81_FR_4269 81 FR 4253 - Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2007-2008

81 FR 4253 - Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2007-2008

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 16 (January 26, 2016)

Page Range4253-4254
FR Document2016-01573

On December 21, 2015, the United States Court of International Trade (``CIT'' or ``Court'') issued its final judgment \1\ sustaining the Department of Commerce's (the ``Department'') final results of redetermination \2\ issued pursuant to the CIT's remand order in Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United States, 914 F. Supp. 2d 1343 (CIT 2013) (``CPZ 07-08 II''), with respect to the Department's final results \3\ of the 2007-2008 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished (``TRBs''), from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), as clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades''), the Department is notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's Final Results and is amending the Final Results with respect to the dumping margin determined for the sole mandatory respondent in the underlying review, Peer Bearing Company--Changshan (``CPZ''). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court 
Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2007-2008

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 21, 2015, the United States Court of International 
Trade (``CIT'' or ``Court'') issued its final judgment \1\ sustaining 
the Department of Commerce's (the ``Department'') final results of 
redetermination \2\ issued pursuant to the CIT's remand order in Peer 
Bearing Company--Changshan v. United States, 914 F. Supp. 2d 1343 (CIT 
2013) (``CPZ 07-08 II''), with respect to the Department's final 
results \3\ of the 2007-2008 administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, 
finished and unfinished (``TRBs''), from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken Co. v. United 
States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), as clarified by 
Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. 
Cir. 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades''), the Department is notifying the 
public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the 
Department's Final Results and is amending the Final Results with 
respect to the dumping margin determined for the sole mandatory 
respondent in the underlying review, Peer Bearing Company--Changshan 
(``CPZ'').
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    \1\ See Peer Bearing Company (Changshan) v. United States, Court 
No. 10-00013, Slip Op. 15-142 (CIT December 21, 2015) (``CPZ 07-08 
III''), and accompanying judgment order.
    \2\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Peer Bearing Company--Changshan. v. United States, Court No. 
10-00013, Slip Op. 13-72 (CIT 2013), dated April 30, 2014 (``Second 
Remand Redetermination'').
    \3\ See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
the 2007-2008 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 
75 FR 844 (January 6, 2010) (``Final Results'') and accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum (``IDM'').

