[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32265-32268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14920]


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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 and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that Daejin Steel Co. (Daejin), Koram Inc. (Koram), and Korea Wire Co., 
Ltd. (Kowire), producers/exporters of merchandise subject to this 
administrative review, made sales of subject merchandise at less than 
normal value. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2016, through June 
30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable July 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Galantucci (Kowire), Maliha 
Khan (Daejin), or Trisha Tran (Koram), AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2923, (202) 482-0895, or (202) 482-4852, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 3, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel nails (steel nails) from 
Korea.\1\ On July 31, 2017, Daejin \2\ and Kowire \3\ each requested an 
administrative review, and Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc.\4\ (the 
petitioner) requested an administrative review of 206 producers and/or 
exporters, including Daejin, Koram, Koram Steel Co. Ltd., and Kowire. 
On September 28, 2017, the petitioner withdrew its administrative 
review request with respect to 202 of the 206 companies identified as 
producers/exporters in the petitioner's July 31, 2017 letter. The 
petitioner maintained its administrative review request with respect 
to: Daejin, Koram, Koram Steel Co. Ltd., and Kowire. As such, Commerce 
issued its AD questionnaire to these companies on October 10, 2017.\5\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 30833 (July 3, 2017).
    \2\ See Letter from Daejin, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from Korea--Request 
for Review,'' dated July 31, 2017.
    \3\ See Letter from Kowire, ``Steel Nails from the Republic of 
Korea--Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 2017.
    \4\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Certain Steel Nails from 
Korea: Request for Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 31, 2017.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Administrative Review of Certain 
Steel Nails from Korea: Antidumping Duty Questionnaire,'' dated 
October 10, 2017.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Commerce received timely requests to conduct an administrative 
review of certain exporters covering the POR. Because the petitioner 
timely withdrew its request for review of all of the companies listed 
in the Initiation Notice, with the exception of Daejin, Koram, Koram 
Steel Co. Ltd., and Kowire, we are rescinding this administrative 
review with respect to the remaining companies on which we initiated a 
review pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). For a list of the companies 
for which we are rescinding this review, see Appendix II to this 
notice.
    As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we 
preliminarily determine that Koram is the successor-in-interest to 
Koram Steel Co. Ltd.; therefore, we will not calculate a separate 
dumping margin for Koram Steel Co., Ltd.\6\ Accordingly, the three 
companies subject to the instant review are: Daejin, Koram, and Kowire.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum) at 2.

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    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 http://access.trade.gov and 
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and 
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is certain steel nails having 
a nominal shaft length not exceeding 12 inches.\7\ Merchandise covered 
by the order is currently classified under the 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 full 
description of the scope of the order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\8\
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    \7\ The shaft length of certain steel nails with flat heads or 
parallel shoulders under the head shall be measured from under the 
head or shoulder to the tip of the point. The shaft length of all 
other certain steel nails shall be measured overall.
    \8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\ A list of 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
Appendix I to this notice.
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    \9\ Id.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margins for the period July 1, 2016, 
through June 30, 2017:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                  Exporter and/or producer                      dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Daejin Steel Co.............................................        3.02
Koram Inc...................................................       10.59
Korea Wire Co., Ltd.........................................        1.10
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Commerce intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.
    For any individually examined respondents whose weighted-average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent), we will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\10\ For entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for which it did 
not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others rate if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company involved in the 
transaction.\11\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review 
is above de minimis. Where either the respondent's weighted-average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 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.
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    \10\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation methodology adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    \11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    For the 202 companies for which this review is rescinded, 
antidumping duties will be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties in effect at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice. 
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment 
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.

