59 FR 54888, November 2, 1994 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration, Commerce Notice of Scope Rulings AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of pending requests for scope clarifications and anticircumvention inquiries. The Department intends to publish future lists within 30 days of the end of each quarter. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 1994. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason R. Field or Wendy J. Frankel, Office of Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5222/5253. Background The Department's regulations (19 CFR 352.29(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. This notice lists scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department intends to publish in October 1994 a notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994, as well as pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. 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. I. Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994 Country: People's Republic of China A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles A.J. Cohen--Set 155 holiday taper wax candles are within the scope of the order, and Set 154 holiday taper wax candles are outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Kole Imports--Certain holiday taper wax candles are outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Country: Brazil A-351-603: Brass Sheet and Strip Eluma International Inc.--Certain brass circles are outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Country: Japan A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Electronic Models MT109 and MT119 Portable Cellular Telephones are outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Antel Communications Corporation and Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.--Sanyo Model CMP 351 portable cellular telephone and Antel Model STR 1600 portable cellular telephone are outside the scope of the order. Signed 5/4/94. Toyocom U.S.A. Inc.--Temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs) and High Frequency Crystal Mechanical filters (HCM filters) are outside the scope of the order. Signed 5/27/94. A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Router models 3621 and 3621A are outside the scope of the order. Signed 4/12/94. Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Planner model 1912B is outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Country: Germany A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof SKF--Certain textile machinery components are outside the scope of the order. Signed 6/6/94. Country: Taiwan A-570-808: Lug Nuts Consolidated International--Certain hex size lug nuts are within the scope of the order. Signed 4/19/94. II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994 None. III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994 Country: People's Republic of China A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles E & G Company--Clarification to determine whether certain musical holiday wax candles are within the scope of the order. Terminated 4/29/ 94. Country: Japan A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools Makita Inc., Makita, U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether a bench top tile saw is within the scope of the order. Terminated 4/19/ 94. IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between April 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994 Country: Japan A-588-807: Industrial Belts and Components BRECOFLEX Corp.--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether the order is being circumvented by the processing of Japanese belting into belts in Mexico before importation into the United States. Terminated 5/6/94. V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of June 30, 1994 Country: Mexico A-201-805: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.-- Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on 1/13/94. Country: Brazil A-351-809: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.-- Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on 1/13/94. A-351-503: Iron Construction Castings Southland Marketing--Clarification to determine whether certain cast iron grates and frames are within the scope of the order. Country: People's Republic of China A-570-001: Potassium Permanganate Aerostat Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain plastic ignitor spheres are within the scope of the order. A-570-504: Candles Two's Company--Clarification to determine whether certain decorated pillar candles and red and gold angel taper candles are within the scope of the order. West Coast Liquidators--Clarification to determine whether certain holiday object candles and certain holiday figurine tapers are within the scope of the order. Star Merchandise--Clarification to determine whether certain wax- filled containers are within the scope of the order. Scentex, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether Earth Scents brand potpourri candle is within the scope of the order. Success Sales--Clarification to determine whether certain holiday pillar candles are within the scope of the order. A-570-502: Iron Construction Castings Jack's International--Clarification to determine whether certain cast iron area drains are within the scope of the order. Country: Korea A-580-809: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.-- Clarification to determine whether pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on 1/13/94. Country: Venezuela A-307-805: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Self-initiation. Clarification to determine wither pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), when intended for use as standard pipe or when actually used as standard pipe, is within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary scope ruling issued on 1/13/94. Country: Japan A-588-802: 3\1/2\'' Microdisks TDK Inc., TDK Electronics Co.--Clarification to determine whether certain web roll media are within the scope of the order. A-5588-014: Tuners Alpine Electronics--Clarification to determine whether certain car radio/stereo and/or replacement parts, comprised of four subassemblies and their components, are within the scope of the finding. Fujitsu Ten Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether certain ``front end'' components of car tuners are within the scope of the finding. A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., and its related entities--Clarification to determine whether certain portable telephones, subassemblies, and components thereof are within the scope of the order (five products). Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether model 2000 cellular mobile telephone is within the scope of the order. TDK Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether Duplexers, Voltage Control Oscillators, and Isolators are within the scope of the order. JRC International--Clarification to determine whether model PTR-830 portable cellular telephone is within the scope of the order. A-588-823: Professional Electric Cutting Tools Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Wood Surfacer model LP1812C is within the scope of the order. A-588-604: Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof Koyo Seiko--Clarification to determine whether certain forgings are within the scope of the order. Affirmative preliminary ruling issued on 2/28/94. A-588-814: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Filim Kimoto U.S.A. Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain Anti-Static Clear Film is within the scope of the order. Tektronix Inc., Tektronix Asia--Clarification to determine whether overhead projection film model 4681 and model 4684 are within the scope of the order. A-588-055: Acrylic Sheet Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether acrylic sheet with light scattering properties is within the scope of the order. Country: Argentina C-357-803: Leather Petitioners--Clarification to determine whether upper bovine leather without hair on, not whole, prepared after tanning its within the scope of the countervailing duty order. County: Sweden A-401-040: Stainless Steel Plate Armco, Inc., G.O. Carlson, Allegheny Ludlum Corp., and Washington Steel Corp.--Clarification to determine whether Stavax, Ramax, and 904L are within the scope of the finding. Avesta Sheffield--Clarification to determine whether stainless steel ``hot bands'' are within the scope of the finding. Country: Germany A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof Rotek--Clarification to determine whether certain ``slewing rings'' are within the scope of the order. Kaydon--Clarification to determine whether certain ``slewing rings'' are within the scope of the order. Consolidated Saw Mill International (CSMI) Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain Cambio bearings contained in its sawmill debarker are within the scope of the order. VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiry Requests as of June 30, 1994 Country: Mexico A-201-806: Steel Wire Rope Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Specialty Cable Manufacturers--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether a producer of steel wire rope in Mexico is circumventing the antidumping order by importing steel wire strand into the United States where it is wound into steel wire rope. VII. Correction to Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1994, and March 31, 1994 Country: Japan A-588-405: Cellular Mobile Telephone and Subassemblies Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc.--Model CM-H333 and subassemblies thereof are outside the scope of the order. Signed 1/28/ 94. 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, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Dated: October 17, 1994. Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. [FR Doc. 94-27063 Filed 11-1-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M