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DATES: Effective Date: December 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Rosen, Office III, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-7814.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 21, 2011, the CIT issued its 
initial opinion on the underlying proceeding and remanded the Final 
Results, ordering that the Department: (1) Redetermine the surrogate 
value used to value bearing-quality steel bar inputs; (2) redetermine 
the surrogate value used to value bearing-quality steel wire rod 
inputs; and (3) reconsider, and modify as appropriate, its 
determination of the country of origin of merchandise finished and 
assembled into finished TRBs by a CPZ affiliate in Thailand from 
finished and unfinished TRB component parts manufactured in the PRC by 
CPZ.\4\ Specifically, with respect to the latter issue of country of 
origin, the Court held that the Department's findings that the ``third-
country processor's costs as compared to each product's COM {(Cost of 
Manufacture){time}  are not significant,'' is ``not supported by 
substantial evidence on the record, which contains evidence that the 
processing costs in Thailand accounted for 42 percent of the total cost 
of manufacturing.'' \5\ The Court held that the Department ``may not 
disregard record evidence that detracts significantly from, and appears 
to refute, one of the findings on which the Department relied.'' \6\ 
The Court instructed the Department ``to ensure that its 
redetermination. . . is based on findings supported by substantial 
evidence on the record of this case.'' \7\
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    \4\ See Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United States, 804 F. 
Supp. 2d 1337 (CIT 2011) (``CPZ 07-08 I''). While the third county 
in which the further processing took place was treated as business 
proprietary information in the underlying administrative review, 
along with the percentage cost of manufacture (discussed below), CPZ 
made this information public during the litigation.
    \5\ See CPZ 07-08 I, 804 F. Supp. 2d at 1342.
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ Id.
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    On April 10, 2012, pursuant to the Court's orders in CPZ 07-08 I, 
the Department: (1) Reconsidered the Indian data used to value bearing-
quality steel bar inputs in the Final Results and instead valued CPZ's 
steel bar inputs using Thai import data, and (2) revised the surrogate 
value used to value CPZ's steel wire rod inputs using data 
corresponding to steel rod that is ``of circular cross-section.'' \8\ 
With respect to the country of origin issue, the Department 
reconsidered its determination, applying its established criteria for 
determining whether merchandise is substantially transformed in another 
country. The Department expanded upon and further supported the 
existing findings as to the substantial transformation test employed in 
the Final Results.\9\ The Department reconsidered one finding with 
respect to the significance of the quantitative value added by Thai 
processing (i.e., one of six aspects of the underlying analysis in the 
First Remand Redetermination), finding that this prong of the analysis 
could support a determination that the Thai processing substantially 
transformed the merchandise in question.\10\ However, because further 
analysis of the remaining substantial transformation criteria continued 
to support the initial finding from the Final Results, the Department 
ultimately determined that the totality of the circumstances indicated 
that the processing that took place in Thailand during the period of 
review (``POR'') did not constitute substantial transformation so as to 
confer a new country of origin of the merchandise in question for 
antidumping purposes.\11\
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    \8\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Peer Bearing Company--Changshan v. United States, Court No. 
10-00013, Slip Op. 11-143 (CIT 2011), dated April 10, 2012 (``First 
Remand Redetermination''), at 4-6 and 28.
    \9\ See First Remand Redetermination, at 8-17.
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ Id.
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    On June 6, 2013, the CIT issued CPZ 07-08 II, in which it sustained 
the Department's redetermination of the surrogate values for CPZ's 
steel bar and steel wire rod inputs,\12\ but again remanded the 
Department's country of origin determination. Specifically, citing

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``flaws in the Department's analysis'' \13\ with respect to each of the 
six criteria comprising the Department's substantial transformation 
test, the Court instructed the Department to ``reach a new country of 
origin determination because the record lacked substantial evidence to 
support the Department's determination that the TRBs which achieved 
final processing in Thailand were products of China for purposes of the 
antidumping duty order.'' \14\ Consistent with the CIT's remand order, 
the Department under protest redetermined the country of origin for 
certain merchandise under review and revised the dumping margin 
calculations to exclude U.S. sales of TRBs further processed in 
Thailand.\15\ In particular, the Department revised its findings with 
respect to five of the six criteria in its substantial transformation 
test, consistent with the Court's order. Along with the surrogate value 
changes sustained in CPZ 07-08 II, the Department calculated a 
weighted-average dumping margin for CPZ of 6.24 percent.\16\
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    \12\ See CPZ 07-08 II, 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1347.
    \13\ Id., 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1351. The Government subsequently 
moved for clarification regarding whether the Court in CPZ 07-08 II 
required the Department to find that TRBs were substantially 
transformed in Thailand, or whether the Court permitted the 
Department to make new findings under each of the substantial 
transformation criteria. On February 13, 2014, the Court responded 
to the Government's motion, though the Court did not modify its 
previous ruling or provide further clarification. See Peer Bearing 
Company--Changshan v. United States, Court No. 10-00013, Slip Op. 
14-15 (CIT 2014).
    \14\ See CPZ 07-08 II, 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1356.
    \15\ See Second Remand Redetermination at 33.
    \16\ Id.
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    On December 21, 2015, the CIT issued its decision in CPZ 07-08 III, 
in which it sustained the Department's Second Remand Redetermination. 
The Court concluded that though the Department made certain errors in 
construing the Court's opinion, the Department reached an ultimate 
determination that is supported by substantial evidence on the record 
and that accords with a reasonable, rather than expansive, 
interpretation of the scope of the antidumping duty order.\17\
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    \17\ See CPZ 07-08 III, at 30.
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades, the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department must 
publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a 
Department determination and must suspend liquidation of entries 
pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's December 21, 2015, 
judgment in this case constitutes a final court decision that is not in 
harmony with the Department's Final Results. This notice is published 
in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.

Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to this 
case, the Department is amending the Final Results with respect to CPZ 
in this case. The revised weighted-average dumping margin for the June 
1, 2007, through May 31, 2008, period of review is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Final
                          Exporter                             percent
                                                                margin
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Peer Bearing Company--Changshan............................        6.24
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    The Department will continue the suspension of liquidation of the 
subject merchandise pending the expiration of the period of appeal or, 
if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court decision. In the 
event the Court's ruling is not appealed or, if appealed, upheld by the 
CAFC, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise exported by the above listed exporters at the rate listed 
above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In September 2008, Peer Bearing Company--Changshan was acquired by 
AB SKF, and the Department determined via a successor-in-interest 
analysis that the post-acquisition entity was not its successor in 
interest to the pre-acquisition exporter. As a consequence, Peer 
Bearing Company--Changshan effectively no longer exists, and its cash 
deposit rate does not need to be updated as a result of these amended 
final results.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 13, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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                                                    Dated: January 19, 2016.                               the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).             Department relied.’’ 6 The Court
                                                  Paul Piquado,                                            Consistent with the decision of the                   instructed the Department ‘‘to ensure
                                                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                  United States Court of Appeals for the                that its redetermination. . . is based on
                                                  Compliance.                                              Federal Circuit (‘‘CAFC’’) in Timken Co.              findings supported by substantial
                                                  Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in                     v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.             evidence on the record of this case.’’ 7
                                                  the Issues and Decision Memorandum                       1990) (‘‘Timken’’), as clarified by                      On April 10, 2012, pursuant to the
                                                                                                           Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.                  Court’s orders in CPZ 07–08 I, the
                                                  I. Summary                                               United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir.
                                                  II. Background                                                                                                 Department: (1) Reconsidered the Indian
                                                                                                           2010) (‘‘Diamond Sawblades’’), the
                                                  III. History of the Orders                                                                                     data used to value bearing-quality steel
                                                                                                           Department is notifying the public that
                                                  IV. Scope of the Orders                                                                                        bar inputs in the Final Results and
                                                  V. Discussion of the Issues                              the final judgment in this case is not in
                                                                                                                                                                 instead valued CPZ’s steel bar inputs
                                                     1. Likelihood of Continuation or                      harmony with the Department’s Final
                                                                                                                                                                 using Thai import data, and (2) revised
                                                        Recurrence of Dumping                              Results and is amending the Final
                                                                                                                                                                 the surrogate value used to value CPZ’s
                                                     2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely to                 Results with respect to the dumping
                                                        Prevail                                            margin determined for the sole                        steel wire rod inputs using data
                                                  VI. Preliminary Results of Sunset Reviews                mandatory respondent in the underlying                corresponding to steel rod that is ‘‘of
                                                  VII. Recommendation                                      review, Peer Bearing Company—                         circular cross-section.’’ 8 With respect to
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–01498 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am]              Changshan (‘‘CPZ’’).                                  the country of origin issue, the
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                         Department reconsidered its
                                                                                                           DATES: Effective Date: December 31,
                                                                                                                                                                 determination, applying its established
                                                                                                           2015.
                                                                                                                                                                 criteria for determining whether
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:       Alex           merchandise is substantially
                                                                                                           Rosen, Office III, Enforcement and                    transformed in another country. The
                                                  International Trade Administration                       Compliance, International Trade                       Department expanded upon and further
                                                  [A–570–601]                                              Administration, U.S. Department of                    supported the existing findings as to the
                                                                                                           Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                substantial transformation test
                                                  Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts                        Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;                     employed in the Final Results.9 The
                                                  Thereof, Finished and Unfinished,                        telephone: (202) 482–7814.                            Department reconsidered one finding
                                                  From the People’s Republic of China:                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On                         with respect to the significance of the
                                                  Notice of Court Decision Not in                          November 21, 2011, the CIT issued its                 quantitative value added by Thai
