[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12196-12198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5430]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Rulings

February 24, 1995.
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, 1994, and December 31, 1994. 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: March 6, 1995.

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, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3931.

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, 1994, and December 31, 1994, and pending 
scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The 
Department intends to publish in April 1995 a notice of scope rulings 
and anticircumvention inquiries completed between January 1, 1995, and 
March 31, 1995, 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, 1994, and December 
31, 1994:

Country: People's Republic of China.

A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles
    Lew-Mark Baking Co.--The pansy candle tin is within the scope of 
the order. 12/16/94.

Country: Japan.

A-588-405  Cellular Mobile Telephone and Subassemblies
    Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., 
Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Model 2000 portable 
cellular telephone is not within the scope of the order. 11/09/94.
    JRC International--Portable cellular telephone model PTR-830 is not 
within the scope of the order. 11/09/94.
A-588-823  Professional Electric Cutting Tools
    Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Wood Surfacer model LP1812C is not 
within the scope of the order. 12/16/94.
    Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Electronic Jig Saw model 4304 is not 
within the scope of the order. 12/16/94.
A-588-814  Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film
    Kimoto U.S.A. Inc.--Anti-Static Clear Film is not within the scope 
of the order. 11/10/94.
    Tektronix Inc., Tektronix Asia--Overhead projection film model 4681 
is within the scope of the order and model 4684 is not within the scope 
of the order. 12/19/94.
Country: Germany.

A-428-801  Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) 
and Parts Thereof
    Rotek and Kaydon--Rotek bearings, models M4 and L6, are slewing 
rings outside the scope of the order. 12/05/94

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1994, 
and December 31, 1994

    None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1994, and 
December 31, 1994

Country: Sri Lanka.

C-542-401  Mill Products and Apparel
    Liz Claiborne, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain 
women's cotton denim jeans are within the scope of the countervailing 
duty (CVD) order. The CVD order was revoked as of May 18, 1992, 
rendering this scope request moot. 12/02/94.

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1994, and 
December 31, 1994

    None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of December 31, 1994

Country: Canada.

A-122-006  Steel Jacks from Canada
    Seeburn, a division of Ventra Group, Inc.--Clarification to 
determine whether automotive tire jacks are within the scope of the 
order.

Country: Mexico.

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 [[Page 12197]] 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: 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-351-503  Iron Construction Castings
    Southland Marketing--Clarification to determine whether certain 
cast iron grates and frames are within the scope of the order.
C-351-504  Iron Construction Castings
    Southland Marketing--Clarification to determine whether certain 
cast iron grates and frames 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 
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: People's Republic of China.

A-570-001  Potassium Permanganate
    Aerostat Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain plastic 
ignitor spheres are within the scope of the order.
A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles
    Two's Company--Clarification to determine whether certain decorated 
pillar candles and red and gold angel taper candles are within the 
scope of the order.
    Springwater Cookie and Confections--Clarification to determine 
whether certain feather twist candles are within the scope of the 
order.
A-570-502  Iron Construction Castings
    Jack's International--Clarification to determine whether certain 
cast iron area drains are within the scope of the order.
A-570-804  Sparklers
    Fritz Companies Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 14 inch 
Morning Glorys 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.

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.
A-580-811  Steel Wire Rope
    TSK Korea and Hi-Lex Corp. - Clarification to determine whether 
certain motion control cables are within the scope of the order.
Country: Japan.

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.
    Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp.--Clarification to determine whether a 
stamped steel washer with a zinc phosphate and adhesive coating which 
is used in the manufacture of a ball bearing seal is within the scope 
of the order.
A-588-014  Tuners
    Alpine Electronics--Clarification to determine whether certain car 
radio/stereo and/or replacement parts, comprised of four subassemblies 
and their components, are within the scope of the finding.
    Fujitsu Ten Corporation of America - Clarification to determine 
whether certain ``front end'' components of car tuners are within the 
scope of the finding.
A-588-405  Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
    Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., and its related 
entities--Clarification to determine whether certain portable 
telephones, subassemblies, and components thereof are within the scope 
of the order (five products).
    TDK Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether 
Duplexers, Voltage Control Oscillators, and Isolators are within the 
scope of the order.
    JRC International--Clarification to determine whether portable 
cellular telephone model PTR-829 is within the scope of the order.
    JRC International  Clarification to determine whether portable 
cellular telephone model PTR-870 is within the scope of the order.
    NEC Corporation and NEC America, Inc.--Clarification to determine 
whether portable cellular telephone models MP5A1D1 and MP5A1D2 are 
within the scope of the order.
    Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation of America--
Clarification to determine whether Panasonic portable cellular 
telephone, models EB-3560 and EB-3561, are within the scope of the 
order.
A-588-823  Professional Electric Cutting Tools
    Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether 
Planer-Jointer model 2030SC is [[Page 12198]] within the scope of the 
order. Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether 
Chain Morticer model 7104L is within the scope of the order.
A-588-055  Acrylic Sheet
    Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 
acrylic sheet with light scattering properties is within the scope of 
the order.
A-588-604  Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof
    Koyo Seiko--Clarification to determine whether certain forgings are 
within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary ruling issued on 
February 28, 1994.
A-588-809  Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts 
Thereof
    Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--Clarification to 
determine whether certain circuit cards are 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 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: Argentina.

C-357-803  Leather
    Petitioners--Clarification to determine whether upper bovine 
leather without hair on, not whole, prepared after tanning is within 
the scope of the countervailing duty order.

Country: Sweden.

A-401-040  Stainless Steel Plate
    Armco, Inc., G.O. Carlson, Allegheny Ludlum Corp., and Washington 
Steel Corp.--Clarification to determine whether Stavax, Ramax, and 904L 
are within the scope of the finding. Affirmative preliminary scope 
ruling issued on November 16, 1994.

Country: Germany.

A-428-801  Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) 
and Parts Thereof
    Consolidated Saw Mill International (CSMI) Inc.--Clarification to 
determine whether certain Cambio bearings contained in its sawmill 
debarker are within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary 
ruling issued on December 16, 1994.
    Marquart Switches--Clarification to determine whether certain steel 
balls are within the scope of the order.

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.
A-583-603  Stainless Steel Cookware
    Max Burton Enterprises, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 
the Max Burton StoveTop Smoker is within the scope of the order.
A-583-508  Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware
    Blair Corp.--Clarification to determine whether product number 
271911, eight-quart stock pot and product number 271921, twelve-quart 
stock pot are within the scope of the order.
    Blair Corp.--Clarification to determine whether product number 
1001, seven piece cookware set is within the scope of the order.
A-583-816  Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
    Top Line Process Equipment Corporation--Clarification to determine 
whether various stainless steel tube fittings with non-welded end-
connections, and other products, are within the scope of the order.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiry Requests as of December 31, 
1994

Country: Mexico.

A-201-806  Steel Wire Rope
    Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Specialty Cable 
Manufacturers--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether a 
producer of steel wire rope in Mexico is circumventing the antidumping 
order by importing steel wire strand into the United States where it is 
wound into steel wire rope. Affirmative preliminary determination of 
circumvention published June 3, 1994.

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.

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.

    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 24, 1995.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
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