Notice of Scope Rulings

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Notice of Scope Rulings

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries.

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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,

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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

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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]

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