[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65588-65591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-874]


Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review 
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during 
the period of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. In 
addition, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to 
116 companies which had no entries in the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) data. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Entz or Ian Riggs, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3845 or (202) 482-3810, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 13, 2015, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) in 
the Federal Register.\1\ On September 11, 2023, based on timely 
requests for review, we initiated an administrative review of the Order 
covering 123 companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On March 18, 2024,

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Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this 
administrative review to July 30, 2024.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce 
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven 
days.\4\ The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 
2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ 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).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of 2022-2023 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated 
March 18, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to the Order are certain steel nails (steel 
nails) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). For a full description of 
the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\6\ 
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended 
entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment rate 
calculated for the review period.\7\ Therefore, for an administrative 
review to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce 
can instruct CBP to liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate 
calculated for the POR.\8\
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    \6\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 
24, 2023).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    On December 20, 2023, we notified all interested parties of our 
intent to rescind this review, in part, with respect to the 116 
companies listed in Appendix III because there were no suspended 
entries of subject merchandise produced or exported by these companies 
during the POR and we invited interested parties to comment.\9\ We 
received no comments on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum. Accordingly, 
Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to the companies listed 
in Appendix III, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in 
Part,'' dated December 20, 2023 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act. We calculated export price and constructed export 
price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. We calculated NV in 
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the 
methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is attached as Appendix I to this notice. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

    The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the rate to 
be determined for companies not selected for individual examination 
when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review 
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to 
section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in a market economy less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for 
companies which were not selected for individual examination in an 
administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-
others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted average of 
the estimated weighted average dumping margins established for 
exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero 
or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the 
basis of facts available{time} .''
    We preliminarily calculated a dumping margin of zero for one of the 
two mandatory respondents, Korea Wire Co., Ltd. (KOWIRE). Therefore, we 
have preliminarily assigned a dumping margin to the companies not 
selected for individual examination in this review based on the rate 
calculated for the other mandatory respondent, Nailtech Co., Ltd. 
(Nailtech). See Appendix II.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 
2023:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Korea Wire Co., Ltd.........................................        0.00
Nailtech Co., Ltd...........................................        2.43
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination \10\......        2.43
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Disclosure and Public Comment
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    \10\ See Appendix II.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with 
these preliminary results to interested parties within five days after 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\11\ 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\12\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table of 
contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\13\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative 
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).

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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings, we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide, at the beginning of their briefs, a public 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\14\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\15\
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    \14\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \15\ See APO and Service Final Rule, 88 FR at 67077.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. Oral presentations at the hearing will 
be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing 
is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the 
hearing.\16\ Parties should confirm the date and time of the hearing 
two days before the scheduled date.
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\17\ An electronically 
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 
because both respondents reported the entered value for their U.S. 
sales, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates 
based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the 
examined sales to the total entered value of those sales. Where either 
the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by KOWIRE or Nailtech 
for which these companies did not know that the merchandise they sold 
to an intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was 
destined for the United States. We will instruct CBP to liquidate those 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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    \18\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For the companies which were not selected for individual review, we 
intend to assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate, 
calculated as noted in the ``Rate for Companies Not Selected for 
Individual Examination'' section, above. The final results of this 
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on 
entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits 
of estimated duties, where applicable.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review 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).
    For the companies listed in Appendix III for which we are 
rescinding this review, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 
Commerce intends to issue these rescission instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective 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 the company 
listed above will be equal to the weighted average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review, except 
if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and therefore, de minimis within 
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit 
rate will be zero; (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 review, or the LTFV 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 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 11.80 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\19\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \19\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, including the results of its 
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1).

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Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 and/or countervailing 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: August 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination

1. Daejin Steel Company
2. Hanmi Staple Co., Ltd.
3. Je-il Wire Production Co., Ltd.
4. Koram Inc.
5. Youngwoo Fasteners Co., Ltd.

