International Trade Administration May 13, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In response to a letter from S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. notifying the Department of Commerce (the Department) that its corporate name has changed to Mittal Steel Galati S.A., the Department is initiating a changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania (see Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania, 66 FR 59566 (November 29, 2001) (Amended Determination and Order). We have preliminarily concluded that Mittal Steel Galati S.A. is the successor- in-interest to S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. (Sidex) and, as a result, should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to Sidex in regards to the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Romania. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce is conducting administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The merchandise covered by these orders are ball bearings and parts thereof (ball bearings) from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom and spherical plain bearings and parts thereof from France. The reviews cover 19 manufacturers/exporters. The period of review is May 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004. We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value by various companies subject to these reviews. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative reviews, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit comments in these reviews are requested to submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief summary of the argument.