A-100-001 AR: 98-99 Public Document G103: EAA TO: Laurie Parkhill Office Director AD/CVD Enforcement FROM: Antifriction Bearings Team SUBJECT: Scope Determinations The Department has issued numerous clarifications of the scope of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction ball bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The following is a compilation of these clarifications. The status of the following products was decided during the investigation: Products covered: • Rod end bearings and parts thereof • AFBs used in aviation applications • Aerospace engine bearings • Split cylindrical roller bearings • Wheel hub units • Wave generator bearings • Bearings (including mounted or housed units and flanged or enhanced bearings) ultimately utilized in textile machinery Products excluded: • Plain bearings other than spherical plain bearings • Airframe components unrelated to the reduction of friction • Linear motion devices • Split pillow block housings • Nuts, bolts, and sleeves that are not integral parts of a bearing or attached to a bearing under review • Thermoplastic bearings • Stainless steel hollow balls • Textile machinery components that are substantially advanced in function(s) or value • Wheel hub units imported as part of front and rear axle assemblies; wheel hub units that include tapered roller bearings; and clutch release bearings that are already assembled as parts of transmissions • Slewing rings and slewing bearings In addition, since the time of the investigation the Department has issued the following rulings: Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1990, and June 30, 1990 (see Scope Rulings, 55 FR 42750 (October 23, 1990)): Products excluded: • Antifriction bearings, including integral shaft ball bearings, used in textile machinery and imported with attachments and augmentations sufficient to advance their function beyond load-bearing/friction- reducing capability Scope rulings completed between July 1, 1990, and September 30, 1990 (see Scope Rulings, 55 FR 43020 (October 25, 1990)): Products covered: • Rod ends • Clutch release bearings • Ball bearings used in the manufacture of helicopters • Ball bearings used in the manufacture of disk drives Scope rulings published in Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof; Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review, 56 FR 31692, 31696 (July 11, 1991): Products covered: • Load rollers and thrust rollers, also called mast guide bearings • Conveyor system trolley wheels and chain wheels Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1991, and June 30, 1991 (see Scope Rulings, 56 FR 36774 (August 1, 1991)): Products excluded: • Textile machinery components including false twist spindles, belt guide rollers, separator rollers, damping units, rotor units, and tension pulleys Scope rulings completed between July 1, 1991, and September 30, 1991 (see Scope Rulings, 56 FR 57320 (November 8, 1991)): Products covered: • Snap rings and wire races • Bearings imported as spare parts • Custom-made specialty bearings Products excluded: • Certain rotor assembly textile machinery components • Linear motion bearings Scope rulings completed between October 1, 1991, and December 31, 1991 (see Scope Rulings, 57 FR 4597 (February 6, 1992)): Products covered: • Chain sheaves (forklift truck mast components) • Loose boss rollers used in textile drafting machinery, also called top rollers • Certain engine main shaft pilot bearings and engine crank shaft bearings Scope rulings completed between January 1, 1992, and March 31, 1992 (see Scope Rulings, 57 FR 19602 (May 7, 1992)): Products covered: • Ceramic bearings • Roller turn rollers • Clutch release systems that contain rolling elements Products excluded: • Clutch release systems that do not contain rolling elements • Chrome steel balls for use as check valves in hydraulic valve systems Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1992, and June 30, 1992 (see Scope Rulings, 57 FR 32973 (July 24, 1992)): Products excluded: • Finished, semiground stainless steel balls • Stainless steel balls for non-bearing use (in an optical polishing process) Scope rulings completed between July 1, 1992, and September 30, 1992 (see Scope Rulings, 57 FR 57420 (December 4, 1992)): Products covered: • Certain flexible roller bearings whose component rollers have a length- to-diameter ratio of less than 4:1 • Model 15BM2110 bearings Products excluded: • Certain textile machinery components Scope rulings completed between October 1, 1992, and December 31, 1992 (see Scope Rulings, 58 FR 11209 (February 24, 1993)): Products covered: • Certain cylindrical bearings with a length-to-diameter ratio of less than 4:1 Products excluded: • Certain cartridge assemblies comprised of a machine shaft, a machined housing and two standard bearings Scope rulings completed between January 1, 1993, and March 31, 1993 (see Scope Rulings, 58 FR 27542 (May 10, 1993)): Products covered: • Certain cylindrical bearings with a length-to-diameter ratio of less than 4:1 Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1993, and June 30, 1993 (see Scope Rulings, 58 FR 47124 (September 7, 1993)): Products covered: • Certain series of INA bearings Products excluded: • SAR series of ball bearings • Certain eccentric locking collars that are part of housed bearing units Scope rulings completed between October 1, 1993, and December 31, 1993 (see Scope Rulings, 59 FR 8910 (February 24, 1994)): Products excluded: • Certain textile machinery components Scope rulings completed between January 1, 1994, and March 31, 1994: Products excluded: • Certain textile machinery components Scope rulings completed between October 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994 (see Scope Rulings, 60 FR 12196 (March 6, 1995)): Products excluded: • Rotek and Kaydon - Rotek bearings, models M4 and L6, are slewing rings outside the scope of the order. Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1995 and June 30, 1995 (see Scope Rulings, 60 FR 36782 (July 18, 1995)): Products covered: • Consolidated Saw Mill International (CSMI) Inc. - Cambio bearings contained in CSMI's sawmill debarker are within the scope of the order. • Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp. - Nakanishi's stamped steel washer with a zinc phosphate and adhesive coating used in the manufacture of a ball bearing is within the scope of the order. Scope rulings completed between January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996 (see Scope Rulings, 61 FR 18381 (April 25, 1996)): Products excluded: • Marquardt Switches - Medium carbon steel balls imported by Marquardt are outside the scope of the order. Scope rulings completed between April 1, 1996 and June 30, 1996 (see Scope Rulings, 61 FR 40194 (August 1, 1996)): Products excluded: • Dana Corporation - Automotive component, known variously as a center bracket assembly, center bearings assembly, support bracket, or shaft support bearing, is outside the scope of the order. • Rockwell International Corporation - Automotive component, known variously as a cushion suspension unit, cushion assembly unit, or center bearing assembly, is outside the scope of the order. • Enkotec Company, Inc. - "Main bearings" imported for incorporation into Enkotec Rotary Nail Machines are slewing rings and, therefore, are outside the scope of the order. Scope rulings completed between October 1, 1998 and March 31, 2000 (see Scope Rulings, 65 FR 41957 (July 7, 2000)): Products excluded: • Holland Hitch - "Turntable bearing" (slewing rings, gearless slewing rings, or slewing bearings) is outside the scope of the order. • Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd. - Certain vacuum nozzle assembly, designated as part 630-063-2316, is outside the scope of the order. • Sanden International (USA) - Certain orbiting and fixed races, and orbiting and fixed rings, used in a "rotation prevention device", are outside the scope of the order. • Isuzu Motors America, Inc. - fan center assembly, designated as part 8- 97226-2892 and imported primarily for use in a V-8 diesel engine, is outside the scope of the order. Scope ruling May 1, 2000, memorandum from Laurie Parkhill to Richard W. Moreland: Products excluded: • NTN Bearing Corporation of America - EM Coupling, a "rotation prevention device" and ring plates used in the EM Coupling, are outside the scope of the order. Scope ruling May 26, 2000, memorandum from Laurie Parkhill to Richard W. Moreland: Products excluded: • Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc. - fan bracket assembly, designated as part 8971486750 (prior to October 1, 1999) and as part 8972317180 (from October 1, 1999 onward) and used in the cooling system of six-cylinder vehicles, is outside the scope of the order.