ITA Publishes Lists of Recently Completed, Pending, Etc. AD and CV Duty Scope Rulings and Anticircumvention Inquiries
The International Trade Administration has published its lists of recently completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings; terminated scope inquiries; and pending scope inquiries and anticircumvention rulings.
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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 Pending and Recently Completed Rulings and Inquiries, Etc.
Listed below are the country, product, case number, and status for each of the AD and CV cases in the ITA's notice (note the "status legend" at the end of the list).
Several of the AD and 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-570-894 | D |
Status Legend
| A | Scope rulings completed between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007 |
| B | Scope inquiries terminated between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007 |
| C | Scope inquiries pending as of March 31, 2007 |
| D | Anticircumvention rulings pending as of March 31, 2007 |
1One completed scope ruling found that certain belt guide rollers from France are not within the scope of the AD duty order.
2One completed scope ruling found that certain cast iron bases and upper bodies for meter boxes are not within the scope of the AD duty order.
3Three completed scope rulings found that (1) "Victoria Lynn Wedding Collection" wedding cake candles are not within the scope of the AD duty order; (2) certain gingerbread man, gingerbread boy, and gingerbread girl candles are not within the scope of the AD duty order; and (3) certain dracula, mummy, bat, pumpkin, and ghost candles are within the scope of the AD duty order, and certain skeleton candles are not within the scope of the AD duty order.
4One completed scope ruling found that certain brake rotors that include the Ford-Motorcraft logo in the casting and certified by the Ford Motor Company (an Original Equipment Manufacturer) are not within the scope of the AD duty order.
5One completed scope ruling found that (1) the Cabbage Patch Kids Wooden Toy Box, manufactured by Toy Vault, (2) Americana Wood Toy Box with Bins, manufactured by Little Tikes, (3) Americana Wood Toy Box, manufactured by Little Tikes, and (4) Transportation Toy Box, manufactured by KidKraft, are within the scope of the AD duty order; and the Toy Box with Wheels, manufactured by Fun Times, is not within the scope of the AD duty order.
6One completed scope ruling found that certain Enrobed Shrimp is within the scope of these AD duty orders.
7One pending anticircumvention ruling on whether candles assembled in the U.S. from molded or carved articles of wax (wickless wax forms) from China are circumventing the AD duty order. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/30/07 news, 07033030, for BP summary of the preliminary affirmative AD circumvention determination.)
8One pending anticircumvention ruling on whether imports of tissue paper from Vietnam made out of jumbo rolls of tissue paper from China are circumventing the AD duty order. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/22/06 news, 06092235, for BP summary of the initiation of this AD anticircumvention inquiry.)
ITA contact - Irina Itkin (202) 482-0656
ITA Notice (FR Pub 05/01/07) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-8281.pdf