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1See Certain Steel Nails from India, the Sultanate 

of Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of 

Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 3970 (January 26, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Steel Nails from India, the Sultanate 

of Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of 

Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 12080 (March 3, 2022). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Affirmative Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Nails from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Certain Steel Nails from India, Sri Lanka, 

Thailand, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 87 FR 30868 

(May 20, 2022). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of 

the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the 

examined respondents using each company’s 

publicly-ranged U.S. sale values for the 

merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 

compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. As complete 

publicly ranged sales data were available, 

Commerce based the all-others rate on the publicly 

ranged sales data of the mandatory respondents. For 

a complete analysis of the data, see Memorandum, 

‘‘All-Others Rate Calculation Memorandum,’’ dated 

May 31, 2022. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–847] 

Certain Steel Nails From the Republic 

of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain steel 

nails (steel nails) from the Republic of 

Turkey (Turkey). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2020, through 

December 31, 2020. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable June 7, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin A. Luberda or Ajay Menon, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office II, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2185 or 

(202) 482–0208, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). On January 26, 2022, we 

published the notice of initiation of a 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

on steel nails from Turkey.1 On March 

3, 2022, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation until May 31, 2022.2 For a 

complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are steel nails from 

Turkey. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).5 We received 

several comments concerning the scope 

of the antidumping duty (AD) and CVD 

investigations of steel nails as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of the AD and CVD investigations 

on or before the preliminary 

determinations of the companion AD 

investigations, the deadline for which is 

July 28, 2022.6 We will incorporate the 

scope decisions from the AD 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this investigation 

after considering any relevant comments 

submitted in scope case and rebuttal 

briefs. The deadline for interested 

parties to submit scope case and rebuttal 

briefs will be established in the 

preliminary scope decision 

memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates for 

Aslanbas Civi Tel Ve Celik Hasir San 

A.S. (Aslanbas) and Sertel Vida Metal 

A.S. (Sertel) that are not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. Commerce 

calculated the all-others rate using a 

weighted average of the individual 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly-ranged sales values 

for the merchandise under 

consideration.8

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Aslanbas Civi Tel Ve Celik Hasir 

San A.S ................................... 3.88 

Sertel Vida Metal A.S ................. 1.33 

All Others .................................... 1.70 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 


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9See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

10See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020). 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. Further, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), 

Commerce will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the rates 

indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the deadline for the last 

verification questionnaire response in 

this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in case briefs, 

may be submitted no later than seven 

days after the deadline date for case 

briefs.9 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.10

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), 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. 

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 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. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. 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 steel 

nails from Turkey are materially 

injuring, or threaten material injury to, 

the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: May 31, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain steel nails having a 

nominal shaft or shank length not exceeding 

12 inches. Certain steel nails include, but are 

not limited to, nails made from round wire 

and nails that are cut from flat-rolled steel or 

long-rolled flat steel bars. Certain steel nails 

may be of one piece construction or 

constructed of two or more pieces. Examples 

of nails constructed of two or more pieces 

include, but are not limited to, anchors 

comprised of an anchor body made of zinc 

or nylon and a steel pin or a steel nail; crimp 

drive anchors; split-drive anchors, and strike 

pin anchors. Also included in the scope are 

anchors of one piece construction. 

Certain steel nails may be produced from 

any type of steel, and may have any type of 

surface finish, head type, shank, point type 

and shaft diameter. Finishes include, but are 

not limited to, coating in vinyl, zinc 

(galvanized, including but not limited to 

electroplating or hot dipping one or more 

times), phosphate, cement, and paint. Certain 

steel nails may have one or more surface 

finishes. Head styles include, but are not 

limited to, flat, projection, cupped, oval, 

brad, headless, double, countersunk, and 

sinker. Shank or shaft styles include, but are 

not limited to, smooth, barbed, screw 

threaded, ring shank and fluted. 

Screw-threaded nails subject to this 

proceeding are driven using direct force and 

not by turning the nail using a tool that 

engages with the head. Point styles include, 

but are not limited to, diamond, needle, 

chisel and blunt or no point. Certain steel 

nails may be sold in bulk, or they may be 

collated in any manner using any material. 

Excluded from the scope are certain steel 

nails packaged in combination with one or 

more non-subject articles, if the total number 

of nails of all types, in aggregate regardless 

of size, is less than 25. If packaged in 

combination with one or more non-subject 

articles, certain steel nails remain subject 

merchandise if the total number of nails of 

all types, in aggregate regardless of size, is 

equal to or greater than 25, unless otherwise 

excluded based on the other exclusions 

below. 

