[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30969]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-604]
Amended Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review: Tapered Roller
Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From Japan
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of amended final results of expedited sunset review:
Tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished,
from Japan.
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SUMMARY: On November 4, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') issued its final results of the sunset review of the
antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof,
finished and unfinished (``TRBs''), over four inches, from Japan (64 FR
60266). On November 3, 1999, Koyo Corporation U.S.A.-Manufacturing
Division, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corporation U.S.A.
(collectively, ``Koyo'') timely alleged that the Department made a
ministerial error in its final results. The domestic interested parties
did not respond to the ministerial error comments. We agree with Koyo
and, therefore, are amending the final results.
For Further Information Contact: Darla D. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner,
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207 or (202)
482-1560, respectively.
Effective Date: November 30, 1999.
Background
On April 1, 1999, the Department initiated a sunset review of the
antidumping duty order on TRBs, over four inches, from Japan (64 FR
15727) pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``the Act''). On November 4, 1999, the Department issued its final
results of the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on TRBs,
over four inches, from Japan (64 FR 60266), in which we determined that
there was a likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping if the
order were revoked. In this determination, the Department forwarded to
the Commission two company-specific weighted-average dumping margins
and the ``all others'' rate from the original investigation.
On November 3, 1999, the Department received allegations, timely
filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), from Koyo that the Department
made a ministerial error in its final results. Koyo alleged that the
Department, in its final results of the sunset review for this case,
reported to the Commission the margin for Koyo from the original less
than fair value (``LTFV'') determination, but overlooked the fact that
this margin had been amended due to the correction of clerical
errors.\1\ Koyo therefore urged the Department to report the corrected
margin to the Commission.
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\1\ See Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Amendment to Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller
Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from Japan, 52
FR 47955 (December 17, 1987).
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After analyzing Koyo's November 3, 1999, submission, we have
determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224, that a ministerial error
was made in the final determination of this sunset review. The
Department notes that the definition of a ministerial error provides
not only for the correction of errors in arithmetic but also for ``any
other similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial'' (see 19 CFR 351.224(f)). In the Department's final
results of the sunset review for this case, we inadvertently overlooked
the fact that the original LTFV determination had been subsequently
amended. The Department's reliance the original unamended margins from
the final determination in the sunset review was in error.
Amended Final Results of Review
For the reasons stated above and in our November 4, 1999, final
results of expedited sunset review, the Department finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the amended margins listed
below.
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Margin
Manufacturer/exporter (percent)
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Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.......................................... 36.21
NTN Toyo Bearing Co., Ltd.................................... 36.53
All Others................................................... 36.52
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This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: November 22, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-30969 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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