[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43680-43683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20721]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Rulings

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between January 1, 2009, and March 31, 
2009. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing 
a list of requests for scope rulings and anticircumvention 
determinations pending as of March 31, 2009. We intend to publish 
future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey, AD/CVD Operations, 
China/NME Group, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-
2312.

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 notification of scope 
rulings was published on March 31, 2009. See Notice of Scope Rulings, 
74 FR 14521 (March 31, 2009). This current notice covers all scope 
rulings and anticircumvention determinations completed by Import 
Administration between January 1, 2009, and March 31, 2009, inclusive, 
and it also lists any scope or anticircumvention inquiries pending as 
of March 31, 2009. As described below, subsequent lists will follow 
after the close of each calendar quarter.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 2009, and March 31, 2009

Germany

A-428-801: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Germany
    Requestor: myonic GmbH; dental turbine assemblies are outside the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; January 12, 2009.
A-428-801: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Germany
    Requestor: myonic GmbH; certain X-ray spindle units are outside the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; January 12, 2009.
A-428-801: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Germany
    Requestor: myonic GmbH; certain gyro units are outside the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; January 12, 2009.

People's Republic of China

A-570-827: Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Paper Magic Group (``PMG''); PMG's children's Valentine 
card sets with pencils are outside the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; March 12, 2009.

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A-570-827: Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Walgreen Co.; the three graphite pencils and three cased 
charcoal drawing pencils contained in Walgreens' ``Artskills Draw & 
Sketch Kit'' are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; the 
remaining items contained in Walgreens' ``Artskills Draw & Sketch 
Kit,'' including one pencil sharpener, one sanding pad, one black 
eraser, one kneaded eraser and one tortillion, are outside the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; March 10, 2009.
A-570-866: Folding Gift Boxes From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Footstar; four boxes for business cards and forms 
(length x width: 5 x 3.5; 7 x 3.5; 12.125 x 3.5; and 11 x 8.5) are 
outside the scope of the antidumping duty order; February 9, 2009.
A-570-866: Folding Gift Boxes from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Hallmark Cards, Inc.; the ``FunZip'' gift presentation 
is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; March 17, 2009.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Armel Enterprises, Inc.; certain children's playroom and 
accent furniture are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
March 4, 2009.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Acme Furniture Industry, Inc.; certain mattress supports 
(item nos. 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836 and 2837) are outside the scope of 
the antidumping duty order; March 17, 2009.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Zinus, Inc. and Zinus (Xiamen) Inc.; the Smartbox 
mattress support and box spring are outside the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; March 24, 2009.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Corporate Express Inc.; luggage cart model number 
CEB31210 is within the scope of the antidumping duty order, and luggage 
cart model number CEB31490 is outside the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; February 11, 2009.
A-570-898: Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: BioLab, Inc.; chlorinated isocyanurates produced and 
exported from Vietnam by Tian Hua (Vietnam) SPC Industries Ltd. are not 
covered by the antidumping duty order; March 23, 2009.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Lakeshore Learning Materials; Lakeshore's printed 
educational materials, product numbers RR973 and RR974 (Reader's Book 
Log); RR673 and RR674 (My Word Journal); AA185 and AA186 (Mi Diario de 
Palabras); AA786 and AA787 (My First Draw & Write Journal); AA181 and 
AA182 (My Picture Word Journal); GG324 and GG325 (Writing Prompts 
Journal); Lakeshore's printed educational materials, product numbers 
GG185 and GG186 (Reader's Response Notebook); GG181 and GG182 (The 
Writer's Notebook); RR630 and RR631 (Draw & Write Journal) are within 
the scope of the antidumping duty order; March 4, 2009.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Lakeshore Learning Materials; Lakeshore's printed 
educational materials, product numbers EE441 and EE442 (Daily Math 
Practice Journal Grades 1-3); EE443 and EE444 (Daily Math Practice 
Journal Grades 4-6); EE651 and EE652 (Daily Language Practice, Grades 
1-3); EE653 and EE654 (Daily Language Practice Journal, Grades 4-6), 
are outside the scope of the antidumping duty order; March 4, 2009.
A-570-916 and C-570-917: Laminated Woven Sacks From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Archer Daniels Midland Company; Products A and Product B 
described as: (1) Made of a single ply of woven polypropylene strip; 
(2) laminated with biaxially-oriented polypropylene (``BOPP'') are 
within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; (3) 
printed in three colors; and (4) of less than one kilogram in weight 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; Products C, D and F 
described as each having no lamination or coating of BOPP are outside 
the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; and 
Product E described as: (1) Made of a single ply of woven polypropylene 
strip; (2) laminated with BOPP; (3) printed in two colors; and (4) less 
than one kilogram in weight is outside the scope of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders; February 17, 2009.
Anticircumvention Determinations Completed between January 1, 2009, and 
March 31, 2009:
None.
Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 2009, and March 31, 2009:
None.
Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated between January 1, 2009, and 
March 31, 2009:
None.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of March 31, 2009

Japan

A-588-046: Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan
    Requestor: Denka Corporation; whether Denka's solid polychloroprene 
product, known as DCR37, is within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested March 9, 2009.

Norway

A-403-801 and C-403-802: Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway
    Requestor: Changing Seas; whether its whole salmon steaks are 
within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; 
requested February 5, 2009.

