59 FR 60608, November 25, 1994 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Notice of Scope Rulings AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of 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 July 1, 1994, and September 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 25, 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, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 5222/5253. Background 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. This notice lists scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department intends to publish in January 1995 a notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between October 1, 1994, and December 31, 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 July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994 Country: Sweden A-401-040: Stainless Steel Plate Avesta Sheffield--Stainless steel ``hot bands'' are within the scope of the finding. Signed September 6, 1994. Country: People's Republic of China A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles West Coast Liquidators--Certain holiday object candles and certain holiday figurine tapers are not within the scope of the order. Signed July 27, 1994. Star Merchandise--Citronella wax-filled container models HFT709, HFT801, HFT819, HFT821, HFT822, HFT823, HFT824, and HFT825, are outside the scope of the order. Wax-filled container models HFT704, HFT705, HFT707, HFT828, HFT829, HFX915, HFT846, HFT847, and HFT848, are outside the scope of the order. Wax-filled container models HFT842, HFT843, HFT844, HFT845, HFT702, HFT703, and HFT814, are within the scope of the order. Signed July 27, 1994. Success Sales--Model SS-40425 ``Holiday Pillar Candles'' are not within the scope of the order. Signed July 27, 1994. II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994 None. III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994 Country: People's Republic of China A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles Scentex, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether Earth Scents brand potpourri candle is within the scope of the order. Terminated September 7, 1994. IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1994 None. V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of September 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 Production 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 January 13, 1994. 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: Petroleum Wax 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. Lew-Mark Baking Co.--Clarification to determine whether a pansy candle tin is within the scope of the order. Springwater Cookie and Confections--Clarification to determine whether certain feather twist 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. A-570-808: Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts 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 January 13, 1994. A-580-811: Steel Wire Rope TSK Korea and Hi-Lex Corp.--Clarification to determine whether certain motion control cables are within the scope of the order. 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-588-014: 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-588-045: 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 personal cellular telephone model PTR-830 is within the scope of the order. JRC International--Clarification to determine whether personal cellular telephone model PTR-829 is within the scope of the order. NEC Corporation and NEC America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether personal cellular telephone models MP5A1D1 and MP5A1D2 are 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. Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Electronic Jig Saw model 4304 is within the scope of the order. Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Planer-Jointer model 2030SC is within the scope of the order. Makita Inc., Makita U.S.A.--Clarification to determine whether Chain Morticer model 7104L is 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. 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 February 28, 1994. A-588-814: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film 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. Country: Venezuela A-307-805: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Self-initiation. 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 January 13, 1994. Country: Argentina C-357-803: Leather Petitioners--Clarification to determine whether upper bovine leather without hair on, not whole, prepared after tanning is within the scope of the countervailing duty order. Country: 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. Country: Germany A-428-801: Antifriction Bearings (other than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof Rotek--Clarifiction 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. Marquart Switches--Clarification to determine whether certain steel balls are within the scope of the order. Country: Taiwan A-583-810: Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts are within the scope of the order. A-583-603: Stainless Steel Cookware Max Burton Enterprises, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether the Max Burton StoveTop Smoker is within the scope of the order. A-583-508: Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware Blair Corp.--Clarification to determine whether product number 271911 eight-quart stock pot and product number 271921 twelve-quart stock pot are within the scope of the order. Blair Corp.--Clarification to determine whether product number 1001 seven piece cookware set is within the scope of the order. VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiry Requests as of September 30, 1994 Country: Mexico A-201-806: Steel Wire Rope Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope and Speciality 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. Affirmative preliminary determination of circumvention published June 3, 1994. 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: November 10, 1994. Roland L. MacDonald, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. [FR Doc. 94-28959 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M