner filed a

response to the allegations. Based on

our review of the comments received

from all parties regarding potential

ministerial errors, we have made certain

changes to the margin calculation of

respondent Wafangdian Bearing

Company Ltd. The final weightedaverage dumping margin for this

company is now zero. We have,

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2See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,

Finished and Unfinished, From the People’s

Republic of China; Final Results of 1997–1998

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and

Final Results of New Shipper Review, 64 FR 61837

(November 15, 1999) (‘‘TRBs X’’) and Tapered

Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and

Unfinished, From the People’s Republic of China;

Final Results of 1996–1997 Antidumping

Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

and Determination Not to Revoke Order in Part, 63

FR 63842 (November 17, 1998) (‘‘TRBs XI’’). We

note that in TRBs XI, we did not conduct a review

of Wafangdian. However, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.222(d), we are not required to conduct a review

of the intervening year so long as we conduct a

review in the first and third years of the three year

consecutive time period. For Wafangdian, we

conducted a review in TRBs X and in the instant

review.

3Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,

Finished and Unfinished, From the People’s

Republic of China; Preliminary Results of 1998–

1999 Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of

Review, and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order in

Part, 65 FR 41944 (July 7, 2000) (‘‘Preliminary

Results’’).

moreover, determined to revoke the

antidumping duty order with respect to

Wafangdian Bearing Company Ltd. We

have also corrected a typographical

error in the Final Results in which the

PRC-wide cash deposit rate was listed as

33.12 percent. The correct PRC-wide

cash deposit rate is 33.18 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg

Campbell or Jarrod Goldfedder, Group 1,

Office I, Antidumping/Countervailing

Duty Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482–2239 or (202) 482–

0189, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the ‘‘Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s

(‘‘Department’’) regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (2000).

Background

On January 10, 2001, the Department

published the Final Results. The period

of review (‘‘POR’’) is June 1, 1998,

through May 31, 1999.

On January 12, 2001, ministerial error

allegations were submitted by

respondents Wafangdian Bearing

Company Ltd. (‘‘Wafangdian’’), Zhejiang

Machinery Import & Export Corp.,

(‘‘ZMC’’), and Luoyang Bearing Corp.

(Group). Respondents Wanxiang Group

Corporation (‘‘Wanxiang’’), China

National Machinery Import & Export

Corporation (‘‘CMC’’), Liaoning MEC

Group Co. Ltd., Premier Bearing &

Equipment Ltd., Tianshui Hailin Import

and Export Corporation/Hailin Bearing

Factory, and Weihai Machinery Holding

(Group) Co., Ltd. submitted a January

17, 2001, letter to the Department

expressing their concurrence with the

allegations raised in the January 12,

2001 submission of the other

respondents. On January 18, 2001, the

petitioner submitted its comments on

the January 12 ministerial error

allegations.

The Department has conducted this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

Merchandise covered by this review

includes tapered roller bearings

(‘‘TRBs’’) and parts thereof, finished and

unfinished, from the PRC; flange, take

up cartridge, and hanger units

incorporating TRBs; and tapered roller

housings (except pillow blocks)

incorporating TRBs, with or without

spindles, whether or not for automotive

use. This merchandise is currently

classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’) item numbers 8482.20.00,

8482.91.00.50, 8482.99.30, 8483.20.40,

8483.20.80, 8483.30.80, 8483.90.20,

8483.90.30, 8483.90.80, 8708.99.80.15,

and 8708.99.80.80. Although the

HTSUS item numbers are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the scope of the

order and this review is dispositive.

Determination To Revoke Order, in

Part

The Department ‘‘may revoke, in

whole or in part’’ an antidumping duty

order upon completion of a review

under section 751 of the Act. While

Congress has not specified the

procedures that the Department must

follow in revoking an order, the

Department has developed a procedure

for revocation that is described in 19

CFR 351.222. This regulation requires,

inter alia, that a company requesting

revocation must submit the following:

(1) A certification that the company has

sold the subject merchandise at not less

than normal value (‘‘NV’’) in the current

review period and that the company

will not sell subject merchandise at less

than NV during the future; (2) a

certification that the company sold

commercial quantities of the subject

merchandise to the United States in

each of the three years forming the basis

of the request; and (3) an agreement to

reinstatement of the order if the

Department concludes that the

company, subsequent to the revocation,

sold subject merchandise at less than

NV. See 19 CFR 351.222(e)(1). Upon

receipt of such a request, the

Department will consider (1) whether

the company in question has sold

subject merchandise at not less than NV

for a period of at least three consecutive

years; (2) the likelihood that the

company in question will in the future

sell the subject merchandise at less than

normal value; and (3) whether the

company has agreed in writing to its

immediate reinstatement in the order, as

long as any exporter or producer is

subject to the order, if the Department

concludes that the company, subsequent

to the revocation, sold the subject

merchandise at less than NV. See 19

CFR 351.222(b)(2).

As noted in the Final Results, CMC,

Wafangdian, Wanxiang, and ZMC

submitted the proper certifications

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(e)(1), and

requested revocation of the antidumping

duty order, in part, based on an absence

of dumping for at least three

consecutive years. Because CMC and

ZMC were found to have made sales

below normal value in the instant

review, these companies do not qualify

for revocation. Although Wanxiang sold

the subject merchandise at not less than

normal value for a period of at least

three consecutive years, we determined

that Wanxiang does not qualify for

revocation of the order because the

company did not sell the subject

merchandise in the United States in

commercial quantities in each of the

three years forming the basis of its

revocation request.

