Notice2025-14097
Notice of Scope Ruling Applications Filed in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings
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Published
July 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope ruling applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to determine whether identified products are covered by the scope of antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that Commerce issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing of the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of June 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 141 (Friday, July 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35278-35280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14097]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Scope Ruling Applications Filed in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope
ruling applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to
determine whether identified products are covered by the scope of
antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that
Commerce issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance
with Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing
of the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of June
2025.
DATES: Applicable July 25, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3813.
Notice of Scope Ruling Applications
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(3), we are notifying the
public of the following scope ruling applications related to AD and CVD
orders and findings filed in or around the month of June 2025. This
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notification includes, for each scope application: (1) identification
of the AD and/or CVD orders at issue (19 CFR 351.225(c)(1)); (2)
concise public descriptions of the products at issue, including the
physical characteristics (including chemical, dimensional and technical
characteristics) of the products (19 CFR 351.225(c)(2)(ii)); (3) the
countries where the products are produced and the countries from where
the products are exported (19 CFR 351.225(c)(2)(i)(B)); (4) the full
names of the applicants; and (5) the dates that the scope applications
were filed with Commerce and the name of the ACCESS scope segment where
the scope applications can be found.\1\ This notice does not include
applications which have been rejected and not properly resubmitted. The
scope ruling applications listed below are available on Commerce's
online e-filing and document management system, Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Electronic Service System (ACCESS), at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.
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\1\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300, 52316
(September 20, 2021) (Final Rule) (``It is our expectation that the
Federal Register list will include, where appropriate, for each
scope application the following data: (1) identification of the AD
and/or CVD orders at issue; (2) a concise public summary of the
product's description, including the physical characteristics
(including chemical, dimensional and technical characteristics) of
the product; (3) the country(ies) where the product is produced and
the country from where the product is exported; (4) the full name of
the applicant; and (5) the date that the scope application was filed
with Commerce.'').
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Scope Ruling Applications
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from Japan (A-588-881);
Flexographic Printing Plates; \2\ produced and exported from Japan;
submitted by Miraclon Corporation Ltd. (Miraclon); June 4, 2025; ACCESS
scope segment ``Non-Aluminum-Based Printing Plates''
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\2\ The products are flexographic printing plates comprised of
styrene polymer coating (40-80% concentration), butadiene polymer
coatings (20-40% concentration), polymer resins and colorants (5-20%
concentration), and polyester type substrate (5-10% concentration).
These flexible printing plates are available in a range of
dimensions and thicknesses. The flexographic printing plates are
manufactured using a substrate produced from a material other than
aluminum, i.e., polyester and contain no aluminum and are not run on
a lithographic printing press. Likewise, lithographic printing
plates are not run on a flexographic printing press.
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Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and Parts Thereof from the People's
Republic of China (China) (A-570-129/C-570-130); Walk-Behind Lawn
Mowers; \3\ produced in and exported from China; submitted by Daye
North America, Inc. (DNA); June 6, 2025; ACCESS scope segment ``DNA US
Engines''
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\3\ The products are manufactured in Thailand comprising rotary
walk-behind lawn mowers, both self-propelled and push, powered by
internal combustion engines with a power rating of less than 3.7 kw
and maximum displacement of 197cc. The walk-behind lawn mowers use a
U.S.-origin engine and Chinese-origin chassis, and the components
being assembled in Thailand, with the cutting deck shell and U.S.-
origin engine attached in Thailand along with the blade adapter,
blade, and blade mounting hardware.
