[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45883-45887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19698]
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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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain steel nails (nails) from the People's Republic of China
(China) were
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sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR), August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable September 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pulongbarit or Benito
Ballesteros, 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) 482-4031
or (202) 482-7425, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 16, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on nails from China \1\ for the POR, August 1, 2016, through
July 31, 2017.\2\ Commerce initiated a review with respect to 145
companies.\3\ Pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce selected three mandatory
respondents, The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd.
and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (collectively, Stanley), Dezhou
Hualude Hardware Products Co. Ltd. (Dezhou Hualude), and Shandong
Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Shandong Dinglong).\4\ On April 30,
2018, Commerce extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary
results by 90 days.\5\ On August 1, 2018, Commerce fully extended the
deadline for issuing the preliminary results to September 4, 2018.\6\
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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).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 48051, 48056-58 (October 16, 2017);
See also corrections in Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 52268, 52271 n. 4 (November 13,
2017); and Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 57705, 57707 n.5 (December 7, 2017)
(collectively, Initiation Notice).
\3\ Id.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection for Certain Steel
Nails from the People's Republic of China: Sampling Meeting with
Outside Parties,'' dated April 6, 2018.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Ninth Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated April 30, 2018.
\6\ See Memorandum, Ninth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
of Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated August 2, 2018.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this review are nails from China. For a
full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on the no-shipments letters filed by nine companies,\8\
Commerce preliminarily determined that these companies had no shipments
during the POR. For additional information regarding this
determination, including a list of these companies, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. Consistent with our assessment practice in non-
market economy (NME) administrative reviews, Commerce is not rescinding
this review for these companies, but intends to complete the review and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of the
review.\9\
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\8\ Although Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd. and
Certified Products International Inc. each submitted a no shipments
letter, they are not among the 145 companies initiated on in this
review, and therefore are not subject to this review. Therefore, we
only evaluated the no shipment claims of the nine companies that
submitted no shipments letters and for which this review was
initiated.
\9\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011) and
the ``Assessment Rates'' section, below.
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Separate Rates
Commerce preliminarily determined that information placed on the
record by the three mandatory respondents, as well as by the 19 other
separate rate applicants, demonstrates that these companies are
entitled to separate rate status. See Preliminary Results of Review
section below. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\10\ Under this policy,
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in
this review, the entity is not under review and the weighted-average
dumping margin determined for the China-wide entity is not subject to
change (i.e., 118.04 percent) as a result of this review.\11\ Aside
from the companies discussed above, Commerce considers all other
companies for which a review was requested \12\ to be part of the
China-wide entity. For additional information, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum; see also Appendix I for a list of companies
considered as part of the China-wide entity.
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\10\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013)
(Sampling Methodology Notice).
\11\ Id.; Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2012-2013, 80 FR 18816, 18817 and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
\12\ See Appendix I.
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Sample Rate Calculation
In the Sampling Methodology Notice, we stated that, in order to
calculate a rate to assign the non-selected companies when using a
sampling procedure, Commerce will calculate a ``sample rate'' based
upon an average of the rates for the selected respondents, weighted by
the import share of their corresponding strata.\13\ The respondents
selected for individual examination through the sampling process will
receive their own rates; all companies in the sample population who
were not selected for individual examination will receive the sample
rate.\14\ Accordingly, we have calculated the sample rate by averaging
the rates for the three selected respondents, weighted by the import
share of their corresponding strata.\15\ The non-selected companies
entitled to a separate rate have been assigned the sample rate. For
additional information and a discussion of the issues examined with
regard to the calculation of the sample rate, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\13\ See Sampling Methodology Notice, 78 FR at 65965.
\14\ Id.
