[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32568-32570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13237]


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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: June 1, 2012.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') hereby publishes a 
list of scope rulings completed between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 
2011. 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, 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:

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 December X, 2011. See Notice of Scope Rulings, 
77 FR 9893 (February 21, 2012). This current notice covers all scope 
rulings and anticircumvention determinations completed by Import 
Administration between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 2011, inclusive, 
and it also lists any scope or anticircumvention inquiries pending as 
of September 30, 2011. As described below, subsequent lists will follow 
after the close of each calendar quarter.
    Scope Rulings Completed Between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 
2011:

Italy

A-475-822: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Italy

    Requestor: AAVID Thermalloy LLC. (``AAVID''); 24 steel clips 
imported by AAVID are not within the scope of the antidumping duty 
order; July 12, 2011.

People's Republic of China

A-570-928: Uncovered Innerspring Units From the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: No Boundaries LLC; fabric encased upholstery coil units 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; July 15, 2011.

A-570-891: Hand Trucks From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: WelCom Products; the MC2 Magna Cart and MCI Magna Cart 
are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; the MCK Magna 
Cart is within the scope of the antidumping duty order; September 6, 
2011.

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

    Requestor: Trade Associates Group, Ltd.; its figurine candles are 
not within the scope of the antidumping duty order, while certain of 
its other candles are within the scope of the antidumping duty order. 
August 5, 2011.

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

    Requestor: Candym Enterprises, Ltd.; its figurine candles are not 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order, while certain of its 
other candles are within the scope of the antidumping duty order. 
August 5, 2011.

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

    Requestor: Accent Imports; its figurine candles are not within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order, while certain of its other candles 
are within the scope of the antidumping duty order. August 5, 2011.

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

    Requestor: Sourcing International, LLC; certain of its candles are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order. August 5, 2011.

A-570-866: Folding Gift Boxes From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Flexo Craft Prints Inc.; certain of its gift boxes are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; July 6, 2011.

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

    Requestor: Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.; urethane post base is 
not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; August 31, 2011.

A-570-951: Certain Woven Electric Blankets From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: HoMedics Inc.; knitted electric heating blanket is not 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; August 15, 2011.

A-570-952/C-570-953: Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the 
People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Osborne & Little, Inc.; 18 trimmings are within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; and two trimmings are not within 
the scope of the antidumping duty order; September 6, 2011.

A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: DF Machinery International, Inc.; its agricultural hub 
units are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; August 2, 
2011.

Multiple Countries

    None.
    Anticircumvention Determinations Completed Between July 1, 2011, 
and September 30, 2011:

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; certain cut-to-
length carbon steel plate from the PRC that contains a small level of 
boron, regardless of producer, is circumventing the antidumping duty 
order; August 17, 2011.

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

    Requestor: Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc.; imports of 
tissue paper products produced by Max Fortune (Vietnam) Paper Products 
Company Limited in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are circumventing 
the antidumping duty order; August 5, 2011.
    Scope Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 
2011:
    None.
    Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 2011, and 
September 30, 2011:
    None.
    Scope Inquiries Pending as of September 30, 2011:

People's Republic of China

A-570-506: Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: The Coleman Company, Inc.; whether certain components of 
its stockpot cooker set (i.e., plastic locking lid and steel cooking 
base) are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested 
June 17, 2011; initiated September 27, 2011.

A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: Robert H. Ham Associates Ltd.; whether certain retail 
display hangers are within the scope of the antidumping duty order on 
steel wire garment hangers; requested July 21, 2011; initiated October 
3, 2011.

A-570-831: Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: General Mills, Inc.; whether minced garlic is within the 
scope of the antidumping duty order; requested April 13, 2011.

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

    Requestor: ESM; whether U.S.-origin pure magnesium exported to the 
PRC for atomization and re-exported to the United States is within the 
scope of the order; requested February 11, 2011; initiated May 2, 2011.

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

    Requestor: US Magnesium LLC; whether pure magnesium feedstock 
exported from the PRC to Mexico and then processed into granular 
magnesium before exportation to the United States is within the scope 
of the order; requested April 29, 2011; initiated July 5, 2011.

A-570-967: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: A.O. Smith Corporation; whether water heater anodes are 
within the scope of the antidumping duty order; requested June 14, 
2011.

A-570-967/C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: American Fence Manufacturing Company LLC; whether fence 
sections, posts and gates are within the scope of the antidumping duty 
and countervailing duty orders; requested June 15, 2011.

A-570-967/C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: Endura Products; whether door thresholds containing 
aluminum extrusions imported from the PRC are within the scope of the 
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders; requested: June 2, 
2011.

A-570-967/C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of 
China

    Requestor: Origin Point Brands; whether imported aluminum fencing 
systems are within the scope of the antidumping duty and countervailing 
duty orders; requested June 27, 2011.

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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; initiated April 4, 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 an actual diameter between 4.75 and 5.00 
millimeters is within the scope of the antidumping order; requested 2/
14/2011; initiated May 31, 2011.

Multiple Countries

A-201-837/A-570-954/C-570-955: Magnesia Carbon Bricks From Mexico and 
the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: Fedmet Resources Corporation; whether its magnesia 
alumina carbon bricks are within the scope of the antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty orders; initiated September 26, 2011.

A-570-958/C-570-959/A-560-823/ C-560-824: Coated Paper From the 
People's Republic of China and Indonesia

    Requestor: Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and its 
subsidiaries, Pindo Deli Pulp and Paper Mills, PT. Indah Kiat Pulp & 
Paper Tbk, and Paper Max, Ltd.; whether certain packaging paperboard 
products and certain playing card products are within the scope of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders; requested June 2, 2011.

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; preliminary ruling May 6, 2011.
    Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as of September 30, 2011:

A-570-863: Honey From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey 
Association; whether honey when blended with rice syrup is 
circumventing the antidumping duty order; requested August 12, 2011.

A-570-916/C-570-917: Laminated Woven Sacks From the People's Republic 
of China

    Requestor: Coating Excellence International, LLC and Polytex Fibers 
Corporation; whether laminated woven sacks that are printed with two 
ink colors, but have the appearance of three or more colors in 
register, are circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders; requested January 26, 2011; initiated April 22, 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-570-929: 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; requested November 30, 2010; initiated February 
17, 2011.

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 
March 29, 2010; preliminary determination published April 6, 2011.

A-570-965/C-570-966: Drill Pipe From the People's Republic of China

    Requestor: VAM Drilling U.S.A., Texas Steel Conversion Inc. and 
Rotary Drilling Tools; whether unfinished pipe and tool joints produced 
in PRC and finished in UAE are circumventing the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders; requested June 14, 2011; initiated August 
5, 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; preliminary determination 
published May 10, 2011.

Russia

A-821-807: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From Russia

    Requestor: 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; initiated May 2, 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: April 2, 2012.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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