[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56861-56864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22475]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of the Fourth Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting the 
fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
steel nails (``nails'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'').\1\ The Department has preliminarily determined that sales 
have been made below normal value (``NV'') by the respondents examined 
during the period of review (``POR''), August 1, 2011, through July 31, 
2012. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results, 
the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Nails 
From the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008).

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DATES: Effective Date: September 16, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos or Matthew Renkey, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202-482-2243 
or 202-482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes certain steel nails 
having a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain steel nails subject to 
the order are currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65 and 
7317.00.75. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs

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purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.
    For a full description of the scope, see ``Certain Steel Nails From 
the People's Republic of China: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2011-2012 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum'').

Methodology

    The Department has conducted these reviews in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''). 
Constructed export prices and export prices have been calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Because the PRC is a nonmarket 
economy (``NME'') within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV 
has been calculated in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is dated concurrently with these 
results and hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2011, 
through July 31, 2012:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                      Exporter                         margin  (percent)
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(1) Stanley \2\.....................................               22.90
(2) JISCO \3\.......................................               43.45
(3) Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.....               26.41
(4) Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp.....................               26.41
(5) China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd......               26.41
(6) Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.......               26.41
(7) Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co.,                  26.41
 Ltd................................................
(8) Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd......               26.41
(9) Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd....               26.41
(10) Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.............               26.41
(11) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd..........................               26.41
(12) SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd..........               26.41
(13) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.....               26.41
(14) Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co.,                  26.41
 Ltd................................................
(15) Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Import and                  26.41
 Export Co., Ltd....................................
(16) Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.....               26.41
(17) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.........               26.41
(18) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd...................               26.41
(19) Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd....               26.41
(20) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd..............               26.41
(21) S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co.,                  26.41
 Ltd................................................
v22) Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.....................               26.41
(23) Suzhou Xingya Nail Co., Ltd....................               26.41
(24) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.........               26.41
(25) Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry &                      26.41
 Business Co., Ltd..................................
(26) Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd..................               26.41
(27) Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp & Exp                         26.41
 Corporation........................................
(28) Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.........               26.41
(29) Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co.,                26.41
 Ltd................................................
(30) Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd..               26.41
PRC-Wide Rate.......................................              118.04
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    \2\ The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. 
(``Stanley Langfang''), and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (``SBD'') 
(collectively, ``Stanley'').
    \3\ Qingdao JISCO Co., Ltd. and ECO System Corporation (d/b/a 
JISCO Corporation) (collectively, ``JISCO'').
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Disclosure, Public Comment and Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The Department intends to disclose the calculations used in our 
analysis to parties in these reviews within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
results of this review. However, we plan to issue post-preliminary 
supplemental questionnaires and, therefore, will be extending the case 
brief deadline. The Department will inform interested parties of the 
updated briefing schedule when it has been confirmed.\4\ Rebuttals to 
case briefs, which must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
must be filed within five days after the time limit for filing case 
briefs.\5\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to submit with 
the argument (a) a statement of the issue, (b) a brief summary of the 
argument, and (c) a table of authorities.\6\ Parties submitting briefs 
should do so pursuant to the Department's electronic filing system, IA 
ACCESS.
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of

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this notice.\7\ Hearing requests should contain the following 
information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) 
the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be 
discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in the 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of 
the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Deadline for Submission of Publicly Available Surrogate Value 
Information

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3)(ii), the deadline for 
submission of publicly available information to value the factors of 
production under 19 CFR 351.408(c) is 20 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary results. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(1), if an interested party submits factual information less 
than 10 days before or on the applicable deadline for submission of 
such factual information, an interested party may submit factual 
information to rebut, clarify, or correct the factual information no 
later than ten days after such factual information is served on the 
interested party. However, the Department generally will not accept in 
the rebuttal submission additional or alternative surrogate value 
(``SV'') information not previously on the record, if the deadline for 
submission of SV information has passed.\9\ Furthermore, the Department 
generally will not accept business proprietary information in either 
the SV submissions or the rebuttals thereto, as the regulation 
regarding the submission of SVs allows only for the submission of 
publicly available information.\10\ Finally, for each piece of factual 
information submitted with SV rebuttal comments, the interested party 
must provide a written explanation of what information that is already 
on the record of the ongoing proceeding that the factual information is 
rebutting, clarifying, or correcting.
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    \9\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Rescission, in Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\11\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b) .
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    For assessment purposes, the Department applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain 
Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 
2012). For any individually examined respondent whose weighted average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final 
results of this review, the Department will calculate importer-specific 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total 
entered value of sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where 
an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is greater than de 
minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate 
duties at the time of liquidation.\12\ Where either a respondent's 
weighted average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- 
(or customer-) specific ad valorem is zero or de minimis, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.\13\ For the respondents that were not 
selected for individual examination in this administrative review and 
that qualified for a separate rate, the assessment rate will be based 
on the average of the mandatory respondents.\14\ We intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate entries containing subject merchandise exported by the 
PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \14\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    The Department recently announced a refinement to its assessment 
practice in NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for 
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by 
companies individually examined during the administrative review, the 
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide 
rate. Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter had 
no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\15\
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    \15\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of these reviews for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above 
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established in the final results of these reviews (except, if the rate 
is zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) 
for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This preliminary determination is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: September 3, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

1. Case History
2. Scope of the Order
3. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
4. Non-Market Economy Country Status
5. Separate Rates
6. Separate Rate Calculation for Companies Not Individually Examined
7. PRC-Wide Entity
8. Facts Available
9. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
10. Date of Sale
11. Determination of Comparison Method
12. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
13. Comparisons to Normal Value
14. U.S. Price
15. Normal Value
16. Factor Valuations
17. Currency Conversion

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