[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]
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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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