83 FR 4901 - Certain Tapered Roller Bearings From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)

Page Range		4901-4903
FR Document		2018-02104

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain tapered roller bearings (TRBs) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-894]

Certain Tapered Roller Bearings From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain tapered roller bearings (TRBs) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at
less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April
1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Wiltse or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6345 or (202) 482-5518,
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commerce has exercised its discretion to
toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal
Government from January 20 through 22, 2018. If the new deadline falls
on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, the
deadline will become the next business day. Accordingly, the revised
deadline for the preliminary determination of this investigation is now
January 29, 2018.\1\
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\1\ See Memorandum for the Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23,
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 3 days.
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Background

This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on July 25,
2017.\2\ On November 21, 2017, Commerce postponed the preliminary
determination of this investigation.\3\ For a complete description of
the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ A list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this
notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov,
and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\2\ See Certain Tapered Roller Bearings from the Republic of
Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 82 FR 34477
(July 25, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Certain Tapered Roller Bearings from the Republic of
Korea: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigation, 82 FR 55351 (November 21, 2017).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain
Tapered Roller Bearings from the Republic of Korea'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

The products covered by this investigation are certain TRBs from
Korea. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation,
see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

In accordance with the preamble to Commerce's regulations,\5\ the
Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\6\ Certain interested
parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in
the Initiation Notice. After evaluating these comments,\7\ Commerce is
not preliminarily modifying the scope language as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to this notice.
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\5\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
\6\ See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 34478.
\7\ For further discussion of these comments, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Allegation of a Particular Market Situation

On October 24, 2017, the petitioner alleged that a particular
market situation (PMS) existed during the POI with respect to the
production of TRBs in Korea.\8\ On December 15, 2017, the petitioner
supplemented its PMS allegation, including additional new factual
information to support this allegation.\9\ After analyzing the
information submitted by the petitioner, we preliminarily find that the
petitioner's PMS allegation, and supporting factual information, is not
sufficient to find that a PMS exists. For our analysis of the
petitioner's PMS allegation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ See the petitioner's letter, ``Certain Tapered Roller
Bearings from the Republic of Korea--Petitioner's Preliminary
Particular Market Situation Comments and Section D RFI,'' dated
October 24, 2017.
\9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Tapered Roller Bearings
from Korea: Petitioner's Pre-Preliminary Determination Comments,''
dated December 15, 2017.
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Methodology

Commerce is conducting this investigation in accordance with
section 731 of the Act. Commerce has calculated export price in
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Alternatively, as
appropriate, constructed export price has been calculated in accordance
with section 772(b) of the Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying the preliminary determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

All-Others Rate

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in
the preliminary determination Commerce shall determine an estimated
all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually
examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters or
producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis
margins, or any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the
Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for Bearing Art \10\ and Schaeffler Korea
Corporation (Schaeffler) that are not zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-
others' rate using a

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weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for the examined respondents using each respondent's
publicly-ranged quantity of U.S. sales for the merchandise under
consideration.\11\
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\10\ Commerce selected Bearing Art Corporation as a mandatory
respondent in this investigation. Further, for this preliminary
determination, Commerce preliminarily has determined to collapse,
and treat as a single entity, this company and two affiliated
parties, Iljin Bearing Corporation and Iljin Global Corporation. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-7. The collapsed entity is
hereinafter collectively referred to as ``Bearing Art.''
\11\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally
calculates (A) a weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents weighted
using each respondent's actual U.S. sale quantity; (B) a simple
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated
for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the
examined respondents using each respondent's publicly-ranged U.S.
sale quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce
then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A)
as the most appropriate rate for all-other producers and exporters.
See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged sales data was
available, Commerce based the all-others rate on the publicly ranged
sales data of the mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of
the data, please see the All-Others' Rate Calculation Memorandum.
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Preliminary Determination

Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist:

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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Bearing Art Corporation/Iljin Bearing Corporation/Iljin 45.53
Global Corporation.........................................
Schaeffler Korea Corporation................................ 21.23
All-Others.................................................. 33.42
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Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation
of entries of subject merchandise, as described in Appendix I, entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Further, pursuant
to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margin or the estimated all-others rate, as follows:
(1) The cash deposit rate for the respondents listed above will be
equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping
margins determined in this preliminary determination; (2) if the
exporter is not a respondent identified above, but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific
estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer
of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers and exporters will be equal to the all-others estimated
weighted-average dumping margin. These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.

