In the Matter of: )

)

CERTAIN BEARINGS FROM CHINA, ) Investigation Nos.:

FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, ) 731-TA-344, 391-A,

SINGAPORE, AND THE UNITED ) 392-A and C,

KINGDOM ) 393-A, 394-A, 396,

) and 399-A

) (Second Review)

WELDED STAINLESS STEEL PIPE ) Investigation Nos.

FROM KOREA AND TAIWAN ) 731-TA-540 and 541

Pages: 1 through 10

Place: Washington, D.C.

Date: August 3, 2006

THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

In the Matter of: )

)

CERTAIN BEARINGS FROM CHINA, ) Investigation Nos.:

FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, ) 731-TA-344, 391-A,

SINGAPORE, AND THE UNITED ) 392-A and C,

KINGDOM ) 393-A, 394-A, 396,

) and 399-A

) (Second Review)

WELDED STAINLESS STEEL PIPE ) Investigation Nos.

FROM KOREA AND TAIWAN ) 731-TA-540 and 541

Thursday,

August 3, 2006

Room 101

U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street, SW

Washington, D.C.

The Commission meeting commenced, pursuant to

notice, at 11:01 a.m., before the Commissioners of the

United States International Trade Commission, the

Honorable DANIEL R. PEARSON, Chairman, presiding.

APPEARANCES:

On behalf of the International Trade Commission:

Commissioners:

DANIEL R. PEARSON, CHAIRMAN (presiding)

SHARA L. ARANOFF, VICE CHAIRMAN

JENNIFER A. HILLMAN, COMMISSIONER

STEPHEN KOPLAN, COMMISSIONER

DEANNA TANNER OKUN, COMMISSIONER

CHARLOTTE R. LANE, COMMISSIONER

APPEARANCES (continued):

MARILYN R. ABBOTT, SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION

BILL BISHOP, HEARINGS AND MEETINGS COORDINATOR

Staff:

Inv. Nos. 731-TA-344, 391-A, 392-A and C, 393-A, 394-A, 396, and 399-A (Second Review)(Certain Bearings from China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom):

DEBRA BAKER, INVESTIGATOR

DEBRA McNAY, INDUSTRY ANALYST

JOHN ASCIENZO, ACCOUNTANT/AUDITOR

MARK REES, ATTORNEY

DAVID FISHBERG, ATTORNEY

DIANE MAZUR, SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR

Inv. Nos. 731-TA-540 and 541 (Second Review)

(Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Korea and
Taiwan):

ERIC LAND, INVESTIGATOR

STEVEN TROST, ECONOMIST

CHARLES YOST, ACCOUNTANT/AUDITOR

ROBIN TURNER, ATTORNEY

DOUGLAS CORKRAN, SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR

I N D E X

PAGE

Meeting called to order	4

Agenda for Future Meetings: none	4

Minutes: July 18, 20, and 25, 2006	4

Ratification List: 06-014	4

Inv. Nos. 731-TA-344, 391-A, 392-A and C, 393-A, 394-A, 396, and 399-A (Second Review)(Certain Bearings from China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and

the United Kingdom) -- briefing and vote	4

Inv. Nos. 731-TA-540 and 541 (Second Review)

(Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Korea and

Taiwan) -- briefing and vote	8

Outstanding Action Jackets: none	4

P R O C E E D I N G S

(11:01 a.m.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Good morning. This meeting of the U.S. International Trade Commission will now come to order.

I understand that there is no agenda for future meetings or outstanding action jackets to consider. Are there any objections to approval of the minutes for July 18, 20, and 25, 2006, or Ratification List 06-014?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Hearing none, they are approved.

Next, we turn to the briefing and vote in

Investigation Nos. 731-TA-344, 391-A, 392-A and C, 393-A, 394-A, 396, and 399-A (Second Review)(Certain Bearings from China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom).

Welcome to Ms. Mazur and the staff who participated in these investigations. Are there any questions for the staff?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Are there any additions or corrections to the staff report?

MS. MAZUR: Mr. Chairman, additions and corrections to the staff report are contained in Investigations Memorandum INV-DD-110.

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Is there any objection to approval of the staff report, as revised?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Hearing none, it is approved.

Madam Secretary, will you please call the roll?

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Lane?

