[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31733-31734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14620]


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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 July 9, 2018.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) hereby publishes a list 
of scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations made between 
April 1, 2017, and June 30, 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 (June 6, 
2018).\2\ This current notice covers all scope rulings and 
anticircumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance 
between April 1, 2017, and June 30, 2017, inclusive. Two additional 
subsequent lists will immediately follow to bring these quarterly 
notices up to date.

    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
    \2\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 83 FR 26257 (June 6, 2018).
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Scope Rulings Made Between April 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017

Mexico

A-201-805: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico

    Requestor: Sumitomo Corporation of Americas and Nippon Steel & 
Sumikin Pipe Mexico, S.A. de C.V.; Thirteen types of automotive and 
cylinder tubes are outside the scope of the order because they are 
mechanical tubing, which is excluded from the order; May 12, 2017.

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

A-552-818 and C-552-819: Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam

    Requestor: Midwest Fastener Corp.; Zinc and nylon anchors which 
are used to attach wood, metal, shelf brackets, and other items to 
concrete, brick and other masonry walls, ceilings, and floors are 
within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; 
May 17, 2017.

People's Republic of China

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Eran Financial Services, LLC.; Eran Finished Light 
Poles and Light Pole Kits are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions 
from the People's Republic of China because they meet the criteria 
for exclusion as finished merchandise or finished goods kits; April 
17, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Ferguson Enterprises Inc.; Ferguson's towel bars, 
towel rings and toilet paper kits are not subject to the antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from the 
People's Republic of China because they qualify for the scope 
exclusion as finished goods kits; April 20, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Spectrum Brands, Inc.; Spectrum pocket door frame 
kits are not covered by the scope of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from the People's 
Republic of China because they meet the criteria for exclusion as 
finished goods kits; May 9, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Ferguson Enterprises Inc.; Ferguson's Air Duct 
Registers are not subject to the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China 
because they qualify for the scope exclusion as finished 
merchandise; May 10, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: VantagePoint Industries LLC; Certain barn door 
hardware kits are not covered by the scope of antidumping and 
countervailing orders on aluminum extrusions from the People's 
Republic of China because they meet the requirements of the finished 
good kits exclusion; May 19, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Innovative Outdoor Solutions, Inc.; Ten different 
outdoor products are not covered by the scope of antidumping and 
countervailing orders on aluminum extrusions from the People's 
Republic of China because they meet the requirements of the finished 
good kits exclusion. Two outdoor products are included in the scope 
of the order because they do not qualify for the scope exclusion for 
finished merchandise or finished goods kits; June 9, 2017.

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A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Aluminum Extrusion Fair Trade Committee; Certain 
aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China made of 
series 6xxx aluminum alloy, which are cut-to-length and welded 
together in the form of a pallet, regardless of producer or 
exporter, are included in the scope of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders because they meet the definition of 
merchandise covered by the scope of the orders and do not qualify to 
be excluded as ``finished merchandise''; June 13, 2017.

A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Woodard CM-LLC; Woodard dining chair kits are covered 
by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 
aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China because, as 
entered, they require further finishing and lack component parts, 
such that they do not meet the criteria for exclusion as finished 
merchandise; June 19, 2017.

A-570-018 and C-570-019: Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for 
Sale From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Grainger International, Inc.; 14 storage cabinet 
models and 15 quick assembly bookcase models are not covered by the 
scope of the antidumping duty and/or countervailing duty orders on 
boltless steel shelving units prepacked for sale from the People's 
Republic of China because neither product has a horizontal support 
member upon which a horizontal storage shelf sits, and the 
structural integrity of both products is provided by the open box 
design rather than vertical support members as required by the plain 
language of the scope; April 20, 2017.

A-570-912 and C-570-913: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From 
the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Leviathan Corp. (Leviathan); Leviathan requested that 
Commerce find that its imports of certain mining and construction 
vehicle tires are excluded from the scope of antidumping order (A-
570-912) and countervailing duty order (C-570-913) on off-the road 
tires from the PRC. We determined that Leviathan's imports of three 
models of new pneumatic off-the-road tires, 37.5-39 Caterpillar 657E 
Wheel Tractor-Scraper tires, 45/65-45 Caterpillar 992K Wheel Loader 
tires, and 27.00-49 Caterpillar 777G Off-Highway Truck tires, are 
not covered by the scope of the Orders; April 24, 2017.

A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From 
the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Acme Manufacturing Company; Acme's short round tubes 
are within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the 
People's Republic of China because the scope language is not limited 
to pipes of a certain length, to pipes made to an industry 
specification, or to pipes with a specific end-use; April 4, 2017.

A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: TreeKeeper LLC (TreeKeeper); TreeKeeper's Adjustable 
Telescoping OrnamentKeeper is outside the scope of the antidumping 
duty order on hand trucks because the product is incapable of 
sliding under a load for the purposes of lifting and moving it; and 
TreeKeeper's XL Tree Dolly is covered by the scope of the order; 
April 19, 2017.

A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: Groupe Bugatti Group Inc. (Bugatti); Bugatti's 
luggage cart, style No. CRT39, is covered by the scope of the order 
on hand trucks, because it meets the operational requirement of 
being capable of sliding under a load, and lacks the telescoping 
frame necessary to meet the luggage cart exclusion; June 30, 2017.

A-570-914 and C-570-915: Light-walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From 
the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Acme Manufacturing Company; Black and perforated 
square tubes are covered by the scope of the antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube 
from the People's Republic of China because they possess all of the 
physical characteristics of subject merchandise that are described 
in the scope; April 26, 2017.

A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: DunHua SenTai Wood Co., Ltd.; Two-layer wood flooring 
products are not covered by the scope of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the 
People's Republic of China because they lack the requisite two or 
more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination with a core; 
April 7, 2018.

A-570-875: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: U.V. International LLC (U.V. International); U.V. 
International's ductile iron flanges identified by product codes 
DPF003 and DPF004 are within the scope of the order; May 12, 2017.

A-570-943 and C-570-944: Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: Cameron International Corporation; Unfinished packoff 
support bushings, unfinished mandrel casing hangers, and unfinished 
casing head housings (intended for use in an above-ground multibowl 
wellhead systems) are not covered by the scope of the antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders; June 30, 2017.

A-570-924: Polyethylene Terephthalate film, sheet and strip From the 
People's Republic of China

    Requestor: UPM Raflatac; The imported glycol-modified 
polyethylene terephthalate (PETG) shrink film is outside the scope 
of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, 
sheet and strip from the People's Republic of China because it 
constitutes shrink film that is not bi-axially oriented; May 12, 
2017.

A-570-956 and C-570-957: Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 
Line, and Pressure Pipe From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Commercial Honing LLC dba Commercial Fluid Power; Ten 
different seamless pipe products are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain seamless steel 
tubing from the People's Republic of China because the mechanical 
tubing does not meet the dimensional requirements, i.e., outside 
diameter and wall thickness, described in the exception to the 
exclusion, of ASTM A-53, ASTM A-106, or API 5L specifications; May 
16, 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: June 29, 2018.
Scot Fullerton,
Director, Office VI, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2018-14620 Filed 7-6-18; 8:45 am]
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