[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 131 (Friday, July 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41957-41960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17245]


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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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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 2000.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between October 1, 1998 and March 31, 
2000. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing 
a list of requests for scope determinations pending as of March 31, 
2000. We intend to publish future lists within 30 days of the end of 
each quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Lyons or Robert James, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone (202) 482-0374 or (202) 482-0649.

Background

    The Department's regulations 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. See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
    This notice covers all scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations completed by Import Administration between October 1, 
1998 and March 31, 2000, inclusive. It also lists any scope or 
anticircumvention inquiries pending as of March 31, 2000. The 
Department intends to publish in July 2000 a list of all completed and 
pending scope and anticircumvention inquiries for the period April 1, 
2000 and June 30, 2000; subsequent lists will follow in the month after 
the close of each calendar quarter.

Scope Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1998 and March 31, 2000

Belgium
    A-423-805, C-423-806 Cut-To-Length Carbon Steel Plate; Duferco 
Steel Inc.; certain hot-rolled floor plate is within the scope; 
November 22, 1999.
Canada
    C-122-805 New Steel Rail Except Light Rail; L.B. Foster Company; 
certain steel rail containing radial streaking is within the scope; 
July 22, 1999.
    A-122-823 Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate; Clayson Steel, 
Inc.; certain dockleveler platforms are within the scope; December 13, 
1999.
Chile
    A-357-804 Certain Preserved Mushrooms; Coalition for Fair Preserved 
Mushroom Trade; retorted preserved mushrooms produced in third 
countries from provisionally preserved mushrooms produced in Chile are 
within the scope; July 13, 1999.
Germany
    A-428-801 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; Holland Hitch, Inc.; ``Turntable 
bearings'' (slewing rings, gearless slewing rings, or slewing bearings) 
are outside the scope; February 26, 1999.
    A-428-816, C-428-817 Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate; Novosteel, 
SA; profile slabs produced by Reiner Brach, GmbH, and Co., and sold by 
Novosteel SA are within the scope; May 18, 1999.
    A-428-820 Small Diameter Circular Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe; Chicago P.P.L., Inc.; tubing with 
circular cross-section and outside diameter that varies from 0.05mm to 
25 mm is outside the scope; June 25, 1999.

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India
    A-533-806, C-533-806 Sulfanilic Acid; 3V Corporation; sodium 
sulfanilate processed in Italy from sulfanilic acid produced in India 
is within the scope; May 5, 1999.
Italy
    A-475-818, C-475-819 Certain Pasta; self-initiated by the 
Department; pasta in packages weighing (or labeled as weighing) up to 
and including five pounds, four ounces is within the scope; May 24, 
1999.
Japan
    A-588-802 3\1/2\-Inch Microdisks and Coated Media Therefor; TDK 
Electronics Corp. (TKD); TDK's Ultra High-density disk is outside the 
scope; January 21, 1999.
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; Nissei Sangyo America, Ltd.; a certain 
vacuum nozzle assembly, designated as part number 630-063-2316 is 
outside the scope; January 19, 1999.
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; Sanden International (USA); certain 
orbiting and fixed races, and orbiting and fixed rings, used in a 
``rotation prevention device'' in scroll compressors are outside the 
scope; December 14, 1999; see also 65 FR 18033, April 6, 2000.
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; Isuzu Motors America, Inc.; fan center 
assembly, designated as part number 8-97226-2892, imported by Isuzu for 
primary use as a production part of a V-8 diesel engine is outside the 
scope; March 13, 2000; see also 65 FR 18033, April 6, 2000.
    A-588-824 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; Taiho 
Corporation of America; steel coil with aluminum lining is within 
scope; March 15, 1999.
    A-588-824 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; Uchiyama 
America, Inc.; steel flat products of specific dimensions and with 
specific zinc-cobalt-molybdenum coatings imported by Uchiyama are 
outside the scope (see the Department's Final Scope Ruling for a full 
description of the specific products at issue); March 29, 1999.
    A-588-846 Certain Hot-Rolled, Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 
Products; Mitsubishi International Steel, Inc.; cold-reduced steel 
sheets in coils exported from El Salvador are outside of the scope; 
April 24, 2000.
Mexico
    A-201-805 Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe; Galvak, 
S.A. de C.V.; circular welded non-alloy steel pipe manufactured to ASTM 
A-787 specifications is within the scope; November 19, 1998.
People's Republic of China
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Costco Wholesale; candles 
containing 81 percent beeswax and 19 percent petroleum wax are outside 
of the scope; December 10, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Et Al Imports, Inc.; candles 
containing 80 percent beeswax and 20 percent petroleum wax are outside 
of the scope; December 11, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Target Stores; citronella candle 
for outdoor use is outside of the scope; December 15, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Boston Warehouse; citronella 
candle for outdoor use is outside of the scope; December 18, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Ocean State Jobbers; candles 
consisting of 80 percent beeswax and 20 percent petroleum wax are 
outside of the scope; December 18, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Endar Corp.; floating round 
candles are within the scope; December 24, 1998.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Meijer, Inc.; wax-filled porcelain 
bunny is a wax filled container within the scope of the order; January 
6, 1999.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Endar Corp.; 5-inch gold pillar 
candle is within the scope; six candles (red holiday floating candle, 
purple eight-points floating ``puck'' candle, white frosty snowball 
candle, 3-inch gold pine cone candle, white Christmas star candle, and 
green Christmas tree ball ornament candle) are outside the scope; April 
7, 1999.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Meijer, Inc.; three Halloween 
figure tapers are outside the scope; October 14, 1999.
    A-570-506 Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware; Tristar Products; grill set 
with aluminum grill plate is outside the scope; March 8, 2000.
    A-570-832 Pure Magnesium; Rossborough Manufacturing Company, LP; 
AZ10A magnesium is off-specification pure magnesium within the scope; 
July 22, 1999.
    A-570-840; Manganese Metal; Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC; manganese-
aluminum briquettes are outside the scope; January 7, 2000.
    A-570-850 Collated Roofing Nails; Stanley Bostich Fastener Division 
of Stanley Works, Inc.; stainless steel collated roofing nails are 
outside the scope; September 2, 1999.
Taiwan
    A-583-826 Collated Roofing Nails; Stanley Bostich Fastener Division 
of Stanley Works, Inc.; stainless steel collated roofing nails are 
outside the scope; September 2, 1999.
Turkey
    A-489-805, C-489-806 Certain Pasta; self-initiated by the 
Department; pasta in packages weighing (or labeled as weighing) up to 
and including five pounds, four ounces is within the scope; May 24, 
1999.

