[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48907-48908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23246]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-909


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 2009.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined 
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain steel nails from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), 
received on August 24, 2009, meets the statutory and regulatory 
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new 
shipper review is January 23, 2008, - July 31, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Renkey, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the PRC was 
published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2008. See Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic 
of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008) (``Order''). On August 24, 2009, 
we received a timely request for a new shipper review from Maanshan 
Leader Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Maanshan Leader'') in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(c) and 351.214(d)(2). Maanshan Leader has certified 
that it is both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise 
upon which the request for the new shipper review is based.

Initiation of New Shipper Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Maanshan Leader 
certified that it did not export certain steel nails to the

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United States during the period of investigation (``POI''). Pursuant to 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Maanshan Leader certified that, since the 
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any 
exporter or producer who exported certain steel nails to the United 
States during the POI, including those not individually examined during 
the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), 
Maanshan Leader has also certified that its export activities are not 
controlled by the central government of the PRC.
    In addition to the certifications described above, Maanshan Leader 
submitted documentation establishing the following: (1) the date on 
which it first shipped certain steel nails for export to the United 
States and the date on which the certain steel nails first entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first 
shipment; and (3) the date of its first sales to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating this new shipper review for shipments 
of certain steel nails from the PRC produced and exported by Maanshan 
Leader.
    We intend to issue preliminary results of this review no later than 
180 days from the date of initiation, and final results of these 
reviews no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow, at 
the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion of the 
review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry 
of the subject merchandise from Maanshan Leader in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(e). Because 
Maanshan Leader certified that it both produced and exported the 
subject merchandise, the sale of which is the basis for this new 
shipper review request, we will apply the bonding privilege to Maanshan 
Leader only for subject merchandise which Maanshan Leader both produced 
and exported.
    Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306. This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: September 21, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-23246 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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