                                                  Harmony With Final Results of                            initial opinion on the underlying                     processing (i.e., one of six aspects of the
                                                  Antidumping Duty Administrative                          proceeding and remanded the Final                     underlying analysis in the First Remand
                                                  Review and Notice of Amended Final                       Results, ordering that the Department:                Redetermination), finding that this
                                                  Results of Antidumping Duty                              (1) Redetermine the surrogate value                   prong of the analysis could support a
                                                  Administrative Review; 2007–2008                         used to value bearing-quality steel bar               determination that the Thai processing
                                                  AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                    inputs; (2) redetermine the surrogate                 substantially transformed the
                                                  International Trade Administration,                      value used to value bearing-quality steel             merchandise in question.10 However,
                                                  Department of Commerce.                                  wire rod inputs; and (3) reconsider, and              because further analysis of the
                                                  SUMMARY: On December 21, 2015, the                       modify as appropriate, its determination              remaining substantial transformation
                                                  United States Court of International                     of the country of origin of merchandise               criteria continued to support the initial
                                                  Trade (‘‘CIT’’ or ‘‘Court’’) issued its final            finished and assembled into finished                  finding from the Final Results, the
                                                  judgment 1 sustaining the Department of                  TRBs by a CPZ affiliate in Thailand                   Department ultimately determined that
                                                  Commerce’s (the ‘‘Department’’) final                    from finished and unfinished TRB                      the totality of the circumstances
                                                  results of redetermination 2 issued                      component parts manufactured in the                   indicated that the processing that took
                                                  pursuant to the CIT’s remand order in                    PRC by CPZ.4 Specifically, with respect               place in Thailand during the period of
                                                  Peer Bearing Company—Changshan v.                        to the latter issue of country of origin,             review (‘‘POR’’) did not constitute
                                                  United States, 914 F. Supp. 2d 1343                      the Court held that the Department’s                  substantial transformation so as to
                                                  (CIT 2013) (‘‘CPZ 07–08 II’’), with                      findings that the ‘‘third-country                     confer a new country of origin of the
                                                  respect to the Department’s final                        processor’s costs as compared to each                 merchandise in question for
                                                  results 3 of the 2007–2008                               product’s COM {(Cost of Manufacture)}                 antidumping purposes.11
                                                  administrative review of the                             are not significant,’’ is ‘‘not supported
                                                                                                           by substantial evidence on the record,                   On June 6, 2013, the CIT issued CPZ
                                                  antidumping duty order on certain                                                                              07–08 II, in which it sustained the
                                                  tapered roller bearings and parts thereof,               which contains evidence that the
                                                                                                           processing costs in Thailand accounted                Department’s redetermination of the
                                                  finished and unfinished (‘‘TRBs’’), from                                                                       surrogate values for CPZ’s steel bar and
                                                                                                           for 42 percent of the total cost of
                                                     1 See Peer Bearing Company (Changshan) v.             manufacturing.’’ 5 The Court held that                steel wire rod inputs,12 but again
                                                  United States, Court No. 10–00013, Slip Op. 15–142       the Department ‘‘may not disregard                    remanded the Department’s country of
                                                  (CIT December 21, 2015) (‘‘CPZ 07–08 III’’), and         record evidence that detracts                         origin determination. Specifically, citing
                                                  accompanying judgment order.
                                                     2 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
                                                                                                           significantly from, and appears to refute,
                                                                                                                                                                   6 Id.
                                                  to Court Remand, Peer Bearing Company—                   one of the findings on which the
                                                                                                                                                                   7 Id.
                                                  Changshan. v. United States, Court No. 10–00013,
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                                                                                                                                                                    8 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
                                                  Slip Op. 13–72 (CIT 2013), dated April 30, 2014            4 See  Peer Bearing Company—Changshan v.
                                                  (‘‘Second Remand Redetermination’’).                     United States, 804 F. Supp. 2d 1337 (CIT 2011)        to Court Remand, Peer Bearing Company—
                                                     3 See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof,      (‘‘CPZ 07–08 I’’). While the third county in which    Changshan v. United States, Court No. 10–00013,
                                                                                                           the further processing took place was treated as      Slip Op. 11–143 (CIT 2011), dated April 10, 2012
                                                  Finished and Unfinished, from the People’s
                                                                                                           business proprietary information in the underlying    (‘‘First Remand Redetermination’’), at 4–6 and 28.
                                                  Republic of China: Final Results of the 2007–2008                                                                 9 See First Remand Redetermination, at 8–17.
                                                  Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty            administrative review, along with the percentage
                                                                                                                                                                    10 Id.
                                                  Order, 75 FR 844 (January 6, 2010) (‘‘Final Results’’)   cost of manufacture (discussed below), CPZ made
                                                  and accompanying Issues and Decision                     this information public during the litigation.           11 Id.

