The U.S. Import Administration (IA), International Trade Commission (ITC), Department of Commerce (DOC) has released the final determinations of dumping duties on ball bearings and component parts from producers and exporters in five countries.

Ball bearings - mounted and unmounted - and component parts from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom were under review. The time period involved in this review is May 1, 2000 through April 30, 2001.

On April 10, 2002, the DOC issued a preliminary administrative review of antidumping orders on ball bearings from those countries. The DOC found that dumping (sales into the United States at below fair market value) had taken place and determined to issue antidumping duties. Additionally, separate hearings were held on June 6 for Japan-specific issues and June 11 for Germany-specific issues.

Although 40 manufacturers /exporters were originally under scrutiny for dumping, the final determination applies to 27 of them. The others were eliminated, primarily because they did not make any sales into the U.S. during the period under review.

This final review has fine-tuned the duties originally determined for the April 10 report.

Following is a table of the final weighted-average dumping margins. These are the rates which the ITC is supplying to U.S. Customs within the next 15 days.