[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40194-40196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19602]


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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 
April 1, 1996, and June 30, 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: August 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, 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 April 1, 1996, and June 30, 1996, and pending scope 
clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department 
intends to publish in October 1996 a notice of scope rulings and 
anticircumvention inquiries completed between July 1, 1996, and 
September 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 April 1, 1996 and June 30, 1996

Country: People's Republic of China

A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles
    Morris Friedman & Co.--A candle in a galvanized steel bucket and a 
candle in a glass container are within the scope of the order. 6/24/96.

Country: Japan

A-588-504  Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
    Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation and related 
entities-- Panasonic's portable cellular telephone (PCT) hands-free 
device, model number EB-HF7002, is outside the scope of the order. 6/
26/96.
A-588-702  Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
    Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation--superclean 
fittings (SCFs) manufactured by Benkan UCT are outside the scope of the 
order. 05/14/96.
A-588-804  Antifriction Bearings
    Dana Corporation--Automotive component known variously as a center 
bracket assembly, center bearings assembly, support bracket, or shaft 
support bearing, is outside the scope of the order. 6/26/96.

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1996 and June 
30, 1996

None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1996 and June 30, 1996

Country: Turkey

A-489-501  Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products

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    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 which 
meets the order's physical specifications, when intended for or 
actually used as standard pipe, is included within the scope of the 
order. Scope inquiry terminated on 06/04/96.

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1996 and 
June 30, 1996

None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of June 30, 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: United Kingdom

A-412-612  Crankshafts
    Clarkes Crankshaft Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether 
crankshafts produced utilizing an open die forging process 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: 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.
    Cost Plus, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether taper and 
pillar candles imported as beeswax candles are within the scope of the 
order.
    Kendal King Graphics--Clarification to determine whether certain 
Christmas ``candle tins'' are within the scope of the order.
    Sun-It Corporation--Clarification to determine whether tapers 
manufactured with citronella oil 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-583-508  Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware
    Cost Plus, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 10 piece 
porcelain-on-steel fondue sets are within the scope of the order.
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-588-802  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
    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.
    American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM)--clarification to determine 
whether certain v-belts imported from Japan by AHM 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

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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.

Country: Russia

A-821-803  Titanium Sponge
    Waldron Pacific, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether titanium 
tablets produced by electrolytic reduction are within the scope of the 
order.
A-821-805  Pure Magnesium
    ESM II, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether unwrought 
magnesium containing less than 99.8% magnesium by weight, in ingots, 
plates, blocks, and other shapes, is within the scope of the order.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of June 30, 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 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 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: July 25, 1996.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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