Commerce Publishes Quarterly List of AD/CVD Scope and Circumvention Rulings
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 April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019:
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
Scope Rulings
A-351-849; A-580-890; A-201-848 and A-455-805: Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico and Poland
Requestor: Hankook Tire America Corp. SSBR-F3626A is not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty orders on Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico and Poland because SSBR-F3626A is not an emulsion-based rubber; it is a solution-based rubber (see 1904230019); April 17, 2019.
A-475-834: Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Italy
Requestor: Provident, LLC. Cold-rolled steel strip in coils used to produce “doctor blades” are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Italy because they are neither hot-rolled nor forged, and they are in coil form (see 1908200026); June 27, 2019.
A-570-875: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Webtec); Webtec’s branch pipe tee is outside the scope of the order because its branch pipe tee does not meet the ITC definition of pipe fittings. It is a functioning manifold in an assembly that regulates air flow to operate a railway car emergency braking system; thus, its branch pipe tee does not have the same physical characteristics as the products subject to the scope of the order; April 1, 2019.
A-570-064; C-570-065; A-533-877; C-533-878: Stainless Steel Flanges from the People’s Republic of China and India
Requestor: EN Corporation (ENC). ENC’s stainless steel flanges that are forged in China and India but finished in the Philippines are within the scope of the order, based on the plain language of the scope (see 1904110020); April 1, 2019.
A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: NEXTracker, Inc. NT Torque Tubes are not covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China because they are mechanical tubing which is excluded from the scope of these orders (see 1904120023); April 5, 2019.
A-570-900: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: Stanley Black and Decker Inc. (Stanley); finished polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tipped sawblades (part numbers: DWA3193PCD, DWA412PCD, 4935473, 4935624, 4935625) imported from China are outside the scope of the antidumping duty order (see 1904230024); April 18, 2019.
A-570-924: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: ACCO Brands USA LLC. Overhead transparencies with a paper strip that have been made from PET film and that have a roughened surface layer created by corona treatment, are covered by the scope of the order because the additional manufacturing process required to affix a strip of paper to the overhead transparency does not result in an article of commerce entirely different from the ACCO overhead transparency Commerce previously found to be within the scope of the order, nor does it mean that the product is no longer a sheet of PET film (see 1905060027); April 26, 2019.
A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: Kichler Lighting LLC. Fan and light downrods used to suspend lights and/or fans from a ceiling imported by Kichler are covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China (see 1905200031); May 16, 2019.
A-570-601: Tapered Roller Bearings from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: Bourgault Industries; Based on our analysis of the scope language of the order, the sources described in 19 CFR 351.225(k)(1), and the comments received, we determine that Bourgault’s coulter disc hubs are covered by the scope of the order (see 1906190030); June 3, 3019.
A-570-922 and C-570-923: Raw Flexible Magnets from the People’s Republic of China
Requestor: Magnetic Building Solutions’ (MBS); Printed magnetic underlays imported by MBS, identified by product codes 867102000402 (SKU MBU100R100), 867102000426 (SKU MBU100S004PS), and 867102000457 (SKU MBU050S004PS) are excluded from the scope of the orders, because they meet the printed magnet exclusion. Specifically, MBS’s underlays are permanently bonded to paper that consists of text and an image. The printed material constitutes a decorative motif and does not fall under any of the exceptions to the exclusion (see 1908120039); June 19, 2019.
A-580-874; A-557-816; A-523-808; A-583-854; A-552-818; C-552-819: Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Requestor: Magnum Tool Corporation; Steel to Wood roofing nails are covered by the scope of the Orders because the physical description and information provided by Magnum demonstrate the steel to wood roofing nails fall within the plain language of the scope of the Orders (see 1904120015); April 1, 2019.
Changed Circumstances Reviews With Scope Changes
A-580-891: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea
Requestor: six members of the domestic industry, including the petitioners from the underlying investigation (Nucor Corporation, Optimus Steel LLC (formerly, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc), Keystone Consolidates Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel). Grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from the Republic of Korea because producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have no further interest in the order with respect to grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod (see 1904050026); April 3, 2019.
A-412-826: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the United Kingdom
Requestor: six members of the domestic industry, including the petitioners from the underlying investigation (Nucor Corporation, Optimus Steel LLC (formerly, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc), Keystone Consolidates Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel). Grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from the United Kingdom because producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product have no further interest in the order with respect to grade 1078 and higher tire cord wire rod (see 1904050026); April 3, 2019.
(Federal Register 01/16/20)