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24See 19 CFR 351.310. 

25See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

1See Twist Ties from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 85 FR 45161 (July 27, 2020) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Twist Ties from People’s 

Republic of China (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice; see also Appendix 

I. 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

4See Initiation Notice. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Twist Ties 

from the People’s Republic of China: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated November 23, 

2020 (Preliminary Scope Determination 

Memorandum). 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and (3) 

a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined.24 Issues 

addressed during the hearing will be 

limited to those raised in the briefs.25

Parties should confirm by telephone the 

date and time of the hearing two days 

before the scheduled date. 

Parties are reminded that all briefs 

and hearing requests must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS and 

received successfully in their entirety by 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of our analysis of 

the issues raised by the parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after 

publication of these preliminary results. 

This administrative review and notice 

are in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213. 

Dated: December 3, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Intent to Rescind, in Part 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Period of Review 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Benchmark Interest Rates and Discount 

Rates 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Conclusion 

Appendix II 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

1. Adinath International 

2. Allena Group 

3. Alloyed Steel 

4. Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited 

5. C.D. Industries 

6. CHW Forge 

7. CHW Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

8. Citizen Metal Depot 

9. Corum Flange 

10. DN Forge Industries 

11. Echjay Forgings Limited 

12. Falcon Valves and Flanges Private 

Limited 

13. Heubach International 

14. Hindon Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

15. Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd. 

16. Kinnari Steel Corporation 

17. Mascot Metal Manufacturers 

18. M F Rings and Bearing Races Ltd. 

19. OM Exports 

20. Punjab Steel Works (PSW) 

21. Raaj Sagar Steel 

22. Ravi Ratan Metal Industries 

23. R. D. Forge 

24. Rolex Fittings India Pvt. Ltd. 

25. Rollwell Forge Pvt. Ltd. 

26. SHM (ShinHeung Machinery) 

27. Siddhagiri Metal & Tubes 

28. Sizer India 

29. Steel Shape India 

30. Sudhir Forgings Pvt. Ltd. 

31. Tirupati Forge 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–131] 

Twist Ties From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that twist ties from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

October 1, 2019 through March 31, 

2020. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Wood or Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement & 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1959 or (202) 482–3860, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on July 27, 2020.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and the electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are twist ties from China. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (scope).4 Certain interested 

parties commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Determination 

Memorandum.5 Commerce is 

preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the revised scope in 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce 

preliminarily has relied upon facts 

otherwise available, with adverse 


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6See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Twist Ties from the People’s 

Republic of China: Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

August 17, 2020 (Respondent Selection 

Memorandum); see also Zhenjiang Hongda and 

Zhenjiang Zhonglian’s Letter, ‘‘Twist Ties from the 

People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of 

Zhenjiang Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian from 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation and Counsel’s 

Certification of Compliance with the Terms of the 

APO,’’ dated August 24, 2020. 

7See Initiation Notice at 45164. 

8See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on Commerce’s website at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

9The China-Wide Entity includes Zhenjiang 

Hongda and Zhenjiang Zhonglian. 

inferences, with respect to the Chinawide entity. The China-wide entity 

includes mandatory respondents 

Zhenjiang Hongda Commodity Co., Ltd. 

(Zhenjiang Hongda) and Zhenjiang 

Zhonglian I/E Co., Ltd. (Zhenjiang 

Zhonglian).6 These companies failed to 

respond to Commerce’s requests for 

information and withdrew from 

participation in this investigation. For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying Commerce’s preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice,7 Commerce 

stated that it would calculate producer/ 

exporter combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.8 In 

this investigation, we assigned 

producer/exporter combination rates for 

respondents eligible for separate rates. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Producer Exporter 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate 

(adjusted 

for subsidy 

offsets) 

(percent) 

Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known as 

Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd).

Rongfa Plastic Products Co., Ltd. (also known as 

Zhenjiang Rongfa Plastic Co., Ltd).

72.96 62.42 

Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd ..................... Tianjin Kyoei Packaging Supplies Co., Ltd ..................... 72.96 62.42 

