MESSAGE NO: 7222204 DATE: 8/10/2007

CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INI

REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:

CASES: A-570-909, A-520-802

PERIOD COVERED: 07/16/2007

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS, PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS OF, CERTAIN STEEL
NAILS FROM CHINA AND THE UNITED, ARAB EMIRATES (A-570-909 AND A-520-802)

1\. ON 07/16/2007 (72 FR 38816), THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS INITIATION OF THE

ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN STEEL NAILS FROM THE

PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

2\. THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY EACH OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS

INCLUDES CERTAIN STEEL NAILS HAVING A SHAFT LENGTH UP TO 12

INCHES. CERTAIN STEEL NAILS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,

NAILS MADE OF ROUND WIRE AND NAILS THAT ARE CUT. CERTAIN STEEL

NAILS MAY BE OF ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTED OF TWO OR

MORE PIECES. CERTAIN STEEL NAILS MAY BE PRODUCED FROM ANY TYPE

OF STEEL, AND HAVE A VARIETY OF FINISHES, HEADS, SHANKS, POINT

TYPES, SHAFT LENGTHS AND SHAFT DIAMETERS. FINISHES INCLUDE, BUT

ARE NOT LIMITED TO, COATING IN VINYL, ZINC (GALVANIZED, WHETHER

BY ELECTROPLATING OR HOT-DIPPING ONE OR MORE TIMES), PHOSPHATE

CEMENT, AND PAINT. HEAD STYLES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,

FLAT, PROJECTION, CUPPED, OVAL, BRAD, HEADLESS, DOUBLE,

COUNTERSUNK, AND SINKER. SHANK STYLES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT

LIMITED TO, SMOOTH, BARBED, SCREW THREADED, RING SHANK AND

FLUTED SHANK STYLES. SCREW-THREADED NAILS SUBJECT TO THESE

PROCEEDINGS ARE DRIVEN USING DIRECT FORCE AND NOT BY TURNING THE

FASTENER USING A TOOL THAT ENGAGES WITH THE HEAD. POINT STYLES

INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DIAMOND, BLUNT, NEEDLE, CHISEL

AND NO POINT. FINISHED NAILS MAY BE SOLD IN BULK, OR THEY MAY

BE COLLATED INTO STRIPS OR COILS USING MATERIALS SUCH AS

PLASTIC, PAPER, OR WIRE.

CERTAIN STEEL NAILS SUBJECT TO THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE CURRENTLY

CLASSIFIED UNDER THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED

STATES (HTSUS) SUBHEADINGS 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65 AND

7317.00.75.

EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE ROOFING NAILS

OF ALL LENGTHS AND DIAMETER, WHETHER COLLATED OR IN BULK, AND

WHETHER OR NOT GALVANIZED. STEEL ROOFING NAILS ARE SPECIFICALLY

ENUMERATED AND IDENTIFIED IN ASTM STANDARD F 1667 (2005

REVISION) AS TYPE I, STYLE 20 NAILS. ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE

SCOPE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE CORRUGATED NAILS. A CORRUGATED

NAIL IS MADE OF A SMALL STRIP OF CORRUGATED STEEL WITH SHARP

POINTS ON ONE SIDE. ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THESE

PROCEEDINGS ARE FASTENERS SUITABLE FOR USE IN POWDER-ACTUATED

HAND TOOLS, NOT THREADED AND THREADED, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY

CLASSIFIED IN HTSUS 7317.00.20 AND 7317.00.30. ALSO EXCLUDED

FROM THE SCOPE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE THUMB TACKS, WHICH ARE

CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED UNDER HTSUS 7317.00.10.00.

WHILE THE HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND

CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THESE

INVESTIGATIONS IS DISPOSITIVE.

3\. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THESE CASES HAVE BEEN

ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS: A-570-909 FOR THE

PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND A-520-802 FOR THE UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES.

4\. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP

OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE

CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD

ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984

OR (202) 482-3577, RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O9:MR).

5\. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

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