[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18381-18383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10108]



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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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 
January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996. 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: April 25, 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, D.C. 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 January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996, and pending 
scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The 
Department intends to publish in July 1996 a notice of scope rulings 
and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1996, and 
June 30, 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 January 1, 1996 and March 31, 
1996

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.--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) is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96

Country: Germany

A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings

    Marquardt Switches--Medium carbon steel balls imported by Marquardt 
are outside the scope of the order. 03/21/96

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.--Pipe 
produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 
standard pipe specification and the API 5L line specification (dual-
certified pipe), is not within the scope of the order. 03/14/96

Country: Mexico

A-201-802--Gray-Portland Cement and Cement Clinker

    Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V. and Mexcement, Inc.--Masonry 
cement is not within the scope of the order. 1/18/96
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.--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), is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96
    Tubacero International Corporation--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. 03/26/96

Country: Venezuela

A-307-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe

    Self Initiation--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), are outside the scope of the 
order. 03/14/96

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1996 and 
March 31, 1996

    None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and MARCH 31, 
1996:

Country: France

A-427-078--Sugar

    Boiron-Borneman, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 
manufactured homeopathic sugar pellets are within the scope of the 
finding. Scope inquiry terminated on 03/12/96

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and 
March 31, 1996

    None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of March 31, 1996

Country: Brazil

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: Germany

A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) 
and Parts Thereof

    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,

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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.
    Morris Friedman & Co.--Clarification to determine whether a candle 
in a galvanized steel bucket and a candle in a glass container 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.

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 U.S. in an uncut, coil form 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-583-820--Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs)

    Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works 
(SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs imported into the U.S. 
in an uncut, coil form 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-588-056--Melamine

    Taiyo America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether melamine 
with special physical characteristics (100% of the particles are 
smaller than 10 microns) are 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

    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.

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.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of March 31, 1996

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 U.S. Additionally, 
an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Samsung is 
circumventing the order 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 U.S.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on the accuracy of the 
list of

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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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: April 17, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-10108 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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