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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Scope Rulings

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import 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, 1994, and March 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: May 17, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason R. Field or Wendy J. Frankel, 
Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5253.

Background

    The Department of Commerce 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, 1994, and March 31, 1994, and pending 
scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The 
Department intends to publish in July 1994 a notice of scope rulings 
and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1994, and 
June 30, 1994, 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.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1994 and March 31, 1994

    Country: People's Republic of China.
    A-570-003: Cotton Shop Towels. Win-Tex Products, Inc. (original 
applicant)--Remanded from the Court of International Trade to determine 
whether certain cotton shop towels, hemmed or cut and hemmed in 
Honduras, are within the scope of the order. Our redetermination 
pursuant to the remand is that these shop towels are within the scope 
of the order--1/18/94.
    A-570-501: Paint Brushes. Stanley Works--Paint brushes with a blend 
of 60% synthetic and 40% natural fibers are outside the scope of the 
order--3/25/94.

    Country: Japan.
    A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools. Makita Inc., 
Makita, U.S.A.--Electronic Jig Saw Model 4303C is outside the scope of 
the order--3/25/94.
    A-588-015: Televisions. AGIV (USA) Inc.-- AIWA Model VX-T1000MK3KEI 
color TV-VCR combination is outside the scope of the order--1/28/94.
    A-588-055: Acrylic Sheet. Sekisui America Corp.--ESLON DC PLATE 
manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., is outside the scope of the 
finding--3/25/94.
    A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies. Matsushita 
Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., and its related entities--three 
models of hand-held portable cellular telephones and their 
subassemblies and/or components thereof are outside the scope of the 
order--3/25/94.
    Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., and its related 
entities--Remanded from the Court of International Trade. Certain 
portable telephones, subassemblies, and components thereof are outside 
the scope of the order (24 products)--3/31/94.

Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1994 and March 
31, 1994

    Country: People's Republic of China.
    A-570-814: Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings. U.S. Fittings Group--
Affirmative determination on the circumvention of the order by adding 
value in Thailand (modifying pipe fittings to ``finished'' from 
``unfinished'' status) after importation from the People's Republic of 
China--3/25/94.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1994 and March 31, 1994

    None.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1994 and 
March 31, 1994

    Country: Japan.
    A-588-818: Personal Word Processors (PWPs)--Smith Corona 
Corporation. Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether the order 
is being circumvented by the importation, completion and assembly of 
personal word processor parts and components by Brother Industries 
(USA), Inc., in the United States, terminated 4/22/94.

Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of March 31, 1994

    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 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 1/13/94.

    .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 1/13/94.
    A-351-603: Brass Sheet and Strip. Eluma International Inc.--
Clarification to determine whether brass circles are within the scope 
of the order.

    Country: People's Republic of China.
    A-570-504: Candles. Two's Company--Clarification to determine 
whether certain decorated pillar candles and red and gold angel taper 
candle are within the scope of the order.
    A.J. Cohen--Clarification to determine whether certain holiday 
taper wax candles are within the scope of the order.
    Kole Imports--Clarification to determine whether certain holiday 
taper wax candles are within the scope of the order.
    E & G Company--Clarification to determine whether certain musical 
holiday wax candles 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 1/13/94.

    Country: Venezuela.
    A-307-885: 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 
1/13/94.

    Country: Japan.
    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. Antel 
Communications Corporation and Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.--
Clarification to determine whether Sanyo Model CMP 351 portable 
cellular telephone and Antel Model STR 1600 portable cellular telephone 
are within the scope of the order.
    Toyocom U.S.A. Inc.--Clarification to determine whether temperature 
compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs) and High Frequency Crystal 
Mechanical filters (HCM filters) are within the scope of the order.
    Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., and its related 
entities--Remanded from the Court of International Trade. Clarification 
to determine whether certain portable telephones, subassemblies, and 
components thereof are within the scope of the order (5 products).
    Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., 
Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Clarification to 
determine whether Electronic Model MT109 and MT 119 Portable Cellular 
Telephones are within the scope of the order.
    TDK Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether 
Duplexers, Voltage Control Oscillators and Isolators are within the 
scope of the order.
    Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc.--Clarification to 
determine whether model CM-H333, and subassemblies thereof are within 
the scope of the order.
    A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools. Makita Inc., 
Makita, U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Router models 3621 
and 3621A are within the scope of the order.
    Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether a 
bench top wet tile saw is within the scope of the order.
    Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether 
Planer model 1912B 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 2/28/94.
    A-588-814: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film. Kimoto U.S.A. 
Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain Anti-Static Clear Film 
is within the scope of the order.

    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: Taiwan.
    A-570-808: Lug Nuts. Consolidated International--Clarification to 
determine whether certain hex size lug nuts are within the scope of the 
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.
    Avesta Sheffield--Clarification to determine whether stainless 
steel ``hot bands'' are within the scope of the finding.

    Country: Germany.
    A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof. Rotek--Clarification to determine whether 
certain slewing rings are within the scope of the order.
    SKF--Clarification to determine whether certain textile machinery 
components are within the scope of the order.
    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.

Pending Anticircumvention Inquiry Requests as of March 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.

    Country: Japan.
    A-588-807: Industrial Belts and Components. BRECOFLEX Corp.--
Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether the order is being 
circumvented by the processing of Japanese belting into belts in Mexico 
before importation into 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: May 11, 1994.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
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