55 FR 43020, October 25, 1990 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration, Department of Commerce. Scope Rulings ACTION: Notice of scope rulings. SUMMARY: The International Trade Administration (ITA) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings completed between July 1, 1990 and September 30, 1990. In conjunction with this list the ITA is also publishing a list of pending scope inquiries. The ITA intends to publish future lists within thirty days of the end of each quarter. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 25, 1990. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa G. Skinner, Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 377-4851. TEXT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Sections 353.29(d)(8) and 355.29(d)(8) of the Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.29(d)(8) and 355.29(d)(8)) provide that on a quarterly basis the Secretary will publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings completed within the last three months. The lists are to include the case name, reference number, and brief description of the ruling. This notice lists scope rulings completed between July 1, 1990 and September 30, 1990, and pending scope clarification requests. The ITA intends to publish in January 1991, a notice of scope rulings completed between October 1, 1990 and December 31, 1990. The following lists provide the country, case reference number, requester(s), and a brief description of either the ruling or product subject to the request. Scope Rulings Completed Between July 1, 1990 and September 30, 1990 Country: Canada A-122-506: OCTG -- modified scope by abolishing the end use certification procedure and adopting new procedures -- 9/4/90 Country: United Kingdom A-412-801: Antifriction Bearings; Durbal GmbH, Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., and Minebea Co., Ltd. -- rod ends are within the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Country: France A-427-801: Antifriction Bearings: Valeo, Societe Anonyme -- clutch release bearings are within the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. -- ball bearings used in the manufacture of helicopters are within the scope of the order -- 9/14/90 Country: Federal Republic of Germany A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings; Durbal GmbH, Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., and Minebea Co., Ltd. -- rod ends are within the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Country: People's Republic of China A-570-506: Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware; Texsport -- camping sets, with the exception of the cups and plates included in those sets, are within the scope of the order -- 8/8/90 A-570-003: Cotton Shop Towels; Able Textile -- towels assembled in Canada from cotton grey fabric from the People's Republic of China are outside the scope of the order -- 8/21/90 Country: Republic of Korea A-580-501: Photo Albums and Filler Pages; WorldSource -- commemorative binders are within the scope of the order -- 8/30/90 A-580-803: Certain Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies Thereof: DBA -- Smartalk 208 and 308 systems are within the scope of the order -- 7/3/90 Executone -- System 432 and subassemblies exclusive to it, as well as subassemblies of the Isoetec line (P/N 15200, P/N 21660, P/N 15640, P/N 15700, P/N 15600, P/N 15620, P/N 15590, P/N 15610, P/N 15680, P/N 15650, P/N 15100, P/N 15410, P/N 15660, P/N 15340, P/N 15870, P/N 09010, P/N 82300, P/N 82100, P/N 82200, P/N 82500, P/N 82400, P/N 83500/80500, P/N 82030, P/N 83700/80700, P/N 82020, P/N 15780, P/N 15790, P/N 15770, P/N 09004, and P/N 15510) are outside the scope of the order -- 8/7/90 Country: Taiwan A-583-508: Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware; RSVP -- BBQ grill baskets are outside the scope of the order -- 8/23/90 Country: Japan A-588-087: Portable Electric Typewriters; Matsushita -- Office typewriter models KX-E400, KX-E500B ("Jetwriter"), KX-E500 [E]*, KX- E501 [E]* ("Jetwriter"), KX-E506 [E]* (Jetwriter IIe"), KX-E508 [E]* (* -- [E] is updated version) are outside the scope of the order -- 7/6/90 A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies: Matsushita -- Models EB-3510 and 3511 are outside the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 NovAtel -- Model PTR-825 is outside the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Mitsubishi -- Models MT-796FOR6A and 792FOR6A are outside the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Sanyo -- Model CMP-310 is outside the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 NEC -- message recording device (AVA) is outside the scope of the order -- 7/14/90 A-588-609: Color Picture Tubes: Tektronix -- Sony produced cathode ray tube SD-97FS is outside the scope of the order -- 8/21/90 Toshiba -- models A36JAR90X and A36JAR50X