Federal-Mogul Corp. v. US

• Decision Date: 23 November 1992
• Docket Number: Court No. 92-06-00422
• Citation: 16 CIT 975,809 F. Supp. 105
• Parties: FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, The Torrington Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant, SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB; Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti SpA, Fag (UK) Limited, Barden Corporation (UK) Limited, Fag Bearings Corporation and Barden Precision Bearings Corporation; RHP Bearings and RHP Bearings Inc.; Peer Bearing Company; Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.; NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation; SNR Roulements; NTN Bearing Corporation of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Corporation and NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, Defendant-Intervenors.
• Court: U.S. Court of International Trade

809 F. Supp. 105

16 CIT 975

FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, The Torrington Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant,

SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB; Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti SpA, Fag (UK) Limited, Barden Corporation (UK) Limited, Fag Bearings Corporation and Barden Precision Bearings Corporation; RHP Bearings and RHP Bearings Inc.; Peer Bearing Company; Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.; NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation; SNR Roulements; NTN Bearing Corporation of America, American NTN Bearing

Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Corporation and NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, Defendant-Intervenors.

Court Nos. 92-06-00422, etc.^*

United States Court of International Trade.

November 23, 1992.

Frederick L. Ikenson, P.C., Frederick L. Ikenson, J. Eric Nissley, Joseph A. Perna, V and Larry Hampel, DC, for plaintiff, plaintiff-intervenor and defendant-intervenor Federal-Mogul Corp.

Stewart and Stewart, Eugene L. Stewart, Terence P. Stewart, James R. Cannon, Jr., Wesley K. Caine, Robert A. Weaver, John M. Breen, Myron A. Brilliant, Margaret E.O. Edozien, Amy S. Dwyer, Lane S. Hurewitz and Margaret L.H. Pnq, DC, for plaintiff, plaintiff-intervenor and defendant-intervenor The Torrington Co.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Richard M. Belanger, Neil R. Ellis and D. Christine Wood, DC, for plaintiff Caterpillar Inc.

Baker & McKenzie, Kevin M. O'Brien, Linda N. Bogin and Michael A. Lawrence, DC, for plaintiff Emerson Power Transmission Corp.

Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman, Max F. Schutzman and Andrew B. Schroth, New York City, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, FAG Cuscinetti SpA, FAG (UK) Ltd., Barden Corp. (UK) Ltd., FAG Bearings Corp., The Barden Corp. and Barden Precision Bearings Corp.

Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Stephen L. Gibson, DC, for plaintiffs INA Walzlager Schaeffler KG and INA Bearing Co., Inc.

Coudert Bros., Robert A. Lipstein and Christer L. Mossberg, DC, for plaintiff Inoue Jikuuke Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Peter O. Suchman, Neil R. Ellis, T. George Davis and Niall P. Meagher, DC, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A.

O'Melveny & Myers, Greyson L. Bryan, Bruce R. Hirsh and Steven A. Spencer, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp., Nachi-America, Inc. and Nachi Technology, Inc.

Tanaka Ritger & Middleton, H. William Tanaka, Michele N. Tanaka and Michael J. Brown, DC, for plaintiffs Nippon Pillow Block Sales Co., Ltd. and FYH Bearing Units USA, Inc.

Coudert Bros., Robert A. Lipstein, Matthew P. Jaffe, Nathan V. Holt and Grace W. Lawson, DC, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors NSK Ltd. and NSK Corp.

Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, Robert E. Burke, Donald J. Unger, Kazumune V. Kano and Diane A. MacDonald, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors NTN Bearing Corp. of America, American NTN Bearing Mfg. Corp., NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH and NTN Corp.

Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, John M. Gurley and Lindsay B. Meyer, DC, for plaintiff and defendant-intervenor Peer Bearing Co.

Donohue and Donohue, William J. Phelan, Stamford, CT, for plaintiff Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

Covington & Burling, Harvey M. Applebaum, David R. Grace and Michael P. Socarras, DC, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors RHP Bearings, RHP Bearings Inc. and United Precision Industries, Ltd.

Howrey & Simon, Herbert C. Shelley, Alice A. Kipel, Juliana M. Cofrancesco and Thomas J. Trendl, DC, for plaintiffs and defendant-intervenors SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Ltd. and SKF Sverige, AB.

Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman, Bruce M. Mitchell, David L. Simon, Philip S. Gallas, Andrew B. Schroth and Matthew L. Pascocello, DC, for plaintiff and defendant-intervenor Societe Nouvelle de Roulements.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher, William J. Clinton, James P. Durling and Barbara K. Summers, DC, for plaintiffs Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.

Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Department of Justice, Marc E. Montalbine; Stephen J. Claeys, Craig R. Giesze and Dean A. Pinkert, Atty.-Advisors, Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Admin., U.S. Dept. of Commerce, DC, of counsel, for defendant.

Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman, Bruce M. Mitchell and Philip S. Gallas, DC, for defendant-intervenor GMN Georg Muller Nurnberg AG.

OPINION

TSOUCALAS, Judge:

Defendant, the Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration ("ITA"), requests this Court to grant leave for the ITA to correct alleged ministerial errors contained in Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From France; et al.; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews ("Final Results"), 57 Fed.Reg. 28,360 (1992).

BACKGROUND

After the ITA published the Final Results for the second administrative review of imports of antifriction bearings from various countries, the ITA disclosed its calculations of the dumping margins to interested parties who requested access. After disclosure, the ITA accepted comments on alleged ministerial errors contained in the Final Results pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1675(f) (1988) and 19 C.F.R. § 353.28 (1992). ITA analyzed the comments it received on alleged ministerial errors and determined which allegations were valid.

ITA was able to publish amended final results correcting the ministerial errors it had found only for certain countries, companies and products. Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom; Amendment to Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 57 Fed.Reg. 32,969 (1992). ITA was unable to publish corrected final results for the errors now at issue before this Court because Federal-Mogul Corporation ("Federal-Mogul"), NTN Bearing Corporation of America, NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation and NTN Corporation, Nippon Pillow Block Sales Co., Ltd. and FYH Bearing Units USA, Inc. each filed a summons with this Court invoking this Court's exclusive jurisdiction before the errors could be corrected.

Therefore, on September 1, 1992, defendant filed a motion asking this Court to grant defendant leave to correct certain ministerial errors and issue amended final results in these actions. Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors.

SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB, NSK Ltd. and NSK Corporation, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A., Inoue Jikuuke Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Caterpillar Inc. support defendant's motion. Response of SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB, in Support of Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors; Plaintiffs' (NSK) Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors; Plaintiffs' (Koyo) Response to Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors; Plaintiffs' (Inoue Jikuuke Kogyo Co., Ltd.) Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors; Plaintiffs (Caterpillar Inc.) Response to Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors. FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, FAG Cuscinetti SpA, FAG (UK) Limited, Barden Corporation (UK) Limited, FAG Bearings Corporation and The Barden Corporation (collectively "FAG") also support the defendant's motion but ask that the Court require the ITA to correct an alleged ministerial error in regard to FAG Cuscinetti's dumping margin which is not covered by defendant's motion. Specifically, the alleged error is the inadvertent omission of home market inventory carrying costs from the pool of home market indirect selling expenses subject to the ESP offset in cases where US price was compared to constructed value. Response of Defendant-Intervenor and Plaintiff, FAG, in Support of Government's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors.

Federal-Mogul and The Torrington Company ("Torrington") oppose the defendant's motion. Federal-Mogul Corporation's Response to Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors ("Federal-Mogul's Response"); Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Leave to Correct Ministerial Errors ("Torrington's Opposition").

ITA specifically requests leave to correct the following errors:

I. Ball Bearings

A. France

1. For Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc., application of a level of trade adjustment to home market unit prices that were adjusted for discounts and rebates rather than to Pratt & Whitney's gross price list unit prices.

2. For SKF France, setting of home market commissions at zero, and treatment of warranty and technical service expenses as both indirect and direct expenses.

3. For SNR Roulements, double-counting of commissions and U.S. inland freight expenses; making of a typographical error in connection with domestic inland insurance; and failure to implement a variable for physical differences in merchandise as specified in the final results of the administrative review.

B. Germany

1. For FAG Germany, computer program's failure to eliminate FAG Germany's home market family matches where all home market sales were below cost, and the setting of some indirect selling expenses at zero; making of an adjustment for differences in merchandise for some constructed value comparisons and failure to include home market inventory carrying costs in constructed value comparisons; and addition of imputed credit costs and inventory carrying costs to FAG Germany's cost of production for the home market cost test.

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