[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10967-10968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4617]
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[A-588-804, A-428-801]
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and
Parts Thereof From Japan and Germany; Amendment to Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of antidumping duty
administrative reviews.
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SUMMARY: On February 3, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) issued the final results of its administrative reviews of
the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof (AFBs) from France, Germany,
Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
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 reviews covered 29 manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1,
1992, through April 30, 1993. Based on corrections to the calculation
of cost of production (COP) and constructed value (CV), we are amending
the final results with respect to Japanese ball bearings and
cylindrical roller bearings sold by one company, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. (collectively Koyo). We are also
amending our final results to indicate that we disregarded sales below
cost with respect to sales of AFBs from Germany by two companies.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Rimlinger or Michael Rill,
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4733.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 3, 1995, the Department issued the final results of its
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on AFBs from
France, Germany, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the
United Kingdom. The notice of these final results is published in this
issue of the Federal Register. The classes or kinds of merchandise
covered by these reviews were BBs, CRBs, and SPBs. The reviews covered
29 manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1992, through April
30, 1993.
Subsequent to the issuance of our final results, Koyo alleged a
clerical error per its letter of February 7, 1995. We determined there
was a ministerial error in the calculation of COP and CV in the final
results for AFBs from Japan sold by Koyo. Specifically, in those
instances where Koyo reported finished or semi-finished bearings
purchased from other suppliers, we included both the total cost of
manufacturing (COM) and the acquisition cost of such bearings in the
calculation of COP and CV. This effectively doubled the COM for these
purchased bearings since Koyo's acquisition cost is its COM for these
bearings. We have therefore corrected our calculation of Koyo's COP and
CV.
Sales Below Cost in the Home Market--Germany
With respect to AFBs from Germany, the final results issued on
February 3, 1995, and published in this issue of the Federal Register
inadvertently failed to indicate that we disregarded certain sales
below cost in the home market. Those omitted were sales of SPBs by FAG
and BBs by Fichtel & Sachs.
Concerning AFBs from Germany, the Department disregarded sales
below cost for the following firms and classes or kinds of merchandise:
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Country Company Class or kind of merchandise
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Germany... FAG.......................... BBs, CRBs, SPBs.
INA.......................... BBs, CRBs.
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SKF.......................... BBs, CRBs, SPBs.
Fichtel & Sachs.............. BBs.
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Amended Final Results of Reviews
As a result of our corrections, we have determined the following
percentage weighted-average margins to exist for the period May 1, 1992
through April 30, 1993:
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Company BBs CRBs
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Koyo.................................................. 14.28 3.54
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Based on these results, 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 these reviews.
These 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 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 is published in accordance with section 751(f) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1675(f)) and 19 CFR
353.28(c).
Dated: February 17, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-4617 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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