China-Wide Entity 9 72.96 62.42 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, as discussed below. Further, 

pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), Commerce 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted average 

amount by which normal value exceeds 

U.S. price, as indicated in the chart 

above as follows: (1) For the producer/ 

exporter combinations listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate is equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin listed for that 

combination in the table; (2) for all 

combinations of Chinese producers/ 

exporters of merchandise under 

consideration that have not established 

eligibility for their own separate rates, 

the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for the China-wide 

entity; and (3) for all third-country 

exporters of merchandise under 

consideration not listed in the table 

above, the cash deposit rate is the cash 

deposit rate applicable to the Chinese 

producer/exporter combination (or 

China-wide entity) that supplied that 

third-country exporter. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of domestic 

subsidy pass-through and export 

subsidies determined in a companion 

CVD proceeding when CVD provisional 

measures are in effect. Accordingly, 

Commerce has made a preliminary 

affirmative determination for an export 

subsidy adjustment. However, 

Commerce has not made a preliminary 

affirmative determination for a domestic 

subsidy pass-through adjustment in this 

investigation. Commerce has offset the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate rate. Any 

such adjusted rates may be found in the 

chart of estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting cash deposits at a rate equal 

to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated in this 

preliminary determination unadjusted 

for export subsidies at the time the CVD 

provisional measures expire. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, Commerce discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 

because Commerce preliminarily 

determined that the mandatory 

respondents should be considered to be 

part of the China-wide entity and 

assigned the China-wide entity an AFA 

rate based solely on the petition, there 

are no calculations to disclose. 

Verification 

Because the mandatory respondents 

in this investigation did not provide 

information requested by Commerce 

and Commerce preliminarily determines 

in accordance with section 776(b) of the 

Act that each of the mandatory 

respondents to have been 

uncooperative, verification will not be 

conducted. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS) no 

later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determination, unless the Secretary 

alters the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 


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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

11See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

12See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(2)(i). 

13See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). 

14See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

briefs.10 Parties who submit case briefs 

or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 

are encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Parties must file their case and 

rebuttal briefs, and any requests for a 

hearing, electronically using 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS.12 Electronically filed 

documents must be received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time,13 on the due dates 

established above. Note that Commerce 

has temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.14

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that 

Commerce will issue the final 

determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, Commerce will make its 

final determination no later than 75 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV. If the final determination is 

affirmative, the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of the subject 

merchandise are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 3, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation consists of twist ties, which are 

thin, bendable ties for closing containers, 

such as bags, bundle items, or identifying 

objects. A twist tie in most circumstances is 

comprised of one or more metal wires 

encased in a covering material, which allows 

the tie to retain its shape and bind against 

itself. However, it is possible to make a twist 

tie with plastic and no metal wires. The 

metal wire that is generally used in a twist 

tie is stainless or galvanized steel and 

typically measures between the gauges of 19 

(.0410′′ diameter) and 31 (.0132′′) (American 

Standard Wire Gauge). A twist tie usually has 

a width between .075′′ and 1′′ in the crossmachine direction (width of the tie— 

measurement perpendicular with the wire); a 

thickness between .015′′ and .045′′ over the 

wire; and a thickness between .002′′ and 

.020′′ in areas without wire. The scope 

includes an all-plastic twist tie containing a 

plastic core as well as a plastic covering (the 

wing) over the core, just like paper and/or 

plastic in a metal tie. An all-plastic twist tie 

(without metal wire) would be of the same 

measurements as a twist tie containing one 

or more metal wires. Twist ties are 

commonly available individually in pre-cut 

lengths (‘‘singles’’), wound in large spools to 

be cut later by machine or hand, or in 

perforated sheets of spooled or single twist 

ties that are later slit by machine or by hand 

(‘‘gangs’’). 

The covering material of a twist tie may be 

paper (metallic or plain), or plastic, and can 

be dyed in a variety of colors with or without 

printing. A twist tie may have the same 

covering material on both sides or one side 

of paper and one side of plastic. When 

comprised of two sides of paper, the paper 

material is bound together with an adhesive 

or plastic. A twist tie may also have a tag or 

label attached to it or a pre-applied adhesive 

attached to it. 

Excluded from the scope of the order are 

twist ties packaged with bags for sale together 

where the quantity of twist ties does not 

exceed twice the number of bags in each 

package. Also excluded are twists ties that 

constitute part of the packaging of the 

imported product, for example, merchandise 

anchored/secured to a backing with twist ties 

in the retail package or a bag of bread that 

is closed with a twist tie. 

Twist ties are imported into the United 

States under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

8309.90.0000 and 5609.00.3000. Subject 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

subheadings 3920.51.5000, 3923.90.0080, 

3926.90.9990, 4811.59.6000, 4821.10.2000, 

4821.10.4000, 4821.90.2000, 4821.90.4000, 

and 4823.90.8600. These HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for reference only. 

The written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the 

Act 

VIII. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies 

IX. Verification 

X. ITC Notification 

XI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–854] 

Certain Steel Nails From Taiwan: 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is rescinding the 

administrative review, in part, of the 

antidumping duty order on certain steel 

nails from Taiwan for the period July 1, 

2019 through June 30, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable December 10, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VIII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6905. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 3, 2020, based on 

timely requests for review by Mid 

Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (the 

petitioner), a domestic producer and 


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