are within the scope of the order -- 9/7/90 A-588-802: 3.5" Microdisks and Media Thereof; Toshiba -- barium ferrite coated microdisks are within the scope of the order -- 8/29/90 A-588-804: Antifriction Bearings Durbal GmbH, Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., and Minebea Co., Ltd. -- rod ends are within the scope of the order -- 8/6/90 Imprimis Technology Inc. -- ball bearings used in the production of disk drives are within the scope of the order -- 9/14/90 A-588-809: Certain Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies Thereof: NEC -- NEAX 2400 system and subassemblies are outside the scope of the order -- 7/17/90 Fujitsu -- Starlog system is outside the scope of the order -- 7/27/90 Toshiba -- Perception II and Perception Ex systerms are outside the scope of the order and subassemblies (telephone sets -- EKT 6000-N, EKT 6000-NM, EKT 6015-H, EKT 6015-S, EKT 6025H, EKT 6025-SD, EKT 6025- D, EKT 6520-SD, EKT 6510-S, EKT 6510-H, EKT 6520-H, HDSS 6060, AND HDSS6560) are within the scope of the order -- 7/27/90 Pending Scope Inquiries As of September 30, 1990 Country: Federal Republic of Germany A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings: Textilmaschinen-Komponenten GmbH and SKF Textile Products, Inc. -- textile machinery component (rotor assembly number TE 226-0036225) Sachs Automotive Products Company -- clutch releasers Country: Korea A-580-008: Color Television Receivers: Orion Electric Co. -- TV/Radio model 759C/Chassis: CTV-5x Goldstar -- TV/Radio model RCV-0615 Goldstar -- TV/VCR model KMV-9002 Commodore Business Machines -- computer monitor model 1084(D) A-580-501: Photo Albums and Filler Pages: U.S. Customs inquiry -- unfinished filler pages Bowon Trading Co. -- photo frame/albums (models 101257, 201257, 200957, 214357, 279757, 301457, 401357, 200857, 201057, and 318357) A-580-605: Color Picture Tubes; Penn-Ray Sutra Corp., -- video game displays Country: Japan A-588-007: Certain High Capacity Pagers; Motorola -- components and subassemblies A-588-015: Television Receiving Sets, Monochrome and Color: NEC -- Subassemblies: W5A-1 (HE), W4A-1 (HE), W3A-1 (HE), W5A-1, and W4A-1 Sharp -- LCD TV/Radio/Cassette model JC-AV1 Teknika Electronics Corp. -- P.C.B. subassemblies Sharp -- LCD TV/VCR model VC-V542U Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Casio, Inc., Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Sales Corporation of America, Hitachi Sales Corporation of Hawaii, Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, NEC Corporation, NEC Home Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc., Seiko Epson Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, and Toshiba America, Inc. -- certain hand-held liquid crystal display televisions (Casio Computer Co., Ltd. models TV-400T, TV-500, TV-1400, TV-3100, TV-8500; Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. models 06TA, 08TA, TB20, TA80, TC50, TC53, DD-T126, DD-P226, TC52; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc. models CT-301E/302B, CT- 311E/312B; and Seiko Epson Corporation models LVD-602, LVD-702, LVD- 802) and all other LCD TVs under 6" in screen size imported into the United States A-588-041: Synthetic Methionine; Mitsui -- lactet A-588-087: Portable Electric Typewriters: Smith Corona -- "later developed" typewriters -- preliminary issued 8/7/90 Tokyo Juki -- "office" typewriter models: Juki Seirra 4500, Sierra 3300, Sierra 3400, Sierra 3400C, Sierra 3500, Sierra 3500XL, Sierra Officewriter, Remington Rand 770, Remington Rand 775, Remington Rand 880, Avanti 1400, and Avanti 1500 Swintec/Nakajima -- "office" typewriter models: 8000, 8000SP, 8011, 8011SP, 8012, 8014S, 8014KSR, 8016, 8017, 1145CM, 1146CM, 1146CMA, 1146CMP, 1146CMSp, 1186CM, and 1186CMP Silver Reed/Silver Seiko -- "office" typewriter models: EX-200, EX- 300, EX-30 (85-EP), EX-32 (87-EP), EX-34 (89-EP), EX-36 (89-SP), EX- 42, EX-43, EX-44, EZ-30, and EZ-50 Matsushita -- "penwriter" typewriter models: X-Y Writer, RK-P200C, RK-P240, RK-P300, RK-P400, RK-P400C, and RK-P440 A-588-702: Stainless Steel Butt Weld Pipefittings: Benkan Corporation -- super clean pipe fittings -- preliminary issued 6/25/90 Imex, Inc. -- sanitary pipe fittings -- preliminary issued 6/25/90 A-588-806: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide; Sumitomo -- High-grade chemical manganese dioxide (CMD-U) A-588-810: Mechanical Transfer Presses; Aida Engineering -- spare and replacement parts Interested parties are invited to comment on the accuracy of the list of pending scope clarification requests. Any comments should be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade Administration, room B-099, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Dated: October 18, 1990. Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. [FR Doc. 90-25173 Filed 10-24-90; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M