[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6503-6506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02003]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-854]


Certain Steel Nails From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No Shipments, and 
Final Determination of No Reviewable Sales; 2021-2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
certain steel nails from Taiwan were sold in the United States at less 
than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2021, 
through June 30, 2022. Commerce also determines that certain companies 
under review made no shipments of certain steel nails from Taiwan or 
had no reviewable sales during the POR.

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faris Montgomery, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1537.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 3, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results in 
the 2021-2022 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain steel nails from Taiwan and invited interested parties to 
comment.\1\ The review covers 140 companies, including three mandatory 
respondents, four companies claiming no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, three companies claiming no reviewable 
sales during the POR, and 130 companies not selected for individual 
examination.\2\ A summary of the events that occurred since publication 
of the Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues 
raised by parties for these final results, are included in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\3\ Commerce conducted this administrative 
review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Preliminary Determination of 
No Shipments, Preliminary Determination of No Reviewable Sales, and 
Partial Rescission of Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 51291 (August 3, 
2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    \2\ Id. The mandatory respondents in this review are: Your 
Standing International, Inc. (YSI); Shang Jeng Nail Co., Ltd. (Shang 
Jeng); and World Kun Company Limited (World Kun). We note that 
Concord International Engineering & Trading Co., Ltd. was selected 
as a mandatory respondent, but claimed to have no reviewable sales 
in its questionnaire responses.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan; 2021-2022,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea, 
Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 39994 (July 13, 2015) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise covered by this Order are certain steel nails from 
Taiwan. The certain steel nails subject to the Order are currently 
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7317.00.55.02, 7317.00.55.03, 7317.00.55.05, 
7317.00.55.07, 7317.00.55.08, 7317.00.55.11, 7317.00.55.18, 
7317.00.55.19, 7317.00.55.20, 7317.00.55.30, 7317.00.55.40, 
7317.00.55.50, 7317.00.55.60, 7317.00.55.70, 7317.00.55.80, 
7317.00.55.90, 7317.00.65.30, 7317.00.65.60 and 7317.00.75.00. Certain 
steel nails subject to this Order also may be classified under HTSUS 
subheadings 7907.00.60.00, 8206.00.00.00 or other HTSUS subheadings. 
While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of this Order is 
dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in parties' case and rebuttal briefs are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in 
appendix I to this notice. 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our findings at verification, Commerce made certain 
changes to the margin calculations for YSI. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum contains descriptions of these changes.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that the following 
companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR: 
Astrotech Steels Private Limited (Astrotech); Region Systems Sdn. Bhd 
(Region Systems); Region Industries Co., Ltd. (Region Industries); and 
Region International Co., Ltd (Region International).\5\ As we have not 
received any information to contradict this determination, consistent 
with our practice, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to liquidate any existing entries of subject merchandise produced 
by these four companies, but exported by other parties, at the all-
others rate if there is

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no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 51292.
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Final Determination of No Reviewable Sales

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that resellers 
Create Trading Co., Ltd. (Create Trading), Wiresmith Industrial Co., 
Ltd. (Wiresmith), and Concord International Engineering & Trading Co., 
Ltd. (Concord International) had no reviewable sales of subject 
merchandise during the POR.\6\ As we find that there is no evidence on 
the record of this review which warrants a different determination, we 
continue to find that these three companies had no reviewable sales 
during the POR. As discussed further in the ``Assessment Rates'' 
section below, we will instruct CBP to liquidate any existing entries 
of subject merchandise produced by Create Trading, Wiresmith, and 
Concord International's respective unaffiliated suppliers and 
attributed to Create Trading, Wiresmith, and Concord International at 
the rate applicable to the unaffiliated producers, or the all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the unaffiliated producers.\7\
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    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954, 23954 (May 6, 2003) 
(Assessment of Antidumping Duties); see also Certain Pasta from 
Turkey: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 76 FR 23974, 23977 (April 29, 2011), 
unchanged in Pasta from Turkey: Notice of Final Results of the 14th 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 68399 (November 4, 
2011).
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Facts Available

    Pursuant to section 776(a)(1) and 776(a)(2)(A)-(C) of the Act, we 
are relying upon facts otherwise available to assign estimated dumping 
margins to mandatory respondents Shang Jeng and World Kun because both 
companies were unresponsive to our requests for information, and 
thereby withheld necessary information that was requested by Commerce, 
failed to provide the information requested by the specified deadlines 
in the form and manner requested, and significantly impeded the conduct 
of the review. Further, Commerce finds that Shang Jeng and World Kun 
failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their ability to 
comply with requests for information and, thus, Commerce is applying an 
adverse inference in selecting among the facts available, in accordance 
with section 776(b) of the Act. As adverse facts available, we are 
assigning these companies a rate of 78.17 percent, which is the highest 
rate applied in any segment of this proceeding.

