Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Partial Termination of Administrative Reviews, and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order

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In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. The classes or kinds of merchandise covered by these orders are ball bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, and spherical plain bearings. The reviews cover 64 manufacturers/exporters. The period of review (the POR) is May 1, 1993, through April 30, 1994. Although we initiated reviews for four other manufacturers/exporters, we are terminating the reviews because the requests for these reviews were withdrawn in a timely manner. We intend to terminate the reviews for five other exporters because the Department has preliminarily determined that these exporters are not an appropriate subject of review, as discussed below. We also intend to revoke the order with respect to ball bearings from Thailand based on our preliminary determination that the only known producer of ball bearings, NMB/Pelmec, has had a three-year period of no sales at less than foreign market value (