Disclosure

Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Verification

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify the information relied upon in making this preliminary
determination.

Public Comment

Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in
this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline
date for case briefs.\12\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2),
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by
the petitioner. Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce's regulations
requires that a request by exporters for postponement of the final
determination be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional
measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months
in duration.
On January 2, 2018, and January 10, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.210(e), Schaeffler and Bearing Art, respectively, requested that
Commerce postpone the final determination and that provisional measures
be extended to a period not to exceed six months.\13\ In accordance
with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii),
because: (1) The preliminary determination is affirmative; (2) the
requesting exporters account for a significant proportion of exports of
the subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial
exist, Commerce is postponing the final determination and extending the
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not greater
than six months. Accordingly, Commerce will make its final
determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of
this preliminary determination.
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\13\ See Letter from Schaeffler, ``Request to Extend the Final
Determination: Antidumping Duty Investigation on Tapered Roller
Bearings from Korea (A-580-894),'' dated January 2, 2018; and Letter
from Bearing Art, ``Certain Tapered Roller Bearings from Korea:
Request to Postpone Final Determination,'' dated January 10, 2018.
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International Trade Commission Notification

In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its preliminary
determination. If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will
determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this
preliminary determination or 45 days

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after the final determination whether these imports are materially
injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.

Notification to Interested Parties

This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

Dated: January 29, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

The scope of this investigation is certain tapered roller
bearings. The scope covers all tapered roller bearings with a
nominal outside cup diameter of eight inches and under, regardless
of type of steel used to produce the bearing, whether of inch or
metric size, and whether the tapered roller bearing is a thrust
bearing or not. Certain tapered roller bearings include: Finished
cup and cone assemblies entering as a set, finished cone assemblies
entering separately, and finished parts (cups, cones, and tapered
rollers). Certain tapered roller bearings are sold individually as a
set (cup and cone assembly), as a cone assembly, as a finished cup,
or packaged as a kit with one or several tapered roller bearings, a
seal, and grease. The scope of the investigation includes finished
rollers and finished cones that have not been assembled with rollers
and a cage. Certain tapered roller bearings can be a single row or
multiple rows (e.g., two- or four-row), and a cup can handle a
single cone assembly or multiple cone assemblies.
Finished cups, cones, and rollers differ from unfinished cups,
cones, and rollers in that they have undergone further processing
after heat treatment, including, but not limited to, final
machining, grinding, and/or polishing. Mere heat treatment of a cup,
cone, or roller (without any further processing after heat
treatment) does not render the cup, cone, or roller a finished part
for the purpose of this investigation. Finished tapered roller
bearing parts are understood to mean parts which, at the time of
importation, are ready for assembly (if further assembly is
required) and require no further finishing or fabrication, such as
grinding, lathing, machining, polishing, heat treatment, etc.
Finished parts may require grease, bolting, and/or pressing as part
of final assembly, and the requirement that these processes be
performed, subsequent to importation, does not remove an otherwise
finished tapered roller bearing from the scope.
Tapered roller bearings that have a nominal outer cup diameter
of eight inches and under that may be used in wheel hub units, rail
bearings, or other housed bearings, but entered separately, are
included in the scope to the same extent as described above. All
tapered roller bearings meeting the written description above, and
not otherwise excluded, are included, regardless of coating.
Excluded from the scope of this investigation are:
(1) Unfinished parts of tapered roller bearings (cups, cones,
and tapered rollers);
(2) cages, whether finished or unfinished;
(3) the non-tapered roller bearing components of subject kits
(e.g., grease, seal); and
(4) tapered roller bearing wheel hub units, rail bearings, and
other housed tapered roller bearings (flange, take up cartridges,
and hanger units incorporating tapered rollers).
Tapered roller bearings subject to this investigation are
primarily classifiable under subheadings 8482.20.0040, 8482.20.0061,
8482.20.0070, 8482.20.0081, 8482.91.0050, 8482.99.1550, and
8482.99.1580 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).\14\ Parts may also enter under 8482.99.4500. While the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and for customs
purposes, the written description of the subject merchandise is
dispositive.
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\14\ Prior to July 2016, products entering under 8482.20.0061
entered under 8482.20.0060, products entering under 8482.20.0081
entered under 8482.20.0080, and products entering under 8482.99.1550
entered under 8482.99.1540.
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Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope Comments
V. Affiliation and Collapsing
VI. PMS Allegation
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Determination of the Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price/Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability
B. Level of Trade
C. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Market Prices
E. Price-to-CV Comparisons
XII. Currency Conversion
XIII. Conclusion

