[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.
[FR Doc. 00-22073 Filed 8-28-00; 8:45 am]
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