62 FR 40799, July 30, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
 
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 by 
Import Administration, between April 1, 1997 and June 30, 1997. In 
conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of 
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: July 30, 1997.

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 Department's regulations (19 CFR 351.225 (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 April 1, 1997, and June 30, 
1997, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry 
requests. The Department intends to publish in October 1997 a notice of 
scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between July 1, 
1997, and September 30, 1997, 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 April 1, 1997 and June 30, 1997

Country: People's Republic of China

A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles
    Institutional Financing Services--Red/white candles packaged as 
peppermint candles are within the scope of the order. 4/9/97.
    Hallmark Cards, Inc.--The 399FMB5503 Formed Wax Peppermint Candy 
Candle is within the scope of the order. 4/9/97.
    Dollar Tree Stores--Item #416750, a taper candle with a design 
depicting a painted ``Christmas scene'' of holly, ivy and berries, is 
outside the scope of the order. 4/9/97.

Country: Japan

A-588-055  Acrylic Sheet from Japan
    Calsak Corporation--Noble Lite, an acrylic-based material, produced 
by Kuraray Co., Ltd., is outside the scope of the order. 4/10/97.

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1997 and June 
30, 1997

    None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1997 and June 30, 1997

    None.

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1997 and 
June 30, 1997

    None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of June 30, 1997

Country: Canada

A-122-823  Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
    Petitioners--Clarification to determine whether certain carbon 
steel plate with boron added is within the scope of the order.

Country: Germany

A-428-801  Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings, 
and Parts Therof
    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.

Country: People's Republic of China

A-570-501  Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and Brush Heads
    Kwick Clean and Green Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether a 
group of bristles held together at the base with glue, which are to be 
used as replaceable parts within the cavity of the paintbrush body, is 
within the scope of the order.
A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles
    Enesco Corporation--Clarification to determine whether a birthday 
candle (style # 9500340) is within the scope of the order.
    Indio Products Inc.--Clarification to determine whether various 
tapers, votives and rounds are within the scope of the order.
    Sun-It Corporation--Clarification to determine whether taper 
candles containing oil of citronella are within the scope of the order.
    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.
    American Drug Stores--Clarification to determine whether spherical 
candles with a ``wax veneer'' are within the scope of the order.
    M.G. Maher & Co. Inc.--Clarification to determine whether a 12 inch 
spiral candle is within the scope of the order.
A-570-808  Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
    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-570-822  Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs)
    Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works 
(SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs which are imported to 
the United States in an uncut, coil form are within the scope of the 
order.
A-570-827  Certain Cased Pencils
    Nadel Trading Corporation--Clarification to determine whether a 
plastic, ``quasi-mechanical'' pencil (also known as the ``Bensia'' 
pencil) is within the scope of the order.
A-570-836  Glycine
    Consolidated Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.--Clarification to determine 
whether D(-) Phenylglycine Ethyl Dane Salt is within the scope of the 
order.

Country: South Korea

A-580-803  Small Business Telephones from Korea
    TT Systems Corporation--

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 Clarification to determine whether the ``Model 4300'' should be 
excluded from the scope of the order because it is a ``blocking'' 
system, whereas the order pertains to ``non-blocking'' systems.

Country: Taiwan

A-583-820  Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs)
    Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works 
(SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs imported into the 
United States in an uncut, coil form are within the scope of the order.

Country: Japan

A-588-802  3.5'' Microdisks
    Maxell Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether 
Maxell's OSD325-Floptical Disk-is within the scope of the order.
A-588-804  Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), 
and Parts Thereof
    Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether a 
cylindrical roller bearing, supposedly without a precision rating, for 
use as an axle bearing in cars and trucks is within the scope of the 
order.
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.
A-588-824  Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products
    Drive Automotive Industries--Clarification to determine whether 
2000 millimeter wide, made to order, corrosion resistant carbon steel 
coils are within the scope of the order.
A-588-833  Stainless Steel Bar
    Keystone Stainless Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 
``Keystone 2000,'' a specialty stainless steel bar product, should be 
excluded from the scope of the order because the manufacture of the 
product substantially differentiates it from any other product 
available.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of March 31, 1997

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 s 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: Korea

A-580-008  Color Television Receivers from Korea
    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the International 
Union of Electronic Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, 
and the Industrial Union Department (the Unions)--Anticircumvention 
inquiry to determine whether Samsung Electronics Co., L.G. Electronics 
Inc., and Daewoo Electronics Co., are circumventing the order by 
shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes, printed circuit boards, 
color television kits, chassis, and other materials, parts and 
components to plants operated by related parties in Mexico where the 
parts are then assembled in CTVs and shipped to the United States.
    Additionally, an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether 
Samsung by shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes and other CTV 
parts to a related party in Thailand for assembly into complete CTVs 
prior to exportation to the United States is circumventing the 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, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

    Dated: July 24, 1997.
Joseph A. Spetrini.
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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