[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31731-31733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14610]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Administrative 
Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On March 22, 2018, the United States Court of International 
Trade (the Court) issued its final judgment in Itochu Building Products 
Co., Inc., et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 12-00065, 
sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) final remand 
results in the second administrative review of certain steel nails from 
the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce is notifying the 
public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with 
Commerce's final results of the administrative review, covering the 
period of review (POR) August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010, and that 
Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping 
margins assigned to Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd. (Jinchi) 
and Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co. (Hongli). 
Because Jinchi's and Hongli's margins changed, the margin for those 
companies not individually examined but receiving a separate rate also 
changed.

DATES: Applicable April 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations Office 
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: 202.482.0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 1, 2012, Commerce issued the Final Results, in which it 
determined a weight-averaged dumping margin of 47.76 percent for 
Jinchi, 78.27 percent for Hongli, and 19.30 percent

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for the separate rate companies.\1\ Also, on April 24, 2012, Commerce 
issued the Amended Final Results, however, the weighted-average dumping 
margins did not change.\2\ On June 22, 2017, the Court remanded 
Commerce's Final Results and Amended Final Results and instructed 
Commerce to reconsider each of the following issues: (1) The selection 
of surrogate values for steel plate and surrogate financial ratios; (2) 
its application of adverse facts available to Jinchi's missing factors 
of production; and (3) the Court's questions and Mid-Continent Nail 
Corporation (the petitioner)'s responses regarding the withdrawal of 
review requests in this administrative review.\3\ The Court also 
granted Commerce's request for voluntary remand to reconsider its use 
of a specific financial statement.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of the Second Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 12556 (March 1, 2012) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM) (Final Results).
    \2\ See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Results of the Second Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 24462 (April 24, 2012) (Amended Final Results).
    \3\ See Itochu Building Products Co., et al v. United States, 
Slip Op. 17-73 (CIT 2017) at 13-15 and 41 (Itochu).
    \4\ Id. at 22.
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    On October 20, 2017, Commerce filed the AR2 Remand with the 
Court.\5\ Commerce maintained its selection of financial statements for 
calculating the surrogate financial ratios and selected, under protest, 
a different surrogate value for steel plate.\6\ Additionally, under 
protest, Commerce recalculated Jinchi's dumping margin by applying 
neutral facts available to the missing factors of production for hard-
cut masonry nails produced by an unaffiliated supplier.\7\ Moreover, 
Commerce examined the petitioner's responses to the Court's 
questions.\8\ As a result, there are calculation changes due to 
selecting a different surrogate value for steel plate and applying 
neutral facts available to the missing factors of production for hard-
cut masonry nails in Jinchi's dumping margin. Thus, the resulting 
antidumping margin for Hongli is 36.23 percent, for Jinchi is 53.47 
percent, and for the Separate Rate Applicants \9\ is 14.48 percent.\10\ 
There is no change to the dumping margin for The Stanley Works 
(Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, 
Inc./Stanley Fastening Systems, LP (Stanley).\11\ On March 22, 2018, 
the Court sustained the AR2 Remand.\12\
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    \5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Consol. Court No. 12-00065, Slip Op. 17-73 (CIT 2017), dated 
October 20, 2017, (AR2 Remand) available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/17-73.pdf.
    \6\ Id., at 53.
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ These companies include: (1) Dezhou Hualude Hardware 
Products Co., Ltd.; (2) Hengshui Mingyao Hardware & Mesh Products 
Co., Ltd.; (3) Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (4) 
Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (5) Koram Panagene 
Co., Ltd.; (6) Qingdao D & L Group Ltd. Co., Ltd.; (7) Romp 
(Tianjin) Hardware Co., Ltd.; (8) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export 
Co., Ltd.; (9) Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (10) 
Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; (11) Shanghai Yueda 
Nails Industry Co., Ltd.; (12) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.; 
(13) Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.; (14) Tianjin Universal 
Machinery Imp & Exp Corporation; and (15) Tianjin Zhonglian Metals 
Ware Co., Ltd. (collectively, Separate-Rate Applicants).
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ Id., at 2.
    \12\ See Itochu Building Products Co., Inc., et al. v. United 
States, Consol. Court No. 12-00065, Slip Op. 18-24 (CIT March 22, 
2018).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341,\13\ as clarified by 
Diamond Sawblades,\14\ the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
(CAFC) held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce must publish a notice of a court 
decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce determination and 
must suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court 
decision. The Court's March 22, 2018, judgment sustaining the AR2 
Remand constitutes a final decision of the Court that is not in harmony 
with Commerce's Amended Final Results. This notice is published in 
fulfillment of the publication requirement of Timken.
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    \13\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken)
    \14\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court decision, Commerce is amending 
the Amended Final Results with respect to Jinchi, Hongli, and the 
Separate-Rate Applicants. The revised weighted-average dumping margins 
for these exporters during the period August 1, 2009, through July 31, 
2010, are as follows:

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                                                              Weighted
                                                               average
                         Exporter                              margin
                                                              (percent)
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(1) The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co.,             3.80
 Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc./Stanley Fastening
 Systems, LP..............................................
(2) Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co..         36.23
(3) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd................         53.47
(4) Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.............         14.48
(5) Hengshui Mingyao Hardware & Mesh Products Co., Ltd....         14.48
(6) Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd............         14.48
(7) Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd..........         14.48
(8) Koram Panagene Co., Ltd...............................         14.48
(9) Qingdao D & L Group Ltd. Co., Ltd.....................         14.48
(10) Romp (Tianjin) Hardware Co., Ltd.....................         14.48
(11) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd...........         14.48
(12) Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd...........         14.48
(13) Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd........         14.48
(14) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd...............         14.48
(15) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd....................         14.48
(16) Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd........................         14.48
(17) Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp & Exp Corporation....         14.48
(18) Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd...............         14.48
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    Accordingly, Commerce will continue the suspension of liquidation 
of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the period of 
appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court decision. 
In the event the Court's ruling is not appealed or, if appealed, upheld 
by the CAFC, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise exported by Jinchi, Hongli, and the Separate-Rate 
Applicants using the assessment rate calculated by Commerce in the AR2 
Remand and listed above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Cash deposit rates for the following companies have been superseded 
by cash deposit rates calculated in intervening administrative reviews 
of the order, and thus, will not be amended:

    The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc./Stanley Fastening Systems, LP; Tianjin 
Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co.; Tianjin Jinchi Metal 
Products Co., Ltd.; Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; 
Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Xionghua 
Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Qingdao D & L Group Ltd. Co., Ltd.; 
Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Curvet 
Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools 
Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Tianli 
Industries Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin 
Universal Machinery Imp & Exp Corporation; and Tianjin Zhonglian 
Metals Ware Co., Ltd.

    Accordingly, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to require a cash deposit for estimated duties at the rate 
noted above for entries of subject merchandise, entered or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption, on or after April 2, 2018, for 
Hengshui Mingyao Hardware & Mesh Products Co., Ltd.; Koram Panagene 
Co., Ltd.; and Romp (Tianjin) Hardware Co., Ltd.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(e)(1), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 2, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-14610 Filed 7-6-18; 8:45 am]
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