[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32755-32757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15870]
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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 Germany; 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 November 19, 1996, the Court of International Trade (CIT)
affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) final remand
results affecting final assessment rates for the first administrative
reviews (covering the period November 9, 1988 through April 30, 1990)
of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than
tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Sweden, 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, we are amending our final
results of reviews and we will subsequently instruct the U.S. Customs
Service to liquidate entries subject to this review. The Department has
already instructed the U.S. Customs Service to liquidate entries
subject to the first administrative reviews of the antidumping duty
orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings )
and parts thereof from Singapore and Thailand as a result of final and
conclusive court decisions at an earlier date.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Ross or Richard Rimlinger, 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 July 11, 1991, 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 November 9, 1988 through
April 30, 1990 (AFBs I) (56 FR 31692). 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. Subsequently, two domestic producers,
the Torrington Company and Federal-Mogul, and a number of other
interested parties, filed lawsuits with the CIT challenging the final
results. These lawsuits were litigated at the CIT and the 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 I:
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00528, 824 F. Supp. 215
(CIT 1993), and Slip Op. 96-1 dated January 2, 1996 (United Kingdom);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00529, Slip Op. 96-2
dated January 2, 1996 (Sweden);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00530, 813 F. Supp. 856
(CIT 1993), and 839 F. Supp. 864 (CIT) (Japan);
Federal-Mogul and The Torrington Company v. United States, Consol. Ct.
No. 91-07-00530 and 91-08-00569, 834 F. Supp. 1391 (CIT 1993), 18 CIT
160 (1994), 871 F. Supp. 443 (CIT 1994), and 907 F. Supp. (CIT 1995),
(Japan);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00531, 17 CIT 1258
(1993), and Slip Op. 95-188 dated November 22, 1995 (France);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00532, F. Supp. 767 (CIT
1993), 17 CIT 1258 (1993), and Slip Op. 96-5 dated January 2, 1996
(Italy);
Federal-Mogul v. United States, Ct. No. 91-07-00533, 824 F. Supp. (CIT
1993), 839 F. Supp. 881 (CIT 1993), Slip Op. 95-191 dated November 22,
1995, and Slip Op. 96-6 dated January 2, 1996 (Germany);
RHP Bearings v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00560, 808 F. Supp. 835
(CIT 1992) (United Kingdom);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00562, 832 F. Supp. 393 (CIT
1993), Slip Op. 96-10 dated January 4, 1996 (France);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00564, 834 F. Supp. 1384
(CIT 1993), (Thailand) (see 60 FR 36779);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00565, 829 F. Supp. 492 (CIT
1993), (Singapore);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00567, 832 F. Supp. 379 (CIT
1993), 850 F. Supp. 12 (CIT 1994), 853 F. Supp. 446 (CIT 1994), and
Slip Op. 96-9 dated January 4, 1996 (Germany);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00568, (832 F. Supp. 365
(CIT 1993), 850 F. Supp. 1 (CIT 1993), 850 F. Supp. 7 (CIT 1994), and
Slip Op. 95-189 dated November 22, 1995 (Italy);
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Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00569, 818 F. Supp. 1563
(CIT 1993), (Japan);
Torrington v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00570, 824 F. Supp. 1095
(CIT 1993), (United Kingdom);
NTN v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00577, 826 F. Supp. 1435 (CIT
1993), and Slip Op. 96-69 dated November 19, 1996 (Japan);
Koyo Seiko Company, Ltd. v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-0051, 796 F.
Supp. 1526 (CIT 1992), (Japan);
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. v. United States, Ct. No. 91-08-00595, 798 F.
Supp. 716 (CIT 1992), (Japan).
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
VAT taxes with respect to the comparison of U.S. and home market
prices; (2) to not 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) to apply
a best-information-available rate where a firm failed to report U.S.
sales discounts properly, and (5) to correct certain clerical errors.
