[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27564-27567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China; 2020-
2021: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines

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that eleven companies subject to this review had no shipments of 
certain steel nails (nails) from the People's Republic of China (China) 
during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2020, through July 31, 
2021. Commerce also preliminarily determines that no company subject to 
this review established its eligibility for a separate rate and all 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR will be subject to the 
China-wide entity rate. We invite interested parties to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable May 9, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Horn or Zachariah Hall, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4868 or (202) 
482-6261, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2008, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
nails from China.\1\ On August 2, 2021, we published a notice of 
opportunity for interested parties to request that Commerce conduct an 
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On August 31, 2021, Commerce 
received requests for an administrative review from Mid Continent Steel 
& Wire, Inc. (the petitioner), and from Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products 
Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Jinchi), Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co. (Shanghai 
Yueda), and Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co. 
(Tianjin Jinghai) (collectively, foreign interested parties).\3\ 
Commerce published the initiation of this administrative review on 
October 7, 2021.\4\ The POR is August 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021. 
After publication of the Initiation Notice, Shanghai Yueda withdrew its 
participation in this administrative review.\5\ No company submitted a 
separate rate application or certification to establish its eligibility 
for a separate rate.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Nails 
from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 86 FR 41436 (August 2, 2021).
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from China--
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated August 31, 2021, at 1-2; 
see also Foreign Interested Parties' Letter, ``Request for 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel 
Nails from the People's Republic of China, A-570-909 (POR 8/1/20-7/
31/21),'' dated August 31, 2021, at 1-2.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 55811 (October 7, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See Shanghai Yueda's Letter, ``Shanghai Yueda Notice of 
Withdrawal from the Review: Thirteenth Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the People's 
Republic of China (A-570-909),'' dated November 8, 2021.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ 
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as Appendix I to this notice.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Steel 
Nails from the People's Republic of China; 2020-2021,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via the Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the internet at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are nails from China. A full 
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Thirteen companies submitted no shipment certifications. Based on 
our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information 
and information provided by companies subject to this review, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that 11 companies had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR.\7\ Additionally, two of these companies, 
Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd. (Dezhou Hualude) and Tianjin 
Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Zhonglian) failed to support 
their claim of no shipments during the POR. For additional information 
regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ The companies that we preliminarily determine had no 
shipments during the POR are: Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd.; Nanjing 
Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.; 
Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Hairui 
Trade Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; S-
Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.; Suntec Industries 
Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Jinghai 
County Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd.; and Xi'an Metals & 
Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd.
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    Consistent with our practice, we are not rescinding this review 
with respect to these companies but, instead, intend to complete the 
review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final 
results of the review.\8\
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    \8\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011).
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China-Wide Entity

    In accordance with Commerce's policy, the China-wide entity will 
not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce 
self-initiates, a review of the China-wide entity.\9\ Because no party 
requested a review of the China-wide entity, the China-wide entity is 
not under review and the weighted-average dumping margin for the China-
wide entity is not subject to change (i.e., 118.04 percent).\10\
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    \9\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \10\ See Order.
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    Aside from the 11 companies which we preliminarily find made no 
shipments during the POR, Commerce considers all other companies for 
which a review was requested, and which did not demonstrate their 
separate rate eligibility to be part of the China-wide entity.\11\
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    \11\ See Initiation Notice (``All firms listed below that wish 
to qualify for separate rate status in the administrative reviews 
involving NME countries must complete, as appropriate, either a 
separate rate application or certification, as described below.'').
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Preliminary Results

    Commerce finds that no company subject to this administrative 
review has established its eligibility for a separate rate. Because 15 
companies did not submit separate rate applications or certifications, 
or no-shipment certifications, and two companies which submitted no-
shipment certifications failed to respond to the results of our no-
shipment inquiry to demonstrate they had no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we preliminarily 
determine that these 17 companies are not eligible for a separate rate 
and are part of the China-wide entity. See Appendix II of this notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Normally, Commerce discloses the calculations used in its analysis 
to parties in a review within five days of the date of publication of 
the notice of preliminary results, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). However, in this

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case, there are no calculations on the record to disclose.
    Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review.\12\ Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than seven days after 
the written comments are filed, and all rebuttal comments must be 
limited to comments raised in the case briefs.\13\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2), parties submitting case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this review 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.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying 
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 
2020) (``To provide adequate time for release of case briefs via 
ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date for all rebuttal briefs 
to be 7 days after case briefs are filed (while these modifications 
are in effect).'').
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties wishing to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a 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. Hearing requests should 
contain the party's name, address, telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the date and time 
for the hearing to be held.\14\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location 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. Note that Commerce has 
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\15\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
    \15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
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    Unless otherwise extended, we intend to issue the final results of 
this review, which will include the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.213(h).

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the 
preliminary results are unchanged for the final results, we will 
instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 118.04 percent 
to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were 
exported by 17 companies in the China-wide entity. If Commerce 
continues to make a no-shipment finding in the final results for each 
of the 11 companies referenced in the ``Preliminary Determination of No 
Shipments'' section above, any suspended entries of subject merchandise 
associated with those companies will also be liquidated at the China-
wide rate.
    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 for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies identified above that 
have no shipments, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the rate 
previously assessed for each individual exporter of subject 
merchandise; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and 
non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise for which a review was not 
requested and that received a separate rate based on a completed prior 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
that existing cash deposit rate published for the most recently 
completed period; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise 
that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be 118.04 percent, the weighted-average dumping 
margin for the China-wide entity from the less-than-fair value 
investigation; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not received their own separate rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that 
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

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 the preliminary results of this 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 
777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: May 3, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies Preliminarily Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity

1. Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
2. Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
3. Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
4. Jining Dragon Fasteners Co., Ltd.
5. Jining Huarong Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
6. Jining Yonggu Metal Products Co., Ltd.
7. SDC International Australia Pty. Ltd.
8. Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Heze Products Co., Ltd.
9. Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Import and Export Co., Ltd.
10. Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
11. Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd., a.k.a. Shanghai Yueda 
Nails Co., Ltd.
12. Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.
13. Tianjin Jishili Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
14. Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp.

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Corporation
15. Tianjin Zhitong Metal Products Co., Ltd.
16. Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.
17. Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd.

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