[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6165-6166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02229]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Scope Rulings
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: February 3, 2014.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') hereby publishes a
list of scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations made between
July 1, 2013, and September 30, 2013. We intend to publish future lists
after the close of the next calendar quarter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Waters, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:;
Background
The Department's regulations provide that the Secretary will
publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly
basis.\1\ Our most recent notification of scope rulings was published
on September 27, 2013.\2\ This current notice covers all scope rulings
and anticircumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance
between July 1, 2013, and September 30, 2013, inclusive. As described
below, subsequent lists will follow after the close of each calendar
quarter.
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\1\ See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
\2\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 78 FR 59653 (September 27,
2013).
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Scope Rulings Made Between July 1, 2013, and September 30, 2013
Italy
A-475-818 and C-475-819: Certain Pasta From Italy
Requestor: Valdigrano di Flavio Pagani S.r.L (Valdigrano);
Valdigrano's product made from dough that contains 2.5 percent egg
white, by weight, is within the scope of the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders because Valigrano's product contains less
than two percent egg white content; July 18, 2013.
A-475-703: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy
Requestor: Industrial Plastics and Machine, Inc.; certain granular
polytetrafluoroethylene resin products that are processed in Italy
using raw unfilled granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Russia
or the People's Republic of China, and in some cases also processed
using glass fiber from Japan, are outside the scope of the antidumping
duty order because record evidence indicates that these products do not
undergo substantial transformation in Italy; July 17, 2013.
People's Republic of China
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic
of China
Requestor: Port-A-Cool LLC.; Port-A-Cool's Cyclone-model-specific
louver assemblies are outside the scope of the order because the
louvers in question, as imported, each contain all of the components of
a louver (including non-aluminum extrusion parts) permanently
assembled, completed, and ready for use. Moreover, the louvers are a
complementary finished product that work in conjunction with the
Cyclone air cooling system to direct airflow, but are not essential to
the air cooling system itself; September 9, 2013.
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic
of China
Requestor: Law St. Enterprises, LLC.; its disappearing screens are
within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders
because they are composed of covered aluminum extrusions and further do
not meet the exclusion for finished goods kits because they do not
enter the United States as a packaged combination of parts to fully
assemble a disappearing screen; September 12, 2013.
A-570-909: Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China
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Requestor: Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd.; zinc anchors are within the
scope of the antidumping duty order under k(1) because the record
reflects that the International Trade Commission included zinc anchors
as an example of the product covered by the original investigation;
September 19, 2013.
A-570-979 and C-570-980: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of
China
Requestor: OYAMA Life Impact Energy Co. Ltd.; solar cells in the
OY340-XA Hybrid Solar Tablet Charger are within the scope of the
antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders because the device does
not meet the requirements of the exclusionary language in the scope;
July 24, 2013.
A-570-866: Folding Gift Boxes From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: Procter & Gamble Inc.; Gucci brand gift boxes are not
within the scope of the antidumping duty order as they meet the
thickness exclusion language; August 19, 2013.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Welcom Products; the MC2 Elite Magna Cart is not within
the scope of the antidumping duty order because it is indistinguishable
from the MC2 Magna Cart that had been previously found outside the
order; September 4, 2013.
A-570-822: Helical Spring Lock Washers From the People's Republic of
China
Requestor: United Steel and Fasteners, Inc.; AREMA washers imported
by United Steel and Fasteners, Inc. are within the scope of antidumping
duty order because the design of the AREMA washers facilitates the same
functionality characteristics of helical spring lock washers as
described by the scope of the order; July 10, 2013.
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: Jay Import Company, Inc.; The goat candle is not within
the scope of the antidumping duty order (``Order'') because it is
shaped like an animal and thus, meets the exclusion for figurine
candles, while the four cherub candles are within the scope of the
Order, because the only candle exclusions are for birthday or birthday
numeral, figurine and utility candles, and these are not birthday
numeral, figurine, or utility candles as determined by the Department
of Commerce; August 27, 2013.
A-570-964: Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Luvata Tube (Zhongshan) Ltd.; Certain Luvata's Unilloy
tubes (by model number) are outside the scope of the PRC seamless pipe
order because the nickel content of Unilloy tubes exceeds the
limitations established by the definition of refined copper; September
16, 2013.
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of
China
Requester: Whitmor Inc.; space-saving lingerie and accessory
hangers are outside the scope of the antidumping duty order because
they are manufactured and used in manners distinct from subject
merchandise. Specifically, these hangers are intended for use in the
home and are not sold to dry cleaners, laundries, uniform rental
services, or similar industrial operations. Moreover, the Department
previously has found that hangers with unique designs similar to
Whitmor Hangers renders them distinguishable in use from ``in-scope
merchandise'' which is used for industrial laundries, uniform rental
companies, dry cleaners, or to be taken away with garments from stores
as described in the Petition;\3\ August 20, 2013.
\3\ See Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on
Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China,
dated July 31, 2007 (``Petition''), at 14.
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A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: Dorel Home Products Group; Imagination Junior Loft Beds
(fire truck and princess castle) are within the scope of the
antidumping duty order because they are beds made substantially of
wood; July 22, 2013.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, Inc.; modular room
dividers are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order because
they are similar to bookcases or wall unit systems which are excluded
from the scope; August 29, 2013.
The Russian Federation
A-821-811: Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian
Federation
Requestor: KCKK Mineral Fertilizer Plant, OJSC, part of the
Uralchem, OJSC group of companies; a fertilizer product identified as
NS 30:7 is covered by the antidumping duty order on solid fertilizer
grade ammonium nitrate from the Russian Federation because it meets the
physical characteristics of the merchandise subject to the order;
August 6, 2013 (final).
Anticircumvention Determinations Made Between July 1, 2013, and
September 30, 2013:
People's Republic of China
A-570-929: Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co.; Imports from
the People's Republic of China (PRC) of graphite electrodes, produced
and/or exported by Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd. and Jilin Carbon
Import & Export Company, with an actual or nominal diameter of 17
inches, and otherwise meeting the description of in-scope merchandise,
constitute merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor
respects that it should be included within the scope of the order;
September 16, 2013.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of
this list of completed scope and anticircumvention inquiries. Any
comments should be submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/
CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., APO/Dockets
Unit, Room 1870, Washington, DC 20230.
This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-02229 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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