COMMISSIONER LANE: I vote in the affirmative with regard to TRBs, affirmative with regard to BBs, and affirmative with regard to SPBs.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Pearson?

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: I make a negative determination on tapered roller bearings from China. I make an affirmative determination on ball bearings from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. I make a negative determination on ball bearings from Singapore. I make a negative determination on spherical plane bearings from France.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Koplan?

COMMISSIONER KOPLAN: Thank you, Madam Secretary. With regard to tapered bearings, I vote in the affirmative. With regard to ball bearings, I vote in the affirmative with respect to all subject countries, with the exception of Singapore. As to Singapore, I vote in the negative. With respect to spherical bearings, I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Okun is not participating.

Commissioner Hillman?

COMMISSIONER HILLMAN: With respect to

tapered roller bearings from China, I vote in the affirmative. With respect to ball bearings from Singapore, I vote in the negative. With respect to ball bearings from the remaining five subject countries, I vote in the affirmative. With respect to spherical plane bearings from France, I vote in the negative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Aranoff?

VICE CHAIRMAN ARANOFF: I concur with Commissioner Hillman.

MS. ABBOTT: Mr. Chairman, the Commission has reached negative determinations regarding ball bearings from Singapore and a negative determination regarding spherical plane bearings from France.

It has reached affirmative determinations in all other reviews.

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Thank you, Madam Secretary. Further information regarding this determination will be in the press release. Commissioners' opinions are currently scheduled to be transmitted to the Department of Commerce on or before August 25, 2006. Thank you to all of the staff who participated in these lengthy and detailed investigations. We will now take a moment to change staff for the next vote.

(Pause.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: The next item on the agenda is the briefing and vote in Investigation Nos.

731-TA-540 and 541 (Second Review)(Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Korea and Taiwan).

Welcome to Mr. Corkran and the staff who participated in these investigations. Are there any questions for the staff?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Are there any additions or corrections to the staff report?

MR. CORKRAN: Douglas Corkran, Office of Investigations. Thank you, Chairman Pearson. The staff proposes that the staff report on the subject reviews be revised in accordance with Memorandum INV-
DD-109, dated July 20, 2006. The staff has no further revisions.

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Is there any objection to approval of the staff report, as revised?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Hearing none, it is approved.

Madam Secretary, will you please call the roll?

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Aranoff?

VICE CHAIRMAN ARANOFF: I vote in the affirmative with respect to all countries.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Pearson?

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: I also vote in the affirmative with respect to all countries.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Hillman?

COMMISSIONER HILLMAN: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Okun?

COMMISSIONER OKUN: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Koplan?

COMMISSIONER KOPLAN: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Lane?

COMMISSIONER LANE: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Mr. Chairman, the Commission has reached affirmative determinations in these reviews.

CHAIRMAN PEARSON: Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Further information regarding this determination will be in the press release. Commissioners' opinions are currently scheduled to be transmitted to the Department of Commerce on or before August 16, 2006. Thank you to all of the staff who participated in these investigations, and please don't think that just because the audience is now smaller than for the previous investigation that you are somehow less popular or valuable than the staff who preceded you at the table.

Seeing that there is no other business before the Commission, this meeting is adjourned.

(Whereupon, at 11:09 a.m., the Commission meeting was adjourned.)

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CERTIFICATION OF TRANSCRIPTION

TITLE:	Bearings from China

INVESTIGATION NOS.:	731-TA-344

HEARING DATE:	August 3, 2006

LOCATION:	Washington, D.C.

NATURE OF HEARING:	Commission meeting

I hereby certify that the foregoing/attached transcript is a true, correct and complete record of the above-referenced proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

DATE:	8/3/06

SIGNED:	LaShonne Robinson

Signature of the Contractor or the

Authorized Contractor's Representative

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I hereby certify that I am not the Court Reporter and that I have proofread the above-referenced transcript of the proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission, against the aforementioned Court Reporter's notes and recordings, for accuracy in transcription in the spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and speaker-
identification, and did not make any changes of a substantive nature. The foregoing/attached transcript is a true, correct and complete transcription of the proceeding(s).

SIGNED:	Carlos Gamez

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I hereby certify that I reported the above-
referenced proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission and caused to be prepared from my tapes and notes of the proceedings a true, correct and complete verbatim recording of the proceeding(s).

SIGNED:	Kyle Johnson

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