Commerce Publishes Quarterly List of AD/CVD Scope and Circumvention Rulings
The Commerce Department on Feb. 8 released 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, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021:
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Scope Rulings
A-580-809: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea
Requestor: Mando America Corporation. Twenty-one base shells are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Korea because they are mechanical tubing or are cold drawn; Nov. 19, 2021 (see 2111300054).
A-201-805: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico
Requestor: Mando America Corporation. Twenty-one base shells are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico because they are mechanical tubing or are cold drawn; Nov. 19, 2021 (see 2111300054).
A-570-909: Certain Steel Nails from China
Requestor: Roy G. Evans Co., Inc., dba EVCO. The stock keeping unit (SKU) number NP100S steel mobile home skirting spikes and the steel mobile home skirting spikes found within the SKU KNP100S mobile home skirting kit are covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from China because the physical characteristics of the products in question fell under the description listed in the scope language; Nov. 5, 2021 (see 2111080035).
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
Requestor: Jimco Lamp & Manufacturing Co. Six chests are not covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China because they are accent furniture rather than wooden bedroom furniture; Dec. 3, 2021 (see 2112170054).
A-570-117 and C-570-118: Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China
Requestor: Boise Cascade Company. Solid sawn wood planking imported by Boise Cascade is not covered by the scopes of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wood mouldings and millwork products from because the product is an exterior siding product which is not laminated veneer lumber (LVL) or finger-jointed; Dec. 14, 2021 (See 2112220058).
A-570-117 and C-570-118: Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China
Requestor: Global Product Sourcing LLC. Exterior siding products/solid sawn wood planks are not covered by the scopes of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wood mouldings and millwork products from China because the products are not LVL and are not finger-jointed; Dec. 15, 2021 (See 2112220058).
A-570-124 and C-570-125: Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof (Small Vertical Engines), from China
Requestor: FNA Group, Inc (FNA). FNA’s dual-piston engines are not covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on small vertical engines from China because the plain language of the scope only covers “single-cylinder” engines; Dec. 27, 2021 (see 2201270051).
A-570-073 and C-570-074: Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from China
Requestor: Valeo Group and its affiliates. The T-series aluminum sheet imported by Valeo Group and its affiliates is covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China because it is a flat aluminum product having a thickness of 6.3 mm or less, but greater than 0.2 mm, is a multi-alloy, clad aluminum sheet produced from a 3XXX-series core. Commerce found that an unregistered alloy (i.e., a proprietary alloy) is still covered by the scope of the orders if it corresponds to one of the onedigit alloy series identified in the scope language, i.e., series 1XXX, 3XXX, or 5XXX; Oct. 15, 2021 (see 2110200017).
Anti-Circumvention Rulings
A–351–842: Certain Uncoated Paper from Brazil
Requestors: Domtar Corporation; Packaging Corporation of America; North Pacific Paper Company; Finch Paper LLC; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. Certain uncoated paper rolls that are commonly, but not exclusively, known as “sheeter rolls” from Brazil that are further processed in the United States into individual sheets of uncoated paper are subject to the order (i.e., paper that weighs at least 40 grams per square meter but not more than 150 grams per square meter; and that either is a white paper with a GE brightness level of 83 +/-1% or higher or is a colored paper (as defined in the scope of the order)). The uncoated paper rolls covered by the order are converted into sheets of uncoated paper using specialized cutting machinery prior to printing, and are typically, but not exclusively, between 52 and 103 inches wide and 50 inches in diameter. These uncoated paper rolls are classified under HTSUS category 4802.55; Dec. 14, 2021 (see 2112140028).
A-570-943 and C-570-944: Oil Country Tubular Goods from China
Requestor: Self-initiated. Imports of welded oil country tubular goods completed in Brunei or the Philippines using inputs manufactured in China are circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on welded oil country tubular goods from China; Nov. 26, 2021 (see 2111240039).
A–570–022 and C–570–023: Certain Uncoated Paper from China
Requestors: Domtar Corporation; Packaging Corporation of America; North Pacific Paper Company; Finch Paper LLC; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. Certain uncoated paper rolls that are commonly, but not exclusively, known as “sheeter rolls” from China that are further processed in the United States into individual sheets of uncoated paper are subject to the order (i.e., paper that weighs at least 40 grams per square meter but not more than 150 grams per square meter; and that either is a white paper with a GE brightness level of 83 +/-1% or higher or is a colored paper (as defined in the scope of the order)). The uncoated paper rolls covered by the order are converted into sheets of uncoated paper using specialized cutting machinery prior to printing, and are typically, but not exclusively, between 52 and 103 inches wide and 50 inches in diameter. These uncoated paper rolls are classified under HTSUS category 4802.55; Dec. 14, 2021 (see 2112140028).
A–560–828 and C–560–829: Certain Uncoated Paper from Indonesia
Requestors: Domtar Corporation; Packaging Corporation of America; North Pacific Paper Company; Finch Paper LLC; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. Certain uncoated paper rolls that are commonly, but not exclusively, known as “sheeter rolls” from Indonesia that are further processed in the United States into individual sheets of uncoated paper are subject to the order (i.e., paper that weighs at least 40 grams per square meter but not more than 150 grams per square meter; and that either is a white paper with a GE brightness level of 83 +/-1% or higher or is a colored paper (as defined in the scope of the order)). The uncoated paper rolls covered by the order are converted into sheets of uncoated paper using specialized cutting machinery prior to printing, and are typically, but not exclusively, between 52 and 103 inches wide and 50 inches in diameter. These uncoated paper rolls are classified under HTSUS category 4802.55; Dec. 14, 2021 (see 2112140028).