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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106423-106424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31081]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-520-804]

Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Final 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) determines that 
sales of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates were not 
made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 
2022, through April 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Woolverton or Brittany Bauer, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7452 or (202) 
482-3860, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 11, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and 
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ This review covers two 
respondents: Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East 
Manufacturing Steel LLC (collectively, Master) and Rich Well Steel 
Industries LLC (Rich Well).
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and 
Partial Recission; 2022-2023, 89 FR 49150 (June 11, 2024) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    On July 11, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted two case briefs (one 
for issues related to Master and another for issues related to Rich 
Well),\3\ and on July 23, 2024, Master \4\ and Rich Well \5\ submitted 
rebuttal briefs. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 
this administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ On September 27, 2024, 
we extended the deadline for these final results to December 13, 
2024.\7\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the 
deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90 
days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now March 
13, 2025. For a complete description of the events that occurred since 
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\ 
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \2\ The petitioner is Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Case Brief {Master{time} ,'' and 
``Case Brief {Richwell{time} ,'' both dated July 11, 2024.
    \4\ See Master's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of Master,'' dated 
July 23, 2024.
    \5\ See Rich Well's Letter, ``Rich Well Steel Industries LLC 
Rebuttal to the Petitioner's Case Brief,'' dated July 23, 2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 27, 2024.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates; 2022-2023,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 10
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    \10\ See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates: 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 27421 (May 10, 2012) (Order).
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    The products covered by this Order are certain steel nails from the 
United Arab Emirates. For a full description of the scope, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed the issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically

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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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we have made changes to the Preliminary Results 
margin calculation for Master.\11\ However, Master's margin remains 
unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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    \11\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
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Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 
2023:

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                                                             Weighted
                                                              average
                    Exporter/producer                     dumping margin
                                                             (percent)
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Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East                0.00
 Manufacturing Steel, LLC...............................
Rich Well Steel Industries LLC..........................            0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these final results of review (with respect to Master's 
revised dumping margin calculation) to interested parties within five 
days after public announcement of the final results or, if there is no 
public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by an administrative review. Because the weighted-
average dumping margins for Master and Rich Well are zero, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Master or Rich Well for 
which they did not know their merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\12\
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    \12\ 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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    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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash 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) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Master and Rich 
Well will be the weighted-average dumping margins established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
less-than-fair-value investigation, but the producer has been covered 
in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will be the company-specific rate established for the most recent 
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 4.30 
percent.\13\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \13\ See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and 
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

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)(5).

    Dated: December 19, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) with Respect to Master's General and Administrative (G&A) and 
Interest Expense Ratios
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Adjust Master's G&A Expenses
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Correct a Ministerial Error 
in Master's Margin Calculation
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Apply AFA to Rich Well Due to 
its Cost Reporting
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-31081 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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