Appendix III

Companies for Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review

1. Agl Co., Ltd.
2. Ansing Fasteners Co. Ltd.
3. Astrotech Steels Private Limited.
4. Beijing Catic Industry Limited.
5. Beijing Jinheung Co., Ltd.
6. Big Mind Group Co., Ltd.
7. Changzhou Kya Trading Co., Ltd.
8. China Staple Enterprise Tianjin Co. Ltd.
9. CMT Co. Ltd.
10. D&F Material Products Ltd.
11. De Well Group Korea Co., Ltd.
12. Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
13. DLF Industry Co., Limited.
14. Dong Yang Chemical Co. Ltd.
15. Doublemoon Hardware Company Ltd.
16. DT China (Shanghai) Ltd.
17. Dugwoo Co. Ltd.
18. Ejen Brothers Limited.
19. England Rich Group (China) Ltd.
20. Ever Leading International Inc.
21. Fastgrow International Co., Inc.
22. Geekay Wires Limited.
23. Glovis America, Inc.
24. GWP Industries (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
25. Haas Automation Inc.
26. Handuk Industrial Co., Ltd.
27. Hanwoo Industrial Co. Ltd.
28. Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
29. Hebei Longshengyuan Trade Co Ltd.
30. Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd.
31. Hebei Shinyee Trade Co. Ltd.
32. Hengtuo Metal Products Company Limited.
33. Home Value Co., Ltd.
34. Hongyi (Hk) Hardware Products Co., Limited.
35. Hongyi (Hk) Industrial Co., Limited.
36. Huanghua RC Business Co., Ltd.
37. Huanghua Yingjin Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
38. HWA Shin Bolt Ind. Co. Ltd.
39. Inmax Industries Sdn. Bhd.
40. JCD Group Co., Limited.
41. Jining Jufu International Trade Co.
42. Jushiqiangsen (Tianjin) International Trade Co., Ltd.
43. Kabool Fasteners Co. Ltd.
44. KB Steel.
45. Kerry-Apex (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
46. KPF Co., Ltd.
47. Kuehne & Nagel Ltd.
48. Linyi Double-Moon Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
49. Linyi Flyingarrow Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
50. Linyi Jianchengde Metal Hardware Co.
51. Linyi Yitong Chain Co., Ltd.
52. Manho Rope and Wire Ltd.
53. Max Co., Ltd.
54. Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
55. Nanjing Senqiao Trading Co., Ltd.
56. Needslink, Inc.
57. Ocean King International Industries Limited.
58. Paslode Fasteners (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
59. Peace Industries Ltd. Korea.
60. Peace Korea Co., Ltd.
61. Qingdao Ant Hardware Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
62. Qingdao Best World Industry-Trading Co., Ltd.
63. Qingdao Cheshire Trading Co., Ltd.
64. Qingdao Hongyuan Nail Industry Co., Ltd.
65. Qingdao JCD Machinery Co., Ltd.
66. Qingdao Jiawei Industry Co., Limited.
67. Qingdao Jisco Co., Ltd.
68. Qingdao Master Metal Products Co., Ltd.
69. Qingdao Meijialucky Industry and Co.
70. Qingdao Mst Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.
71. Qingdao Ruitai Trade Co., Ltd.
72. Qingdao Shantron Int'l Trade Co., Ltd.
73. Qingdao Shenghengtong Metal Products Co., Ltd.
74. Qingdao Sunrise Metal Products Co., Ltd.
75. Qingdao Tian Heng Xiang Metal Products Co., Ltd.
76. Qingdao Top Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
77. Rewon Systems, Inc.
78. Rise Time Industrial Ltd.
79. Salt International Co. Ltd.
80. Shandong Dominant Source Group Co., Ltd.
81. Shandong Guomei Industry Co., Ltd.
82. Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
83. Shanghai Goldenbridge International Co., Ltd.
84. Shanghai Pinnacle International Trading Co., Ltd.
85. Shanghai Zoonlion Industrial Co., Ltd.
86. Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
87. Shanxi Sanhesheng Trade Co., Ltd.
88. Shaoxing Bohui Import & Export Co., Ltd.
89. Shijiazhuang Tops Hardware Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
90. Shijiazhuang Yajiada Metal Products Co., Ltd.
91. Shin Jung TMS Corporation Ltd.
92. Shinheung Industry Co.
93. SSS Hardware International Trading Co., Ltd.
94. Storeit Services LLP.
95. Tangshan Jason Metal Materials Co., Ltd.
96. Test Rite International Co., Ltd.
97. The Inno Steel Industry Company.
98. Tianjin Bluekin Industries Limited.
99. Tianjin Coways Metal Products Co., Ltd.
100. Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
101. Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.
102. Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry and Business Co., Ltd.
103. Tianjin Jinzhuang New Material Sci Co., Ltd.
104. Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.
105. Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.
106. Tianjin Zhonglian Times Technology Co., Ltd.
107. Un Global Company Limited.
108. Unicorn (Tianjin) Fasteners Co., Ltd.
109. United Company for Metal Products.
110. W&K Corporation Limited.
111. Weifang Wenhe Pneumatic Tools Co., Ltd.
112. Wulian Zhanpengmetals Co., Ltd.
113. Xian Metals And Minerals Import And Export Co., Ltd.
114. Youone Fastening Systems.
115. Zhangjiagang Lianfeng Metals Products Co., Ltd.
116. Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd.

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