Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From Japan; Amendment to Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-588-804]

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and

Parts Thereof From Japan; Amendment to Final Results of Antidumping

Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to final results of antidumping duty

administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: On July 26, 1993, the Department of Commerce 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, 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. The reviews covered 41

manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1991 through April 30,

1992. Based on the correction of ministerial errors, we are amending

the final results with respect to Japanese ball bearings, cylindrical

roller bearings and spherical plain bearings sold by one company.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Marchal or Michael Rill, Office

of Antidumping Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)482-4733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On July 26, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published in the Federal Register 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, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden,

Thailand and the United Kingdom (58 FR 39729). The classes or kinds of

merchandise covered by these reviews were ball bearings and parts

thereof (BBs), cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof (CRBs),

and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof (SPBs). The reviews

covered 41 manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1991 through

April 30, 1992.

After publication of our final results, we received timely

allegations of ministerial errors from Honda Motor Company concerning

the final results for AFBs from Japan sold by Honda.

We agree with one of these allegations and have made the necessary

correction. Specifically, Honda had submitted two sets of home market

data. Although we had intended in our final results to use only certain

portions of each of these datasets, we used the wrong portions in our

final results. We have therefore corrected our analysis by using the

correct portions of Honda's submitted home market datasets.

Amended Final Results of Reviews

As a result of our corrections of ministerial errors, we have

determined the following percentage weighted-average margins to exist

for the period May 1, 1991 through April 30, 1992:

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Company BBs CRBs SPBs

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Honda..................................... 0.04 0.16 0.16

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The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual

differences between United States price and foreign market value may

vary from the percentages stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions on each exporter directly to the Customs

Service.

Because these rates for Honda are less than 0.50 percent and,

therefore, de minimis for cash deposit purposes, the Department will

require a cash deposit of zero for all entries of the above merchandise

from Honda.

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 15, 1994.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-4504 Filed 2-25-94; 8:45 am]

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