[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26257-26258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable June 6, 2018.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) hereby publishes a list 
of scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations made between 
January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017, inclusive. We intend to publish 
future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations, 
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce regulations provide that the Secretary will publish in the 
Federal Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly basis.\1\ Our 
most recent notification of scope rulings was published on May 22, 
2018.\2\ This current notice covers all scope rulings and 
anticircumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance 
between January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017, inclusive. Three 
additional subsequent lists will immediately follow to bring these 
quarterly notices up to date.
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    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
    \2\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 83 FR 23634 (May 22, 2018).
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Scope Rulings Made Between January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

A-552-818 and C-552-819: Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam
    Requestor: OMG, Inc; zinc anchors which are designed to attach 
termination bars to concrete or masonry walls are within the scope of 
the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; February 6, 2017.

People's Republic of China

A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Blue Sky the Color of Imagination LLC.; eight styles of 
office planners/calendars are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping order on certain lined paper products from the People's 
Republic of China because the products meet exclusion criteria 
contained in the scope for products generally known as ``office 
planners'' and ``appointment books;'' March 23, 2017.
A-570-881: Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fitting From the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Atkore Steel Components, Inc.; cast iron electrical 
conduit articles are subject to the scope of the order on malleable 
cast iron pipe fitting from the People's Republic of China; March 16, 
2017.
A-570-020 and C-570-021: Melamine From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: JLS Chemical Inc.; certain melamine-based flame 
retardant products (i.e., melamine cyanurate, melamine polyphosphate, 
and ammonium-melamine-piperazine polyphosphate) are not subject to the

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orders on melamine from the People's Republic of China because the 
melamine raw material used to create these compounds is not 
intermingled or blended with other constituent chemicals but, rather, 
chemically-reacted with the other feedstock resulting in different 
products; February 22, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. (Keri Wood); Keri Wood's 
two-layer wood flooring panel is not within the scope of the orders on 
multilayered wood flooring from the PRC because it lacks the requisite 
two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination with a core; 
January 6, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Huzhou Zhanbang Industry Co., Ltd.; wood flooring 
product of a two-layer construction composed of one layer or ply of 
wood veneer in combination with a finger-jointed board is not covered 
by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 
multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China because 
it lacks the requisite two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in 
combination with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Geenlong International Limited; wood flooring product of 
a two-layer construction composed of one layer or ply of wood veneer in 
combination with an Oriented Strand Board core is not covered by the 
scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on multilayered 
wood flooring from the People's Republic of China because it lacks the 
requisite two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination 
with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's 
Republic of China
    Requestors: Fusong Jinlong Wood Group Co., Ltd.; Fusong Qianqiu 
Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; and 
Fusong Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; wood flooring product composed 
of a single thin solid wood layer glued to a single solid wood bottom 
layer is not covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of 
China because it lacks the requisite two or more layers or plies of 
wood veneer in combination with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Complete Flooring Supply Corporation; wood flooring 
product composed of two or more outer plies of exotic wood species 
laminated to a wooden core is covered by the scope of the antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the 
People's Republic of China because it contains the requisite two or 
more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination with a core, 
irrespective of wood species; March 31, 2017.
A-570-875: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Hydroflo Pumps USA, Inc. (Hydroflo Pumps); hydroflo 
Pumps's oil tube adapters are outside the scope of the Order on Non-
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China 
because they are not covered by the language of the scope. March 24, 
2017.
A-570-922 and C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Anna Griffin Inc. (Anna Griffin); Anna Griffin's 
magnetic sheets for metal paper-cutting dies are outside the scope of 
the order on flexible magnets from the PRC because they fall within the 
exclusion to the scope of the order. This because the magnets in the 
product are permanently bonded with paper that is printed with text and 
decorative motifs; March 13, 2017.
A-570-860: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From China
    Requestor: Southern Wire Co., LLC.; epoxy coated rebar is not 
subject to the scope of the order on steel concrete reinforcing bars 
from the People's Republic of China because the rebar has been further 
processed through coating; March 2, 2017.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of 
this list of completed scope inquiries. Any comments should be 
submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 18022, Washington, DC 
20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).

    Dated: May 31, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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