[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6693-6694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-520-804]


Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel 
nails (nails) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The period of review 
(POR) is May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014. The review covers two 
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Dubai Wire FZE (Dubai 
Wire) and Precision Fasteners, L.L.C. (Precision). We preliminarily 
find that Dubai Wire and Precision sold subject merchandise at less 
than normal value in the United States during the POR. Interested 
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: February 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov or Michael Romani, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0665, and (202) 482-0198, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order \1\ is nails from the UAE. The 
products are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7317.00.55, 
7317.00.65, and 7317.00.75. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description 
remains dispositive.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates: 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 27421 (May 10, 2012) (Order).
    \2\ A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in 
the memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Certain Steel 
Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Decision Memorandum for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-
2014,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department has determined the weighted-average dumping margins 
for Dubai Wire and Precision based on facts otherwise available 
pursuant to section 776(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\3\ ACCESS is available 
to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 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://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.
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    \3\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the 
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was 
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. 
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be 
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins on steel nails from the UAE 
exist for the period May 1, 2013,

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through April 30, 2014, at the following rates:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                       Company                          dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Dubai Wire FZE......................................               18.13
Precision Fasteners, L.L.C..........................              184.41
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\5\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ Id.; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 
requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed 
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) 
the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case and rebuttal briefs. The Department intends to issue 
the final results of this administrative review, including the results 
of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later 
than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, unless 
extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. If we 
continue to rely on facts available to establish Dubai Wire's and 
Precision's weighted-average dumping margins, we will instruct CBP to 
apply an ad valorem assessment rates of 18.13 percent and 184.41 
percent, respectively, to all entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR which were produced and/or exported by Dubai Wire and Precision, 
respectively, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of nails from the UAE entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates 
for Dubai Wire and Precision will be the rates established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the manufacturer of the merchandise for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 4.30 percent.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ The all-others rate established in the Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: February 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Facts Available
    Dubai Wire
    Precision
    Corroboration of Information Used as Facts Available
    (a) Dubai Wire
    (b) Precision
Duty Absorption
Recommendation

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