Also excluded from the scope are certain 

steel nails with a nominal shaft or shank 

length of one inch or less that are a 

component of an unassembled article, where 

the total number of nails is sixty (60) or less, 

and the imported unassembled article falls 

into one of the following eight groupings: (1) 

Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood that 

are classifiable as windows, French-windows 

and their frames; (2) builders’ joinery and 

carpentry of wood that are classifiable as 

doors and their frames and thresholds; (3) 

swivel seats with variable height adjustment; 

(4) seats that are convertible into beds (with 

the exception of those classifiable as garden 

seats or camping equipment); (5) seats of 

cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials; (6) 

other seats with wooden frames (with the 

exception of seats of a kind used for aircraft 

or motor vehicles); (7) furniture (other than 

seats) of wood (with the exception of (i) 

medical, surgical, dental or veterinary 

furniture; and (ii) barbers’ chairs and similar 

chairs, having rotating as well as both 

reclining and elevating movements); or (8) 

furniture (other than seats) of materials other 

than wood, metal, or plastics (e.g., furniture 

of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials). 

The aforementioned imported unassembled 

articles are currently classified under the 

following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4418.10, 

4418.20, 9401.30, 9401.40, 9401.51, 9401.59, 

9401.61, 9401.69, 9403.30, 9403.40, 9403.50, 

9403.60, 9403.81 or 9403.89. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are nails suitable for use in 

powder-actuated hand tools, whether or not 

threaded, which are currently classified 

under HTSUS subheadings 7317.00.2000 and 

7317.00.3000. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are nails suitable for use in gasactuated hand tools. These nails have a case 

hardness greater than or equal to 50 on the 

Rockwell Hardness C scale (HRC), a carbon 

content greater than or equal to 0.5 percent, 

a round head, a secondary reduced-diameter 

raised head section, a centered shank, and a 

smooth symmetrical point. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are corrugated nails. A 

corrugated nail is made up of a small strip 

of corrugated steel with sharp points on one 

side. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are thumb tacks, which are 

currently classified under HTSUS 

subheading 7317.00.1000. 

Also excluded from the scope are 

decorative or upholstery tacks. 

Certain steel nails subject to this 

investigation are currently classified under 

HTSUS subheadings 7317.00.5501, 

7317.00.5502, 7317.00.5503, 7317.00.5505, 

7317.00.5507, 7317.00.5508, 7317.00.5511, 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 7, 2022 / Notices 34651 

1See Certain Steel Nails from India, the Sultanate 

of Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of 

Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 3970 (January 26, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Steel Nails from India, the Sultanate 

of Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of 

Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 12080 (March 3, 2022). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Nails from Thailand,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice, 87 FR at 3971. 

6See Certain Steel Nails from India, Sri Lanka, 

Thailand, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 87 FR 30868 

(May 20, 2022). 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

7317.00.5518, 7317.00.5519, 7317.00.5520, 

7317.00.5530, 7317.00.5540, 7317.00.5550, 

7317.00.5560, 7317.00.5570, 7317.00.5580, 

7317.00.5590, 7317.00.6530, 7317.00.6560 

and 7317.00.7500. Certain steel nails subject 

to this investigation also may be classified 

under HTSUS subheadings 7318.15.5090, 

7907.00.6000, 8206.00.0000 or other HTSUS 

subheadings. While the HTSUS subheadings 

are provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Diversification of Turkey’s Economy 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–549–845] 

Certain Steel Nails From Thailand: 

Preliminary Negative Countervailing 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are not being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain steel 

nails (steel nails) from Thailand. The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2020, through December 31, 2020. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable June 7, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Griffith or Jonathan Hall-Eastman, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6430 or 

(202) 482–1468, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on January 26, 2022.1 On March 3, 2022, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

May 31, 2022.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed 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, and is 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 at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are steel nails from 

Thailand. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 We received 

several comments concerning the scope 

of the antidumping duty (AD) and CVD 

investigations of steel nails as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of the AD and CVD investigations 

on or before the preliminary 

determinations of the companion AD 

investigations, the deadline for which is 

July 28, 2022.6 We will incorporate the 

scope decisions from the AD 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this investigation 

after considering any relevant comments 

submitted in scope case and rebuttal 

briefs. The deadline for interested 

parties to submit scope case and rebuttal 

briefs will be established in the 

preliminary scope decision 

memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7

Preliminary Determination 

For this preliminary determination, 

Commerce calculated de minimis 

estimated countervailable subsidies for 

each individually examined 

producer(s)/exporter(s) of the subject 

merchandise. Consistent with section 

703(b)(4)(A) of the Act, Commerce has 

disregarded the de minimis rates. 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Come Best Thailand Co., Ltd ........................................................................................................................................ 0.04 percent (de minimis). 

Jinhai Hardware Co. Ltd ................................................................................................................................................ 0.10 percent (de minimis). 


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