[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26257-26258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12143]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Scope Rulings
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable June 6, 2018.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) hereby publishes a list
of scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations made between
January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017, inclusive. We intend to publish
future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce 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 May 22,
2018.\2\ This current notice covers all scope rulings and
anticircumvention determinations made by Enforcement and Compliance
between January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017, inclusive. Three
additional subsequent lists will immediately follow to bring these
quarterly notices up to date.
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\1\ See 19 CFR 351.225(o).
\2\ See Notice of Scope Rulings, 83 FR 23634 (May 22, 2018).
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Scope Rulings Made Between January 1, 2017, and March 31, 2017
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
A-552-818 and C-552-819: Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam
Requestor: OMG, Inc; zinc anchors which are designed to attach
termination bars to concrete or masonry walls are within the scope of
the antidumping and countervailing duty orders; February 6, 2017.
People's Republic of China
A-570-901: Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: Blue Sky the Color of Imagination LLC.; eight styles of
office planners/calendars are not covered by the scope of the
antidumping order on certain lined paper products from the People's
Republic of China because the products meet exclusion criteria
contained in the scope for products generally known as ``office
planners'' and ``appointment books;'' March 23, 2017.
A-570-881: Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fitting From the People's Republic
of China
Requestor: Atkore Steel Components, Inc.; cast iron electrical
conduit articles are subject to the scope of the order on malleable
cast iron pipe fitting from the People's Republic of China; March 16,
2017.
A-570-020 and C-570-021: Melamine From the People's Republic of China
Requestor: JLS Chemical Inc.; certain melamine-based flame
retardant products (i.e., melamine cyanurate, melamine polyphosphate,
and ammonium-melamine-piperazine polyphosphate) are not subject to the
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orders on melamine from the People's Republic of China because the
melamine raw material used to create these compounds is not
intermingled or blended with other constituent chemicals but, rather,
chemically-reacted with the other feedstock resulting in different
products; February 22, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. (Keri Wood); Keri Wood's
two-layer wood flooring panel is not within the scope of the orders on
multilayered wood flooring from the PRC because it lacks the requisite
two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination with a core;
January 6, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Huzhou Zhanbang Industry Co., Ltd.; wood flooring
product of a two-layer construction composed of one layer or ply of
wood veneer in combination with a finger-jointed board is not covered
by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on
multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China because
it lacks the requisite two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in
combination with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Geenlong International Limited; wood flooring product of
a two-layer construction composed of one layer or ply of wood veneer in
combination with an Oriented Strand Board core is not covered by the
scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on multilayered
wood flooring from the People's Republic of China because it lacks the
requisite two or more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination
with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's
Republic of China
Requestors: Fusong Jinlong Wood Group Co., Ltd.; Fusong Qianqiu
Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; Dalian Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; and
Fusong Jinqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd.; wood flooring product composed
of a single thin solid wood layer glued to a single solid wood bottom
layer is not covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing
duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of
China because it lacks the requisite two or more layers or plies of
wood veneer in combination with a core; February 21, 2017.
A-570-970 and C-570-971: Multilayered Wood Flooring From People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Complete Flooring Supply Corporation; wood flooring
product composed of two or more outer plies of exotic wood species
laminated to a wooden core is covered by the scope of the antidumping
and countervailing duty orders on multilayered wood flooring from the
People's Republic of China because it contains the requisite two or
more layers or plies of wood veneer in combination with a core,
irrespective of wood species; March 31, 2017.
A-570-875: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Hydroflo Pumps USA, Inc. (Hydroflo Pumps); hydroflo
Pumps's oil tube adapters are outside the scope of the Order on Non-
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China
because they are not covered by the language of the scope. March 24,
2017.
A-570-922 and C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's
Republic of China
Requestor: Anna Griffin Inc. (Anna Griffin); Anna Griffin's
magnetic sheets for metal paper-cutting dies are outside the scope of
the order on flexible magnets from the PRC because they fall within the
exclusion to the scope of the order. This because the magnets in the
product are permanently bonded with paper that is printed with text and
decorative motifs; March 13, 2017.
A-570-860: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From China
Requestor: Southern Wire Co., LLC.; epoxy coated rebar is not
subject to the scope of the order on steel concrete reinforcing bars
from the People's Republic of China because the rebar has been further
processed through coating; March 2, 2017.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of
this list of completed scope inquiries. Any comments should be
submitted to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, APO/Dockets Unit, Room 18022, Washington, DC
20230.
This notice is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).
Dated: May 31, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2018-12143 Filed 6-5-18; 8:45 am]
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