[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59544-59545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29548]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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 hereby publishes a list of scope 
rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed by Import 
Administration between July 1, 1998 and September 30, 1998. In 
conjunction with this list, the Department of Commerce is also 
publishing a list of pending requests for scope clarifications and 
anticircumvention inquiries. We intend to publish future lists within 
30 days of the end of each quarter.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 4, 1998.

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 regulations of the Department of Commerce (the Department) (19 
CFR 351.22(o)) 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 by Import Administration, between July 1, 1998, and September 
30, 1998, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry 
requests. The Department intends to publish in January 1999 a notice of 
scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between October 
1, 1998, and December 31, 1998, as well as pending scope clarification 
and anticircumvention inquiry requests.
    The following lists provide the country, case reference number, 
requester(s), a brief description of either the ruling or product 
subject to the request, and the date of rulings made.

I. Scope Rulings Completed Between

July 1, 1998 and September 30, 1998:

Country: Italy
    C-475-819  Certain Pasta
    A-475-818  Joseph A. Sidari Company, Inc.--a shrink wrapped package 
containing six one-pound packages, each of which would first be 
individually packaged in a cellophane wrapper (cello) with ``Not 
Labeled for Retail Sale'' written across the entire length of each of 
the individual packages on both sides, is within the scope of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders. 7/30/98
Country: People's Republic of China
    A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles--Et Al Imports--Paraffin Wax 
Bamboo Candles are outside the scope of the order. 7/2/98.
    Kohl's Department Stores--star-shaped, tree-shaped, and snowflake-
shaped wax-filled containers are within the scope of the order. Also, 
two gold candles with rope designs, one ivory candle with gold flower 
and vine designs, and one ivory candle with gold cherubs and rope 
designs are within the scope of the order and one white wax-filled 
container with carolers and a Christmas scene is outside the scope of 
the order. 8/24/98.
    Leader Light Ltd.--3'' x 3'' square, 3'' x 6'' square, and 
3'' x 6'' round candles are within the scope of the order. 8/31/98
    A-570-808  Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts--Wheel Plus, Inc.--imported zinc-
plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United States are within 
the scope of the order. 9/22/98
Country: Japan
    A-588-804  Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.--a cylindrical 
roller bearing for use as an axle bearing in cars and trucks is within 
the scope of the order. 8/10/98
    A-588-837  Large Newspaper Printing Presses--Nireco Corporation--
Calagraph Systems that are not imported and sold pursuant to a contract 
for a LNPP system, addition, or component, but rather imported and sold 
only as an upgrade or add-on to a pre-existing installed and operating 
LNPP are outside the scope of the order. 8/4/98
    Komori American Corporation--the System 20 is outside the scope of 
the order. 8/4/98

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between July 1, 1998 and 
September 30, 1998

    None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1998 and September 
30, 1998

Country: Canada
    A-122-506  Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG)--Regency Resources

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Corporation--Clarification to determine whether used OCTG is within the 
scope of the order. Scope inquiry was terminated on 9/21/98.

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1998 and 
September 30, 1998

    None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of September 30, 1998

Country: Mexico
    A-201-805  Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe--Cierra Pipe, 
Inc.,--Clarification to determine whether line pipe ``shorts,'' or 
``old line pipe'' which has rusted and pitted after sitting in storage, 
constitute line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines or is 
pipe and tube covered by the order.
Country: Sweden
    A-401-040  Stainless Steel Plate--Avesta Sheffield AB and Avesta 
Sheffield NAD, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether stainless steel 
slabs that are manufactured in Great Britain and rolled into hot bands 
in Sweden are within the scope of the order.
Country: Germany
    A-428-801  Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--FAG Aerospace & Superprecision Bearings 
GmbH--Clarification to determine whether certain aerospace bearings 
which have entered the United States but have been returned to Germany 
for repair or refurbishing, and which then reenter the United States, 
are within the scope of the order.
    A-428-816  Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
    C-428-817  Novosteel SA--Clarification to determine whether certain 
profile slab produced by Reiner Brach GmbH and Co. KG is within the 
scope of the orders.
Country: India
    A-533-806  Sodium Sulfanilate
    C-533-806  3V Inc.--Clarification to determine whether sodium 
sulfanilate produced by 3V's affiliate, 3V Sigma S.p.A., in Italy from 
sulfanilic acid imported from India is within the scope of the order.
Country: People's Republic of China
    A-570-504  Petroleum Wax Candles--Ocean State Jobbers--
Clarification to determine whether taper candles consisting of a blend 
of petroleum wax and beeswax are within the scope of the order.
    Et Al Imports--Clarification to determine whether candles 
consisting of an 80/20 beeswax/petroleum wax blend are within the scope 
of the order.
    Target Stores--Clarification to determine whether ``cache box'' 
candles containing citronella oil are within the scope of the order.
    Meijer Incorporated--Clarification to determine whether a wax-
filled container in the shape of a rabbit is within the scope of the 
order.
Country: Japan
    A-588-804  Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings), and Parts Thereof--Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd.--
Clarification to determine whether ``vacuum nozzle assemblies'' are 
within the scope of the orders.
    A-588-813  Light-Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof--Thermo 
Capillary Electrophoresis, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether 
diode array detectors and cell flow units are within the scope of the 
order.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of September 30, 1998

Country: Canada
    A-122-823  Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate--Kentucky Electric 
Steel Company (Petitioner)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine 
whether Co-Steel Lasco and Gerdau MRM are circumventing the order by 
adding small amounts of boron to carbon steel plate products covered by 
the order.
Country: Mexico
    A-201-805  Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe--Allied Tube & 
Conduit Corp., Sawhill Tubular Division of Tex-Tube Co., Century Tube 
Corp., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Products Co., Sharon Tube Co., 
Western Tube & Conduit Co., Wheatland Tube Co., and CSI Tubular 
Products, Inc. (Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine 
whether imports of (i) pipe certified to the American Petroleum 
Institute (API) 5L line pipe specifications (API 5L or line pipe) and 
(ii) pipe certified to both the API 5L line pipe specifications and the 
less stringent American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-53 
standard pipe specifications (dual certified pipe), falling within the 
physical dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, are 
circumventing the antidumping duty order.
Country: United Kingdom
    A-412-810  Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
    C-412-811  Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company 
(Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether British 
Steel PLC is circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets 
to the United States, where they are converted into the hot-rolled 
carbon steel products covered by the order.
Country: Germany
    A-428-811  Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products
    C-429-812  Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company 
(Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Saarstahl 
A.G. and Thyssen Stahl A.G. are circumventing the order by shipping 
leaded steel billets to the United States, where they are converted 
into the hot-rolled carbon steel products covered by the order.
Country: Italy
    A-475-818  Certain Pasta--Borden, Inc., Hershey Foods Corp., Gooch 
Foods, Inc. (Petitioners)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine 
whether Barilla S.r.L. is importing pasta in the United States in bulk 
(defined as packages of greater than five pounds) and repackaging the 
pasta into packages of five pounds or less for sale in the retail 
market; and whether such repackaging constitutes circumvention of the 
antidumping duty order.

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

    Dated: October 30, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
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