Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Request for Comments on the Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-504] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On August 13, 2010, the Department of Commerce (“Department”) published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results   [ 1 ] regarding its request for comments on the scope of antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”), [ 2 ] in which we preliminarily determined a new interpretation for analyzing candle scope ruling requests and applied this interpretation to pending scope requests. We gave interested parties an opportunity to present comments and rebuttals on the Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we have changed our interpretation of the scope of the Order from the Preliminary Results . As discussed in more detail below, the Department intends to apply the interpretation articulated in these final results to all pending and future scope determinations involving the Order. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Lord, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone : (202) 482-7425. Case History The petitioner in the original less-than-fair-value (“LTFV”) investigation, the National Candle Association (“NCA”) requested that the investigation of petro…