Wafangdian received a zero margin in

each of the last two reviews.2 In

addition, as noted below, Wafangdian’s

dumping margin in the instant review is

zero as a result of our correction of

certain ministerial errors. Accordingly,

Wafangdian meets the first criterion of

19 CFR 351.222(b)(2). After

consideration of the various comments

that were submitted in response to the

Preliminary Results,3 we determine that

Wafangdian is not likely to sell the

subject merchandise in the United

States below normal value in the future.

See infra, ‘‘Analysis of Comments

Received.’’ Finally, as stated above,

Wafangdian has agreed in writing to the

immediate reinstatement in the order, as

long as any exporter or producer is

subject to the order, if the Department

concludes that the Wafangdian,

subsequent to the revocation, sold the

subject merchandise at less than NV.

Therefore, we find that Wafangdian

qualifies for revocation of the order on

TRBs under 19 CFR 351.222(b)(2).

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4See Final Results and accompanying Decision

Memo at Comments 18–21.

1 Due to a clerical error, this FR notice failed to

portray accurately all the companies participating

in the review. An updated company list was

reflected in a subsequent Federal Register notice.

See Amended Notice of Initiation and Rescission in

Part for the 1999–2000 Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 65 FR 48968 (August 10,

2000).

Accordingly, we are revoking the order

with respect to merchandise produced

and exported by Wafangdian.

Analysis of Comments Received

We have addressed all of the

comments regarding the ministerial

error allegations in the Memorandum to

Susan Kuhbach, ‘‘Ministerial Error

Allegations for Final Results of Review’’

(February 12, 2001). As explained in

that memorandum, correction of the

ministerial errors for Wafangdian

resulted in a zero margin for

Wafangdian (see Memorandum to File,

‘‘Calculations for Amended Final

Results for Wafangdian’’ (February 12,

2001) for the calculation changes made

to the final results). Accordingly, as

noted above, we have determined to

revoke the antidumping duty order with

respect to Wafangdian.

In the Final Results, we did not

address certain comments regarding

revocation raised in the briefs and

rebuttal briefs of interested parties,

noting that those issues were moot

because we found the respondents

ineligible for revocation (either based on

the fact that they did not make sales

above normal value in the instant

review or that they did not make sales

in commercial quantities during the

three-year period being analyzed).4

Since, in light of Wafangdian’s amended

zero margin, these issues are no longer

moot, we have addressed parties’

comments regarding revocation in a

separate memorandum. See

Memorandum from Richard W.

Moreland, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Import Administration, to Bernard T.

Carreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, ‘‘Issues and

Decision Memorandum for Amended

Final Results’’ (February 14, 2001).

Parties can find a complete discussion

of all issues raised in these amended

final results and the corresponding

recommendations in this public

memorandum, which is on file in the

Central Records Unit, room B–099 of the

main Department building. In addition,

a complete version of this memorandum

can be accessed directly on the Web at

http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/summary/

list.htm. The paper copy and electronic

version of this memorandum are

identical in content.

Amended Final Results

Based on our review of comments

received regarding ministerial errors, we

have made the following change to the

Final Results. We have incorporated

into our calculation of Wafangdian’s

weighted average margin the revisions

to certain packing material and labor

figures, as detailed in exhibits 6 and 7

of Wafangdian’s March 14, 2000

submission.

We have also corrected a

typographical error in the PRC-wide

cash deposit rate in the final results.

The correct PRC-wide (country-wide)

cash deposit rate is 33.18 percent.

Based on these revisions, we

determine that the following dumping

margins exist for the period June 1, 1998

through May 31, 1999:

Manufacturer/exporter

Revised

margin

(percent)

Wafangdian ................................... 0.00

Wanxiang ...................................... 0.00

CMC .............................................. 0.82

ZMC .............................................. 7.37

Liaoning ........................................ 0.00

Hailin ............................................. 0.00

Weihai ........................................... 0.00

Luoyang ........................................ 4.37

Premier ......................................... 7.36

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections section 751(a)(1) and

771(i) of the Act.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Timothy J. Hauser,

Acting Under Secretary for International

Trade.

Appendix—List of Comments and

Issues in the Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: The Department Should Grant

Revocations

Comment 2: Limiting Revocation to Certain

Trading Companies

Comment 3: Limiting Revocation to

Particular Models

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–601]

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts

Thereof, Finished and Unfinished,

From the People’s Republic of China;

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for

1999–2000 Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limit.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is extending the time limit for the

preliminary results of the thirteenth

review of the antidumping duty order

on tapered roller bearings and parts

thereof, finished and unfinished, from

the People’s Republic of China. The

period of review is June 1, 1999 through

May 31, 2000. This extension is made

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jarrod Goldfeder or Melani Miller,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0189 or

(202) 482–0116, 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 and all citations to the

regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351

(2000).

Statutory Time Limits

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act

requires the Department to issue the

preliminary results of an administrative

review within 245 days after the last day

of the anniversary month of an order for

which a review is requested and a final

determination within 120 days after the

date on which the preliminary results

are published. However, if it is not

practicable to complete the review

within the time period, section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the

Department to extend these deadlines to

a maximum of 365 days and 180 days,

respectively.

Background

On July 31, 2000, the Department

published a notice of initiation of

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on tapered

roller bearings from the People’s

Republic of China, covering the period

June 1, 1999, through May 31, 2000 (65

FR 46687).1 The preliminary results for

the antidumping duty administrative

review of tapered roller bearings from

the People’s Republic of China are