The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, will initiate administrative reviews of several antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

Any company involved in an antidumping or countervailing duty order may request an administrative review in the anniversary month of that tariff or duty being applied.

This year, the Department also received a request to revoke in part an antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts from one exporter in Germany, and a request for revocation on ball bearings and parts from an exporter in Japan.

Note that Japanese complainants are developing a community of customer support. In addition to the normal list of manufacturers, the review requests now include several of their largest customers involved in the U.S. market.

Antidumping and countervailing duty review requests:

A-427-801 Ball bearings and parts from France
period of review: 5-1-2007 through 4-30-2008
requested by:
ADR S.A.
Edwards Ltd.
Edwards High Vacuum Intl. Ltd.
SKF France S.A.
SKF Aerospace France S.A.


A-428-801 Ball bearings and parts from Germany
period of review: 5-1-2007 through 4-30-2008
requested by:
Dolmar GmbH
Edwards Ltd.
Edwards High Vacuum Intl. Ltd.
Gebrueder Reinfurt GmbH & Co. KG (GRW)
myonic GmbH
RWK Frankenjura Industrie
SKF GmbH
SNR Walzlager GmbH
The Schaeffler Group, Schaeffler KG


A-475-801 Ball bearings and parts from Italy
period of review: 5-1-2007 through 4-30-2008
requested by:
Edwards Ltd.
Edwards High Vacuum Intl. Ltd.
SKF Industrie SpA
Somecat SpA
The Schaeffler Group, Schaeffler KG


A-588-804 Ball bearings and parts from Japan
period of review: 5-1-2007 through 4-30-2008
requested by:
Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.
Asahi Seiko Co. Ltd.
Canon Inc.
Edwards Ltd.
Edwards High Vacuum Intl. Ltd.
Japanese Aero Engines Corp. (JAEC)
JTEKT Corp. (Koyo)
Keihin Corp.
Makino Milling Machine Co.
Makita Corp.
Mazda Motor Corp.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.
Nippon Pillow Block Co. Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
NTN Corp.
NSK Ltd.
Sapporo Precision Inc.
Univance Inc.
Yamazaki Mazak Trading Corp.


A-412-801 Ball bearings and parts from UK
period of review: 5-1-2007 through 4-30-2008
requested by:
Edwards Ltd.
Edwards High Vacuum Intl. Ltd.
NSK Bearings Europe Ltd.
Rolls-Royce PLC
The Schaeffler Group: Barden UK Ltd.
The Schaeffler Group: Schaeffler UK Ltd.
SKF UK Ltd.
SKF UK Ltd.: SNFA Operations
SKF UK Ltd.: Stonehouse Operations
SKF UK Ltd.: SKF Aerospace



The final results of these reviews are currently scheduled to be issued no later than May 31, 2009.

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