France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and UK Ball Bearings: Final Results of AD Administrative Reviews
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews of ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009.
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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 09/01/10:
| Country/Company | Final AD Rate |
| France | |
| SKF France S.A. | 6.86% |
| Microturbo SAS | 6.86% |
| Germany | |
| myonic GmbH | 21.72% |
| Schaeffler KG | 2.16% |
| SKF GmbH | 6.59% |
| Italy | |
| SKF Industrie S.p.A. | 13.04% |
| Schaeffler Italia S.r.l | 1.98% |
| Japan | |
| Aisin Seiki Company Ltd . | 10.97% |
| JTEKT Corporation | 10.97% |
| Makino Milling Machine Company Ltd. | 10.97% |
| Mazda Motor Corporation | 10.97% |
| Nachi- Fujikoshi Corporation | 10.97% |
| Nissan Motor Company Ltd. | 10.97% |
| NSK Ltd. | 8.48% |
| NTN Corporation | 13.46% |
| Sapporo Precision, Inc., and Tokyo Precision, Inc. | 10.97% |
| Univance Corporation | 10.97% |
| Yamazaki Mazak Trading Corporation | 10.97% |
| United Kingdom | |
| Barden/Schaeffler UK | 0.00%1 |
| NSK Bearings Europe Ltd. | 10.04% |
| SKF (UK) Limited | 10.04% |
| Timken UK Ltd. and Timken Aerospace UK Ltd. | 10.04% |
1The ITA is revoking the order on ball bearings exported and/or sold by Barden/Schaeffler UK to the U.S., effective May 1, 2009.
(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;
(b) If the exporter is not a firm covered in these reviews, a prior review, or the AD investigations but the manufacturer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise;
(c) The AD duty cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the all-others rate for the relevant order made effective by the final results of reviews published on July 26, 1993.
Assessment Instructions
The ITA will issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 15 days after September 1, 2010. The ITA has calculated, whenever possible, an exporter/importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rate or value for subject merchandise.
For the companies which were not selected for individual examination, the ITA will instruct CBP to apply the rates listed above to all entries of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by such firms.
The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by companies selected for individual examination in the reviews for which the reviewed companies did not know their merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the country-specific all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the orders, changes since the preliminary results, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/30/10 news, 10043034, for BP summary of the preliminary results of these reviews.)
ITA contact -- Thomas Schauer (202) 482-0410
(FR Pub 09/01/10, ITA Case Nos. A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-412-801)