Cash Deposit Requirement

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of the final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of steel nails from Korea entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication 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 companies 
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this 
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will 
be required); (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the proceeding, 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 manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 11.80 percent ad valorem, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair value investigation.\12\
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    \12\ See Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 80 FR 28955 (May 20, 
2015).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations used in our analysis 
to interested parties in this review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR

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351.224(b). Interested parties are invited to comment on the 
preliminary results of this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), 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 no 
later than five days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\13\ 
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
are requested to submit with each brief: (1) A statement of the issues, 
(2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities.\14\ Executive summaries should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes.\15\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be 
filed using ACCESS.\16\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \15\ Id.
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested 
parties of the hearing schedule. Interested parties who wish to request 
a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, 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 the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties 
in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise 
extended.\17\
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    \17\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: July 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, In Part
V. Affiliation
VI. Duty Absorption Inquiry
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
    A. Comparisons to Normal Value
    B. Product Comparisons
    C. Date of Sale
    D. Level of Trade
    E. Export Price
    F. Normal Value
    G. Successor-In-Interest Determination--Koram
VIII. Currency Conversions
IX. Recommendation

Appendix II

Airlift Trans Oceanic Pvt. Ltd.
Aironware Enterprise (China) Ltd.
AM Global Shipping Lines
Ansing Rich Tech & Trade Co. Ltd.
Apex Maritime Co., Ltd.
Apex Shipping Co. Ltd.
Astrotech Steels Private Limited
Baoding Jieboshun Trading Corp. Ltd.
Beijing Jin Heung Co. Ltd.
Beijing Kang Jie Kong Int'l Cargo Co. Ltd.
Beijing Qin Li Jeff Trading Co., Ltd.
Bestbond International Limited
Bipex Co., Ltd.
Bollore Logistics Co. Ltd.
Bolung International Trading Co., Ltd.
Bon Voyage Logistics Inc.
Bonuts Hardware Logistics Co. Ltd.
Brilliant Group Logistics Corp.
C&D International Freight Forwarding
C.H. Robinson Freight Services Ltd.
Caesar International Logistics Co. Ltd.
Cana (Rizhao) Hardware Co. Ltd.
Cangzhou Xinqiao Int'l Trade Co. Ltd.
Capital Freight Management Inc.
Cargo Services Co. Ltd.
Caribbean International Co. Ltd.
Casia Global Logistics Co Ltd
China Container Line Northern Ltd.
China Dinghao Co., Ltd.
China International Freight Co., Ltd.
China Staple Enterprise Co. Ltd
Chinatrans International Limited
Chongqing Welluck Trading Co. Ltd.
Chosun Shipping Co. Ltd.
CJ Korea Express Corp.
CKX Co. Ltd.
Cohesion Freight (HK) Ltd.
Consolidated Shipping Services L.L.C.
Crelux International Co. Ltd.
Dahnay Logistics Private Ltd.
Dalian Sunny International Logistics
DCS Dah Star Logistics Co., Ltd.
De Well Container Shipping Inc.
Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Dong E Fuqiang Metal Products Co. Ltd.
DT Logistics Hong Kong Ltd
Duo-Fast Korea Co., Ltd.
Dynamic Network Container Line Limited
E&E Transport International Co., Ltd.
ECI Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Eco Steel Co., Ltd.
Ejem Brothers Limited
Eumex Line Shenzhen Limited
Eunsan Shipping & Aircargo Co., Ltd.
Euroline Global Co., Ltd.
Expeditors Korea Ltd.
Faithful Engineering Products Co. Ltd.
Fastgrow International Co.
Fastic Transportation Co., Ltd.
Flyjac Logistics Pvt. Ltd.
G Link Express Logistics (Korea) Ltd
GCL Logistics Co., Ltd.
Global Container Line, Inc.
Globelink Weststar Shipping
Glovis America
Grandee Logistics Ltd.
Hanbit Logistics Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Logistics India Private Ltd.
Hanmi Staple Co., Ltd.
Hanon Systems
Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd.
Hebei Tuohua Metal Products Co., Ltd.
Hecny Shipping Ltd.
Hecny Transportation Ltd.
Hengtuo Metal Products Co Ltd
High Link Line Inc.
Hong Kong Hong Xing Da Trading Co. Ltd.
Hongyi Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Honour Lane Logistics Company
Honour Lane Shipping Limited
Huanghua Yingjin Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Hyundai Logistics Co. Ltd.
Inmax Industries Sdn. Bhd.
Integral Building Products Inc.
International Maritime and Aviation LLC
JAS Forwarding Co. Ltd.
Je-il Wire Production Co., Ltd.
Jeil Tacker Co. Ltd.
Jiangsu Soho Honry Import Export Co. Ltd.
Jiaxing Slk Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Jinhai Hardware Co., Ltd.
Jinheung Steel Corporation
Jinkaiyi International Industry Co.
Jinsco International Corp.
Joo Sung Sea Air Co., Ltd.
K Logistics Corp.
K Logistics Inc.
Kasy Logistics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
King Shipping Company
Korchina International Logistics Co. Ltd.
Korea Total Logistics Co. Ltd.
Kousa International Logistics Co. Ltd.
Kuehne Nagel Ltd.
LF Logistics Co. Ltd.
Linyi Flying Arrow Imp. & Exp. Ltd.
MR Forwarding China Ltd.
Maxspeed International Transport Co. Ltd.
Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
Nailtech Co. Ltd.
Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.
Nauri Logistics Co. Ltd.
NCL Container Lines Co. Ltd.
Neo Gls