Rate for Non-Selected Companies

    As we stated in the Preliminary Results, the weighted-average 
dumping margin for YSI is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 
facts otherwise available, whereas other selected mandatory 
respondents' weighted-average dumping margins are based entirely on 
facts available. Commerce, therefore, assigned a weighted-average 
dumping margin to the non-examined companies that is equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin for YSI in accordance with its 
practice. This determination is unchanged for the final results.

Final Results of Review

    We have determined the following dumping margins for the firms 
listed below for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022:

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                                                       Weighted-average
                  Exporter/producer                     dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Your Standing International, Inc....................               26.28
Shang Jeng Nail Co., Ltd............................               78.17
World Kun Company Limited...........................               78.17
Companies under Review Not Selected for Individual                 26.28
 Examination \8\....................................
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Disclosure
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    \8\ See appendix II for a list of these companies.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for YSI within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the 
date of publication of these final results in the Federal Register. If 
a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 
assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 
entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory 
injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because YSI's weighted-average 
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), we calculated importer-specific antidumping duty 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total 
entered value of those sales.\9\ Where we do not have entered values 
for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we calculated an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to 
the total quantity of those sales. To determine whether an importer-
specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific ad 
valorem ratio based on estimated entered values. Where an importer-
specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\10\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by an 
individually examined respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no 
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\11\
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    \11\ See Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR at 23954.
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    In addition, because we found no shipments of subject merchandise 
for Astrotech, Region Systems, Region Industries, and Region 
International in the final results, any suspended entries made under 
that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be 
liquidated at the all-others rate if there

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is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.
    Because we continue to find Concord International, Create Trading, 
and Wiresmith had no reviewable entries during the POR in the final 
results, any suspended entries of subject merchandise associated with 
these companies will be liquidated at the rate applicable to the 
unaffiliated producers, or the all-others rate if there is no rate for 
the unaffiliated producers.
    For the companies which were not selected for individual 
examination listed in appendix II, we assigned an antidumping duty 
assessment rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin determined 
for these companies in the final results of review (i.e., the margin 
for the sole cooperating mandatory respondent YSI).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for YSI, Shang Jeng, 
World Kun, and the companies listed in appendix II will be equal to the 
appropriate dumping margin established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was 
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior completed review, or the less-than-fair value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the company-specific rate established for the most recently-completed 
segment of this proceeding for the producer of subject merchandise; and 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will 
continue to be 2.16 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation, as amended.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ See Certain Steel Nails from Taiwan: Notice of Court 
Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination in Less Than Fair 
Value Investigation and Notice of Amended Final Determination, 82 FR 
55090 (November 20, 2017).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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/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 these final results of administrative 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 
19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: January 26, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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: Whether To Include San Shing Fastech Corporation's 
(San Shing) Financial Data in the Calculation of Profit and Indirect 
Selling Expenses (ISE) for Constructed Value (CV)
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Find YSI and Its Toller 
Affiliated and Refer Potential Duty Evasion to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP)
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Continue To Apply Adverse 
Facts Available (AFA) to Shang Jeng Nail Co., Ltd. (Shang Jeng) and 
World Kun Company Limited (World Kun)
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