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weighted average of the estimated above, but the producer is, then the cash determined. Parties should confirm by
weighted-average dumping margins deposit rate will be equal to the telephone the date, time, and location of
calculated for the examined respondents company-specific estimated weighted- the hearing two days before the
using each respondent’s publicly-ranged average dumping margin established for scheduled date.
quantity of U.S. sales for the that producer of the subject Postponement of Final Determination
merchandise under consideration.11 merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit and Extension of Provisional Measures
rate for all other producers and
Preliminary Determination Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides
exporters will be equal to the all-others
Commerce preliminarily determines estimated weighted-average dumping that a final determination may be
that the following estimated weighted- margin. These suspension of liquidation postponed until not later than 135 days
average dumping margins exist: instructions will remain in effect until after the date of the publication of the
further notice. preliminary determination if, in the
Estimated event of an affirmative preliminary
weighted- Disclosure determination, a request for such
average
Exporter or producer dumping Commerce intends to disclose its postponement is made by exporters who
margin calculations and analysis performed to account for a significant proportion of
(percent) interested parties in this preliminary exports of the subject merchandise, or in
determination within five days of any the event of a negative preliminary
Bearing Art Corporation/Iljin public announcement or, if there is no determination, a request for such
Bearing Corporation/Iljin Glob- postponement is made by the petitioner.
al Corporation ......................... 45.53
public announcement, within five days
Schaeffler Korea Corporation ..... 21.23 of the date of publication of this notice
Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s
All-Others .................................... 33.42 in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). regulations requires that a request by
exporters for postponement of the final
Verification determination be accompanied by a
Suspension of Liquidation
As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the request for extension of provisional
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) Act, Commerce intends to verify the measures from a four-month period to a
of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. information relied upon in making this period not more than six months in
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to preliminary determination. duration.
suspend liquidation of entries of subject On January 2, 2018, and January 10,
merchandise, as described in Appendix Public Comment
2018, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e),
I, entered, or withdrawn from Case briefs or other written comments Schaeffler and Bearing Art, respectively,
warehouse, for consumption on or after may be submitted to the Assistant requested that Commerce postpone the
the date of publication of this notice in Secretary for Enforcement and final determination and that provisional
the Federal Register. Further, pursuant Compliance no later than seven days measures be extended to a period not to
to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 after the date on which the last exceed six months.13 In accordance with
CFR 351.205(d), Commerce will instruct verification report is issued in this section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19
CBP to require a cash deposit equal to investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The
the estimated weighted-average issues raised in case briefs, may be preliminary determination is
dumping margin or the estimated all- submitted no later than five days after affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters
others rate, as follows: (1) The cash the deadline date for case briefs.12 account for a significant proportion of
deposit rate for the respondents listed Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and exports of the subject merchandise; and
above will be equal to the company- (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or (3) no compelling reasons for denial
specific estimated weighted-average rebuttal briefs in this investigation are exist, Commerce is postponing the final
dumping margins determined in this encouraged to submit with each determination and extending the
preliminary determination; (2) if the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; provisional measures from a four-month
exporter is not a respondent identified (2) a brief summary of the argument; period to a period not greater than six
and (3) a table of authorities. months. Accordingly, Commerce will
11 With two respondents under examination,
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), make its final determination no later
Commerce normally calculates (A) a weighted- interested parties who wish to request a
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping than 135 days after the date of
margins calculated for the examined respondents hearing, limited to issues raised in the publication of this preliminary
weighted using each respondent’s actual U.S. sale case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a determination.
quantity; (B) a simple average of the estimated written request to the Assistant
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Secretary for Enforcement and International Trade Commission
the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-
Compliance, U.S. Department of Notification
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping
margins calculated for the examined respondents Commerce, within 30 days after the date In accordance with section 733(f) of
using each respondent’s publicly-ranged U.S. sale of publication of this notice. Requests the Act, Commerce will notify the
quantities for the merchandise under consideration. should contain the party’s name, International Trade Commission (ITC) of
Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and
selects the rate closest to (A) as the most address, and telephone number, the its preliminary determination. If the
appropriate rate for all-other producers and number of participants, whether any final determination is affirmative, the
exporters. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from participant is a foreign national, and a ITC will determine before the later of
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United list of the issues to be discussed. If a 120 days after the date of this
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
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Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed- request for a hearing is made, Commerce preliminary determination or 45 days
Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). Department of Commerce, 1401 13 See Letter from Schaeffler, ‘‘Request to Extend