Anticircumvention Determinations Completed Between October 1, 1998 and 
March 31, 2000

Germany
    A-428-811, C-428-812 Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon 
Steel Products; imports of leaded steel billets which are subsequently 
converted into certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel 
products subject to the order are not circumventing the order; July 26, 
1999.
Italy
    A-475-818 Certain Pasta; imports of bulk (i.e., greater than five 
pounds) pasta by Barilla, S.r.L., which are subsequently repackaged 
into packages of five pounds or less, are circumventing the order; 
October 13, 1998.
United Kingdom
    A-412-810, C-412-811 Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon 
Steel Products; imports of leaded steel billets which are subsequently 
converted into certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel 
products subject to the order are not circumventing the order; July 26, 
1999.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1998 and March 31, 2000

Australia
    A-603-803 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; Taiho 
Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho 
Corporation withdrew its request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 
1999.
Canada
    A-122-822 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; Taiho 
Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/

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lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho Corporation withdrew its 
request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 1999.
France
    A-427-808, C-427-810 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products; Taiho Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho 
Corporation withdrew its request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 
1999.
Germany
    A-428-815, C-428-817 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products; Taiho Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho 
Corporation withdrew its request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 
1999.
Japan
    A-588-824 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; Taiho 
Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho 
Corporation withdrew its request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 
1999.
Republic of Korea
    A-480-816, C-580-818 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products; Taiho Corporation of America; whether steel coil clad with 
polytetraflourethylene/lead-based lining is outside the scope. Taiho 
Corporation withdrew its request for inquiry. Terminated December 1, 
1999.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1998 and 
March 31, 2000

Mexico
    A-201-805 Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe; whether 
imports of pipe certified to API 5L line pipe specifications, or pipe 
dual-certified to both the API 5L and ASTM A-53 specifications, are 
circumventing the order. Preliminary affirmative determination released 
December 19, 1997. Department permanently enjoined from completing 
inquiry in Hylsa, S.A. de C.V. v. United States, Slip Op. 98-80 (CIT 
1998); appeal withdrawn on January 19, 1999. Anticircumvention inquiry 
terminated August 12, 1999.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of March 31, 2000

