[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28576-28578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13486]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[C-549-802]
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Thailand; Initiation and
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, Consideration of Revocation and Intent To Revoke
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
[[Page 28577]] ACTION: Notice of initiation and preliminary results of
changed circumstances countervailing duty administrative review,
consideration of revocation and intent to revoke countervailing duty
order.
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SUMMARY: We preliminarily determine that domestic parties are no longer
interested in the countervailing duty order on ball bearings and parts
thereof from Thailand. We therefore intend to revoke the order. The
revocation will apply to all shipments of subject merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1,
1995. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results and intent to revoke the order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein or Brian Albright,
Office of Countervailing Compliance, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230,
telephone: (202) 482-2786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 3, 1995, the Torrington Company (Torrington), the
petitioner, submitted a letter to the Department of Commerce (the
Department) stating that it has no further interest in the
countervailing duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from
Thailand for entries after December 11, 1994. Accordingly, Torrington
requested revocation of the order based on changed circumstances in
accordance with 19 C.F.R. 355.25(d)(1994).
This changed circumstances administrative review covers all
producers and/or exporters of the subject merchandise and all shipments
of this merchandise to the United States entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 1995.
Scope of Review
Imports covered by this review are ball bearings and parts thereof.
Such merchandise is described in detail in Appendix A to this notice.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers listed on Appendix A
are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written
description remains dispositive.
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Administrative Review
and Intent To Revoke Countervailing Duty Order
Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(1995) (the Act), and sections 355.22(h) and 355.25(d)(1994) of the
Department's regulations, the Department may revoke a countervailing
duty order if it concludes that ``changed circumstances'' have arisen
such that the order is no longer of interest to interested parties (19
C.F.R. 355.25(d)(1)(i)(1994)). We preliminarily determine that the
petitioner's affirmative statement of no further interest in this
proceeding, not opposed by statements of interest by other interested
parties, constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant
revocation of this countervailing duty order. Therefore, we preliminary
determine to revoke the countervailing duty order on ball bearings and
parts thereof from Thailand.
We are hereby notifying the public of our preliminary determination
to revoke this countervailing duty order. If this preliminary
determination to revoke this order is made final, the revocation will
apply to all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 1995.
Therefore, we intend to instruct the U.S. Customs Service to
terminate the suspension of liquidation and liquidate all entries of
the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1, 1995, without regard to
countervailing duties. We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to
refund with interest any estimated countervailing duties collected with
respect to those entries. The current requirement for a cash deposit of
estimated countervailing duties will continue until publication of the
final results of this changed circumstances administrative review.
Interested parties may request a hearing within 10 days of the date
of publication of this notice. Case briefs or other written comments
from interested parties may be submitted not later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttal
comments, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not
later than 37 days after the date of publication of this notice. Any
hearing, if requested, will be held seven days after the scheduled date
for submission of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs and rebuttal
briefs must be served on interested parties in accordance with section
355.38(e) of the Department's regulations (1994).
Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure
of proprietary information under administrative protective order no
later than 10 days after the representative's client of employer
becomes a party in the proceeding, but in no event later than the date
the case briefs, under 19 C.F.R. 355.38(e)(1994), are due. The
Department will publish the final results of the changed circumstances
administrative review and its decision on revocation of this
countervailing duty order, as well as the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any case or rebuttal brief, or at a hearing.
This notice of changed circumstances administrative review and
intent to revoke is in accordance with section 751(d)(1) and (3) of the
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(d)(1) and (3)(1995)) and 19 C.F.R. 355.22(h) and
355.25(d)(1994).
Dated: May 26, 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix A
Scope of The Review
The products covered by this review, ball bearings, mounted or
unmounted, and parts thereof, constitute the following as outlined
below.
Ball Bearings, Mounted or Unmounted, and Parts Thereof
These products include all antifriction bearings which employ
balls as the rolling element. Imports of these products are
classifiable under the following categories: antifriction balls;
ball bearings with integral shafts; ball bearings (including radial
ball bearings) and parts thereof; ball bearings type pillow blocks
and parts thereof; ball bearing type flange, take-up, cartridge, and
hanger units, and parts thereof; and other bearings (except tapered
roller bearings) and parts thereof. Wheel hub units which employ
balls as the rolling element are subject to this review. Finished
but unground or semiground balls are not included in the scope of
the review. Imports of these products are currently classifiable
under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item numbers:
8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 8482.80.00, 8482.91.00, 8482.99.10,
8482.99.70, 8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.40, 8483.30.80,
8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50,
8708.99.50.
This review covers all of the subject bearings and parts thereof
outlined above with certain limitations. With regard to finished
parts (inner race, outer race, cage, rollers, balls, seals, shields,
etc.), all such parts are included in the scope of this review. For
unfinished parts (inner race, outer race, rollers, balls, etc.),
such parts are included if (1) they have been treated, or (2) heat
treatment is not required to be performed on [[Page 28578]] the
part. Thus, the only unfinished parts that are not covered by the
review are those parts which will be subject to heat treatment after
importation.
[FR Doc. 95-13486 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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