As complete publicly ranged sales data was Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, the Final Determination: Antidumping Duty
available, Commerce based the all-others rate on the Investigation on Tapered Roller Bearings from
publicly ranged sales data of the mandatory DC 20230, at a time and date to be Korea (A–580–894),’’ dated January 2, 2018; and
respondents. For a complete analysis of the data, Letter from Bearing Art, ‘‘Certain Tapered Roller
please see the All-Others’ Rate Calculation 12 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 Bearings from Korea: Request to Postpone Final
Memorandum. (for general filing requirements). Determination,’’ dated January 10, 2018.

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after the final determination whether (1) Unfinished parts of tapered roller DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
these imports are materially injuring, or bearings (cups, cones, and tapered rollers);
threaten material injury to, the U.S. (2) cages, whether finished or unfinished; International Trade Administration
industry. (3) the non-tapered roller bearing
[A–583–861]
components of subject kits (e.g., grease, seal);
Notification to Interested Parties and
Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber From
This determination is issued and (4) tapered roller bearing wheel hub units,
Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative
published in accordance with sections rail bearings, and other housed tapered roller
Determination of Sales at Less Than
733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 bearings (flange, take up cartridges, and
Fair Value, Postponement of Final
CFR 351.205(c). hanger units incorporating tapered rollers).
Determination, and Extension of
Tapered roller bearings subject to this
Dated: January 29, 2018. Provisional Measures
investigation are primarily classifiable under
Christian Marsh,
subheadings 8482.20.0040, 8482.20.0061, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 8482.20.0070, 8482.20.0081, 8482.91.0050,
and Compliance. International Trade Administration,
8482.99.1550, and 8482.99.1580 of the Department of Commerce.
Appendix I Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
States (HTSUS).14 Parts may also enter under
Scope of the Investigation (Commerce) preliminarily determines
8482.99.4500. While the HTSUS subheadings
The scope of this investigation is certain that low melt polyester staple fiber (low
are provided for convenience and for
tapered roller bearings. The scope covers all melt PSF) from Taiwan is being, or is
customs purposes, the written description of
tapered roller bearings with a nominal likely to be, sold in the United States at
the subject merchandise is dispositive.
outside cup diameter of eight inches and less than fair value (LTFV). The period
under, regardless of type of steel used to Appendix II of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2016,
produce the bearing, whether of inch or through March 31, 2017.
metric size, and whether the tapered roller List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
bearing is a thrust bearing or not. Certain Decision Memorandum DATES: Applicable February 2, 2018.
tapered roller bearings include: Finished cup FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Summary
and cone assemblies entering as a set, Rebecca Janz or Ajay Menon, AD/CVD
finished cone assemblies entering separately, II. Background
III. Period of Investigation Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
and finished parts (cups, cones, and tapered Compliance, International Trade
rollers). Certain tapered roller bearings are IV. Scope Comments
sold individually as a set (cup and cone V. Affiliation and Collapsing Administration, U.S. Department of
assembly), as a cone assembly, as a finished VI. PMS Allegation Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
cup, or packaged as a kit with one or several VII. Discussion of the Methodology NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
tapered roller bearings, a seal, and grease. A. Determination of the Comparison (202) 482–2972 or (202) 482–1993,
The scope of the investigation includes Method respectively.