Germany
    A-428-821 Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, 
Whether Assembled or Unassembled (LNPP); KBA North America Inc., Web 
Press Division; various LNPP parts or subcomponents imported for the 
production of an LNPP system sold to Dayton Newspapers, Inc. were found 
preliminarily to be outside the scope on December 22, 1997, January 27, 
1998, June 17, 1998, and August 4, 1998. Final decisions pending.
    A-428-821 Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, 
Whether Assembled or Unassembled (LNPP); KBA North America Inc., Web 
Press Division; various LNPP parts or subcomponents imported for the 
production of an LNPP system sold to the Fayetteville Publishing 
Company were found preliminarily to be outside the scope on December 
30, 1998, January 14, 1999, and February 1, 1999. Final decisions 
pending.
India
    A-533-808 Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod; Ishar Bright Steel, 
Ltd.; whether stainless steel bar produced in the United Arab Emirates 
from stainless wire rod imported from India is within the scope. 
Requested December 22, 1998.
Italy
    A-475-059 Pressure-Sensitive Plastic Tape; CCL Industries LLC, 
d.b.a. CST Special Tapes; whether ``surface protection tape'' is 
covered by the scope of the order. Requested January 28, 2000.
    A-475-820, C-475-821 Stainless Steel Wire Rod; Ishar Bright Steel, 
Ltd.; whether stainless steel bar produced in the United Arab Emirates 
from stainless steel wire rod imported from Italy is within the scope. 
Requested December 22, 1998.
Japan
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; NTN Bearing Corporation of America; 
whether the ``EM coupling'' and ring plates used in scroll compressors 
for automotive air conditioners are antifriction bearing parts covered 
by the order. Received March 16, 2000.
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; NTN Corporation of America; whether 
certain ball rolling elements used in scroll compressors for automotive 
air conditioners are antifriction bearing parts covered by the order. 
Received March 16, 2000.
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof and Cylindrical Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof; Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc. (SIA); whether fan bracket 
assembly, identified as Isuzu part number 8971486750 (prior to October 
1, 1999) and 8972317180 (as of October 1, 1999) is within the scope of 
either order; Received April 11, 2000.
    A-588-807 Industrial Belts and Components and Parts Thereof, 
whether Cured or Uncured; International Business Machines; whether two 
models of belts imported by IBM for use in the IBM 3900 and IBM 4000 
Advanced Function Printing Systems are within the scope of the order. 
Received January 28, 2000.
    A-588-843 Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod; Ishar Bright Steel, 
Ltd.; whether stainless steel bar produced in the United Arab Emirates 
from stainless steel wire rod imported from Japan is within the scope. 
Requested December 22, 1998.
People's Republic of China
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; American Greetings Corporation; 
whether eight decorated tapers and two decorated pillars are holiday 
novelty candles, or candles shaped as identifiable objects and, thus, 
excluded from the order. Requested February 7, 2000.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Endar Corporation; whether three 
``round Chinese lantern'' candles, one silver-studded votive, and one 
``candy cane floater'' are candles shaped as identifiable objects or 
holiday novelty candles and, thus, excluded from the order. Requested 
March 27, 2000.
    A-570-803 Heavy Forged Hand Tools; Tianjin Machinery Import/Export 
Corporation; whether Tianjin's Pulaski Tools are outside the scope of 
the order. Requested July 23, 1999.
    A-570-803 Heavy Forged Hand Tools; SMC Pacific Tools, Inc. and 
Olympia Industrial Inc.; whether certain pry bars are within the scope. 
Requested October 27, 1999.
    A-570-827 Certain Cased Pencils; Dollar General Corporation; 
whether two stationery sets with pencils are within the scope. 
Requested December 22, 1999.
    A-570-851 Certain Preserved Mushrooms; Mei Wei Food Industry Co., 
Ltd., Tak Fat Trading Co., Leung Mi International, Tak Yeun Corp., and 
Genex International Corp; marinated or acidified mushrooms with an 
acetic acid content under 0.5 percent preliminarily

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found to be within the scope; final decision pending.
Russian Federation
    A-821-802 Antidumping Suspension Agreement on Uranium; USEC Inc. 
and its subsidiary, United States Enrichment Corporation; whether 
enriched uranium located in Kazakhstan at the time of the dissolution 
of the Soviet Union is within the scope. Requested August 6, 1999.
Spain
    A-469-807, C-469-004 Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod; Ishar Bright 
Steel, Ltd.; whether stainless steel bar produced in the United Arab 
Emirates from stainless steel wire rod imported from Spain is within 
the scope. Requested December 22, 1998.
Taiwan
    A-583-828 Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod; Ishar Bright Steel, 
Ltd.; whether stainless steel bar produced in the United Arab Emirates 
from stainless steel wire rod imported from Taiwan is within the scope. 
Requested December 22, 1998.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Pending as of March 31, 2000

Canada
    A-122-823 Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate; Kentucky Electric Steel 
Company; whether imports of boron-added grader blade and draft key 
steel, falling within the physical dimensions outlined in the scope of 
the order, are circumventing the order. Initiated May 28, 1998.\1\
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    \1\ The Department was preliminarily enjoined from proceeding 
with this inquiry in Co-Steel Lasco and Gerdau MRM Steel v. United 
States, Ct. No. 98-08-02684 (Ct. Int'l Trade); however, a final and 
conclusive decision on the merits of this case has not been issued.
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Japan
    A-588-824 Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products; USS-Posco 
Industries; whether imports of boron-added hot-dipped and electrolytic 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel sheet, falling within the physical 
dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, are circumventing the 
order. Initiated October 30, 1998.\2\
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    \2\ The Department was enjoined from proceeding with this 
inquiry in Nippon Steel v. United States, Ct. No. 98-10-03102 (Ct. 
Int'l Trade); however, the case is presently pending before the 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 99-1379, 1386 (Fed. 
Cir.).
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    Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of 
this list of pending scope inquiries. Any comments should be submitted 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 14th Street 
and Constitution Avenue NW, Room 1870, Washington, DC 20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 351.225(o) of 
the Department's regulations.

    Dated: June 28, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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