ITA Publishes Lists of Completed, Pending and Omitted AD & CV Duty Scope Rulings and Anticircumvention Inquiries
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published its lists of completed and pending antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty scope rulings: pending scope and anticircumvention inquiries; and a scope ruling inadvertently omitted from prior published lists.
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The ITA's lists include the country, case reference number, requestor(s), and a brief description of either the ruling or product subject to the request. The ITA notes that subsequent lists will follow after the close of each calendar quarter.
List of Completed & Pending Rulings and Inquiries, Etc.
Listed below are the country, product, case number, and status for each of the AD/CV cases in the ITA's notice (note the "status legend" at the end of the list).
Several of the AD/CV cases listed below have more than one completed, terminated, and/or pending ruling and/or inquiry. In addition, the numerical notes below "highlight" some of the rulings and inquiries.
| A-552-801 | C, D |
Status Legend
| A | Scope rulings completed between April 1, 2005 and June 30, 2005 |
| B | Scope inquiries terminated between April 1, 2005 and June 30, 2005 |
| C | Scope inquiries pending as of June 30, 2005 |
| D | Anticircumvention inquiries pending as of June 30, 2005 |
| E | Scope ruling inadvertently omitted from prior published lists |
1 These pending anticircumvention inquiries for this order include, among other things, the following issues: (1) whether imports of palm and vegetable-based wax candles from China can be considered later-developed merchandise which is now circumventing the AD duty order, and (2) whether imports of palm and vegetable-based wax candles from China can be considered a minor altercation to the subject merchandise for purposes of circumventing the AD duty order.
2 One completed scope ruling that cast tampers are not included in the scope of the AD order.
3Completed scope ruling that certain compasses are not included in the scope of the AD order.
4 The pending inquiry for this order is whether the "butterfly chairs" are within the scope of the AD order.
5 The pending inquiry for this order is whether certain infant furniture (i.e., infant (baby) changing tables, toy boxes or chests, infant (baby) armoires, and toddler beds) is within the scope of the AD order.
6 The pending inquiry for this order is whether certain tissue paper products are within the scope of the AD duty order when imported as part of a kit or a set of goods that include other non-subject items.
7 Completed scope ruling that the stainless steel bar, manufactured in the United Arab Emirates out of stainless steel wire rod that is manufactured in India, is not included in the scope of the AD order.
8 The pending inquiry for this order is whether removable memory modules placed on motherboards that are imported for repair or refurbishment are within the scope of the CV duty order.
ITA Contact - Alice Gibbons (202) 482-0498
ITA Notice (FR Pub 09/20/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-18712.pdf