[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2594-2595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Scope Ruling Applications Filed in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope ruling 
applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to determine 
whether identified products are covered by the scope of antidumping 
duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that Commerce 
issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance with 
Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing of 
the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of December 
2021.

DATES: Applicable January 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, 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) 482-4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Scope Ruling Applications

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(3), we are notifying the 
public of the following scope ruling applications related to AD and CVD 
orders and findings filed in or around the month of December 2021. This 
notification includes, for each scope application: (1) Identification 
of the AD and/or CVD orders at issue (19 CFR 351.225(c)(1)); (2) 
concise public descriptions of the products at issue, including the 
physical characteristics (including chemical, dimensional and technical 
characteristics) of the products (19 CFR 351.225(c)(2)(ii)); (3) the 
countries where the products are produced and the countries from where 
the products are exported (19 CFR 351.225(c)(2)(i)(B)); (4) the full 
names of the applicants; and (5) the dates that the scope applications 
were filed with Commerce and the name of the ACCESS scope segment where 
the scope applications can be found.\1\ This notice does not include 
applications which have been rejected and not properly resubmitted. The 
scope ruling applications listed below are available on Commerce's 
online e-filing and document management system, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Electronic Service System (ACCESS), at https://access.trade.gov.
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    \1\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300, 52316 
(September 20, 2021) (Final Rule) (``It is our expectation that the 
Federal Register list will include, where appropriate, for each 
scope application the following data: (1) Identification of the AD 
and/or CVD orders at issue; (2) a concise public summary of the 
product's description, including the physical characteristics 
(including chemical, dimensional and technical characteristics) of 
the product; (3) the country(ies) where the product is produced and 
the country from where the product is exported; (4) the full name of 
the applicant; and (5) the date that the scope application was filed 
with Commerce.'')
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Scope Ruling Applications

    Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People's Republic of 
China (China) (A-570-117; C-570-118); Lengthwise sawn (LSW), scarf-
jointed wood reveals and wood squares; \2\ produced and exported from 
China; submitted by Loveday Lumber Company, Inc.; December 14, 2021; 
ACCESS scope segments ``Loveday Lumber.''
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    \2\ Loveday Lumber's wood reveal strips are LWS wood products 
with scarf joints. The wood used to make the strips is of the 
Paulownia species. They come in mainly triangle forms and trapezoid 
forms.
    Loveday Lumber's triangular wood reveals are known as edge form 
chamfers. They are scarf-jointed LWS wood products used for bracing, 
blocking, and/or temporary structural forming. A chamfer is ``a 
corner beveled at a 45-degree angle and is created by placing a 
three-cornered piece of wood or other material, called a chamfer 
strip (or sometimes a cant strip) in the corner of the formwork.'' 
The triangular wood reveals Loveday Lumber imports are of the 
following dimensions:
     \3/4\'' x \3/4\'' legs x 1\1/16\'' hypotenuse;
     1'' x 1'' legs x 1\7/16\'' hypotenuse; and
     1\1/16\'' x 1\1/16\ legs x 1\1/2\'' hypotenuse.
    Loveday Lumber's trapezoid wood reveals have a trapezoid cross 
section. They come in the following dimensions:
     \1/2\'' thick x 3'' base x 2'' top;
     \3/4\'' thick x 1\3/4\'' base x \3/4\'' top;
     \3/4\'' thick x 2'' base x \1/2\'' top;
     \3/4\'' thick x 2\1/4\'' base x \3/4\'' top; and
     \3/4\'' thick x 3'' base x 1\1/2\'' top.
    Loveday Lumber's wood squares are also LWS wood products with 
scarf joints. The wood used is of the Paulownia species. The wood 
squares are also called expansion joints. They come in several 
different sizes according to customers' needs, but a common 
configuration is \1/2\'' x \1/2\'' x 60''. All these lengthwise sawn 
wood products are scarf jointed. A scarf joint is ``an end joint 
formed by joining with adhesive the ends of two pieces that have 
been tapered or beveled to for sloping plane surfaces, usually to a 
featheredge, and with the same slope of the plane in respect to the 
length in both pieces'' whereas a finger joint is ``an end joint 
made up of several meshing wedges or fingers of wood bonded together 
with an adhesive''. (See Tom Owens, Lab Notes: News from the Forest 
Products Laboratory, Forest Service, United States Department of 
Agriculture (Mar. 16, 2016), https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=26179).
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    Certain Artist Canvas from China (A-570-899); HP Recycled Satin 
Canvas, which is formed from canvas woven in China from recycled 
Chinese 100% polyester yarn, primed (coated with gesso) in Thailand, 
and coated with alumina (an ink-receptive top coat) in China; \3\ 
submitted by Brand Management Group, LLC; December 17, 2021; ACCESS 
scope segment ``Print Canvas.''
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    \3\ Print canvas is formed from 300D/96F polyester woven fabric 
woven from 100% recycled polyester yarn. The polyester woven fabric 
is then primed (coated with gesso). Once the priming process is 
complete, the primed woven canvas is coated with alumina (an ink-
receptive top coat). The ink-receptive alumina coating consists of a 
proprietary mixture. The alumina is a top coat applied over the 
layers of gesso.
    The print canvas is described on the commercial invoice as HP 
Recycled Satin Canvas. The print canvas is a finished article of 
commerce known in the trade by multiple names including artist 
canvas, print canvas, pre-jet canvas, or base canvas (hereinafter 
``print canvas''). The print canvas was imported into United States 
as a finished roll in the dimensions of 60'' x 50''. Future 
shipments of the print canvas will be imported into the United 
States as master rolls in dimensions of 24''up to 73'' wide and 500 
to 15,000 feet in length or as finished rolls in the following 
dimensions: 24'' x 50', 36'' x 50', 42'' x 0', 44'' x 0', 50'' x 
50', 54'' x 50', 60'' x 50', or any other widths and lengths.
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    Wooden Cabinets and Vanities and Components Thereof from China (A-
570-106; C-570-107); Beverage Centers; \4\ produced and exported in 
China; submitted by Disney; December 20, 2021; ACCESS scope segment 
``Disney Beverage Station and Centers.''
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    \4\ Walt Disney Parks & Resorts U.S., Inc.'s (Disney) beverage 
centers are made of plywood and plastic laminate. The ASM-109 and 
ASM-109A models include a powder coated metal frame. The beverage 
centers are designed to be free-standing pieces of furniture that 
are not designed for permanent installation. While they are designed 
to be free-standing, because of the risk of tip-over and height of 
the furniture, Disney uses a cable on the centers to affix them to 
the wall of the hotel room.
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    Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China (A-570-890); Closet Systems; 
\5\ produced and exported in China; submitted by Disney; December 21, 
2021; ACCESS scope segment ``Disney Wardrobe-Beverage Station.''
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    \5\ Disney's closet systems are made of plywood and plastic 
laminate and consist of an open wooden box frame with shelving for 
use as storage in hotel rooms. The closet systems do not contain any 
drawers or doors.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This list of scope ruling applications is not an identification of 
scope inquiries that have been initiated. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.225(d)(1),

