Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From Italy and Japan: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-801, A-588-804]

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and

Parts Thereof From Italy and Japan: Notice of 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 July 1, 1999, 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. 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 period of review is May 1, 1997, through April 30, 1998.

Based on the correction of a typographical error and the correction of

certain ministerial errors, we have changed the margins for ball

bearings for two companies and for cylindrical roller bearings for one

company.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minoo Hatten or Robin Gray, AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1690 or (202) 482-4023,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

On July 1, 1999, the Department 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 (64 FR 35590)(Final Results). The reviews covered 21

manufacturers/exporters and the period May 1, 1997, through April 30,

1998.

After publication of our final results, we received a timely

allegation from a respondent, Somecat S.p.A.(Somecat), that the margin

for ball bearings (BBs) was reported inaccurately in the final results

notice. We agree with the respondent. The margin for Somecat should be

0.25 percent, not 0.45 percent as reported in the Final Results.

We also received a timely allegation from NSK Ltd. and NSK

Corporation (collectively, NSK) that we had made two ministerial errors

in calculating the final results. We agree with the respondent. We are

unable to summarize these errors due to their proprietary nature. See

analysis memorandum from analyst to file dated July 29, 1999, for a

description of the changes we made to correct the ministerial errors.

Amended Final Results of Review

As a result of the correction of the typographical error and

amended margin calculations, the following weighted-average margins

exist for Somecat and NSK for the period May 1, 1997, through April 30,

1998:

[In percent]

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CRBs

Country: Manufacturer Exporter BB rate rate

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Italy: Somecat S.p.A.................................. 0.25 (1)

Japan: NSK Ltd........................................ 0.76 4.36

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\1\ No shipments or sales subject to this review. The firm has no

individual rate from any segment of this proceeding.

The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We will also

direct 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 (64 FR 35590) 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.

We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in

accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: August 25, 1999.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-22789 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]

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