[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2712-2714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2020.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) hereby publishes a list 
of scope rulings and anti-circumvention determinations made during the 
period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. We intend to publish future 
lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia E. Short, AD/CVD Operations, 
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce regulations provide that it will publish in the Federal 
Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly basis.\1\ Our most 
recent notification of scope rulings was published on December 17, 
2019.\2\ This current notice covers all scope rulings and anti-
circumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance between 
April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019.
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    \1\ See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
    \2\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 84 FR 68877 (Dec. 17, 2019).
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Scope Rulings Made April 1, 2019 Through June 30, 2019

Brazil

A-351-849; A-580-890; A-201-848 and A-455-805: Emulsion Styrene-
Butadiene Rubber From Brazil, Korea, Mexico and Poland
    Requester: Hankook Tire America Corp. SSBR-F3626A is not covered by

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the scope of the antidumping duty orders on Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene 
Rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico and Poland because SSBR-F3626A is not 
an emulsion-based rubber; it is a solution-based rubber; April 17, 
2019.

Italy

A-475-834: Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From 
Italy
    Requestor: Provident, LLC. Cold-rolled steel strip in coils used to 
produce ``doctor blades'' are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping duty order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length 
plate from Italy because they are neither hot-rolled nor forged, and 
they are in coil form; June 27, 2019.

People's Republic of China

A-570-875: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 
(Webtec); Webtec's branch pipe tee is outside the scope of the order 
because its branch pipe tee does not meet the ITC definition of pipe 
fittings. It is a functioning manifold in an assembly that regulates 
air flow to operate a railway car emergency braking system; thus, its 
branch pipe tee does not have the same physical characteristics as the 
products subject to the scope of the order; April 1, 2019.
A-570-064; C-570-065; A-533-877; C-533-878: Stainless Steel Flanges 
From the People's Republic of China and India
    Requestor: EN Corporation (ENC). ENC's stainless steel flanges that 
are forged in China and India but finished in the Philippines are 
within the scope of the order, based on the plain language of the 
scope; April 1, 2019.
A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From 
the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: NEXTracker, Inc. NT Torque Tubes are not covered by the 
scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe from China because they are mechanical 
tubing which is excluded from the scope of these orders; April 5, 2019.
A-570-900: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Stanley Black and Decker Inc. (Stanley); finished 
polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tipped sawblades (part numbers: 
DWA3193PCD, DWA412PCD, 4935473, 4935624, 4935625) imported from China 
are outside the scope of the antidumping duty order; April 18, 2019.
A-570-924: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the 
People's Republic of China
    Requestor: ACCO Brands USA LLC. Overhead transparencies with a 
paper strip that have been made from PET film and that have a roughened 
surface layer created by corona treatment, are covered by the scope of 
the order because the additional manufacturing process required to 
affix a strip of paper to the overhead transparency does not result in 
an article of commerce entirely different from the ACCO overhead 
transparency Commerce previously found to be within the scope of the 
order, nor does it mean that the product is no longer a sheet of PET 
film; April 26, 2019.
A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From 
the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Kichler Lighting LLC. Fan and light downrods used to 
suspend lights and/or fans from a ceiling imported by Kichler are 
covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders 
on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China; May 16, 2019.
A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings From the People's Republic of China
    Requestor: Bourgault Industries; Based on our analysis of the scope 
language of the order, the sources described in 19 CFR 351.225(k)(1), 
and the comments received, we determine that Bourgault's coulter disc 
hubs are covered by the scope of the order; June 3, 3019.
A-570-922 and C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's 
Republic of China
    Requestor: Magnetic Building Solutions' (MBS); Printed magnetic 
underlays imported by MBS, identified by product codes 867102000402 
(SKU MBU100R100), 867102000426 (SKU MBU100S004PS), and 867102000457 
(SKU MBU050S004PS) are excluded from the scope of the orders, because 
they meet the printed magnet exclusion. Specifically, MBS's underlays 
are permanently bonded to paper that consists of text and an image. The 
printed material constitutes a decorative motif and does not fall under 
any of the exceptions to the exclusion; June 19, 2019.

Republic of Korea

A-580-874; A-557-816; A-523-808; A-583-854; A-552-818; C-552-819: 
Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate 
of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam (Orders)
    Requestor: Magnum Tool Corporation; Steel to Wood roofing nails are 
covered by the scope of the Orders because the physical description and 
information provided by Magnum demonstrate the steel to wood roofing 
nails fall within the plain language of the scope of the Orders; April 
1, 2019.

Changed Circumstances Reviews Made April 1, 2019 Through June 30, 2019

Republic of Korea

A-580-891: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of Korea
    Requestor: Six members of the domestic industry, including the 
petitioners from the underlying investigation (Nucor Corporation, 
Optimus Steel LLC (formerly, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc), Keystone 
Consolidates Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel). Grade 1078 and 
higher tire cord wire rod are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from the 
Republic of Korea because producers accounting for substantially all of 
the production of the domestic like product have no further interest in 
the order with respect to grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod; 
April 3, 2019.

United Kingdom

A-412-826: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the United Kingdom
    Requestor: Six members of the domestic industry, including the 
petitioners from the underlying investigation (Nucor Corporation, 
Optimus Steel LLC (formerly, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc), Keystone 
Consolidates Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel). Grade 1078 and 
higher tire cord wire rod are not covered by the scope of the 
antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from the 
United Kingdom because producers accounting for substantially all of 
the production of the domestic like product have no further interest in 
the order with respect to grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod; 
April 3, 2019.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of 
this list of completed scope inquiries and anti-circumvention 
determinations

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made during the period April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. Any 
comments should be submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 
18022, Washington, DC 20230.
    This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).

    Dated: January 9, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-00637 Filed 1-15-20; 8:45 am]
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