[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 39800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16878]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-521 and 731-TA-1252-1255 and 1257 (Final)]


Certain Steel Nails From Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and 
Vietnam

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of certain steel nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, 
Taiwan, and Vietnam, provided for in subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65 
and 7317.00.75 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 
that have been found by the Department of Commerce to be sold in the 
United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), and by reason of 
imports from Vietnam that have been found by Commerce to be subsidized 
by the government of Vietnam. 2 3
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    \1\ The record is defined in section 207.2(f) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Chairman Meredith M. Broadbent dissenting.
    \3\ Commissioner F. Scott Kieff did not participate in these 
investigations.
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Background

    The Commission, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) and (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), 
instituted these investigations effective May 29, 2014, following 
receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and Commerce by Mid 
Continent Nail Corporation (Poplar Bluff, MO). The Commission scheduled 
the final phase of the investigations after Commerce published 
preliminary determinations that imports of certain steel nails from 
Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam were dumped within the 
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)) and that imports of 
certain steel nails from Vietnam were subsidized within the meaning of 
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)). Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register on December 29, 2014 (80 FR 3622, 
January 23, 2015). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on May 14, 
2015, and all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to 
appear in person or by counsel.
    The Commission made these determinations pursuant to sections 
705(b) and 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) and 
(19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determinations in 
these investigations on July 6, 2015. The views of the Commission will 
be contained in USITC Publication 4541 (July 2015), entitled Certain 
Steel Nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam: 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-521 and 731-TA-1252-1255 and 1257 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: July 6, 2015.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-16878 Filed 7-9-15; 8:45 am]
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