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7The 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. 

1See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 

the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012– 

2013, 79 FR 23322 (April 28, 2014) (Preliminary 

Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

2See Letter from Petitioners to the Department 

regarding, ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate Salts From the 

People’s Republic of China: Petitioners’ Hearing 

Request and Request for a Closed Session,’’ dated 

May 28, 2014. 3See Letter from Yixing to the Department 

regarding, ‘‘Hearing Request of Yixing-Union 

Biochemical Co., Ltd.: Citric Acid and Certain 

Citrate Salts From the People’s Republic of China,’’ 

dated May 28, 2014. 4See Letter from Yixing to the Department 

regarding, ‘‘Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From the People’s Republic of China (A–570–937)- 

Case Brief of Yixing-Union Biochemical Co., Ltd.,’’ 

dated June 4, 2014; see also Letter from Taihe to 

the Department regarding, ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate 

Salts From the People’s Republic of 

China: Case Brief,’’ dated June 4, 2014; see also 

Letter from Petitioners to the Department regarding, 

‘‘Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From The 

People’s Republic Of China/Petitioners’ Case Brief,’’ 

dated June 4, 2014. 

5See Letter from Yixing to the Department 

regarding, ‘‘Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From the People’s Republic of China (A–570–937)- 

Rebuttal Brief of Yixing-Union Biochemical Co., 

Ltd.,’’ dated June 12, 2014; see also Letter from 

Petitioners to the Department regarding, ‘‘Citric 

Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From The People’s 

Republic Of China/Petitioners’ Rebuttal Brief,’’ 

dated June 12, 2014. 

6See Letter from Taihe to the Department 

regarding, ‘‘Citric Acid and Citrate Salts From the 

inches.7 Certain steel nails include, but are 

not limited to, nails made from round wire 

and nails that are cut from flat-rolled steel. 

Certain steel nails may be of one piece 

construction or constructed of two or more 

pieces. 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 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. 

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. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation 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. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are steel nails that meet the 

specifications of Type I, Style 20 nails as 

identified in Tables 29 through 33 of ASTM 

Standard F1667 (2013 revision). 

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 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States subheadings 7317.00.20.00 and 

7317.00.30.00. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are nails having 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, suitable for use in gasactuated hand tools. 

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 

7317.00.10.00. 

Certain steel nails subject to this 

investigation are currently classified under 

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 investigation also may be classified 

under HTSUS subheading 8206.00.00.00. 

While the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix 2 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. United States International Trade 

Commission (ITC) Notification 

X. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XI. Verification 

XII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–937] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2012–2013 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 28, 2014, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published its Preliminary 

Results of the 2012–2013 administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on citric acid and certain citrate salts 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(PRC).1 The period of review (‘‘POR’’) 

for the administrative review is May 1, 

2012, through April 30, 2013. This POR 

covers two producers/exporters of 

subject merchandise: (1) Yixing-Union 

Biochemical Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yixing’’); and 

(2) Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Taihe’’). We invited interested parties 

to comment on our Preliminary Results. 

Based on our analysis of the comments 

received, we made certain changes to 

our margin calculations for Taihe. The 

final dumping margins for this review 

are listed in the ‘‘Final Results’’ section 

below. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisha Hill or Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4037 or (202) 482– 

5831, respectively. 

Background 

On April 28, 2014, the Department 

published its Preliminary Results. On 

May 28, 2014, Petitioners requested a 

hearing.2 Additionally, on May 28, 

2014, Yixing requested an opportunity 

to participate should a hearing be 

requested by Petitioners.3 Based on 

these hearing requests, on September 3, 

2014, the Department held a closed 

hearing limited to issues raised in case 

briefs and rebuttal briefs. We received 

case briefs from Yixing, Taihe, and, 

Archer Daniels Midland Company, 

Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle 

Ingredients Americas, Inc. (collectively, 

‘‘Petitioners’’) on June 4, 2014.4

Additionally, on June 12, 2014, we 

received rebuttal case briefs from 

Yixing, Taihe, and Petitioners.5 Taihe 

resubmitted its rebuttal case brief after 

redacting certain untimely arguments on 

June 21, 2014.6

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People’s Republic of China: Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated 

July 21, 2014. 

7See ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Results of the 2012–2013 Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Citric Acid and Certain 

Citrate Salts From the People’s Republic of China’’ 

from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, issued concurrently 

with this notice (‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum’’), for a complete description of the 

Scope of the Order. 

8See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 

Canada and the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 25703 (May 29, 

2009). 

9See Memorandum to the File regarding, ‘‘Fourth 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 

the People’s Republic of China: Analysis of the 

Final Results Margin Calculation for Laiwu Taihe 

Biochemistry Co., Ltd.,’’ dated October 27, 2014; see 

also Memorandum to the File regarding, ‘‘Final 

Results of the Fourth Administrative Review of 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From the 

People’s Republic of China: Surrogate Value 

Memorandum,’’ dated October 27, 2014. 

10See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of 

the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

11See Non-Market Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 

FR 65694 (October 24, 2011) (‘‘Assessment in NME 

Antidumping Proceedings’’). 

12See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 

the People’s Republic of China; Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011– 

2012, 79 FR 101 (January 2, 2014). 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order 

include the hydrous and anhydrous 

forms of citric acid, the dihydrate and 

anhydrous forms of sodium citrate, 

otherwise known as citric acid sodium 

salt, and the monohydrate and 

monopotassium forms of potassium 

citrate.7 Sodium citrate also includes 

both trisodium citrate and monosodium 

citrate, which are also known as citric 

acid trisodium salt and citric acid 

monosodium salt, respectively. Citric 

acid and sodium citrate are classifiable 

under 2918.14.0000 and 2918.15.1000 of 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’), respectively. 