                                                  Memorandum (‘‘IDM’’).                                       5 See CPZ 07–08 I, 804 F. Supp. 2d at 1342.           12 See CPZ 07–08 II, 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1347.




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                                                  ‘‘flaws in the Department’s analysis’’ 13               that is not in harmony with the                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  with respect to each of the six criteria                Department’s Final Results. This notice
                                                  comprising the Department’s substantial                 is published in fulfillment of the                         International Trade Administration
                                                  transformation test, the Court instructed               publication requirements of Timken.                        [Application No. 97–13A03]
                                                  the Department to ‘‘reach a new country
                                                  of origin determination because the                     Amended Final Results                                      Export Trade Certificate of Review
                                                  record lacked substantial evidence to
                                                                                                            Because there is now a final court
                                                  support the Department’s determination                                                                             ACTION:Notice of Application for an
                                                                                                          decision with respect to this case, the                    Amended Export Trade Certificate of
                                                  that the TRBs which achieved final
                                                  processing in Thailand were products of                 Department is amending the Final                           Review by Association for the
                                                  China for purposes of the antidumping                   Results with respect to CPZ in this case.                  Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.
                                                  duty order.’’ 14 Consistent with the CIT’s              The revised weighted-average dumping                       (‘‘AARQ’’), Application No. 97–13A03.
                                                  remand order, the Department under                      margin for the June 1, 2007, through
                                                  protest redetermined the country of                     May 31, 2008, period of review is as                       SUMMARY:    The Secretary of Commerce,
                                                  origin for certain merchandise under                    follows:                                                   through the International Trade
                                                  review and revised the dumping margin                                                                              Administration, Office of Trade and
                                                  calculations to exclude U.S. sales of                                                                   Final      Economic Analysis (OTEA), has
                                                  TRBs further processed in Thailand.15                                  Exporter                        percent     received an application for an amended
                                                                                                                                                         margin      Export Trade Certificate of Review
                                                  In particular, the Department revised its
                                                  findings with respect to five of the six                                                                           (‘‘Certificate’’) from AARQ. This notice
                                                                                                          Peer Bearing Company—
                                                  criteria in its substantial transformation                Changshan ..............................      6.24
                                                                                                                                                                     summarizes the proposed amendment
                                                  test, consistent with the Court’s order.                                                                           and seeks public comments on whether
                                                  Along with the surrogate value changes                                                                             the amended Certificate should be
                                                                                                             The Department will continue the                        issued.
                                                  sustained in CPZ 07–08 II, the
                                                                                                          suspension of liquidation of the subject
                                                  Department calculated a weighted-                                                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  average dumping margin for CPZ of 6.24                  merchandise pending the expiration of
                                                                                                                                                                     Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of
                                                  percent.16                                              the period of appeal or, if appealed,
                                                                                                                                                                     Trade and Economic Analysis,
                                                     On December 21, 2015, the CIT issued                 pending a final and conclusive court
                                                                                                                                                                     International Trade Administration, by
                                                  its decision in CPZ 07–08 III, in which                 decision. In the event the Court’s ruling                  telephone at (202) 482–5131 (this is not
                                                  it sustained the Department’s Second                    is not appealed or, if appealed, upheld                    a toll-free number) or email at etca@
                                                  Remand Redetermination. The Court                       by the CAFC, the Department will                           trade.gov.
                                                  concluded that though the Department                    instruct U.S. Customs and Border
                                                  made certain errors in construing the                   Protection to assess antidumping duties                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      Title III of
                                                  Court’s opinion, the Department                         on unliquidated entries of subject                         the Export Trading Company Act of
                                                  reached an ultimate determination that                                                                             1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)
                                                                                                          merchandise exported by the above
