[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40878-40879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20515]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-801, A-485-801, A-412-801]
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and
Parts Thereof From Italy, Romania, and the United Kingdom; Amended
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty
administrative reviews.
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SUMMARY: On June 18, 1998, the Department of Commerce published 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,
and the United Kingdom (63 FR 33320). The period of review is May 1,
1996, through April 30, 1997. Subsequent to the publication of the
final results, we received comments alleging that we made various
ministerial errors in calculating the final results with regard to ball
bearings from Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom. Based on the
correction of certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins
for ball bearings and parts thereof for two companies.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Flood or Chip Hayes, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th 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 (the Tariff Act), as amended, are references to the
provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the
amendments made to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the
Department of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR
section 353 (April 1997).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 18, 1998, the Department published the final results of its
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, and the
United Kingdom (63 FR 33320). The types of subject merchandise covered
by these orders 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 twenty manufacturers/
exporters and the period May 1, 1996, through April 30, 1997. After
publication of our final results, we received timely allegations from
the petitioner and two respondents that we made ministerial errors in
calculating the final results with regard to BBs from Italy, Romania
and the United Kingdom.
A summary of each allegation along with the Department's response
is included below. We corrected our calculations, where we agree that
we made ministerial errors, in accordance with section 751(h) of the
Tariff Act.
Clerical Error Allegations
Allegation 1: The petitioner alleges that the Department made
clerical errors in SKF Italy's margin program that fail to convert two
variables to their full values and fail to include all necessary values
in the calculation of revenue for home-market transactions.
Department's Position: We agree and have changed SKF Italy's margin
program accordingly.
Allegation 2: The respondent, Technoimportexport (TIE), alleges
that the Department made a clerical error in TIE's margin program for
two different models. TIE alleges this clerical error inflates certain
values for packing materials by a factor of 1,000.
Department's Position: We agree that this was a clerical error and
have changed the margin program accordingly.
Allegation 3: The petitioner alleges that due to a clerical error
in the Barden Corporation (U.K.) Ltd's (Barden's) margin program
certain values are being assigned incorrectly. For further proprietary
discussion of this error, see Memorandum to the File, dated 7/17/98.
Department's Position: We agree and have changed the margin program
accordingly. However, this change did not affect Barden's margin.
Amended Final Results of Reviews
As a result of the amended margin calculations, the following
weighted-average percentage margins exist for the period May 1, 1996,
through April 30, 1997:
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BBs margin
Country and manufacturer/exporter (percent)
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Italy: SKF................................................. 3.80
Romania: TIE............................................... 0.02
United Kingdom: Barden..................................... *6.63
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*This margin did not change as a result of the correction.
The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because sampling
and other simplification methods prevent entry-by-entry assessments, we
have calculated, wherever possible, an exporter/importer-specific
assessment rate in accordance with the methodology described in the
final results (63 FR 33320, 33321). We will also 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 review and as amended by this determination. The
amended 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 final 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 Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction. Timely written notification of the
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with
section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR Section
353.28(c).
Dated: July 23, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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