[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-27063]
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[Federal Register: November 2, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration, Commerce
Notice of Scope Rulings
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
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
April 1, 1994, and June 30, 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: November 2, 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, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5222/5253.
Background
The Department's regulations (19 CFR 352.29(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 April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994, and pending scope
clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department
intends to publish in October 1994 a notice of scope rulings and
anticircumvention inquiries completed between July 1, 1994, and
September 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.
I. Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles
A.J. Cohen--Set 155 holiday taper wax candles are within the scope
of the order, and Set 154 holiday taper wax candles are outside the
scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94.
Kole Imports--Certain holiday taper wax candles are outside the
scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94.
Country: Brazil
A-351-603: Brass Sheet and Strip
Eluma International Inc.--Certain brass circles are outside the
scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94.
Country: Japan
A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.,
Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Electronic Models MT109
and MT119 Portable Cellular Telephones are outside the scope of the
order. Signed 6/6/94.
Antel Communications Corporation and Tottori Sanyo Electric Co.,
Ltd.--Sanyo Model CMP 351 portable cellular telephone and Antel Model
STR 1600 portable cellular telephone are outside the scope of the
order. Signed 5/4/94.
Toyocom U.S.A. Inc.--Temperature compensated crystal oscillators
(TCXOs) and High Frequency Crystal Mechanical filters (HCM filters) are
outside the scope of the order. Signed 5/27/94.
A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools
Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Router models 3621 and 3621A are
outside the scope of the order. Signed 4/12/94.
Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Planner model 1912B is outside the
scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94.
Country: Germany
A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings)
and Parts Thereof
SKF--Certain textile machinery components are outside the scope of
the order. Signed 6/6/94.
Country: Taiwan
A-570-808: Lug Nuts
Consolidated International--Certain hex size lug nuts are within
the scope of the order. Signed 4/19/94.
II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1994, and June
30, 1994
None.
III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1994, and June 30,
1994
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles
E & G Company--Clarification to determine whether certain musical
holiday wax candles are within the scope of the order. Terminated 4/29/
94.
Country: Japan
A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools
Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether a
bench top tile saw is within the scope of the order. Terminated 4/19/
94.
IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1994, and
June 30, 1994
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. Terminated
5/6/94.
V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of June 30, 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-351-503: Iron Construction Castings
Southland Marketing--Clarification to determine whether certain
cast iron grates and frames are 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: 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.
West Coast Liquidators--Clarification to determine whether certain
holiday object candles and certain holiday figurine tapers are within
the scope of the order.
Star Merchandise--Clarification to determine whether certain wax-
filled containers are within the scope of the order.
Scentex, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether Earth Scents
brand potpourri candle is within the scope of the order.
Success Sales--Clarification to determine whether certain holiday
pillar 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.
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-307-805: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Self-initiation. Clarification to determine wither 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-588-802: 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-5588-014: 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).
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.,
Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Clarification to
determine whether model 2000 cellular mobile telephone is 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.
JRC International--Clarification to determine whether model PTR-830
portable cellular telephone is within the scope of the order.
A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools
Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Wood
Surfacer model LP1812C 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) Filim
Kimoto U.S.A. Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain
Anti-Static Clear Film is within the scope of the order.
Tektronix Inc., Tektronix Asia--Clarification to determine whether
overhead projection film model 4681 and model 4684 are 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.
Country: Argentina
C-357-803: Leather
Petitioners--Clarification to determine whether upper bovine
leather without hair on, not whole, prepared after tanning its within
the scope of the countervailing duty order.
County: 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.
Kaydon--Clarification to determine whether certain ``slewing
rings'' 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.
VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiry Requests as of June 30, 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.
VII. Correction to Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1994, and
March 31, 1994
Country: Japan
A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephone and Subassemblies
Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc.--Model CM-H333 and
subassemblies thereof are outside the scope of the order. Signed 1/28/
94.
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: October 17, 1994.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 94-27063 Filed 11-1-94; 8:45 am]
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