[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5533-5536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3202]
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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 (the Department) hereby publishes a
list of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between
October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995. In conjunction with this list,
the Department is also publishing a list of
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pending requests for scope clarifications and anticircumvention
inquiries. The Department intends to publish future lists within 30
days of the end of each quarter.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, Office of
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4793.
Background
The Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.29(d)(8) and 355.29(d)(8))
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 between October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995, and pending
scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The
Department intends to publish in April 1996 a notice of scope rulings
and anticircumvention inquiries completed between January 1, 1996, and
March 31, 1996, as well as pending scope clarification and
anticircumvention inquiry requests.
The following lists provide the country, case reference number,
requester(s), and a brief description of either the ruling or product
subject to the request.
I. Scope Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1995, and December 31,
1995
Country: Sweden
A-401-040--Stainless Steel Plate
Armco, Inc., G.O. Carlson, Allegheny Ludlum Corp., and Washington
Steel Corp.--Stavax, Ramax, and 904 L when forged are within the scope
of the order. 11/2/95.
Country: Japan
A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
Matsushita Communications Industrial Corporation of America and its
related entities--the Matsushita EB-H70, EB-H705, EB-H7071, and EB-
H7075 portable cellular telephones (PCTs) are outside the scope of the
order. 10/24/95.
A-588-702--Stainless-Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.--primet joint metal seal fittings and primet
joint weld fittings produced by Daido are outside the scope of the
order. 10/24/95.
Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation (Benkan)--sleeves
of clean vacuum couplings (CVCs) and super-clean microfittings (SCMs)
manufactured by Benkan are outside the scope of the order. 10/24/95.
A-588-809--Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts
Thereof
Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--certain dual use
subassemblies (a caller ID trunk unit and a station interface circuit
card) are outside the scope of the order. 11/3/95.
II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1995, and
December 31, 1995
Country: Japan
A-588-602--Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
U.S. Fittings Group--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether
a producer of carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings in Japan is
circumventing the antidumping duty order by shipping parts to Thailand
for processing and importing the finished product into the United
States. Negative final determination of circumvention published 11/27/
95.
III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1995 and December
31, 1995
Country: Canada
A-122-823--Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
Sidbec-Dosco Inc., and Canberra Industries--Clarification to
determine whether hot-rolled carbon steel plate containing little or no
Cobalt 60 is within the scope of the order. Scope inquiry terminated on
11/6/95.
Country: Japan
A-588-029--Fishnetting of Man Made Fiber
Trans-Pacific Trading, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
salmon gill fish netting of man-made fibers are within the scope of the
order. Scope inquiry terminated on 11/6/95.
A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
TDK Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether
duplexers, voltage control oscillators, and isolators are within the
scope of the order. Scope inquiry terminated on 10/26/95.
IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1995 and
December 31, 1995
Country: Germany
A-428-811--Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
Inland Steel Bar Company and USS Kolbe Steel Company--
Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether a producer of steel in
Germany is circumventing the antidumping duty order by shipping leaded
steel billets to its wholly-owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, hot-
rolling the billets into bars and rods, and then exporting them to the
United States. Anticircumvention inquiry terminated on 10/5/95.
V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of December 31, 1995
Country: Mexico
A-201-802--Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker
Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V. and Mexcement, Inc.--
Clarification to determine whether masonry cement is within the scope
of the order.
A-201-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--
Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe
specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the
API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for
use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within
the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on
January 13, 1994.
Tubacero International Corporation--Clarification to determine
whether circular welded carbon steel piping, 16 inches in outside
diameter with 3/8 inch wall thickness, for use in extremely heavy load
bearing applications, is within the scope of the order.
Country: Venezuela
A-307-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Self-initiation. Clarification to determine whether pipe produced
to API 5L line pipe specifications or
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to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe
specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for use as standard
pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within the scope of the
order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on January 13, 1994.
Country: Brazil
A-351-809--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--
Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe
specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the
API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for
use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within
the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on
January 13, 1994.
A-351-817, C-351-818--Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
Wirth Limited--Clarification to determine whether profile slabs
produced by Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao and imported by Wirth
Limited are within the scope of the order.
Country: France
A-427-078--Sugar
Boiron-Borneman, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
manufactured homeopathic sugar pellets are within the scope of the
finding.
Country: Germany
A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings)
and Parts Thereof
Marquardt Switches--Clarification to determine whether certain
medium carbon steel balls are within the scope of the order.
Enkotec Company, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether the
``main bearings'' imported for incorporation into Enkotec Rotary Nail
Machines are slewing rings and, therefore, outside the scope of the
order.
Country: Turkey
A-489-501--Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products
Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Wheatland Tube Company,
Laclede Steel Company, Sharon Tube Company, and Sawhill Tubular
Division of Armco, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether pipe and
tube which meets the order's physical specifications, when intended for
or actually used as standard pipe and tube, is included within the
scope of the order.
Country: Singapore
A-559-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings)
and Parts Thereof
Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine
whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or
cushion assembly unit or bearing assembly) is within the scope of the
order.
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504--Petroleum Wax Candles
Mervyn's--Clarification to determine whether a candle, article no.
20172, in the shape of a cube is within the scope of the order.
Enesco Corporation--Clarification to determine whether 10 styles of
candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the order.
Midwest of Cannon Falls--Clarification to determine whether 7
styles of candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the
order.
A-570-808--Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to
determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts are within the scope
of the order.
Wheel Plus, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether imported zinc-
plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United States are within
the scope of the order.
A-570-820--Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks (CDIW) Fittings and
Glands
Star Pipe Products, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
``retainer glands'' are within the scope of the order.
Country: Korea
A-580-809--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--
Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe
specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the
API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for
use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within
the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on
January 13, 1994.
Country: Taiwan
A-583-810--Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to
determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts are within the scope
of the order.
Country: Japan
A-588-055--Acrylic Sheet from Japan
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether
Sumielec, an acrylic based antistatic material, is within the scope of
the order.
A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation and related
entities--Clarification to determine whether Panasonic portable
cellular telephone (PCT) hands-free device, model number EB-HF7002, is
within the scope of the order.
A-588-702--Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation--Clarification to
determine whether the superclean fittings (SCFs) manufactured by Benkan
UCT are within the scope of the order.
A-588-802--3\1/2\'' Microdisks
TDK Inc., TDK Electronics Co.--Clarification to determine whether
certain web roll media are within the scope of the order.
A-588-804--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings),
and Parts Thereof
Dana Corporation--Clarification to determine whether an automotive
component known variously as a center bracket assembly, center bearing
assembly, support bracket, or shaft support bearing, is within the
scope of the order.
Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine
whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or
cushion assembly unit or center bearing assembly) is within the scope
of the order.
A-588-807--Industrial Belts and Components and Parts Thereof, Whether
Cured or Uncured
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Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc. (HPE)--Clarification to
determine whether certain belts HPE imports from Japan for use in
manufacturing lawn tractors and riding lawn mowers are within the scope
of the order.
A-588-809--Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts
Thereof
Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--Clarification to
determine whether certain dual use subassemblies (central processing
units and read-only-memory units) are within the scope of the order.
A-588-810--Mechanical Transfer Presses
Komatsu Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether certain mechanical
transfer press parts exported from Japan are within the scope of the
order.
A-588-815--Gray Portland Cement and Clinker
Surecrete, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether New Super Fine
Cement manufactured by Nittetsu Cement Co., Ltd., is within the scope
of the order.
VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of December 31, 1995
None.
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, NW., Washington, DC
20230.
Dated: February 5, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
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