[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73596-73599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30774]


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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: November 29, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between January 1, 2011, and March 31, 
2011. 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, 2011. We intend to publish 
future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock, 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-
1394.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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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 C.F.R. 351.225(o). Our most recent notification of scope 
rulings was published on May 31, 2011. See Notice of Scope Rulings, 76 
FR 31301 (May 31, 2011). This current notice covers all scope rulings 
and anticircumvention determinations completed by Import Administration 
between January 1, 2011, and March 31, 2011, inclusive, and it also 
lists any scope or anticircumvention inquiries pending as of March 31, 
2011. As described below, subsequent lists will follow after the close 
of each calendar quarter.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 2011, and March 31, 2011

People's Republic of China

A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Blackstone OTR LLC and OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.; its 
wheel hub units/assemblies with tapered roller bearings are within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; February 7, 2011.
A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Lifetime Products, Inc.; its four-foot folding tables 
are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; February 17, 
2011.
A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Lifetime Products, Inc.; its six-foot and eight-foot 
fold-in-half tables are not within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; February 17, 2011.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Shermag Inc.; its two crib and changing table 
combinations are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
February 8, 2011.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Poundex Associates Corp.; a bi-cast leather sleigh bed 
and a bi-cast leather platform bed are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; March 31, 2011.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Stork Craft Manufacturing; its two infant (baby) 
changing tables are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
February 24, 2011.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: C2F, Inc.; its PRO-0203-01 black journal and PTL-018121 
black bound-stitched journal are not within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; January 13, 2011.
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: C2F, Inc.; its five bound-stitched journals (PTL-013142-
2RB; PTL-016152-3SB; PTL-016143-2RD; PTL-016153-2RB; and PTL-019011) 
are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; January 13, 
2011.
A-570-922/C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Medical Action Industries Inc.; Magnet with a Mark and 
Magnet Strip with a Groove are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
and countervailing duty orders and the Surgical Instrument Drape is not 
within the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
orders; January 11, 2011.

Multiple Countries

A-570-922/C-570-923/A-583-842: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People's 
Republic of China and Taiwan
    Requestor: InterDesign; its sixty raw flexible magnets are not 
within the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty 
orders; January 11, 2011.
A-570-937/C-570-938/A-122-853: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 
from the People's Republic of China and Canada
    Requestor: Aceto Corporation; its calcium citrate USP is within the 
scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; February 
14, 2011.

Anticircumvention Determinations Completed Between January 1, 2011, and 
March 31, 2011

    None.

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 2011, and March 31, 2011

A-570-943/C-570-944: Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: TMK IPSCO; whether all green tubes are within the scope 
of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested 
September 30, 2010; request withdrawn January 11, 2011.

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 2011, and 
March 31, 2011

    None.

Scope Inquiries Pending as of March 31, 2011

People's Republic of China

A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Trade Associates Group, Ltd.; whether its candles 
(multiple designs) are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested June 11, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Sourcing International, LLC; whether its flower candles 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested June 24, 
2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Sourcing International; whether its candles (multiple 
designs) are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
July 28, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Sourcing International; whether its floral bouquet 
candles are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
August 25, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Candym Enterprises Ltd.; whether its vegetable candles 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested November 
9, 2009.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: R&D Chemicals, Inc.; whether its four Bite-Lite candles 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 4, 
2011.
A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: New Trend Engineering Limited; whether certain wheel hub 
units are within the scope of the

