Amended Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review: Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From Japan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-604]

Amended Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review: Tapered Roller

Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of expedited sunset review:

Tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished,

from Japan.

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SUMMARY: On November 4, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the

Department'') issued its final results of the sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof,

finished and unfinished (``TRBs''), over four inches, from Japan (64 FR

60266). On November 3, 1999, Koyo Corporation U.S.A.-Manufacturing

Division, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corporation U.S.A.

(collectively, ``Koyo'') timely alleged that the Department made a

ministerial error in its final results. The domestic interested parties

did not respond to the ministerial error comments. We agree with Koyo

and, therefore, are amending the final results.

For Further Information Contact: Darla D. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner,

Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207 or (202)

482-1560, respectively.

Effective Date: November 30, 1999.

Background

On April 1, 1999, the Department initiated a sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on TRBs, over four inches, from Japan (64 FR

15727) pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(``the Act''). On November 4, 1999, the Department issued its final

results of the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on TRBs,

over four inches, from Japan (64 FR 60266), in which we determined that

there was a likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping if the

order were revoked. In this determination, the Department forwarded to

the Commission two company-specific weighted-average dumping margins

and the ``all others'' rate from the original investigation.

On November 3, 1999, the Department received allegations, timely

filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), from Koyo that the Department

made a ministerial error in its final results. Koyo alleged that the

Department, in its final results of the sunset review for this case,

reported to the Commission the margin for Koyo from the original less

than fair value (``LTFV'') determination, but overlooked the fact that

this margin had been amended due to the correction of clerical

errors.\1\ Koyo therefore urged the Department to report the corrected

margin to the Commission.

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\1\ See Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value and Amendment to Antidumping Duty Order; Tapered Roller

Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, from Japan, 52

FR 47955 (December 17, 1987).

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After analyzing Koyo's November 3, 1999, submission, we have

determined, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224, that a ministerial error

was made in the final determination of this sunset review. The

Department notes that the definition of a ministerial error provides

not only for the correction of errors in arithmetic but also for ``any

other similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers

ministerial'' (see 19 CFR 351.224(f)). In the Department's final

results of the sunset review for this case, we inadvertently overlooked

the fact that the original LTFV determination had been subsequently

amended. The Department's reliance the original unamended margins from

the final determination in the sunset review was in error.

Amended Final Results of Review

For the reasons stated above and in our November 4, 1999, final

results of expedited sunset review, the Department finds that

revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of dumping at the amended margins listed

below.

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Margin

Manufacturer/exporter (percent)

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Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.......................................... 36.21

NTN Toyo Bearing Co., Ltd.................................... 36.53

All Others................................................... 36.52

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This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are in accordance

with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: November 22, 1999.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-30969 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]

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