AD: Five Countries Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof
The International Trade Administration has issued preliminary results of administrative reviews for ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007, and is requiring an AD duty cash deposit and the suspension of liquidation for one Italian company.
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Cash deposit required, liquidation suspended for Somecat. The ITA states that effective May 7, 2008 (the publication date of the preliminary results), it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation and collect a cash deposit of estimated AD duties on entries of merchandise produced or exported by Somecat S.p.A. at the weighted-average margin of 7.06%.
The ITA states that Somecat was previously revoked from the AD duty order covering ball bearings from Italy, but it has preliminarily determined that that Somecat and SKF Italy should be collapsed for purposes of its AD analysis in this review. Therefore, an AD cash deposit will be collected on entries by Somecat at the preliminary rate that it has calculated for SKF Italy (7.06%).
Preliminary Results of Administrative Reviews
The ITA’s preliminary results for all countries are:
(a) preliminary de minimis AD duty rate of 0.12%
(b) preliminary de minimis AD duty rate of 0.28%
Preliminary Results are Not in Effect (Except for Somecat) and May be AmendedThese preliminary results are not in effect (with the exception of Somecat) and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews. The final results are currently due within 120 days of May 7, 2008.
(See ITA notices for more information, including the scope of the orders, the intent to rescind the reviews for three companies, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/12/07 news, 07071250, for BP summary of the initiation of these AD duty administrative reviews.)
ITA contact - Edythe Artman (202) 482-3931
ITA notice (FR Pub 05/07/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-10078.pdf
CBP instructions for Somecat available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov/detail.asp?docID=8135213&qu=Somecat