[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71372-71373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27933]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-808]


Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Oman 
Fasteners LLC (Oman Fasteners) did not sell certain steel nails (steel 
nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) at less than normal value 
during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable December 27, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3936.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the 2017-2018 antidumping duty administrative review of steel nails 
from Oman.\1\ On September 3, 2019, Oman Fasteners and Mid Continent 
Steel & Wire, Inc. (the petitioner) submitted case briefs.\2\ On 
September 9, 2019, Oman Fasteners and the petitioner submitted rebuttal 
briefs.\3\ In its case brief, the petitioner requested that Commerce 
conduct a hearing in this proceeding. On November 4, 2019, the 
petitioner withdrew its request for a hearing.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018, 84 FR 37620 (August 1, 2019) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Oman Fastener's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from Oman; 
3rd Administrative Review Case Brief,'' dated September 3, 2019; see 
also Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from Oman: Case 
Brief and Request for Hearing,'' dated September 3, 2019.
    \3\ See Oman Fastener's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from Oman; 
3rd Administrative Review Oman Fasteners' Rebuttal Brief,'' dated 
September 9, 2019; see also Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Steel 
Nails from Oman: Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 9, 2019.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from Oman: 
Withdrawal of Hearing Request,'' dated November 4, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order are steel nails from Oman. 
For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Final 
Results of the 2017-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is 
attached to this notice as an appendix. The Issues and 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 https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 
The signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we made no revisions to the preliminary margin 
calculation for the sole mandatory respondent.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman: Oman Fasteners, LLC,'' dated 
July 24, 2019.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We have determined the following weighted-average dumping margin 
applies to the firm listed below for the period July 1, 2017 through 
June 30, 2018:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/Producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Oman Fasteners LLC.........................................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review. We will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
sole respondent, for which it did not know its merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue 
liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this 
notice.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise 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 rate for 
the respondent noted above will be the rate established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this administrative review 
but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, 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 producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to 
be 9.10 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
investigation.\7\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 80 FR 28972 (May 20, 
2015).
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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 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 doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an APO is a 
sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 18, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Which Financial Statement is the Appropriate Source for 
the Calculation of Constructed Value Profit and Indirect Selling 
Expenses
Comment 2: Whether Oman Fasteners is Affiliated with a Customer by 
Virtue of a Close Supplier Relationship
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Adjust the Per-Unit Zinc Cost
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Allow a Scrap Offset
Comment 5: Whether to Include Excluded Bad Debt Expenses Either in 
the General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses or in Indirect Selling 
Expenses
Comment 6: Whether Commerce's Differential Pricing Methodology is 
Unlawful
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-27933 Filed 12-26-19; 8:45 am]
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