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antidumping duty order; requested March 5, 2010; initiated June 15, 
2010; preliminary ruling December 13, 2010.
A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Bosda International (USA) LLC and Kingdom Auto Parts 
Ltd.; whether certain wheel hub units are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty order; requested October 28, 2010.
A-570-864: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: ESM Group Inc.; whether U.S.-origin pure magnesium 
exported to the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for atomization 
and re-exported to the United States is subject to the antidumping duty 
order; requested February 11, 2011.
A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Lifetime Products, Inc.; whether its 33-inch round 
tables are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
February 4, 2011.
A-570-868: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Meco Corporation; whether its pedestal tables are within 
the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested February 28, 2011.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Acme Furniture Industry Inc.; whether its partially 
upholstered daybed with trundle unit and fully upholstered daybed 
without trundle unit are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested March 4, 2011.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: WelCom Products; whether its MC2 Magna Cart, MCI Magna 
Cart and MCK Magna Cart are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested October 12, 2010.
A-570-900: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Gang Yan Diamond Products, Inc.; whether its rescue/
demolition sawblades are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested March 28, 2011.
A-570-912/C-570-913: Certain Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from the 
People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Wide Open Cycles Inc.; whether custom-built, size 14.9-
24, pneumatic off-the-road mud racing tires built exclusively for all 
terrain vehicles are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested December 9, 2010.
A-570-912/C-570-913: Certain New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the 
People's Republic of China
    Requestor: OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. (``OTR Wheel''); whether OTR 
Wheel's ``Trac Master'' and ``Traction Master'' tires are within the 
scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested 
February 11, 2011.
A-570-916/C-570-917: Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: The Super Poly Partnership; whether its laminated woven 
sacks are within the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing 
duty orders; requested February 14, 2011.
A-570-920/C-570-921: Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Paper Resources, LLC.; whether certain lightweight 
thermal paper (``LWTP'') converted into smaller LWTP rolls in the PRC, 
from jumbo LWTP rolls produced in certain third countries, is within 
the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; 
requested February 24, 2011.
A-570-922/C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Smith-Western Company; whether flexible magnets affixed 
to hard, inflexible plastic material are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested March 1, 
2011.
A-570-928: Uncovered Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Wickline Bedding Enterprises; whether its unfinished 
mattress kits are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested March 8, 2011.
A-570-932: Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Powerline Hardware, LLC; whether its spool bolts and 
shank pins are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested February 24, 2011.
A-570-932: Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: A.L. Patterson; whether its engineered steel coil rod is 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 4, 
2011.
A-570-937/C-570-938: Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from the 
People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Global Commodity Group LLC; whether its blends of citric 
acid and blends of citrate salts are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested August 9, 
2010; preliminary ruling March 7, 2011.
A-570-951: Certain Woven Electric Blankets from the People's Republic 
of China
    Requestor: Eurow & O'Reilly Corporation; whether its automotive 
fleece electric blanket is within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; requested March 11, 2011.

Japan

A-588-804: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan
    Requestor: American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation; whether 
its magnetic encoders used in antilock braking systems in automobiles 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested March 3, 
2011.
A-588-804: Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan
    Requestor: Aisin Holdings of America; whether a worm assembly and a 
seat track roller are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; 
requested March 28, 2011.

Mexico

A-201-830: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico
    Requestor: Nucor Corporation and Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.; 
whether wire rod with a diameter of less than 5.00 mm is within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; requested February 14, 2011.

Multiple Countries

A-533-838/C-533-839/A-570-892: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from India 
and the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Nation Ford Chemical Co., and Sun Chemical Corp.; 
whether finished carbazole violet pigment exported from Japan is within 
the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; 
requested February 23, 2010.

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A-570-922/C-570-923/A-583-842: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People's 
Republic of China and Taiwan
    Requestor: Jingzhou Meihou Flexible Magnet Co. Ltd.; whether its 
three types of magnets (i.e., rolls of meter-wide magnet sheeting; 
craft magnets and door gasket extrusions) are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested March 30, 
2011.
A-570-954/C-570-955/A-201-837: Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from 
Mexico and the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Vesuvius USA Corporation; whether tap hole sleeve 
systems, assembled or disassembled, sold and entered as a complete set, 
are covered by the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; 
requested November 1, 2010.

Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as of March 31, 2011

A-570-836: Glycine from the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Geo Specialty Chemicals, Inc. and Chattem Chemicals, 
Inc.; whether glycine from the PRC, when processed and re-packaged in 
India and exported as Indian-origin glycine, is circumventing the 
antidumping duty order; requested December 18, 2009; initiated October 
22, 2010.
A-570-849: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel from the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: ArcelorMittal USA, Inc.; Nucor Corporation; SSAB N.A.D., 
Evraz Claymont Steel and Evraz Oregon Steel Mills; whether certain cut-
to-length carbon steel plate from the PRC that contains a small level 
of boron, involves such a minor alteration to the merchandise that is 
so insignificant that the plate is circumventing the antidumping duty 
order; requested February 17, 2010; initiated April 16, 2010.
A-570-894: Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc.; whether 
certain imports of tissue paper from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
are circumventing the antidumping duty order through means of third 
country assembly or completion; requested February 18, 2010; initiated 
April 5, 2010; preliminary ruling March 31, 2011.
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China
    Requestor: M&B Metal Products Inc.; whether certain imports of 
steel wire garment hangers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are 
circumventing the antidumping duty order through means of third country 
assembly or completion of merchandise imported from the PRC; requested 
May 5, 2010; initiated July 22, 2010.
A-570-929: Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co.; whether 
unfinished small diameter graphite electrodes produced in the PRC and 
completed and assembled in the United Kingdom are circumventing the 
antidumping duty order; initiated February 17, 2011.
A-821-807: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium from Russia
    Requester: AMG Vanadium, Inc.; whether vanadium pentoxide imports 
from Russia that are converted into ferrovanadium in the United States 
are circumventing the antidumping duty order; requested February 25, 
2011.
    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: July 22, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-30774 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 a.m.]
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