[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24751-24753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11126]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: On April 24, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register the final results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
steel nails from the People's Republic of China (China). Commerce is 
amending the final results of the administrative review to correct an 
unintentional ministerial error.

DATES: Applicable May 29, 2019.

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: On April 24, 2019, Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the final results of the administrative review of 
certain steel nails from China.\1\ No interested party submitted 
ministerial allegations concerning the Final Results. Following the 
publication of the Final Results, Commerce identified a ministerial 
error in Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.'s (Dezhou Hualude) 
final results margin calculation program.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 17134 (April 24, 
2019) (Final Results) and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review Certain Steel Nails 
from the People's Republic of China; 2016-2017: Ministerial Error 
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error 
Memorandum).
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error, as defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), includes ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of administrative 
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending the final results of review . . . .'' Even when interested 
parties do not submit ministerial error comments, Commerce has the 
authority to self-correct ministerial errors provided the self-
correction occurs within the statutory timeline for judicial review.\4\
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    \3\ See also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    \4\ See American Signature, Inc. v. United States, 598 F.3d 816, 
826-28 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
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Ministerial Errors

    In the Final Results, we stated our intention to adjust U.S. price 
in the margin programming for Dezhou Hualude's international freight 
and marine insurance expenses.\5\ However, following the Final Results, 
we observed that the SAS code input into the program inadvertently 
caused the program to create missing values for the international 
freight expenses pertaining to sales to certain importers, which in 
turn removed those sales from the program and failed to generate 
importer-specific liquidation rates for those importers. Modifying the 
final margin program to fix these missing values will properly include 
the sales in the program and generate the proper importer-specific 
liquidation rates. Accordingly, we have determined, in accordance with 
section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), that an unintentional 
ministerial error was made in the Final Results. For a detailed 
discussion of this ministerial error, as well as Commerce's analysis, 
see Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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    \5\ See Final Results and accompany IDM at 26.
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Amended Final Results

    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results of this administrative review of 
nails from China. For the amended final results, Commerce has 
recalculated the weighted-average margin for Dezhou Hualude. Commerce 
has also updated the sample rate assigned to the non-selected 
companies, which is based on an average of the rates of the three 
mandatory respondents, The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems 
Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (collectively, Stanley), 
Dezhou Hualude, and Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd. 
(Shandong Dinglong), as discussed in the Ministerial Error Memorandum. 
The revised weighted-average dumping margins for the administrative 
review are as follows:

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                                                             Weighted-
                        Exporter                          average margin
                                                             (percent)
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Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd...............           69.99
Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd \6\..........          118.04
The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd.            3.94
 and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (collectively,
 Stanley) \7\...........................................
Hebei Canzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd........           43.26
Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd............           43.26
Qingdao D&L Group Ltd...................................           43.26
SDC International Australia Pty. Ltd....................           43.26
Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., Ltd........           43.26
Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd..............           43.26
Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd. a.k.a. Shanghai            43.26
 Yueda Nails Co., Ltd...................................
Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd............................           43.26
Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.............           43.26
Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.......................           43.26
S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd........           43.26
Suntec Industries Co., Ltd..............................           43.26
Tianjin Huixinshangmao Co., Ltd.........................           43.26
Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd..................           43.26
Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co.,             43.26
 Ltd....................................................
Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corporation.....           43.26
Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd..................           43.26
Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd........           43.26
Zhangjiagang Lianfeng Metals Products Co., Ltd..........           43.26
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Disclosure
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    \6\ There are no changes to the dumping margin for Shandong 
Dinglong.
    \7\ There are no changes to the dumping margin for Stanley.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these amended 
final results of review within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this review pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b).
    Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we 
calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rates by 
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each 
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered 
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\8\ Where Commerce 
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the total 
amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales 
quantity associated with those transactions, Commerce will direct CBP 
to assess importer-specific assessment rates based on the resulting 
per-unit rates.\9\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad 
valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis (i.e., 0.50 
percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties 
at the time of liquidation.\10\ Where an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce 
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\11\ We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries 
containing subject merchandise exported by the China-wide entity at the 
China-wide rate.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ Id.
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Pursuant to Commerce's assessment practice, for entries that were 
not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies 
individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
liquidate such entries at the China-wide entity rate. Additionally, if 
Commerce 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 
China-wide entity rate.\12\
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    \12\ 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 
retroactively on any entries made on or after April 24, 2019, the date 
of publication of the Final Results, for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) For the exporters listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established in the ``Amended Final Results'' section 
(except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, a zero cash deposit rate 
will be required for that company); (2) for previously investigated or 
reviewed China and non-China exporters not listed above that have 
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for all China 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to be 
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-
wide rate of 118.04 percent; and (4) for all non-China exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the China exporters that 
supplied that non-China exporter. The deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

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Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    These amended final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: May 22, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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