[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8908-8909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4542]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-485-801, A-559-801, A-
401-801, A-549-801, A-412-801]
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and
Parts Thereof From France, et al.; 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.
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SUMMARY: On October 15, 1997, the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit 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 France, Germany,
Italy, Japan (except NSK), Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United
Kingdom. 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 (with the
exception noted above), 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: February 23, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross 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
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand,
and the United Kingdom, covering the period May 1, 1990 through April
30, 1991 (AFBs II) (57 FR 28360). These final results were amended on
July 24, 1992, and December 14, 1992, to correct clerical errors (see
57 FR 32969 and 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 bearings and parts thereof (SPBs). Subsequently,
two domestic producers, the Torrington Company and Federal-Mogul, 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). In the course of this
litigation, the CIT issued a number of orders and opinions of which the
following have resulted in changes to the antidumping margins
calculated in AFBs II:
Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States, 862 F. Supp. 384 (CIT 1994), 872
F. Supp. 1011 (CIT 1994), and Slip Op. 95-184 (November 20, 1995) with
respect to France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom;
Torrington Company v. United States, 881 F. Supp. 622 (CIT 1995) and
926 F. Supp. 1151 (CIT 1996) with respect to France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom;
Koyo Seiko Company Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 96-168 (October 17,
1996) with respect to Japan;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 874 F. Supp. 1395 (CIT 1995) with
respect to Italy;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 875 F. Supp. 847 (CIT 1995) with respect
to Germany;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-11 (January 31, 1995) with
respect to the United Kingdom;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, 876 F. Supp. 275 (CIT 1995) with respect
to France;
SKF USA Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 95-124 (July 5, 1995) with
respect to Sweden;
Societe Nouvelle de Roulements v. United States, 927 F. Supp. 1558 (CIT
1996) with respect to France.
In the context of the above-cited litigation, the CIT (in some
cases based on decisions by the CAFC) ordered the Department to make
methodological changes and to recalculate the antidumping margins for
certain firms under review. 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, and (4) to correct certain clerical errors.
On October 15, 1997, the CAFC affirmed the Department's final
remand results affecting final assessment rates for all the above cases
(except the reviews involving NSK Ltd. of Japan which are still subject
to further litigation). See Torrington Co. v. United States, 127 F.3d
1077 (Fed. Cir. 1997). As there are now final and conclusive court
decisions in these actions, we are amending our final results of review
in these matters and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs
Service to liquidate entries subject to these reviews.
Amendment to Final Results
Pursuant to 516A(e) of the Tariff Act, we are now amending the
final results of administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on antifriction
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bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand,
and the United Kingdom, and the period May 1, 1990, through April 30,
1991. The revised weighted-average margins are as follows:
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Company BBs CRBs SPBs
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France
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SKF.............................. 8.56 (1) (3)
SNR.............................. 8.08 18.37 (2)
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Germany
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FAG.............................. 20.10 7.83 1.05
INA.............................. 19.90 1.23 (1)
SKF.............................. 12.08 5.10 0.82
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Italy
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FAG.............................. 7.50 (1) ...........
SKF.............................. 8.78 (3) ...........
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Japan
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Fujino........................... 1.83 (2) (2)
IJK.............................. 1.89 (3) (2)
Izumoto.......................... 12.14 (2) (2)
Koyo Seiko....................... 6.95 1.39 (3)
Nachi............................ 7.90 22.61 (1)
Nakai............................ 6.47 (2) (2)
Nankai........................... 9.41 (2) (2)
NTN.............................. 2.42 2.78 0.51
Showa............................ 7.51 (2) (2)
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Singapore
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NMB/Pelmec....................... 4.49 ........... ...........
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Sweden
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SKF.............................. 7.67 4.18 ...........
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Thailand
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NMB/Pelmec....................... 0.498 ........... ...........
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United Kingdom
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Barden Corporation............... 0.85 (1) ...........
FAG.............................. 48.97 (3) ...........
RHP Bearings..................... 16.75 50.39 ...........
SKF.............................. 8.33 (1) ...........
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(1) No U.S. sales during the review period.
(2) No review requested.
(3) No change to the last published margin. See AFBs II, 57 FR 28360, as
amended by 57 FR 32969 and 57 FR 59080.
The above rates will become the new antidumping duty deposit rates
for firms that have not had a deposit rate established for them in
subsequent reviews.
Accordingly, the Department will determine and the U.S. Customs
Service will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the
subject merchandise made by firms covered by these reviews. Individual
differences between United States price and foreign market value may
vary from the percentages listed above. The Department has already
issued appraisement instructions to the Customs Service for certain
companies whose margins have not changed from those announced in AFBs
II and the two previous amendments. For companies covered by these
amended results, 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: February 11, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-4542 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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