\15\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results of the Ninth
Antidumping Administrative Review of Certain Steel Nails from the
People's Republic of China: Calculation of the Sample Margin for
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated
concurrently with this memorandum (Sample Rate Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Constructed export prices and
export prices have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of
the Act. Because China is an NME country 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
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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). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central Records
Unit, Room B8024 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/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2016, through
July 31, 2017:
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Weighted-
Exporter/producer average
dumping margin
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Dezhou Hualude.......................................... 40.03
Shandong Dinglong....................................... 118.04
Stanley................................................. 3.85
Hebei Canzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co. Ltd......... 36.93
Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co. Ltd............. 36.93
Qingdao D&L Group Ltd................................... 36.93
SDC International Australia Pty. Ltd.................... 36.93
Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co. Ltd......... 36.93
Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co. Ltd............... 36.93
Shanghai Yueda Nails Co. Ltd............................ 36.93
Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd............................ 36.93
Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co. Ltd.............. 36.93
Shanxi Tianli Industries Co. Ltd........................ 36.93
S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co. Ltd......... 36.93
Suntec Industries Co. Ltd............................... 36.93
Tianjin Huixingshangmao Co. Ltd......................... 36.93
Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co. Ltd................... 36.93
Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry and Business Co. 36.93
Ltd....................................................
Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp.................. 36.93
Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co. Ltd................... 36.93
Xi'An Metals and Minerals Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd........... 36.93
Zhangjiagang Lianfeng Metals Products Co. Ltd........... 36.93
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with these preliminary results within five days
of its public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results, unless
the Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after
the deadline date for case briefs.\16\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)
and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
administrative review 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.
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
Commerce 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, unless extended.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.\17\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final results of this
review.
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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For any individually examined respondent whose weighted average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent)
in the final results of this review, Commerce 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 those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where an importer-specific ad valorem rate is not zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation.\18\ Where either a respondent's weighted-average
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dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\19\
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from China 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 equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of
this review (except, if the rate is de minimis, then cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously examined China and non-China
exporters not listed above that at the time of entry are eligible for a
separate rate based on a prior completed segment of this proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-
specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all China exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate
at the time of entry, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-
wide entity (i.e., 118.04 percent); and (4) for all non-China exporters
of subject merchandise which at the time of entry are not eligible for
a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to
the China exporter that supplied that non-China 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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This preliminary determination is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: September 4, 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.
Appendix I
China-Wide Entity
1. Air It on Inc.
2. A-Jax Enterprises Ltd.
3. A-Jax International Co. Ltd.
4. Anhui Amigo Imp.& Exp. Co. Ltd.
5. Anhui Tea Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
6. Beijing Catic Industry Ltd.
7. Beijing Qin-Li Jeff Trading Co., Ltd.
8. Bodi Corporation.
9. Cana (Rizhou) Hardward Co. Ltd.
10. Cangzhou Xinqiao Int'l Trade Co. Ltd.
11. Certified Products Taiwan Inc.
12. Changzhou Kya Trading Co. Ltd.
13. Chia Pao Metal Co. Ltd.
14. China Dinghao Co. Ltd.
15. China Staple Enterprise Co. Ltd.
16. Chinapack Ningbo Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
17. Chite Enterprise Co. Ltd.
18. Crelux Int'l Co. Ltd.
19. Daejin Steel Co. Ltd.
20. Dingzhou Baota Metal Products Co. Ltd.
21. Dong E Fuqiang Metal Products Co. Ltd.
22. Ejen Brother Limited.
23. Faithful Engineering Products Co. Ltd.
24. Fastening Care.
25. Fastgrow International Co. Inc.
26. Foshan Hosontool Development Hardware Co. Ltd.
27. Glori-Industry Hong Kong Inc.
28. Guangdong Meite Mechanical Co. Ltd.
29. Hangzhou Spring Washer Co. Ltd.
30. Hebei Handform Plastic Products Co. Ltd.
31. Hebei Minghao Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
32. Hengtuo Metal Products Co. Ltd
33. Hongyi (HK) Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
34. Huaiyang County Yinfeng Plastic Factory.
35. Huanghua Yingjin Hardware Products.
36. Inmax Industries Sdn. Bhd.
37. Jade Shuttle Enterprise Co. Ltd.
38. Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. Ltd.