People's Republic of China

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: America's Gardening Resource; whether its citronella 
rope candles are within scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
February 23, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: ZNP Creative Co., Ltd.; whether its ``5 minute Candle 
Set'' is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
March 18, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: RAB Foods; whether its ``Yahrzeit'' candle is within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 25, 2009.
A-570-806: Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Globe Metallurgical Inc.; whether certain silicon metal 
exported by Ferro-Alliages et Mineraux to the United States from Canada 
is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested October 1, 
2008.

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A-570-864: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form From the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: ESM Group Inc.; whether atomized ingots are within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; original scope ruling rescinded 
and vacated April 18, 2007 \1\; initiated April 18, 2007; preliminary 
ruling issued August 27, 2008.
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    \1\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 72 FR 43245, 43246 (August 3, 
2007).
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A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: New Tec Integration Co., Ltd.; whether New Tec's chair 
using two U-shaped steel tubes to form the front and rear legs, and not 
utilizing the cross-bracing typically affixed to the leg frame by 
rivets, welds, and fasteners, is within the scope of the antidumping 
duty order; requested July 30, 2008; initiated September 24, 2008.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Target Corporation; whether the Shabby Chic secretary 
desk and mirror are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested November 30, 2007.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Northern Tool & Equipment Co.; whether a high-axle torch 
cart (item 164771) is within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested March 23, 2007.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Safco Products Co.; whether its StowAway Cart (Model 
4062) and Stow And Go Cart (Model 4049) are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested October 16, 2008; initiated November 
28, 2008.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: E & B Giftware, LLC; whether the Samsonite Micro Mover 
Fold Away Carry-On Luggage Cart, the Samsonite Compact Luggage Cart, 
and the American Tourister Swing Wheel Luggage Cart are within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 23, 2009.
A-570-899: Artist Canvas From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: C2F, Inc.; whether framed artist canvas in two forms 
(i.e., 65% polyester, 35% cotton bulk or 100% cotton bulk) woven in the 
Republic of Korea and cut and framed in the People's Republic of China 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested September 
4, 2008.
A-570-899: Artist Canvas From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Art Supplies Enterprises, Inc.; whether framed artist 
canvas woven and primed in Vietnam and cut and framed in the People's 
Republic of China is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 22, 2008.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Livescribe Inc., whether the patented dot-patterned 
paper (trademarked ``ANOTO'') is within the scope of the antidumping 
duty order; requested October 24, 2008.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: PlanAhead LLC; whether writing cases, writing 
portfolios, portfolios and padfolios, 70314 Professional Padfolio; 
70689 Contour Padfolio; 72055 Urban Padfolio; 72537 Fashion Padfolio, 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested November 
17, 2008.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., whether the notebook component, 
when imported as part of the complete stationery set, is within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 6, 2009.
A-570-904: Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Rolf C Hagen (USA) Corp; whether certain fish filter 
parts are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
November 14, 2008.
A-570-909: Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Shanghai March Import & Export Co., Ltd.; whether the 
horseshoe nails imported by Shanghai March Import & Export Co., Ltd., 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested October 
17, 2008.
A-570-910: Certain Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Constantine N. Polites and Company; whether unfinished 
scaffolding pipe is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested March 30, 2009.
A-570-916 and C-570-917: Laminated Woven Sacks From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Shapiro Packaging; whether its ``Manna Pro Calf Manna,'' 
``Manna Pro Horse Feed,'' and ``Red Head Deer Corn'' sacks are within 
the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 20, 2009.
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Econoco Corporation; whether chrome-plated hangers with 
a certain diameter are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 3, 2008.
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: American Hanger; whether chrome-plated hangers with a 
certain diameter are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 1, 2008.
A-570-924: PET Film From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Coated Fabrics Company; whether Amorphous PET 
(``APET''), Glycol-modified PET (``PETG''), and coextruded APET and 
with PETG on its outer surfaces (``GAG Sheet'') are within the scope of 
the order; requested February 12, 2009.

Multiple Countries

A-570-922 and C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's 
Republic of China; A-583-842: Raw Flexible Magnets From Taiwan
    Requestor: Direct Innovations; whether certain decorative retail 
magnets are within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders; requested March 20, 2009.

Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as of March 31, 2009

People's Republic of China

A-570-849: Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Nucor Corporation, SSAB N.A.D., Evraz Claymont Steel, 
Evraz Oregon Steel Mills, and ArcelorMittal USA Inc.; whether adding 
metallurgically and economically insignificant amounts of boron is a 
minor alteration that circumvents the antidumping duty order; requested 
August 13, 2008; initiated October 10, 2008.

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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 People's Republic of China is a minor 
alteration that circumvents the antidumping duty order; requested 
October 31, 2005; preliminary ruling issued October 27, 2008.
A-570-894: Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc.; whether 
imports of tissue paper from Thailand made out of jumbo rolls and 
sheets of tissue paper from the People's Republic of China are 
completed or assembled in other foreign countries and are circumventing 
the antidumping duty order; requested September 10, 2008; initiated 
October 27, 2008.
    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, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., APO/Dockets 
Unit, Room 1870, Washington, DC 20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).

    Dated: August 20, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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