Notice of Scope Rulings

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 AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 2, 2006. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings completed between October 1, 2005, and December 31, 2005. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of requests for scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations pending as of December 31, 2005. We intend to publish future lists after the close of the next calendar quarter. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Gibbons, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0498. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department's regulations provide that the Secretary will publish in the Federal Register a list of scope rulings on a quarterly basis. See 19 CFR 351.225(o) . Our most recent “Notice of Scope Rulings” was published on November 23, 2005. See 70 FR 70785 . The instant notice covers all scope rulings and anticircumvention determinations completed by Import Administration between October 1, 2005, and December 31, 2005, inclusive. It also lists any scope or anticircumvention inquiries pending as of December 31, 2005, as well as scope rulings inadvertently omitted from prior published lists. As describe…