61 FR 18381, April 25, 1996 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 January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996. 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: April 25, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, 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- 4793. 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 January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department intends to publish in July 1996 a notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1996, and June 30, 1996, 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 January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996 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.--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) is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96 Country: Germany A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings Marquardt Switches--Medium carbon steel balls imported by Marquardt are outside the scope of the order. 03/21/96 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.--Pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line specification (dual- certified pipe), is not within the scope of the order. 03/14/96 Country: Mexico A-201-802--Gray-Portland Cement and Cement Clinker Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V. and Mexcement, Inc.--Masonry cement is not within the scope of the order. 1/18/96 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.--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), is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96 Tubacero International Corporation--Circular welded carbon steel piping, 16 inches in outside diameter with 3/8 inch wall thickness, for use in extremely heavy load bearing applications, is within the scope of the order. 03/26/96 Country: Venezuela A-307-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Self Initiation--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), are outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96 II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996 None. III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and MARCH 31, 1996: Country: France A-427-078--Sugar Boiron-Borneman, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether manufactured homeopathic sugar pellets are within the scope of the finding. Scope inquiry terminated on 03/12/96 IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996 None. V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of March 31, 1996 Country: Brazil A-351-817, C-351-818--Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate Wirth Limited--Clarification to determine whether profile slabs produced by Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao and imported by Wirth Limited are within the scope of the order. Country: Germany A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof Enkotec Company, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether the ``main bearings'' imported for incorporation into Enkotec Rotary Nail Machines are slewing rings and, therefore, outside the scope of the order. Country: Turkey A-489-501--Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Wheatland Tube Company, Laclede Steel Company, Sharon Tube Company, and Sawhill Tubular Division of Armco, [[Page 18382]] Inc.--Clarification to determine whether pipe and tube which meets the order's physical specifications, when intended for or actually used as standard pipe and tube, is included within the scope of the order. Country: Singapore A-559-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or cushion assembly unit or bearing assembly) is within the scope of the order. Country: People's Republic of China A-570-504--Petroleum Wax Candles Mervyn's--Clarification to determine whether a candle, article no. 20172, in the shape of a cube is within the scope of the order. Enesco Corporation--Clarification to determine whether 10 styles of candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the order. Midwest of Cannon Falls--Clarification to determine whether 7 styles of candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the order. Morris Friedman & Co.--Clarification to determine whether a candle in a galvanized steel bucket and a candle in a glass container 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. Wheel Plus, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether imported zinc- plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United States are within the scope of the order. A-570-820--Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks (CDIW) Fittings and Glands Star Pipe Products, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether ``retainer glands'' are within the scope of the order. A-570-822--Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs) Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works (SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs which are imported to the U.S. in an uncut, coil form 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-583-820--Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs) Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works (SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs imported into the U.S. in an uncut, coil form are within the scope of the order. Country: Japan A-588-055--Acrylic Sheet from Japan Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether Sumielec, an acrylic based antistatic material, is within the scope of the order. A-588-056--Melamine Taiyo America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether melamine with special physical characteristics (100% of the particles are smaller than 10 microns) are within the scope of the order. A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation and related entities--Clarification to determine whether Panasonic portable cellular telephone (PCT) hands-free device, model number EB-HF7002, is within the scope of the order. A-588-702--Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation--Clarification to determine whether the superclean fittings (SCFs) manufactured by Benkan UCT are within the scope of the order. 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-588-804--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), and Parts Thereof Dana Corporation--Clarification to determine whether an automotive component known variously as a center bracket assembly, center bearing assembly, support bracket, or shaft support bearing, is within the scope of the order. Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or cushion assembly unit or center bearing assembly) is within the scope of the order. A-588-807--Industrial Belts and Components and Parts Thereof, Whether Cured or Uncured Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc. (HPE)--Clarification to determine whether certain belts HPE imports from Japan for use in manufacturing lawn tractors and riding lawn mowers are within the scope of the order. A-588-809--Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts Thereof Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--Clarification to determine whether certain dual use subassemblies (central processing units and read-only-memory units) are within the scope of the order. A-588-810--Mechanical Transfer Presses Komatsu Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether certain mechanical transfer press parts exported from Japan are within the scope of the order. A-588-815--Gray Portland Cement and Clinker Surecrete, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether New Super Fine Cement manufactured by Nittetsu Cement Co., Ltd., is within the scope of the order. A-588-824--Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products Drive Automotive Industries--Clarification to determine whether 2000 millimeter wide, made to order, corrosion resistant carbon steel coils are within the scope of the order. VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of March 31, 1996 Country: Korea A-580-008--Color Television Receivers from Korea International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the International Union of Electronic Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers, and the Industrial Union Department (the Unions)--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Samsung Electronics Co., L.G. Electronics Inc., and Daewoo Electronics Co., are circumventing the order by shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes, printed circuit boards, color television kits, chassis, and other materials, parts and components to plants operated by related parties in Mexico where the parts are then assembled in CTVs and shipped to the U.S. Additionally, an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Samsung is circumventing the order by shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes and other CTV parts to a related party in Thailand for assembly into complete CTVs prior to exportation to the U.S. Interested parties are invited to comment on the accuracy of the list of [[Page 18383]] 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Dated: April 17, 1996. Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. [FR Doc. 96-10108 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P