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Stainless-Steel Flanges from India (A-533-877/C-533-878); Ring-
Shaped Components; \4\ produced and exported from India; submitted by
Pradeep Metals Limited, Inc. (Pradeep); June 25, 2025; ACCESS scope
segment ``Ring-shaped Components''
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\4\ The products are ring-shaped components of measurement
instruments, made of various metals, that house and reinforce the
measurement instrument parts, and once assembled, the ring-shaped
components connect the measurement instrument to the standard
flange. The components are any one or a combination of the features
listed below, which are identifiable on the product at time of
importation: 1. non-standard bore, unfit for a pipe (common to all
ring-shaped components); 2. non-standard hub; 3. precision grooves
on hub surface or inside bore; 4. threads inside the bore for
measurement instrument parts; 5. stepped grooves on surface of the
neck; 6. stepped grooves on connection surface; 7. non-standard
chamfering around the bore; 8. thread in bolt holes; 9. tapped holes
on surface; 10. conical step on center hole; and, 11. non-standard
length of the neck.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This list of scope ruling applications is not an identification of
scope inquiries that have been initiated. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(d)(1), if Commerce has not rejected a scope ruling application
nor initiated the scope inquiry within 30 days after the filing of the
application, the application will be deemed accepted and a scope
inquiry will be deemed initiated the following day--day 31.\5\
Commerce's practice generally dictates that where a deadline falls on a
weekend, Federal holiday, or other non-business day, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day.\6\ Accordingly, if the 30th day
after the filing of the application falls on a non-business day, the
next business day will be considered the ``updated'' 30th day, and if
the application is not rejected or a scope inquiry initiated by or on
that particular business day, the application will be deemed accepted
and a scope inquiry will be deemed initiated on the next business day
which follows the ``updated'' 30th day.\7\
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\5\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(2), within 30 days
after the filing of a scope ruling application, if Commerce
determines that it intends to address the scope issue raised in the
application in another segment of the proceeding (such as a
circumvention inquiry under 19 CFR 351.226 or a covered merchandise
inquiry under 19 CFR 351.227), it will notify the applicant that it
will not initiate a scope inquiry, but will instead determine if the
product is covered by the scope at issue in that alternative
segment.
\6\ See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to
the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
\7\ This structure maintains the intent of the applicable
regulation, 19 CFR 351.225(d)(1), to allow day 30 and day 31 to be
separate business days.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(m)(2), if there are companion AD
and CVD orders covering the same merchandise from the same country of
origin, the scope inquiry will be conducted on the record of the AD
proceeding. Further, please note that pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(m)(1),
Commerce may either apply a scope ruling to all products from the same
country with the same relevant physical characteristics, (including
chemical, dimensional, and technical characteristics) as the product at
issue, on a country-wide basis, regardless of the producer, exporter,
or importer of those products, or on a company-specific basis.
For further information on procedures for filing information with
Commerce through ACCESS and participating in scope inquiries, please
refer to the Filing Instructions section of the Scope Ruling
Application Guide, at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/help/Scope_Ruling_Guidance.pdf">https://access.trade.gov/help/Scope_Ruling_Guidance.pdf</a>. Interested parties, apart from the scope
ruling applicant, who wish to participate in a scope inquiry and be
added to the public service list for that segment of the proceeding
must file an entry of appearance in accordance with 19 CFR
351.103(d)(1) and 19 CFR 351.225(n)(4). Interested parties are advised
to refer to the case segment in ACCESS as well as 19 CFR 351.225(f) for
further information on the scope inquiry procedures, including the
timelines for the submission of comments.
Please note that this notice of scope ruling applications filed in
AD and CVD proceedings may be published before any potential
initiation, or after the initiation, of a given scope inquiry based on
a scope ruling application identified in this notice. Therefore, please
refer to the case segment on ACCESS to determine whether a scope ruling
application has been accepted or rejected and whether a scope inquiry
has been initiated.
Interested parties who wish to be served scope ruling applications
for a particular AD or CVD order may file a request to be included on
the annual inquiry service list during the anniversary month of the
publication of the AD or CVD order in accordance with
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19 CFR 351.225(n) and Commerce's procedures.\8\
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\8\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021).
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Interested parties are invited to comment on the completeness of
this monthly list of scope ruling applications received by Commerce.
Any comments should be submitted to Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a694547474f58494f69667f6a5e584b4e4f044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61220e0c0c04130204222d342115130005044f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>.
This notice of scope ruling applications filed in AD and CVD
proceedings is published in accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(d)(3).
Dated: July 22, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-14097 Filed 7-24-25; 8:45 am]
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