[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52409-52410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22073]


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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: August 29, 2000.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between April 1, 2000 and June 30, 
2000. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing 
a list of requests for scope determinations pending as of June 30, 
2000. We intend to publish future lists within 30 days of the end of 
the next calendar 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). 
Our most recent ``Notice of Scope Rulings'' published on July 7, 2000. 
See 65 FR at 41957.
    This notice covers all scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations completed by Import Administration between April 1, 2000 
and June 30, 2000, inclusive. It also lists any scope or 
anticircumvention inquiries pending as of June 30, 2000. The Department 
intends to publish in October 2000 a list of all completed and pending 
scope and anticircumvention inquiries for the period July 1, 2000 
through September 30, 2000; subsequent lists will follow in the month 
after the close of each calendar quarter.

Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 2000 and June 30, 2000

Japan
    A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller 
Bearings) and Parts Thereof; NTN Bearing Corporation of America; ``EM 
coupling'' and ring plates used in scroll compressors for automotive 
air conditioners are outside the scope; May 1, 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); fan bracket assembly, 
identified as Isuzu part number 8971486750 (prior to October 1, 1999) 
and 8972317180 (as of October 1, 1999) is outside the scope of either 
order; May 26, 2000.
People's Republic of China
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; American Greetings Corporation; 
tapers with ``Valentine heart,'' ``teddy-bear,'' snowflake, ``Easter 
flowers,'' acorns-and-leaves, and ``Indian corn'' figurines are all 
within the scope, taper with snowman-shaped base is within the scope, 
pillars with snowflake or gold star decorations are within the scope, 
and taper shaped to resemble Indian corn is within the scope; May 4, 
2000.
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Endar Corporation; votive candle 
with silver studs, three models of ``Chinese Lantern'' candles, and red 
and white ``Candy Cane Floater'' candle are within the scope; May 11, 
2000.
    A-570-851 Certain Preserved Mushrooms; Wei Mei Food Industry Co., 
Ltd., Tak Fat Co., Leung Mi International, Tak Yeun Corp., and Genex 
International Corp.; marinated or acidified mushrooms with an acetic 
acid content under 0.5 percent are within the scope; June 19, 2000.
Taiwan
    A-583-827 Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors from Taiwan; 
Pacesetter, Inc.; platform B digital integrated circuit and symmetry 
controllers are not within the scope; June 9, 2000.

Anticircumvention Determinations Completed Between April 1, 2000 and 
June 30, 2000

    None.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 2000 and June 30, 2000

    None.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 2000 and June 
30, 2000

    None.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of June 30, 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, and January 
27, June 17, and August 4, 1998. Final rulings 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 Fayetteville Publishing Company 
were found preliminarily to be outside the scope on December 30, 1998, 
and January 14 and February 1, 1999. Final rulings pending.
    A-428-821 Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, 
Whether Assembled or Unassembled (LNPP); KBA North America, Inc., Web 
Press Division; whether parts or subcomponents for the production of 
reel tension pasters of an LNPP system and an extension to that system 
sold to the Austin American-Statesman are covered by the scope of the 
order. Requested June 14, 2000.
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 steel wire rod 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.

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Japan
    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. 
Requested March 16, 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. 
Requested January 28, 2000.
    A-588-835 Oil Country Tubular Goods; a domestic interested party, 
whose identity is proprietary information; whether unfinished drill 
pipe and tool joints, and unfinished drill pipe without tool joints, 
which are subsequently processed into drill strings in the People's 
Republic of China are within the scope of the order. Initiated June 16, 
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 
of the order. Requested December 22, 1998.
People's Republic of China
    A-570-504 Petroleum Wax Candles; Endar Corporation; whether a 
pillar with gold scroll work decoration, a ``green Christmas taper,'' a 
``white Christmas taper,'' and a ``bond cake'' candle are within the 
scope of the order. Requested May 12, 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.
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 June 30, 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, on August 
11, 2000, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily 
reversed the injunction and remanded this case to the Court of 
International Trade with instructions to dismiss the complaint.
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Italy
    A-475-818 Certain Pasta; Pastificio Fratelli Pagani S.p.A. 
(Pagani); whether imports of bulk pasta (i.e., greater than five 
pounds) by Pagani, which are subsequently repackaged in the United 
States into packages of five pounds or less, are circumventing the 
order. Initiated April 27, 2000 (see 65 FR at 26179).
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 preliminarily enjoined from proceeding 
with this inquiry in Nippon Steel, et. al., v. United States, Ct. 
No. 98-10-03102 (Ct. Int'l Trade); however, on July 26, 2000, the 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Case 
No. 99-1379, 1386 (Fed. Cir.), remanding this case to the Court of 
International Trade with instructions for the lower court to 
dissolve the preliminary injunction and dismiss the complaint.
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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: August 22, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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