[Federal Register: July 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 147)] [Notices] [Page 40878-40879] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr31jy98-50] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 40879]] 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BBs margin Country and manufacturer/exporter (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Italy: SKF................................................. 3.80 Romania: TIE............................................... 0.02 United Kingdom: Barden..................................... *6.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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. [FR Doc. 98-20515 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P