[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5646-5648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1416]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 2, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between October 1, 2005, and December 
31, 2005. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also 
publishing a list of requests for scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations pending as of December 31, 2005. We intend to publish 
future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Gibbons, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0498.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department's regulations provide that the Secretary will 
publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly 
basis. See 19 CFR 351.225(o). Our most recent ``Notice of Scope 
Rulings'' was published on November 23, 2005. See 70 FR 70785. The 
instant notice covers all scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations completed by Import Administration between October 1, 
2005, and December 31, 2005, inclusive. It also lists any scope or 
anticircumvention inquiries pending as of December 31, 2005, as well as 
scope rulings inadvertently omitted from prior published lists. As 
described below, subsequent lists will follow after the close of each 
calendar quarter.

Scope Rulings Completed Between October 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005:

People's Republic of China

A-570-803: Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or 
Without Handles, from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Avalanche Industries LLC; its ``Mean Green Splitting 
Machine'' (also known as the ``Smart Splitter'') is included within the 
scope of the bars and wedges antidumping duty order; October 14, 2005.

A-570-803: Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or 
Without Handles, from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Tianjin Machinery Import & Export Corporation; On 
September 22, 2005, the Court of International Trade upheld the 
Department's remand redetermination, which found that cast picks are 
outside the scope of the antidumping duty order on picks/mattocks; 
Because no party appealed this decision, this decision became final and 
conclusive on November 22, 2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Dorel Asia; infant (baby) armoires and toy boxes and 
chests are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; November 14, 
2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Leggett & Platt; three-sided wooden daybeds with the 
back being longer than the two sides and are designed for use with a 
metal daybed link spring support (also known as a ``top spring'') are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; November 21, 2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: LumiSource, Inc.; its cell phone stash chair, whale 
stash chair, dolphin stash chair, and stash cube are excluded from the 
antidumping duty order; December 15, 2005.

Anti-circumvention Determinations Completed Between October 1, 2005 and 
December 31, 2005:

    None.

Anti-circumvention Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 2005 and 
December 31, 2005:

    None.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 2005 and December 31, 
2005:

People's Republic of China

A-570-898: Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc.; whether powdered 
trichlorisocyanuric acid should be considered a separate like product; 
requested October 10, 2005; terminated November 4, 2005.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of December 31, 2005:

Canada

A-122-838: Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada

    Requestor: Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee; 
whether lumber entering under the HTSUS number 4409.10.05 is within the 
scope of the order; requested December 19, 2005.
    People's Republic of China

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Design Ideas, Ltd.; whether its ``Lumanae'' and ``Lounge 
Light'' candles are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 29, 2005.

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A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Eighteen Karat International Product Sourcing, Inc.; 
whether its 12 ``orchid'' candles are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested September 12, 2005.

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.; whether its chicken 
shaped candle is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested November 29, 2005.

A-570-832: Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether pure and alloy magnesium 
processed in Canada, France, or any third country and exported to the 
United States using pure magnesium ingots originally produced in the 
PRC is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested July 
19, 2005; initiated September 2, 2005.

A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Mac Industries (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Yinmao 
International Treading Co., Ltd., and Fujian Zenithen Consumer Products 
Co., Ltd.; whether their ``moon chair'' is within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested August 18, 2005; initiated November 
29, 2005.

A-570-878: Saccharin from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: PMC Specialities Group, Inc.; whether certain saccharin 
products originating in the PRC and further-processed in Israel are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested August 12, 
2005; initiated October 26, 2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Cape Craftsmen; whether various cabinets/commodes are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested October 28, 
2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Dorel Asia; whether infant (baby) changing tables and 
toddler beds are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested February 15, 2005; initiated November 14, 2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: L. Powell Company; whether certain jewelry armoires 
without felt or felt-like lining on the door are within the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; requested November 30, 2005.

A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Whitewood Industries; whether certain wooden jewelry 
armoires lined with felt of felt-like material are within the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; requested December 5, 2005.

A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: Central Purchasing, LLC.; whether an accessory cart that 
is specifically designed to fit and carry a ``Breaker Hammer,'' and is 
imported separately from the Breaker Hammer, is within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested November 22, 2005.

A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China

    Requestor: Central Purchasing, LLC.; whether a ``welding cart'' is 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested December 22, 
2005.

A-570-896: Magnesium Metal from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether pure and alloy magnesium 
processed in Canada, France, or any third country, and exported to the 
United States using pure magnesium ingots originally produced in the 
PRC, is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested July 
19, 2005; initiated September 2, 2005.

Republic of Korea

C-580-851: Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors from the 
Republic of Korea

    Requestor: Cisco Systems, Inc.; whether removable memory modules 
placed on motherboards that are imported for repair or refurbishment 
are within the scope of the countervailing duty order; requested 
December 29, 2004; initiated February 4, 2005.

Vietnam

A-552-801: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam

    Requestor: Piazza Seafood World LLC; whether certain basa and tra 
fillets from Cambodia which are a product of Vietnam are excluded from 
the antidumping duty order; requested May 12, 2004; initiated October 
22, 2004.

Anti-circumvention Inquiries Pending as of December 31, 2005:

People's Republic of China

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: National Candle Association; whether imports of palm and 
vegetable-based wax candles from the PRC can be considered later-
developed merchandise which is now circumventing the antidumping duty 
order; requested October 8, 2004; initiated February 25, 2005.

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: National Candle Association; whether imports of palm and 
vegetable-based wax candles from the PRC can be considered a minor 
alteration to the subject merchandise for purposes of circumventing the 
antidumping duty order; requested October 12, 2004; initiated February 
25, 2005.

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: National Candle Association; whether imports of candles 
from the PRC without wicks, into which wicks are then inserted after 
importation, can be considered ``merchandise completed or assembled in 
the United States'' and are circumventing the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 14, 2005.

A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Meco Corporation; whether adding a cross-brace to 
folding metal tables from the PRC to join two legs into pairs can be 
considered minor alterations to merchandise, which is now circumventing 
the antidumping duty order (the scope defines the legs of folding metal 
tables as ``legs that mechanically fold independently of one 
another''); requested October 31, 2005.

Vietnam

A-552-801: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam

    Requestor: Catfish Farmers of America and certain individual U.S. 
catfish processors; whether imports of frozen fish fillets from 
Cambodia made from live fish sourced from Vietnam, and falling within 
the scope of the order, can be considered ``merchandise completed or 
assembled in other foreign countries'' and are circumventing the 
antidumping

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duty order; requested August 20, 2004; initiated October 22, 2004.

Scope Rulings Inadvertently Omitted from Prior Published Lists:

    None.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of 
this list of pending scope and anti-circumvention inquiries. Any 
comments should be submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 1870, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o) of 
the Department's regulations.

    Dated: January 30, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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