Commerce Publishes Quarterly List of AD/CVD Scope and Circumvention Rulings
The Commerce Department on Feb. 3 published its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anti-circumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope rulings for the period Oct. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022:
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Scope Rulings
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From China
Requestor: Central Purchasing dba Harbor Freight Tools; Three models of aluminum pair ramps are not covered by the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum extrusions from China because they satisfy the requirements for the finished merchandise exclusion (see 2212060058); Oct. 31, 2022.
A-570-979 and C-570-980: Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From China
Requestor: RNG International; Off-grid 100-watt solar panels with regular monocrystalline solar cells (model numbers RNG-KIT-STCS100D-NC, RNG-KIT-STCS100D[1]VOY20, RNG-100D-SS, and RNG-100DB-H) and off-grid 50-watt solar panels (model numbers RNG-50D-SS and RKIT50DST) imported by RNG from China are not within the scope of the AD/CVD orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China because the orders' scope language is dispositive that the products subject to the request are not within the scope of the orders; Nov. 7, 2022.
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From China
Requestor: Carbon, Inc.; One cassette cart is not covered by the AD order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China because the cart lacks a projecting edge or toeplate capable of sliding under a load for the purposes of lifting and/or moving the load: Dec. 20, 2022.
A-570-124 and C-570-125: Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof, From China
Requestor: Briggs and Stratton; Modified vertical shaft engines, such as the modified R210-S engine manufactured by Chongqing Rato Technology Co., Ltd., fall within the scope of the AD/CVD orders on certain vertical shaft engines between 99cc and Up To 225cc, and parts thereof, from China because these engines have a vertical power take off shaft and otherwise meet the description of in-scope merchandise (see 2301040060); Dec. 22, 2022.
A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From China
Requestor: Dorman Products; Preliminary scope ruling that eight models of rear loaded knuckles that Dorman imports from China are not covered by the scope of the AD order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from China based on the criteria set forth under 19 CFR 351.225(k)(3); Oct. 21, 2022.
A-570-082 and C-570-083: Certain Steel Wheels From China
Requestor: Asia Wheel; Preliminary scope ruling that the truck wheels manufactured by Asia Wheel in Thailand using Chinese-origin discs and rims manufactured in Thailand from Chinese-origin (or another foreign country) steel sheet plates are subject to the scope of the AD/CVD orders on certain steel wheels from China (see 2212200021); Dec. 13, 2022.
Anti-Circumvention Rulings
A-570-124 and C-570-125: Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof, From China: 60cc Up to 99cc Engines
Requestor: Briggs & Stratton; Final circumvention ruling that vertical shaft engines with displacements between 60cc and up to 99cc produced in China and exported to the United States are circumventing the AD/CVD orders on small vertical engines from China by means of being merchandise “altered in form or appearance in minor respects” (see 2212150058); Dec. 16, 2022.