Potassium citrate and crude calcium 

citrate are classifiable under 

2918.15.5000 and 3824.90.9290 of the 

HTSUS, respectively. Blends that 

include citric acid, sodium citrate, and 

potassium citrate are classifiable under 

3824.90.9290 of the HTSUS. Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, 

the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive.8

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this 

review are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 

adopted by this notice. A list of the 

issues that parties raised and to which 

we responded in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum follows as an 

appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central 

Records Unit, room 7046 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum can 

be accessed directly on the Internet at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 

paper copy and electronic version of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on a review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties regarding our Preliminary 

Results, we revised the margin 

calculation for Taihe.9 We made the 

following changes to the margin 

calculation for Taihe. 

• We changed the surrogate value 

used to value Taihe’s paperboard 

packing material. 

• We recalculated Taihe’s by-product 

offset for corn feed based on corn 

consumption. 

Final Results 

We determine that the following 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist for the POR: 

Exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percentage) 

Yixing-Union Biochemical 

Co., Ltd ............................. 6.80 

Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry 

Co., Ltd ............................. 3.08 

Assessment Rates 

The Department will determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries covered by 

this review. The Department intends to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 

days after the publication date of these 

final results of this review. In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

we are calculating importer- (or 

customer-) specific assessment rates for 

the merchandise subject to this review. 

For any individually examined 

respondent whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., 0.50 percent), the Department will 

calculate importer- (or customer)- 

specific assessment rates for 

merchandise subject to this review. 

Where appropriate, we calculated an ad 

valorem rate for each importer (or 

customer) by dividing the total dumping 

margins for reviewed sales to that party 

by the total entered values associated 

with those transactions. For dutyassessment rates calculated on this 

basis, we will direct CBP to assess the 

resulting ad valorem rate against the 

entered customs values for the subject 

merchandise. Where appropriate, we 

calculated a per-unit rate for each 

importer (or customer) by dividing the 

total dumping margins for reviewed 

sales to that party by the total sales 

quantity associated with those 

transactions. For duty-assessment rates 

calculated on this basis, we will direct 

CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate 

against the entered quantity of the 

subject merchandise.10 We will instruct 

CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review when the importer-specific 

assessment rate is above de minimis. 

Where either the respondent’s weightedaverage 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. 

The Department announced a 

refinement to its assessment practice in 

non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) cases.11

Pursuant to this refinement in practice, 

for entries that were not reported in the 

U.S. sales databases submitted by 

companies individually examined 

during this review, the Department will 

instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 

the NME-wide rate (i.e., 156.87 

percent).12 For a full discussion of this 

practice, see Assessment in NME 

Antidumping Proceedings. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review for shipments of 

the subject merchandise from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date, as provided by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act): (1) For the exporters 

listed above, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate listed for each exporter in the 

table in the ‘‘Final Results’’ section of 

this notice; (2) for previously 

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1See Certain Steel Nails From India, the Republic 

of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, 

the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam, 79 FR 36014 (June 25, 2014). 

2See Certain Steel Nails From India, the Republic 

of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, 

the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 79 FR 36019 (June 25, 2014). 

3See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 

PRC exporters that received a separate 

rate in a prior segment of this 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the existing exporterspecific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of 

subject merchandise that have not been 

found to be entitled a separate rate, the 

cash deposit rate will be the rate of the 

PRC-wide entity established in the final 

determination of the less than fair value 

investigation (i.e., 156.87 percent); and 

(4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received 

their own rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the rate applicable to the PRC 

exporter that supplied that non-PRC 

exporter. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed regarding these final results 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in this 

proceeding in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Notification to Importers Regarding the 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice also serves as a final 

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 POR. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Department’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

duties has occurred and that subsequent 

assessment of doubled antidumping 

duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

(‘‘APO’’) 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to APO of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, 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 terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

administrative review and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

Summary 

Background 

Scope of the Order 

Discussion of the Issues 

Issues 

Comment 1: Differential Pricing 

Comment 1.A: Consideration of an 

Alternative Comparison Method in an 

Administrative Review 

Comment 1.B: Withdrawal of the 

Regulatory Provisions Governing 

Targeted Dumping in Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

Comment 1.C: Denial of Offsets for NonDumped Sales When Using the 

Alternative Average-to-Transaction 

Comparison Methodology 

Comment 1.D: Differential Pricing 

Analysis: Taihe 

Comment 1.E: Differential Pricing 

Analysis: Yixing 

Comment 2: Surrogate Value for Packing 

Material 

Comment 3: Surrogate Value for 

International Freight 

Comment 4: Surrogate Value for 

Brokerage and Handling 

Comment 5: Whether the Department 

Should Deny the Corn Feed By-Product 

Offset Claimed by Taihe 

Comment 6: Whether the Department 

Should Apply Adverse Facts Available 

to Yixing 

Comment 7: Whether to Grant Yixing a 

By-Product Offset Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–552–819] 

Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of certain steel 

nails (nails) from the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam (Vietnam). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2013, through 

December 31, 2013. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sergio Balbontin or Thomas Schauer, 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6478 and (202) 

482–0410, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

25, 2014, the Department initiated this 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation.1 On the same day, the 

Department also initiated an 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 

nails from Vietnam.2 On August 7, in 

response to a request from the 

Petitioner, Mid Continent Steel & Wire, 

Inc., the Department postponed the 

preliminary determinations in the CVD 

investigations. 

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), and 

based on Petitioner’s request, we are 

aligning the final CVD determination in 

this investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of nails from Vietnam. 

Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

March 2, 2015, unless postponed. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain steel nails. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the investigation, see Appendix 1 to this 

notice. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

CVD investigation in accordance with 

section 701 of the Act. For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our preliminary conclusions, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 The Preliminary 

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