Notice2026-09756
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
May 15, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai), the sole company subject to the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished (TRBs) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review (POR) June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, is not eligible to receive a separate rate and is, therefore, considered part of the China-wide entity. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27920-27922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09756]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-601]
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished
From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai), the sole company
subject to the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished
(TRBs) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period
of review (POR) June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, is not eligible to
receive a separate rate and is, therefore, considered part of the
China-wide entity. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 15, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Xiao, 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) 482-1246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 26, 1990, Commerce published the Order \1\ in the
Federal Register. On June 3, 2025, Commerce notified interested parties
of the opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order.\2\
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), JTEKT Bearings North America LLC
(JTEKT Bearing) timely filed a request for an administrative review of
Tainai.\3\ On July 25, 2025, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation of this
administrative review.\4\
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\1\ See Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of
China; Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value and Antidumping Duty Order in Accordance with Decision Upon
Remand, 55 FR 6669 (February 26, 1990) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 90 FR 23515 (June 3,
2025).
\3\ See JTEKT Bearing's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated June 30, 2025.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 35268 (July 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
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In the Initiation Notice, Commerce stated that exporters in a
proceeding involving a non-market economy (NME) country must timely
file a Separate Rate Application (SRA) or Separate Rate Certification
(SRC) ``if they want to be considered for individual examination,'' and
provided an opportunity for interested parties to file SRCs or SRAs.\5\
We received no SRA or SRC from Tainai, the only company under review.
Moreover, Tainai did not file a claim of no shipment. Because we
received no SRA, SRC, or a claim of no shipment, as discussed below,
Commerce finds that Tainai, the only company subject to this review, is
part of the China-wide entity and is not eligible for individual
examination. As a result, no preliminary decision memorandum
accompanies this notice.
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\5\ Id., 90 FR at 35269-70.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\6\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\7\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now May 11, 2026.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is TRBs from China. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the appendix to this notice.
Methodology
Commerce considers China to be an NME country.\8\ In accordance
with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign
country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by the
administering authority. Therefore, for these preliminary results, we
treated China as an NME country and applied our current NME methodology
in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
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\8\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Aluminum Foil
from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858, 50861 (November 2, 2017), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM) at 7-8 (citing
Memorandum, ``China's Status as a Non-Market Economy,'' dated
October 26, 2017), unchanged in Certain Aluminum Foil from the
People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018).
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Separate Rate Determination
In all proceedings involving an NME country, Commerce maintains a
rebuttable presumption that all companies are subject to government
control and, thus, should be assessed a single weighted-average dumping
margin with the exception of companies that can affirmatively
demonstrate an absence of government control, both in law (de jure) and
in fact (de facto), with respect to their exports (i.e., can
affirmatively demonstrate that they are eligible for a separate
rate).\9\ Commerce has preliminarily determined that Tainai has not
demonstrated its eligibility for a separate rate because it did not
file a separate rate application or separate rate certification.
Therefore, Commerce has preliminarily determined that Tainai is
ineligible for a separate rate and is, thus, part of the China-wide
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entity and subject to the China-wide entity rate (i.e., 92.84 percent).
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.108(a)-(b); see also Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Affirmative
Critical Circumstances, In Part: Certain Lined Paper Products from
the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 53079, 53082 (September 8,
2006); see also Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Final Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China, 71 FR 29303, 29307 (May 22, 2006).
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China-Wide Entity
Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the
China-wide entity,\10\ the China-wide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a
review of the entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-
wide entity during this POR, the China-wide entity is not under review,
and the China-wide entity's rate (i.e., 92.84 percent) is not subject
to change.
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\10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Preliminary Results of Review
In this review, Tainai did not submit a SRC to certify that it
continues to meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. Commerce
considers all companies for which a review was requested, and which did
not demonstrate separate rate eligibility, to be part of the China-wide
entity.\11\ Accordingly, we preliminary determine Tainai is part of the
China-wide entity.
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\11\ See Initiation Notice, 90 FR at 35269 (``All firms listed
below that wish to qualify for separate rate status in the
administrative reviews involving NME countries must complete, as
appropriate, either a separate rate application or certification, as
described below.'')
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the
calculations performed in connection with preliminary results of review
within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice
of preliminary results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce finds that the sole exporter
of TRBs subject to review is part of the China-wide entity and Commerce
has not initiated a review of the China-wide entity, there are no
calculations to disclose for these preliminary results of review.
Public Comment
Case briefs and other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to
submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the date
of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after
the date for filing case briefs.\12\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\13\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the established
deadline.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\14\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\15\
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\14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\15\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed hearing request must be received
successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. ET within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\16\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name,
address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (4) a list of issues
to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those
raised by each party in their respective case and rebuttal briefs. An
electronically filed request must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and date of the hearing.\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.301(c).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final
results of this review shall be the basis for assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise covered by this review.\18\ Upon
issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\19\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results
of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at
the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\19\ Id.
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For the final results of this review, if we continue to find that
Tainai is not eligible for a separate rate and treat it as part of the
China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to apply the ad valorem
weighted-average dumping margin for the China-wide entity, i.e., 92.84
percent,\20\ to assess antidumping duties for all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which was exported by Tainai.
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\20\ See Order.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise from
China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) for subject merchandise exported by a company with a separate
rate from a previously completed segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate,
or produced-exporter-specific rate, for that exporter, (2) for all
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, i.e., the China-wide entity, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be 92.84 percent. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results of review in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 11, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the Order are shipments of tapered roller
bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from China;
flange, take up cartridge, and hanger units incorporating tapered
roller bearings; and tapered roller housings (except pillow blocks)
incorporating tapered rollers, with or without spindles, whether or
not for automotive use. These products are currently classifiable
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 8482.20.00, 8482.91.00.50, 8482.99.15, 8482.99.45,
8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.80, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30,
8483.90.80, 8708.70.60.60, 8708.99.2300, 8708.99.27.00,
8708.99.4100, 8708.99.4850, 8708.99.6890, 8708.99.8115, and
8708.99.8180. Although the HTSUS item numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
scope of the Order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-09756 Filed 5-14-26; 8:45 am]
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