[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43149-43150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18107]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails from the Peoples' Republic of China: Notice 
of Partial Rescission of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe or Matthew Renkey, 
Office 9, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0219 and (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 3, 2009, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review on the antidumping order on certain 
steel nails from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the 
period of review (``POR'') January 23, 2008, through July 31, 2009. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 74 FR 
38397 (August 3, 2009). Based upon requests for review from various 
parties, on September 22, 2009, the Department

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initiated the first antidumping duty administrative review on certain 
steel nails from the PRC, covering 158 companies. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 48224 (September 22, 2009) (``Initiation 
Notice''). Due to withdrawals of request for review, we are rescinding 
this administrative review with respect to 31 companies.\1\
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    \1\ These companies include: 1) Beijing Daruixing Nails Products 
Co., Ltd.; 2) Beijing Hong Sheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; 3) 
Beijing Hongsheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; 4) Chongqing Hybest 
Tools Group Co., Ltd.; 5) Guangdong Foreign Trade Import & Export 
Corporation; 6) Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; 
7) Jining Huarong Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; 8) Mingguang Abundant 
Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; 9) PT Enterprise Inc.; 10) Qingdao 
Jisco Co., Ltd.; 11) Qingdao Koram Steel Co., Ltd.; 12) SDC 
International Australia Pty., Ltd.; 13) Shandong Oriental Cherry 
Hardware Group Co., Ltd.; 14) Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware 
Import and Export Co., Ltd.; 15) Shanghai Seti Enterprise 
International Co., Ltd.; 16) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., 
Ltd.; 17) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; 18) Shanxi Pioneer Hardware 
Industrial Co.. Ltd.; 19) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co.; 20) Shanxi 
Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd.; 21) S-mart (Tianjin) Technology 
Development Co., Ltd.; 22) Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.; 23) Suzhou 
Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.; 24) Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.; 25) 
Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp &Exp Corporation; 26) Union 
Enterprise (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; 27) Wuhu Xin Lan De Industrial Co., 
Ltd.; 28) Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd.; 29) 
Xuzhou CIP International Group Co., Ltd.; 30) Zhaoqing Harvest Nails 
Co., Ltd.; and 31) Tianjin Xiantong.
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Partial Rescission of Review

    The applicable regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that if a 
party that requested an administrative review withdraws the request 
within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the 
requested review, the Secretary will rescind the review. The regulation 
further states that the Secretary may extend the deadline if it is 
reasonable to do so. On January 26, 2010, Petitioner\2\ requested an 
extension of the deadline for withdrawal of administrative review. On 
February 16, 2010, the Department extended the deadline for withdrawal 
of administrative review requests by 10 days.\3\ Petitioner withdrew 
its review request with respect to 31 exporters of subject merchandise 
within the deadline. Furthermore, respondent Tianjin Xiantong Material 
& Trade Co., Ltd. (``Tianjin Xiantong'') also withdrew its request for 
a review within the deadline.
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    \2\ Mid Continent Nail Corporation (``Petitioner ).
    \3\ See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of the Deadline for Withdrawal of Administrative Review 
Requests, dated February 16, 2010 (``Extension Letter'').
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Assessment Rates

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For 
those companies for which this review has been rescinded and which have 
a separate rate from a prior segment of this proceeding, antidumping 
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of 
estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(2). Accordingly, the Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of 
this notice for the following companies: 1) Beijing Daruixing Nails 
Products Co., Ltd.; 2) Chongqing Hybest Tools Group Co., Ltd.; 3) 
Guangdong Foreign Trade Import &Export Corporation; 4) Hebei Cangzhou 
New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; 5) Jining Huarong Hardware 
Products Co., Ltd.; 6) Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; 
7) PT Enterprise Inc.; 8) SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd.; 9) 
Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., Ltd.; 10) Shandong 
Oriental Cherry Hardware Import and Export Co., Ltd.; 11) Shanghai Seti 
Enterprise International Co., Ltd.; 12) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry 
Co., Ltd.; 13) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; 14) Shanxi Pioneer 
Hardware Industrial Co.. Ltd.; 15) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co.; 16) 
Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd.; 17) S-mart (Tianjin) 
Technology Development Co., Ltd.; 18) Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.; 19) 
Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.; 20) Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp 
&Exp Corporation; 21) Union Enterprise (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.; 22) Wuhu 
Xin Lan De Industrial Co., Ltd.; 23) Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import and 
Export Co., Ltd.; 24) Xuzhou CIP International Group Co., Ltd.; 25) 
Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd.; 26) Suzhou Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.; 27) 
Beijing Hong Sheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; 28) Beijing Hongsheng 
Metal Products Co., Ltd.\4\; and 29) Tianjin Xiantong. This 
administrative review will continue with respect to the remaining 
companies in the Initiation Notice.
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    \4\ Beijing Hong Sheng Metal Products Co., Ltd. and Beijing 
Hongsheng Metal Products Co., Ltd. appear to be slight variations of 
the name for a single company. Beijing Hong Sheng Metal Products 
Co., Ltd. received a separate rate as a producer/exporter in the 
original investigation, and Beijing Hongsheng Metal Products Co., 
Ltd. was the producer in a combination rate with the exporter Hebei 
Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., for which this review 
is also being rescinded. As such, the Department is rescinding the 
review for both variations of the name.
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    The Department cannot order liquidation for companies which, 
although they are no longer under review as a separate entity, may 
still be under review as part of the PRC-wide entity. In this case, the 
Department cannot order liquidation for certain companies that have not 
received a separate rate, as an exporter, from the prior investigation. 
See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial Affirmative 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 73 FR 33977 (June 16, 2008). 
Therefore, the Department cannot, at this time, order liquidation of 
entries for the following companies: 1) Qingdao Jisco Co., Ltd.; and 2) 
Qingdao Koram Steel Co., Ltd. The Department intends to issue 
liquidation instructions for the PRC-wide entity 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers for whom this 
review is being rescinded, as of the publication date of this notice, 
of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 
certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
presumption that reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: June 30, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-18107 Filed 7-22-10; 8:45 am]
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