                                                  is supported by substantial evidence on                                                                            authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
                                                                                                          listed exporters at the rate listed above.
                                                  the record and that accords with a                                                                                 issue Export Trade Certificates of
                                                  reasonable, rather than expansive,                      Cash Deposit Requirements                                  Review. An Export Trade Certificate of
                                                  interpretation of the scope of the                                                                                 Review protects the holder and the
                                                                                                            In September 2008, Peer Bearing                          members identified in the Certificate
                                                  antidumping duty order.17
                                                                                                          Company—Changshan was acquired by                          from State and Federal government
                                                  Timken Notice                                           AB SKF, and the Department                                 antitrust actions and from private treble
                                                     In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at               determined via a successor-in-interest                     damage antitrust actions for the export
                                                  341, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,                 analysis that the post-acquisition entity                  conduct specified in the Certificate and
                                                  the CAFC held that, pursuant to section                 was not its successor in interest to the                   carried out in compliance with its terms
                                                  516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                   pre-acquisition exporter. As a                             and conditions. The regulations
                                                  amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department                   consequence, Peer Bearing Company—                         implementing Title III are found at 15
                                                  must publish a notice of a court                        Changshan effectively no longer exists,                    CFR part 325 (2016). Section 302(b)(1)
                                                  decision that is not ‘‘in harmony’’ with                and its cash deposit rate does not need                    of the Export Trading Company Act of
                                                  a Department determination and must                     to be updated as a result of these                         1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the
                                                  suspend liquidation of entries pending                  amended final results.                                     Secretary to publish a notice in the
                                                  a ‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The CIT’s                                                                         Federal Register identifying the
                                                  December 21, 2015, judgment in this                     Notification to Interested Parties                         applicant and summarizing its
                                                  case constitutes a final court decision                                                                            application. Under 15 CFR 325.6 (a),
                                                                                                            This notice is issued and published in
                                                                                                                                                                     interested parties may, within twenty
                                                    13 Id., 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1351. The Government       accordance with sections 516A(e),                          days after the date of this notice, submit
                                                  subsequently moved for clarification regarding          751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.                       written comments to the Secretary
                                                  whether the Court in CPZ 07–08 II required the
                                                  Department to find that TRBs were substantially           Dated: January 13, 2016.                                 through OTEA on the application.
                                                  transformed in Thailand, or whether the Court           Paul Piquado,                                                 Request For Public Comments:
                                                  permitted the Department to make new findings
                                                                                                          Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                                                                                     Interested parties may submit written
                                                  under each of the substantial transformation                                                                       comments relevant to the determination
                                                  criteria. On February 13, 2014, the Court responded     Compliance.
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                                                  to the Government’s motion, though the Court did        [FR Doc. 2016–01573 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                     whether an amended Certificate should
                                                  not modify its previous ruling or provide further                                                                  be issued. If the comments include any
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE P
                                                  clarification. See Peer Bearing Company—                                                                           privileged or confidential business
                                                  Changshan v. United States, Court No. 10–00013,
                                                  Slip Op. 14–15 (CIT 2014).
                                                                                                                                                                     information, it must be clearly marked
                                                     14 See CPZ 07–08 II, 914 F. Supp. 2d at 1356.                                                                   and a nonconfidential version of the
                                                     15 See Second Remand Redetermination at 33.                                                                     comments (identified as such) should be
                                                     16 Id.                                                                                                          included. Any comments not marked as
                                                     17 See CPZ 07–08 III, at 30.                                                                                    privileged or confidential business


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DatesEffective Date: December 31, 2015.
ContactAlex Rosen, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7814.
FR Citation81 FR 4253 

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