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Federal Register: June 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 104)NoticesPage 29700-29702From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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 hereby publishes a list of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed by Import Administration

[Page 29701]between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998. In conjunction with this list, the Department of Commerce is also publishing a list of pending requests for scope clarifications and anticircumvention inquiries. We intend to publish future lists within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, 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 regulations of the Department of Commerce (the Department) (19 CFR 351.225 (o)) 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 by Import Administration, between January 1, 1998, and March 31, 1998, and pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The Department intends to publish in July 1998 a notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1998, and June 30, 1998, as well as pending scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests.

The following lists provide the country, case reference number, requester(s), a brief description of either the ruling or product subject to the request, and the date of rulings made.

Country

I. Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998

Canada.................................... A-122-823 Certain Cut-to- Length Carbon Steel Plate Petitioners--certain carbon steel plate with boron added is outside the scope of the order. 01/16/98.

People's Republic of China................ A-570-504 Petroleum Wax

Candles

American Drug Stores-- spherical candles with a ``wax veneer'' are outside the scope of the order. 03/ 16/98.

A-570-827 Certain Cased

Pencils

Creative Designs

International, Ltd.-- ``Naturally Pretty,'' a

young girl's 10 piece dress- up vanity set, including two 3-inch pencils, is outside the scope of the order. 02/09/98.

Republic of Korea......................... A-580-803 Small Business Telephone Systems

TT Systems Corporation (TT Systems)--the Model 4300 telephone system imported by TT Systems is within the scope of the order. 03/16/ 98.

Taiwan.................................... A-583-009 Color Television Receivers, Monchrome and Color

Coach Master International Corporation (CMI)--the Kitchen Coach Unit 8100

manufactured by Action Electronics and imported by CMI is within the scope of the order. 01/07/98. Japan..................................... A-588-028 Roller Chain,

Other Than Bicycle

Kaga Industries Co., Ltd. (Kaga)--Kaga's automotive timing chain (silent timing chain) which does not have rollers is outside the scope of the finding. 03/24/ 98.

A-588-405 Cellular Mobile Telephones and

Subassemblies

Matsushita Communication

Industrial Corporation of America--subscriber unit, model number HS600, is outside the scope of the order. 3/20/98.

NEC Corporation and NEC America Inc.,

(collectively, NEC)--NEC's NEPACS portable subscriber unit is outside the scope of the order. 3/5/98. A-588-824 Corrosion- Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products

Drive Automotive Industries of America, Inc.--steel

coils, imported by Drive Automotive, having a thickness of 0.8 mm and

width of 2000 mm,

electrolytically coated

with zinc are within the scope of the order. 02/24/ 98.

Russian Federation........................ A-821-803 Titanium Sponge Specialty Metallurgical Products Co., Inc.-- Titanium scrap fines are within the scope of the

order. 03/20/98.

II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998

None.

III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998

None.

IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1998 and March 31, 1998

None.

V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of March 31, 1998

Mexico.................................... A-201-805 Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Cierra Pipe, Inc.,--

Clarification to determine whether line pipe

``shorts,'' or ``old line pipe'' which has rusted and pitted after sitting in

storage, constitute line pipe of a kind used for oil and gas pipelines or is

pipe and tube covered by the order.

Sweden.................................... A-401-040 Stainless Steel Plate

Avesta Sheffield AB and Avesta Sheffield NAD, Inc.-- Clarification to determine whether stainless steel

slabs that are manufactured in Great Britain and rolled into hot bands in Sweden are within the scope of the order.

Finland................................... A-405-071 Viscose Rayon

Fiber

Kemira Fibres Oy--

Clarification to determine whether short-cut (LK) fiber and fire retardant (VISIL) fiber are within the scope of the order.

Germany................................... A-428-801 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), and Parts Thereof

FAG Aerospace &

Superprecision Bearings

GmbH--Clarification to determine whether certain aerospace bearings which have entered the United

States but have been returned to Germany for

repair or refurbishing, and which then reenter the United States, are within the scope of the order.

A-428-821 Large Newspaper Printing Presses from Germany

--Clarification to determine whether parts for reel tension pasters are within the scope of the order.

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Italy..................................... C-475-819 Certain Pasta

A-475-818 Joseph A. Sidari Company, Inc.--

Clarification to determine whether a shrink wrapped package containing six one- pound packages, each of

which would first be individually packaged in a cellophane wrapper (cello) with ``Not Labeled for Retail Sale'' written across the entire length of each of the individual packages on both sides, is within the scope of the

antidumping and

countervailing duty orders. People's Republic of China................ A-570-504 Petroleum Wax

Candles

Sun-It Corporation--

Clarification to determine whether taper candles containing oil of

citronella are within the scope of the order.

Ocean State Jobbers-- Clarification to determine whether taper candles consisting of a blend of petroleum wax and beeswax are within the scope of the order.

Polardreams Inc.--

Clarification to determine whether granular petroleum wax candle kits are within the scope of the order.

A-570-808 Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts

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.

Republic of Korea......................... A-580-601 Certain Stainless Steel Cooking Ware

C-580-802 Samuel Shapiro & Company--Clarification to determine whether certain stainless steel pasta and steamer inserts are within the scope of the order.

Japan..................................... A-588-804 Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings), and Parts Thereof

Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.-- Clarification to determine whether a cylindrical roller bearing, allegedly without a precision rating, for use as an axle bearing in cars and trucks is within the scope of the

order.

A-588-813 Light-Scattering Instruments and Parts Thereof

Thermo Capillary

Electrophoresis, Inc.--

Clarification to determine whether diode array

detectors and cell flow

units are within the scope of the order.

VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of March 31, 1998

Mexico.................................... A-201-805 Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., Sawhill Tubular Division of Tex-Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Products Co., Sharon Tube Co., Western Tube & Conduit Co.,

Wheatland Tube Co., and CSI Tubular Products, Inc. (Petitioners)--Anticircumve ntion inquiry to determine whether imports of (i) pipe certified to the American Petroleum Institute (API) 5L line pipe specifications (API 5L or line pipe) and (ii) pipe certified to both the API 5L line pipe specifications and the less stringent American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-53 standard pipe specifications (dual certified pipe), falling within the physical

dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, are

circumventing the

antidumping duty order.

United Kingdom............................ A-412-810 Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products C-412-811 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company (Petitioners)--

Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether British Steel PLC is circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets to the United States, where they are converted into the hot-

rolled carbon steel

products covered by the

order.

Germany................................... A-428-811 Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products C-429-812 Inland Steel Bar Company and USS/Kobe Steel Company (Petitioners)--

Anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Saarstahl A.G. and Thyssen Stahl A.G. are

circumventing the order by shipping leaded steel billets to the United States, where they are converted into the hot-

rolled carbon steel

products covered by the

order.

Italy..................................... A-475-818 Certain Pasta

Borden, Inc., Hershey Foods Corp., Gooch Foods, Inc., (Petitioners)--Anticircumve ntion inquiry to determine whether Barilla S.r.L. (Barilla) is importing pasta in the United States in bulk (defined as

packages of greater than five pounds) and

repackaging the pasta into packages of five pounds or less for sale in the retail market; and whether such repackaging constitutes

circumvention of the antidumping duty order.

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: May 26, 1998. Maria Harris Tildon, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

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