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if Commerce has not rejected a scope ruling application nor initiated 
the scope inquiry within 30 days after the filing of the application, 
the application will be deemed accepted and a scope inquiry will be 
deemed initiated the following day-day 31.\6\ Commerce's practice 
generally dictates that where a deadline falls on a weekend, Federal 
holiday, or other non-business day, the appropriate deadline is the 
next business day.\7\ Accordingly, if the 30th day after the filing of 
the application falls on a non-business day, the next business day will 
be considered the ``updated'' 30th day, and if the application is not 
rejected or a scope inquiry initiated by or on that particular business 
day, the application will be deemed accepted and a scope inquiry will 
be deemed initiated on the next business day which follows the 
``updated'' 30th day.\8\
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    \6\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(2), within 30 days 
after the filing of a scope ruling application, if Commerce 
determines that it intends to address the scope issue raised in the 
application in another segment of the proceeding (such as a 
circumvention inquiry under 19 CFR 351.226 or a covered merchandise 
inquiry under 19 CFR 351.227), it will notify the applicant that it 
will not initiate a scope inquiry, but will instead determine if the 
product is covered by the scope at issue in that alternative 
segment.
    \7\ See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to 
the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
    \8\ This structure maintains the intent of the applicable 
regulation, 19 CFR 351.225(d)(1), to allow a day of separation 
between day 30 and day 31.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(m)(2), if there are companion AD 
and CVD orders covering the same merchandise from the same country of 
origin, the scope inquiry will be conducted on the record of the AD 
proceeding. Further, please note that pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(m)(1), 
Commerce may either apply a scope ruling to all products from the same 
country with the same relevant physical characteristics, (including 
chemical, dimensional, and technical characteristics) as the product at 
issue, on a country-wide basis, regardless of the producer, exporter, 
or importer of those products, or on a company-specific basis.
    For further information on procedures for filing information with 
Commerce through ACCESS and participating in scope inquiries, please 
refer to the Filing Instructions section of the Scope Ruling 
Application Guide, at https://access.trade.gov/help/Scope_Ruling_Guidance.pdf. Interested parties, apart from the scope 
ruling applicant, who wish to participate in a scope inquiry and be 
added to the public service list for that segment of the proceeding 
must file an entry of appearance in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.103(d)(1) and 19 CFR 351.225(n)(4). Interested parties are advised 
to refer to the case segment in ACCESS as well as 19 CFR 351.225(f) for 
further information on the scope inquiry procedures, including the 
timelines for the submission of comments.
    Please note that this notice of scope ruling applications filed in 
AD and CVD proceedings may be published before any potential 
initiation, or after the initiation, of a given scope inquiry based on 
a scope ruling application identified in this notice. Therefore, please 
refer to the case segment on ACCESS to determine whether a scope ruling 
application has been accepted or rejected and whether a scope inquiry 
has been initiated.
    Interested parties who wish to be served scope ruling applications 
for a particular AD or CVD order may file a request to be included on 
the annual inquiry service list during the anniversary month of the 
publication of the AD or CVD order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(n) 
and Commerce's procedures.\9\
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    \9\ Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and 
Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021).
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    Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of 
this monthly list of scope ruling applications received by Commerce. 
Any comments should be submitted to James Maeder, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, via email to [email protected].
    This notice of scope ruling applications filed in AD and CVD 
proceedings is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(3).

    Dated: January 12, 2022.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2022-00847 Filed 1-14-22; 8:45 am]
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