Commerce Lists Recently Completed 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 Jan. 1, 2014, through March 31, 2014:
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Scope Rulings
Japan
A-588-857: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe from Japan
TransCanada Pipelines Limited; certain welded large diameter line pipe that is processed to meet CSA grade 550 pipe having an outside diameter of 48 inches up to and including 52 inches and a wall thickness of 0.90 inches or more, is not subject to the scope of the antidumping duty order because record evidence indicates that these products are comparable to API grade X80, which is expressly excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty order; March 24 (see 14032601).
China
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From China
Aluwind Inc.; Aluwind Inc.’s gallery assemblies for wind turbines are finished goods and are not covered by the orders; March 27 (see 14040103).
A-570-967 and C-570-968: Aluminum Extrusions From China
Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Industry Engineering Co., Ltd., (Yuanda); Yuanda’s curtain wall units that are produced and imported pursuant to a contract to supply a curtain wall are within the scope of the orders because the language of the scope specifically provides that subject aluminum extrusions may be described at the time of importation as parts for final products (including curtain walls) that are assembled after importation, and curtain wall units that are produced and imported pursuant to a contract to supply a curtain wall fall short of the final finished curtain wall that envelops an entire building; March 27 (see 14033128).
A-570-912 and C-570-913: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from China
China Manufacturers Alliance (“CMA”);CMA’s on-road high-speed tires for mobile cranes with the REM-8 pattern are outside the scope of the order because the scope is not intended to include tires designed for high-speed mobile cranes designed for on-highway use, and thus excludes CMA’s on-road mobile crane tires designed for high-speed use; March 19.
A-570-943 and C-570-944: Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from China
Requestors: United States Steel Corporation, TMK IPSCO, Wheatland Tube Company, Boomerang Tube LLC, and V&M Star L.P.; seamless unfinished oil country tubular goods manufactured in China and finished in countries other than the United States and China (i.e., third countries) is within the scope of the order where the finishing consists of heat treatment by quenching and tempering, upsetting and threading (with integral joint), or threading and coupling; and the products are made to the following specifications and grades: API specification 5CT, grades P-110, T-95 and Q-125; Feb. 7 (see 14021124).
A-570-910 and C-570-911: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from China
Cintube Ltd.; Cintube’s 45° and 90° bend pipes, which are Chinese-origin pipes further processed and heat treated in Canada to create bends at various angles, are not covered by the scopes of the AD and CVD orders because they are pipe fittings, which consist of additional distinguishing physical characteristics not contemplated by the scope of the orders; Feb. 20 (see 14022604).
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from China
The Harp Shoppe; the Harp Trolley is not subject to the scope of the antidumping duty order because it lacks a required vertical frame; Feb. 18 (see 14022134).
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from China
Gaither Tool Company, Inc.; the Winntec HD Y471147 tire and wheel cart is not subject to the antidumping duty order because it lacks a required horizontal projecting edge or edges or toe plate at or near the lower section of the frame; March 25 (see 14040101).
A-570-891: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from China
Sperian Eye and Face Protection, Inc., a subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc.; carts for mobile eyewash stations are not subject to the antidumping duty order because they lack a required horizontal projecting edge or edges or toe plate at or near the lower section of the frame; March 31 (see 14040216).
A-570-504: Petroleum Wax Candles from China
HSE USA, Inc.; HSE’s set of 10 candles are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order because they meet the definition for utility candles using the criteria set forth in 19 CFR 351.225(k)(2); Jan. 29 (see 14013102).
A-570-979 and C-570-980: Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from China
NVT LLC (d/b/a SunEdison); Modules assembled in Malaysia from solar cells manufactured in Taiwan, where all manufacturing of the modules/cells took place in Malaysia and Taiwan, are not subject to the scope of the AD and CVD orders because neither the solar modules nor the solar cells therein were manufactured in China; Jan. 10 (see 14011402).
A-570-918: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from China
Dollar General Corporation, LLC (“Dollar General”); The Vinyl-Coated Hanger is within the scope of the antidumping duty order (“Order”) because the physical description of this hanger does not meet any of the exclusions in the scope, while the Five-Tier Swing Arm Slack Rack Hanger, Chrome Tie/Belt Hanger, Slacker Hanger, and Four-Tier Skirt/Slack Hanger are outside the scope because they are distinct in production process, as well as form and shape (and use) from hangers covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order as determined by the Department of Commerce; Jan. 16 (see 14011723).
A-570-890: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China
Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc.; Stork Craft’s bench/toy box is excluded from the scope of the order because it shares sufficient characteristics with excluded toy boxes, in addition to having elements consistent with excluded seating furniture; Feb. 25 (see 14030302).
Anticircumvention Determinations
China
A-570-866: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from China
Hilex Poly Co., LLC and Superbag Corp.; exports of unfinished polyethylene retail carrier bags which are sealed on all four sides, cut to length, and which appear ready to undergo the final step in the production process ( i.e., to use a die press to stamp out the opening and create the handles of a finished polyethylene retail carrier bag) are circumventing the antidumping duty order; March 19 (see 14032421).
A-570-928: Uncovered Innerspring Units from China
Leggett & Platt Incorporated; exports to the United States of uncovered innerspring units completed and assembled in Malaysia by Reztec Industries Sdn Bhd from China-origin innerspring components are circumventing the antidumping duty order; Jan. 21 (see 14011718).
(Federal Register 05/29/14)