MESSAGE NO: 2178117
DATE: 06 26 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 588 - 823
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PERIOD COVERED:
06 25 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION ON
PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC CUTTING TOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL
ELECTRIC SANDING\GRINDING TOOLS FROM JAPAN
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
JUNE
25,
1992,
ITS
INITIATION
OF
ANTIDUMPING
DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS
OF
PROFESSIONAL
ELECTRIC
CUTTING
TOOLS
AND
PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC SANDING/GRINDING TOOLS FROM JAPAN .
2.
THE
MERCHANDISE
SUBJECT
TO
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
ALL
IMPORTS
OF
ELECTRIC
CUTTING
TOOLS
(PECTS)
AND
ELECTRIC
SANDING/GRINDING TOOLS (PESGTS) OF A TYPE SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL
OR PROFESSIONAL USE,
WHETHER
ASSEMBLED
OR
UNASSEMBLED.
PECTS
HAVE
BLADES
OR
OTHER CUTTING DEVICES
USED
FOR
CUTTING WOOD,
METAL,
AND
OTHER MATERIALS.
PECTS INCLUDE CHOP
SAWS, CIRCULAR
SAWS,
JIG
SAWS, RECIPROCATING
SAWS,
MITER
SAW,
TABLE
SAWS,
PLANERS, ROUTERS, JOINTERS, STATIONERY SAWS,
AND
METAL
CUTTING
SAWS.
PESGTS
HAVE
MOVING ABRASIVE SURFACES USED PRIMARILY FOR
GRINDING,
SCRAPING,
CLEARING, DEBURRING,
AND
POLISHING
WOOD,
METAL,
AND
OTHER
MATERIALS.
PESGTS
INCLUDE
ANGLE
GRINDERS,
FINISHING SANDERS, DISC SANDERS, ORBITAL SANDERS,
BELT
SANDERS,
POLISHERS, AND STRAIGHT/DIE GRINDERS.
PECTS ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADINGS OF THE
HARMONIZED
TARIFF
SCHEDULE
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
(HTS):
8508.20.00.20,
8508.20.00.70,
8508.20.00.90,
8461.50.00.20,
8465.91.00.35,
8508.80.00.55,
and
8508.80.00.65.
PESGTS
ARE
CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
THE
FOLLOWING
SUBHEADINGS
OF
THE
HTS:
8508.80.00.10, 8508.80.00.15, 8508.80.00.25,
8508.80.00.35,
and
8508.80.00.90,
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
DO
NOT
COVER
PROFESSIONAL
ELECTRIC
DRILLING/FASTENING TOOLS.
THEY
ALSO
DO
NOT
COVER CHAIN
SAWS
PROVIDED FOR UNDER SUBHEADING 8508.20.40 OF
THE
HTS
AND
OTHER
CUTTING AND SANDING/GRINDING TOOLS SUCH
AS PLANING, SHAPING, AND
SPLITTING MACHINES, PROVIDED FOR UNDER SUBHEADINGS 8461 AND
8465
OF
THE HTS, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED
WITHIN THE ABOVE PRODUCT DEFINITION.
THE
HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES.
OUR
WRITTEN
DESCRIPTIONS
OF
THE
SCOPE
OF
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS IS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE HASE
BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER: A-588-823.
4.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
THEY
SHOULD
BE
REFERRED
TO
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION, OTHER AGENCY BRANCH, CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS
BY EMAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB."
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT JAMES MAEDER
OF THE OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION. DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
TELEPHONE:
(202) 377-4929.
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN