61 FR 5533, February 13, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration 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 October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of [[Page 5534]] 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: February 13, 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, DC. 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 October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department intends to publish in April 1996 a notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between January 1, 1996, and March 31, 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 October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995 Country: Sweden A-401-040--Stainless Steel Plate Armco, Inc., G.O. Carlson, Allegheny Ludlum Corp., and Washington Steel Corp.--Stavax, Ramax, and 904 L when forged are within the scope of the order. 11/2/95. Country: Japan A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies Matsushita Communications Industrial Corporation of America and its related entities--the Matsushita EB-H70, EB-H705, EB-H7071, and EB- H7075 portable cellular telephones (PCTs) are outside the scope of the order. 10/24/95. A-588-702--Stainless-Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings Daido Steel Co., Ltd.--primet joint metal seal fittings and primet joint weld fittings produced by Daido are outside the scope of the order. 10/24/95. Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation (Benkan)--sleeves of clean vacuum couplings (CVCs) and super-clean microfittings (SCMs) manufactured by Benkan are outside the scope of the order. 10/24/95. A-588-809--Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts Thereof Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--certain dual use subassemblies (a caller ID trunk unit and a station interface circuit card) are outside the scope of the order. 11/3/95. II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1995, and December 31, 1995 Country: Japan A-588-602--Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings U.S. Fittings Group--Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether a producer of carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings in Japan is circumventing the antidumping duty order by shipping parts to Thailand for processing and importing the finished product into the United States. Negative final determination of circumvention published 11/27/ 95. III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995 Country: Canada A-122-823--Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate Sidbec-Dosco Inc., and Canberra Industries--Clarification to determine whether hot-rolled carbon steel plate containing little or no Cobalt 60 is within the scope of the order. Scope inquiry terminated on 11/6/95. Country: Japan A-588-029--Fishnetting of Man Made Fiber Trans-Pacific Trading, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether salmon gill fish netting of man-made fibers are within the scope of the order. Scope inquiry terminated on 11/6/95. A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies TDK Corporation of America--Clarification to determine whether duplexers, voltage control oscillators, and isolators are within the scope of the order. Scope inquiry terminated on 10/26/95. IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between October 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995 Country: Germany A-428-811--Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products Inland Steel Bar Company and USS Kolbe Steel Company-- Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether a producer of steel in Germany is circumventing the antidumping duty order by shipping leaded steel billets to its wholly-owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, hot- rolling the billets into bars and rods, and then exporting them to the United States. Anticircumvention inquiry terminated on 10/5/95. V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of December 31, 1995 Country: Mexico A-201-802--Gray Portland Cement and Cement Clinker Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V. and Mexcement, Inc.-- Clarification to determine whether masonry cement is within the scope of the order. 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 January 13, 1994. Tubacero International Corporation--Clarification to determine whether 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. 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 [[Page 5535]] 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: 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-351-817, 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: France A-427-078--Sugar Boiron-Borneman, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether manufactured homeopathic sugar pellets are within the scope of the finding. Country: Germany A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof Marquardt Switches--Clarification to determine whether certain medium carbon steel balls are within the scope of the order. 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, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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-588-405--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 [[Page 5536]] 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. VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of December 31, 1995 None. 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: February 5, 1996. Joseph A. Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance. [FR Doc. 96-3202 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P