On May 16, 1996, the CIT affirmed the final remand results of the
Department for all the above-cited cases (Slip Op. 96-77) (except those
cases involving Singapore and Thailand for which there were final and
conclusive court decisions at an earlier date) and, on November 13,
1996, the Court ordered these cases dismissed (Slip Op. 96-183). 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 Determination
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 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 November 9, 1988 through
April 30, 1990. 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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ADH.............................. 2.91 (\3\) (\3\)
Dowty Rotol...................... (\3\) (\1\) (\2\)
FiatAvio......................... (\3\) (\1\) (\2\)
INA.............................. (\3\) (\3\) (\3\)
Pratt & Whitney.................. 4.89 (\3\) (\1\)
SKF.............................. 7.89 (\1\) 25.66
SNFA............................. (\3\) (\3\) (\2\)
SNR.............................. 2.09 (\3\) (\1\)
SNECMA........................... (\3\) (\3\) (\2\)
Turbomeca........................ 7.44 (\3\) (\1\)
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Germany
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Dowty-Rotol...................... (\3\) (\1\) (\1\)
FAG.............................. 11.45 3.59 12.24
FiatAvio......................... (\3\) (\3\) (\2\)
GMN.............................. 1.73 (\2\) (\2\)
GRW.............................. 0.16 (\1\) (\1\)
HDM.............................. (\3\) (\3\) (\1\)
INA.............................. 11.88 8.40 (\1\)
MBB.............................. (\3\) (\3\) (\3\)
NWG.............................. 53.43 (\2\) (\2\)
NTN.............................. 5.07 (\2\) (\2\)
Pratt & Whitney.................. 5.39 (\3\) (\1\)
SKF.............................. 6.11 7.07 4.22
ZF............................... 42.72 (\3\) (\3\)
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Italy
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Dowty Rotol...................... 12.67 (\1\) (\4\)
FAG.............................. 4.89 (\1\) (\4\)
Fiat Avio........................ (\3\) (\3\) (\4\)
Japanese Aero Engines............ (\1\) (\1\) (\4\)
Meter............................ (\3\) (\3\) (\4\)
Rolls-Royce...................... (\1\) (\3\) (\4\)
SKF.............................. 4.41 (\3\) (\4\)
SNECMA........................... (\3\) (\3\) (\4\)
Somecat.......................... (\3\) (\2\) (\4\)
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Japan
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Asahi Seiko...................... (\3\) (\1\) (\1\)
Fujino........................... 2.13 (\2\) (\2\)
Honda............................ 3.84 (\3\) (\3\)
IJK.............................. 17.60 (\3\) (\1\)
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Isuzu............................ 0.92 (\3\) (\3\)
Izumoto.......................... 11.67 (\2\) (\2\)
Japanese Aero Engines............ (\3\) (\3\) (\3\)
Koyo Seiko....................... 9.95 1.46 (\1\)
Minebea.......................... (\3\) (\3\) (\3\)
Nachi............................ 9.97 9.73 (\1\)
Nakai............................ 12.73 (\1\) (\1\)
Nankai........................... 13.28 (\1\) (\1\)
NPBS............................. (\3\) (\1\) (\1\)
NSK.............................. 6.28 49.85 (\1\)
NTN.............................. 2.45 1.92 (\3\)
Osaka Pump....................... (\3\) (\1\) (\1\)
Showa............................ 18.94 (\2\) (\2\)
Takeshita........................ (\3\) (\1\) (\1\)
Tottori.......................... 5.83 (\2\) (\2\)
Wada............................. 23.72 (\2\) (\2\)
Yamaha........................... 0.07 (\2\) (\2\)
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Singapore
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NMB/Pelmec....................... (\3\) (\4\) (\4\)
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Sweden
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SKF.............................. 3.20 4.14 (\4\)
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Thailand
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NMB/Pelmec....................... (\3\) (\4\) (\4\)
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United Kingdom
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Barden Corporation............... (\3\) (\1\) (\4\)
Cooper Bearings.................. (\2\) (\3\) (\4\)
Dowty Rotol...................... 9.01 (\3\) (\4\)
FAG.............................. (\3\) (\3\) (\4\)
FiatAvio......................... (\1\) (\3\) (\4\)
Pratt & Whitney.................. 5.98 (\3\) (\4\)
RHP Bearings..................... 14.54 30.34 (\4\)
Rolls-Royce...................... 3.71 (\1\) (\4\)
SKF.............................. 4.92 (\1\) (\4\)
SNFA............................. (\1\) (\2\) (\4\)
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\1\ No U.S. sales during the review period.
\2\ No review requested.
\3\ No change to original margin as a result of litigation.
\4\ No antidumping order covers this merchandise.
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 Customs Service
will assess appropriate antidumping duties on entries of the subject
merchandise made by firms covered by this review of the period November
11, 1988 through April 30, 1990. Individual differences between United
States price and foreign market value may vary from the percentages
listed above. Where the Department has not already issued appraisement
instructions to the Customs Service, it will do so after publication of
these amended final results of reviews
Dated: June 9, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-15870 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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