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Neptune Shipping Limited
Nexen L&C Corp.
OEC Freight Worldwide Korea Co. Ltd.
OEC Logistics Co., Ltd.
OEC World Wide Korea Co. Ltd.
Oman Fasteners LLC
Orient Express Container Co., Ltd.
Oriental Power Logistics Co. Ltd.
Overseas Distribution Services Inc.
Overseas International Steel Industry
Panalpina World Transport (PRC) Ltd.
Paslode Fasteners (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Promising Way (Hong Kong) Limited
Pudong Prime International Logistics, Inc.
Qingdao Chesire Trading Co. Ltd.
Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.
Qingdao Hongyuan Nail Industry Co. Ltd.
Qingdao Master Metal Products Co. Ltd.
Qingdao Meijialucky Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Mst Industry and Commerce Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Tiger Hardware Co., Ltd.
Ramses Logistics Company Limited
Regency Global Logistics Co., Ltd.
Ricoh Logistics System Co., Ltd.
Rise Time Industrial Co. Ltd.
Sam Un Co. Ltd.
Scanwell Container Line Ltd.
Schenker
Schenker & CO AG
SDC International Australia PTY Ltd
Seamaster Global Forwarding
Seamaster Logistics Sdn Bhd
Sejung (China) Sea & Air Co., Ltd.
Shandong Dinglong Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Shandong Liaocheng Minghua Metal PR
Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Haoray International Trade Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Line Feng Int'l Transportation Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Pinnacle International Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Pudong International Transportation
Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Shuangjian Tools Co. Ltd.
Shipping Imperial Co., Ltd.
Sino Connections Logistics Inc.
S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Sparx Logistics China Limited
Speedmark International Ltd.
Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.
Swift Freight (India) Pvt Ltd.
T.H.I. Group Ltd.
The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening System Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Bluekin Industries Limited
Tianjin Coways Metal Products Co.
Tianjin Free Trade Service Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Fulida Supply Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Huixinshangmao Co. Ltd.
Tianijn Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Long Sheng Tai
Tianjin M&C Electronics Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Wonderful International Trading
Tianjin Zehui Hardware Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co. Ltd.
Tianjin Zhonglian Times Technology
Toll Global Forwarding Ltd.
Top Logistics Korea Ltd.
Top Ocean Consolidated Service Ltd.
Toyo Boeki Co. Ltd.
Trans Knights, Inc.
Translink Shipping, Inc.
Transwell Logistics Co. Ltd.
Transworld Transportation Co. Ltd.
Trim International Inc.
TTI Freight Forwarder Co. Ltd.
Unicorn (Tianjin) Fasteners Co., Ltd.
UPS SCS (China) Limited
Vanguard Logistics Services
W&K Corporation Limited
Weida Freight System Co. Ltd.
Woowon Sea & Air Co. Ltd.
Xi'an Metals and Minerals Imp. Exp. Co.
Xinjiayuan International Trade Co.
Xinjiayuan Trading Co., Limited
Youngwoo Fasteners Co., Ltd.
You-One Fastening Systems
Yumark Enterprises Corp.
Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co. Ltd.

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