Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-028]

Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review: Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty

administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack K. Dulberger or Wendy Frankel,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office IV, Import

Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.

20230; telephone: (202) 482-5505 or (202) 482-5849, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise stated, 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, as amended

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(the Act) by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of

Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are references to the

provisions codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Amended Final Results

On November 10, 1997, the Department published the final results of

its administrative review of the antidumping duty finding on roller

chain, other than bicycle, from Japan (62 FR 60472). The review covers

six manufacturers/exporters and the period of review (POR) is April 1,

1995, through March 31, 1996.

After publication of our final results, on November 17, 1997, we

received timely allegations of ministerial errors with respect to the

final results of administrative review for Daido Kogyo Co. Ltd., Daido

Tsusho Co., Ltd., and Daido Corporation (collectively Daido) and Enuma

Chain Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Enuma). Based on the correction of

certain ministerial errors made in the final results of review, we

amended our final results with respect to these companies. See 62 FR

67345 (December 24, 1997).

Following the publication of the amended final results, Daido,

Enuma, and Pulton Chain Co., Inc. (Pulton) (the parties) filed lawsuits

with the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging

the Department's amended final results of administrative review. See

Daido Kogyo Co., et al. versus United States, Consolidated Court No.

97-12-02115; and Pulton Chain Co., Inc. versus United States, Court No.

97-12-02116.

Following negotiations, the parties to these cases entered into

settlement agreements. On February 11, 1999, the CIT approved the

settlement agreements and dismissed the lawsuits. See Stipulation of

Dismissal, Pulton Chain Co., Inc. versus United States, Court No. 97-

12-02116; Daido Kogyo Co., et al. versus United States, Consolidated

Court No. 97-12-02115.

As a result of the settlement agreements in these cases, we

calculated the following amended margins for Daido, Enuma, and Pulton

for the period April 1, 1995, through March 31, 1996, and are amending

the final results of the antidumping administrative review of roller

chain, other than bicycle, from Japan:

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Margin

Manufacturer/exporter percent

revised

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Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd....................................... 0.84

Enuma Chain Mfg. Co., Ltd.................................. 0.98

Pulton Chain Co., Inc...................................... 17.57

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The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.

We will issue importer-specific appraisement instructions to Customs.

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 doubled antidumping duties.

We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with

section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1), 19 CFR 351.213, and

19 CFR 351.221(b)(5)).

Dated: March 3, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-5947 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]

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