39. Jiangsu Huaiyin Guex Tools.
40. Jiaxing TSR Hardware Inc.
41. Jinhai Hardware Co. Ltd.
42. Jinsco International Corp.
43. Jinsheung Steel Corporation.
44. Koram Inc.
45. Korea Wire Co. Ltd.
46. Liaocheng Minghui Hardware Products.
47. Maanshan Lilai International Trade. Co. Ltd.
48. Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
49. Nailtech Co. Ltd.
50. Nanjing Nuochun Hardware Co. Ltd.
51. Nanjing Tianxingtong Electronic Technology Co. Ltd.
52. Nanjing Tianyu International Co. Ltd.
53. Nanjing Zeejoe International Trade.
54. Ningbo Adv. Tools Co. Ltd.
55. Ningbo Fine Hardware Production Co. Ltd.
56. Overseas Distribution Services Inc.
57. Overseas International Steel Industry.
58. Paslode Fasteners Co. Ltd.
59. Patek Tool Co. Ltd.
60. President Industrial Inc.
61. Promising Way (Hong Kong) Ltd.
62. Qingda Jisco Co. Ltd.
63. Qingdao D&L Hardware Co. Ltd.
64. Qingdao Gold Dragon Co. Ltd.
65. Qingdao Hongyuan Nail Industry Co. Ltd.
66. Qingdao Meijialucky Industry and Co.
67. Qingdao MST Industry and Commerce Co. Ltd.
68. Qingdao Top Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.
69. Qingdao Uni-Trend International.
70. Quzhou Monsoon Hardware Co. Ltd.
71. Rise Time Industrial Ltd.
72. Romp Coil Nail Industries Inc.
73. R-Time Group Inc.
74. Shandong Liaocheng Minghua Metal Pvt. Ltd.
75. Shanghai Haoray International Trade Co. Ltd.
76. Shanghai Pioneer Speakers Co. Ltd.
77. Shanghai Seti Enterprise Int'l Co. Ltd.
78. Shanxi Easyfix Trade Co. Ltd.
79. Shaoxing Chengye Metal Producing Co. Ltd.
80. Shenzhen Xinjintal Hardware Co. Ltd.
81. Suzhou Xingya Nail Co. Ltd.
82. Taizhou Dajiang Ind. Co. Ltd.
83. Theps International.
84. Tianji Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
85. Tianjin Baisheng Metal Products Co. Ltd.
86. Tianjin Bluekin Indusries Ltd.
87. Tianjin Coways Metal Products Co. Ltd.
88. Tianjin Dagang Jingang Nail Factory.
89. Tianjin Evangel Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
90. Tianjin Fulida Supply Co. Ltd.
91. Tianjin Jin Xin Sheng Long Metal Products Co. Ltd.
92. Tianjin Jinghai Yicheng Metal Pvt.
93. Tianjin Jinlin Pharmaceutical Factory.
94. Tianjin Jinmao Imp. & Exp. Corp. Ltd.
95. Tianjin Lianda Group Co. Ltd.
96. Tianjin Tianhua Environmental Plastics Co. Ltd.
97. Tianjin Yong Sheng Towel Mill.
98. Tianjin Yongye Furniture Co. Ltd.
99. Tianjin Zhonglian Times Technology.
100. Tianjin Zhongsheng Garment Co. Ltd.
101. Unicore Tianjin Fasteners Co. Ltd.
102. Win Fasteners Manufactory (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
103. Wulian Zhanpeng Metals Co. Ltd.
104. Yongchang Metal Product Co.
105. Yuyao Dingfeng Engineering Co. Ltd.
106. Zhangjiagang Longxiang Industries Co. Ltd.
107. Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co. Ltd.
108. Zhejiang Best Nail Industry Co. Ltd.
109. Zhejiang Jihengkang (JHK) Door Ind. Co. Ltd.
110. Zhejiang Yiwu Yongzhou Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
111. Zhong Shan Daheng Metal Products Co. Ltd.
112. Zhong Shan Shen Neng Metals Products Co. Ltd.
113. Zhucheng Jinming Metal Products Co. Ltd.
114. Zhucheng Runfang Paper Co. Ltd.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
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4. Discussion of the Methodology
a. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
b. Non-Market Economy Country Status
c. Separate Rates
5. Use of Application of Facts Otherwise Available
6. Use of Adverse Inference
7. Sample Rate Calculation
8. Surrogate Country
9. Date of Sale
10. Normal Value Comparisons
11. Factor Valuation Methodology
12. Comparisons to Normal Value
13. Currency Conversion
14. Recommendation
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