finished rollers and finished cones that have B. Results of the Differential Pricing
not been assembled with rollers and a cage. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Analysis
Certain tapered roller bearings can be a single Background
row or multiple rows (e.g., two- or four-row), VIII. Date of Sale
and a cup can handle a single cone assembly IX. Product Comparisons This preliminary determination is
or multiple cone assemblies. X. Export Price/Constructed Export Price made in accordance with section 733(b)
Finished cups, cones, and rollers differ XI. Normal Value of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
from unfinished cups, cones, and rollers in A. Home Market Viability (the Act). Commerce published the
that they have undergone further processing B. Level of Trade notice of initiation of this investigation
after heat treatment, including, but not C. Cost of Production Analysis on July 24, 2017.1 On November 20,
limited to, final machining, grinding, and/or 1. Calculation of COP
polishing. Mere heat treatment of a cup, 2017, Commerce postponed the
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices preliminary determination of this
cone, or roller (without any further
3. Results of the COP Test investigation until January 23, 2018.2
processing after heat treatment) does not
render the cup, cone, or roller a finished part D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison Commerce has exercised its discretion
for the purpose of this investigation. Finished Market Prices to toll deadlines for the duration of the
tapered roller bearing parts are understood to E. Price-to-CV Comparisons closure of the Federal Government from
mean parts which, at the time of importation, XII. Currency Conversion January 20 through 22, 2018. If the new
are ready for assembly (if further assembly is XIII. Conclusion
deadline falls on a non-business day, in
required) and require no further finishing or [FR Doc. 2018–02104 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am]
fabrication, such as grinding, lathing, accordance with Commerce’s practice,
machining, polishing, heat treatment, etc. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P the deadline will become the next
Finished parts may require grease, bolting, business day. The revised deadline for
and/or pressing as part of final assembly, and the preliminary determination of this
the requirement that these processes be investigation is now January 26, 2018.3
performed, subsequent to importation, does
not remove an otherwise finished tapered 1 See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the
roller bearing from the scope. Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-
Tapered roller bearings that have a Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 34277 (July
nominal outer cup diameter of eight inches 24, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Low Melt Polyester Staple Fiber from the
and under that may be used in wheel hub
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

units, rail bearings, or other housed bearings, Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Postponement of
but entered separately, are included in the Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 82 FR 55091 (November 20,
scope to the same extent as described above.
2017).
All tapered roller bearings meeting the 14 Prior to July 2016, products entering under
3 See Memorandum for The Record from
written description above, and not otherwise 8482.20.0061 entered under 8482.20.0060, products Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
excluded, are included, regardless of coating. entering under 8482.20.0081 entered under Enforcement and Compliance, performing the non-
Excluded from the scope of this 8482.20.0080, and products entering under exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
investigation are: 8482.99.1550 entered under 8482.99.1540. Continued

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		Applicable February 2, 2018.
Contact		Blaine Wiltse or Manuel Rey, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6345 or (202) 482-5518, respectively.
FR Citation		83 FR 4901

83 FR 4901 - Certain Tapered Roller Bearings From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration