[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59544-59545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29548]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Scope Rulings
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce hereby publishes a list of scope
rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed by Import
Administration between July 1, 1998 and September 30, 1998. In
conjunction with this list, the Department of Commerce is also
publishing a list of pending requests for scope clarifications and
anticircumvention inquiries. We intend to publish future lists within
30 days of the end of each quarter.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.
Background
The regulations of the Department of Commerce (the Department) (19
CFR 351.22(o)) provide that on a quarterly basis the Secretary will
publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings completed
within the last three months.
This notice lists scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries
completed by Import Administration, between July 1, 1998, and September
30, 1998, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry
requests. The Department intends to publish in January 1999 a notice of
scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between October
1, 1998, and December 31, 1998, as well as pending scope clarification
and anticircumvention inquiry requests.
The following lists provide the country, case reference number,
requester(s), a brief description of either the ruling or product
subject to the request, and the date of rulings made.
I. Scope Rulings Completed Between
July 1, 1998 and September 30, 1998:
Country: Italy
C-475-819 Certain Pasta
A-475-818 Joseph A. Sidari Company, Inc.--a shrink wrapped package
containing six one-pound packages, each of which would first be
individually packaged in a cellophane wrapper (cello) with ``Not
Labeled for Retail Sale'' written across the entire length of each of
the individual packages on both sides, is within the scope of the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders. 7/30/98
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles--Et Al Imports--Paraffin Wax
Bamboo Candles are outside the scope of the order. 7/2/98.
Kohl's Department Stores--star-shaped, tree-shaped, and snowflake-
shaped wax-filled containers are within the scope of the order. Also,
two gold candles with rope designs, one ivory candle with gold flower
and vine designs, and one ivory candle with gold cherubs and rope
designs are within the scope of the order and one white wax-filled
container with carolers and a Christmas scene is outside the scope of
the order. 8/24/98.
Leader Light Ltd.--3'' x 3'' square, 3'' x 6'' square, and
3'' x 6'' round candles are within the scope of the order. 8/31/98
A-570-808 Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts--Wheel Plus, Inc.--imported zinc-
plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United States are within
the scope of the order. 9/22/98
Country: Japan
A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.--a cylindrical
roller bearing for use as an axle bearing in cars and trucks is within
the scope of the order. 8/10/98
A-588-837 Large Newspaper Printing Presses--Nireco Corporation--
Calagraph Systems that are not imported and sold pursuant to a contract
for a LNPP system, addition, or component, but rather imported and sold
only as an upgrade or add-on to a pre-existing installed and operating
LNPP are outside the scope of the order. 8/4/98
Komori American Corporation--the System 20 is outside the scope of
the order. 8/4/98
II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between July 1, 1998 and
September 30, 1998
None.
III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1998 and September
30, 1998
Country: Canada
A-122-506 Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG)--Regency Resources
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Corporation--Clarification to determine whether used OCTG is within the
scope of the order. Scope inquiry was terminated on 9/21/98.
IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1998 and
September 30, 1998
None.
V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of September 30, 1998
Country: Mexico
A-201-805 Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe--Cierra Pipe,
Inc.,--Clarification to determine whether line pipe ``shorts,'' or
``old line pipe'' which has rusted and pitted after sitting in storage,
constitute line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines or is
pipe and tube covered by the order.
Country: Sweden
A-401-040 Stainless Steel Plate--Avesta Sheffield AB and Avesta
Sheffield NAD, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether stainless steel
slabs that are manufactured in Great Britain and rolled into hot bands
in Sweden are within the scope of the order.
Country: Germany
A-428-801 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--FAG Aerospace & Superprecision Bearings
GmbH--Clarification to determine whether certain aerospace bearings
which have entered the United States but have been returned to Germany
for repair or refurbishing, and which then reenter the United States,
are within the scope of the order.
A-428-816 Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
C-428-817 Novosteel SA--Clarification to determine whether certain
profile slab produced by Reiner Brach GmbH and Co. KG is within the
scope of the orders.
Country: India
A-533-806 Sodium Sulfanilate
C-533-806 3V Inc.--Clarification to determine whether sodium
sulfanilate produced by 3V's affiliate, 3V Sigma S.p.A., in Italy from
sulfanilic acid imported from India is within the scope of the order.
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles--Ocean State Jobbers--
Clarification to determine whether taper candles consisting of a blend
of petroleum wax and beeswax are within the scope of the order.
Et Al Imports--Clarification to determine whether candles
consisting of an 80/20 beeswax/petroleum wax blend are within the scope
of the order.
Target Stores--Clarification to determine whether ``cache box''
candles containing citronella oil are within the scope of the order.
Meijer Incorporated--Clarification to determine whether a wax-
filled container in the shape of a rabbit is within the scope of the
order.
Country: Japan
A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd.--
Clarification to determine whether ``vacuum nozzle assemblies'' are
within the scope of the orders.
A-588-813 Light-Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof--Thermo
Capillary Electrophoresis, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
diode array detectors and cell flow units are within the scope of the
order.
VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of September 30, 1998
Country: Canada
A-122-823 Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate--Kentucky Electric
Steel Company (Petitioner)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine
whether Co-Steel Lasco and Gerdau MRM are circumventing the order by
adding small amounts of boron to carbon steel plate products covered by
the order.
Country: Mexico
A-201-805 Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe--Allied Tube &
Conduit Corp., Sawhill Tubular Division of Tex-Tube Co., Century Tube
Corp., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Products Co., Sharon Tube Co.,
Western Tube & Conduit Co., Wheatland Tube Co., and CSI Tubular
Products, Inc. (Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine
whether imports of (i) pipe certified to the American Petroleum
Institute (API) 5L line pipe specifications (API 5L or line pipe) and
(ii) pipe certified to both the API 5L line pipe specifications and the
less stringent American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-53
standard pipe specifications (dual certified pipe), falling within the
physical dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, are
circumventing the antidumping duty order.
Country: United Kingdom
A-412-810 Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
C-412-811 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company
(Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether British
Steel PLC is circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets
to the United States, where they are converted into the hot-rolled
carbon steel products covered by the order.
Country: Germany
A-428-811 Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
C-429-812 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company
(Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Saarstahl
A.G. and Thyssen Stahl A.G. are circumventing the order by shipping
leaded steel billets to the United States, where they are converted
into the hot-rolled carbon steel products covered by the order.
Country: Italy
A-475-818 Certain Pasta--Borden, Inc., Hershey Foods Corp., Gooch
Foods, Inc. (Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine
whether Barilla S.r.L. is importing pasta in the United States in bulk
(defined as packages of greater than five pounds) and repackaging the
pasta into packages of five pounds or less for sale in the retail
market; and whether such repackaging constitutes circumvention of the
antidumping duty order.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the accuracy of the
list of pending scope clarification requests. Any comments should be
submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Room B-099, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20230.
Dated: October 30, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-29548 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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