List of Companies Under Review Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. A-Jax Enterprises Limited
2. A-Jax International Company Limited
3. A-Stainless International Company Limited
4. Advanced Global Sourcing Limited
5. Aimreach Enterprises Company Limited
6. Alisios International Corporation
7. Allwin Architectural Hardware Inc.
8. A.N. Cooke Manufacturing Co., Pty., Limited
9. Asia Engineered Components
10. Asia Link Industrial Corporation
11. Asia Smarten Way Corp. (Taiwan)
12. Autolink International Company Limited
13. BCR Inc.
14. Bestwell International Corporation
15. Boss Precision Works Co., Ltd.
16. Budstech CI Limited
17. Bulls Technology Company Limited
18. Canatex Industrial Company Limited
19. Cata Company Limited
20. Cenluxmetals Company Limited
21. Chang Bin Industrial Co., Ltd.
22. Channg Chin Industry Corporation
23. Charng Yu Industrial Company
24. Chen Nan Iron Wire Co., Ltd.
25. Chen Yu-Lan
26. Chia Da Fastener Company Limited
27. Chiang Shin Fasteners Industries Ltd.
28. Chin Tai Sing Precision Manufactory Co., Ltd.
29. Chun Yu Works & Company Limited
30. Cross International Co., Ltd.
31. Da Wing Industry Company Limited
32. Dar Yu Enterprise Co., Ltd.
33. Eagre International Trade Co., Ltd.
34. Ever-Top Hardware Corporation
35. Excel Components Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
36. Fastguard Fastening Systems Inc.
37. Fastnet Corporation
38. Fujian Xinhong Mech. & Elec. Co., Ltd.
39. Funtec International Co., Ltd.
40. Fuzhou Royal Floor Co., Ltd.
41. FWU Kuang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
42. GoFast Company Limited
43. H-H Fasteners Company
44. H-Locker Components Inc.
45. Hau Kawang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
46. Hecny Group
47. Hi-Sharp Industrial Corp., Ltd.
48. Hom Wei Enterprise Corporation
49. HWA Hsing Screw Industry Co., Ltd.
50. Hwaguo Industrial Fasteners Co., Ltd.
51. Hy-Mart Fastener Co., Ltd.
52. Hyup Sung Indonesia
53. In Precision Link Co., Ltd.
54. Intai Technology Corporation
55. JCH Hardware Company Inc.
56. Jet Crown International Co., Ltd.
57. Ji Li Deng Fasteners Co., Ltd.
58. Jinhai Hardware Co., Ltd.
59. Jinn Her Enterprise Limited
60. Jockey Ben Metal Enterprise Co., Ltd.
61. Kan Good Enterprise Co., Ltd.
62. Katsuhana Fasteners Corporation
63. Kay Guay Enterprises Co., Ltd.
64. Key Use Industrial Works Co., Ltd.
65. KOT Components Co., Ltd.
66. K. Ticho Industries Co., Ltd.
67. K Win Fasteners Inc.
68. Kuan Hsin Screw Industry Co., Ltd.
69. Liang Ying Fasteners Industry Co., Ltd.
70. Long Chan Enterprise Co., Ltd.
71. Lu Chu Shin Yee Works Co., Ltd.
72. Mechanical Hardwares Co.
73. Midas Union Co., Ltd.
74. Min Hwei Enterprise Co., Ltd.
75. Ming Cheng Precision Co., Ltd.
76. Ming Zhan Industrial Co., Ltd.

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77. ML Global Ltd.
78. Newfast Co., Ltd.
79. Noah Enterprise Co., Ltd.
80. Nytaps Taiwan Corporation
81. Pao Shen Enterprises Co., Ltd.
82. Par Excellence Industrial Co., Ltd.
83. Pengteh Industrial Co., Ltd.
84. Pneumax Corp.
85. Printech T Electronics Corporation
86. Pro-an International Co., Ltd.
87. Pronto Great China Corp.
88. Professional Fasteners Development Co., Ltd.
89. P.S.M. Fasteners (Asia) Limited
90. Qi Ding Enterprise Co., Ltd.
91. Right Source Co., Ltd.
92. Rodex Fasteners Corp.
93. Rong Chang Metal Co., Ltd.
94. San Shing Fastech Corporation
95. SBSCQ Taiwan Limited
96. Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
97. Somax Enterprise Co., Ltd.
98. Spec Products Corporation
99. Star World Product and Trading Co., Ltd.
100. Sumeeko Industries Co., Ltd.
101. Sunshine Spring Co., Ltd.
102. Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.
103. Supreme Fasteners Corp.
104. Szu I Industries Co., Ltd.
105. Tag Fasteners Sdn. Bhd.
106. Taifas Corporation
107. Taiwan Geer-Tai Works Co., Ltd.
108. Taiwan Quality Fastener Co., Ltd.
109. Team Builder Enterprise Limited
110. Techno Associates Taiwan Co., Ltd.
111. Techup Development Co., Ltd.
112. TG Co., Ltd.
113. Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co. Ltd.
114. Topps Wang International Ltd.
115. Ume-Pride International Inc.
116. Unistrong Industrial Co., Ltd.
117. United Nail Products Co. Ltd.
118. Vanguard International Co., Ltd.
119. Wa Tai Industrial Co., Ltd.
120. Win Fastener Corporation
121. WTA International Co., Ltd.
122. Wumax Industry Co., Ltd.
123. Wyser International Corporation
124. Yeun Chang Hardware Tool Company Limited
125. Yng Tran Enterprise Company Limited
126. Yoh Chang Enterprise Company Limited
127. Yow Chern Company
128. Yumark Enterprises Corporation
129. Yu Tai World Co., Ltd.
130. Zenith Good Enterprise Corporation

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