Commerce Lists Recently Completed, Pending AD/CVD Scope Rulings, Etc.
The Commerce Department issued its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anticircumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope and anticircumvention rulings for the period July 1, 2013, through Sept. 30, 2013:
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Scope Rulings
Italy
A-475-818/C-475-819: Certain Pasta from Italy
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 2 percent egg white content; July 18, 2013.
A-475-703: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy
Industrial Plastics and Machine, Inc; certain granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin products that are processed in Italy using raw unfilled granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Russia or 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.
China
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions from China
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; Sept. 9, 2013.
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions from China
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; Sept. 12, 2013.
A-570-909: Certain Steel Nails from China
Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd.; zinc anchors are within the scope of the antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.225(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; Sept.19, 2013.
A-570-979 and C-570-980: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From China
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 China
Procter & Gamble Inc.; Gucci brand gift boxes are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order as they meet the thickness exclusion language; Aug. 19, 2013.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from China
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 been found outside the order; Sept. 4, 2013.
A-570-822: Helical Spring Lock Washers from China
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 China
Jay Import Company Inc.; The goat candle is not within the scope of the antidumping duty 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; Aug. 27, 2013.
A-570-964: Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from China
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; Sept. 16, 2013.
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from China
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; Aug. 20, 2013.
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
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 China
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; Aug. 29, 2013.
Russia
A-821-811: Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation
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; Aug. 6, 2013.
Anticircumvention Determinations
China
A-570-929: Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from China
SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co.; Imports from China 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; Sept. 16, 2013.
(Federal Register 02/03/14)