[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66167-66169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19111]


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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: November 13, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between July 1, 2006, and September 30, 
2006. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing 
a list of requests for scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations pending as of September 30, 2006. 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 July 28, 2006. See 71 FR 42807. The instant 
notice covers all scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations 
completed by Import Administration between July 1, 2006, and September 
30, 2006, inclusive. It also lists any scope or anticircumvention 
inquiries pending as of September 30, 2006, 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 July 1, 2006 and September 30, 2006:

People's Republic of China

A-570-502: Iron Construction Castings from the People's Republic of 
China

Requestor: Unisource International, Inc.; its Polycast Series 700 Frame 
and Grate are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
August 8, 2006.

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

Requestor: Atico International, Inc.; its ``Christmas Stocking 
Tealight,'' ``Halloween Novelty Ghost,'' ``Halloween Novelty JOL,'' and 
``Halloween Novelty Frankenstein'' candles are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; its ``Halloween Novelty Pumpkin,'' ``Halloween 
Bloody Skull,'' ``Halloween Novelty Tombstone,'' ``Halloween Witch 
Shoe,'' and ``Santas Boot'' candles are not within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; July 6, 2006.

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

Requestor: Freight Expediters; its ``Small Artichoke'' and ``Large 
Artichoke,'' ``Small Pinecone'' and ``Large Pinecone,'' ``Cabbage'' and 
``Radishes'' candles are not within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; July 21, 2006.

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

Requestor: Kohl's Department Stores; its ``Santa Head'' candle, style 
no. L50050, is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; August 
28, 2006.

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

Requestor: Kohl's Department Stores; its ``Berry Ball Candle,'' style 
no. X5478, is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; September 
5, 2006.

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

Requestor: Central Purchasing Co.; its gooseneck, claw and wrecking 
bars are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; July 27, 
2006.

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

Requestor: Dorel Asia SrL; its infant (baby) changing tables with 
drawers or doors are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
its infant (baby) changing tables with no drawers or doors and with the 
flat top surface surrounded by a permanent guard rail, and its toddler 
beds are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; August 11, 
2006.

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

Requestor: Drexel Heritage; its bathroom vanity is within the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; September 5, 2006.

Anticircumvention Determinations Completed Between July 1, 2006 and 
September 30, 2006:

People's Republic of China

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

Requestor: National Candles Association; candles composed of petroleum 
wax and over fifty percent or more palm and/or other vegetable oil-
based waxes are later-developed merchandise circumventing the 
antidumping duty order; September 29, 2006.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 2006 and September 30, 2006:

People's Republic of China

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

Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether alloy magnesium produced in 
France using pure magnesium from the PRC is within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; terminated August 31, 2006.

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

Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether alloy magnesium produced in 
France using pure magnesium from the PRC is within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; terminated August 31, 2006.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of September 30, 2006:

Italy

A-475-703: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy

Requestor: Petitioner, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont); 
whether imports of Polymist[reg] feedstock produced by the respondent, 
Solvay Solexis, Inc. and Solvay Solexis S.p.A (collectively, Solvay) 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested August 
18, 2006; initiated October 2, 2006.
Japan

A-588-804: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan

Requestor: Petitioner, Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. (Koyo); whether 
certain x-ray spindle units from Japan are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested July 9, 2006; initiated July 24, 
2006.
People's Republic of China

A-570-502: Iron Construction Castings from the People's Republic of 
China

Requestor: A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Company; whether its cast iron 
bases and upper bodies for meter boxes are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested July 7, 2006.

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

Requestor: Avon Products, Inc.; whether its ``Cupcake Candle,'' product 
profile number 1041846, is within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested August 16, 2006.

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

Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether pure magnesium from the PRC 
processed in France into pure magnesium is within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; preliminary ruling August 31, 2006.

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

Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether alloy magnesium processed in 
Canada from pure magnesium ingots from the PRC is within the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; preliminary ruling August 31, 2006.

A-570-846: Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China

Requestor: Federal-Mogul Corporation; whether its brake rotors that 
include an Original Equipment Manufacturer (``OEM'') logo in the 
casting and/or are certified by an OEM are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested August 14, 2006.

A-570-864: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the People's Republic 
of China

Requestor: ESM Group Inc.; whether pure magnesium ingots from the 
United States, atomized in the PRC, and returned to the United States 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested April 11, 
2006.

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

Requestor: PMC Specialties Group, Inc.; whether acid (insoluble) 
saccharin from the PRC converted in Israel into sodium saccharin, 
calcium saccharin or any other form of saccharin covered by the 
antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC remains within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; preliminary ruling April 10, 2006.

A-570-882: Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide from the People's Republic of 
China

Requestor: 3M Company; whether certain semi-friable and heat-treated, 
specialty aluminum oxides are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested September 19, 2006.

A-570-886: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic 
of China

Requestor: Consolidated Packaging LLP; whether 23 plastic bags it 
imports are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
April 19, 2006; initiated June 5, 2006.

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

Requestor: American Signature, Inc.; whether its mirrored chest, 
leather bed, and microfiber bed are within the scope of the antidumping 
duty order; requested June 2, 2006.

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

Requestor: Toys 'R Us, Inc.; whether its toy boxes are within the scope 
of the antidumping duty order; requested September 26, 2006.

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

Requestor: Tuohy Furniture Corporation; whether its seventeen products 
that include storage towers (i.e., bathroom, housekeeping, and closet), 
headboards, wainscoting, wood panels, a TV stand, bedside tables, and 
coffee tables, are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested April 5, 2006.

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

Requestor: U.S. Magnesium LLC; whether alloy magnesium processed in 
Canada from pure magnesium ingots from the PRC is within the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; preliminary ruling August 31, 2006.
Russia

A-821-819: Magnesium Metal from Russia

Requestor: US Magnesium LLC; whether magnesium metal further processed 
in Canada and France is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested July 19, 2005; initiated September 2, 2005.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 2006 and 
September 30, 2006:

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

Requestor: National Candles Association; whether candles composed of 
petroleum wax and over fifty percent or more palm and/or other 
vegetable oil-based waxes and have been subject to minor alterations 
are circumventing the antidumping duty order; terminated September 29, 
2006.

Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as of September 30, 2006:

People's Republic of China

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

Requestor: National Candle Association; whether candles assembled in 
the United States from molded or carved articles of wax (wax forms) 
from the PRC are circumventing the antidumping duty order; requested 
December 14, 2005; initiated May 11, 2006.

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

Requestor: Meco Corporation; whether the common leg table (a folding 
metal table affixed with cross bars that enable the legs to fold in 
pairs) produced in the PRC is a minor alteration that is circumventing 
the antidumping duty order; initiated June 1, 2006.

A-570-894: Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of 
China

Requestor: Seaman Paper Company; whether imports of tissue paper from 
Vietnam made out of jumbo rolls of tissue paper from the PRC are 
circumventing the antidumping duty order; initiated September 5, 2006.

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 anticircumvention inquiries. Any 
comments should be submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, 14\th\ Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 1870, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).

    Dated: November 6, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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