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4 In accordance with 703(b)(4) of the Act, we are 

disregarding de minimis subsidies for the purposes 

of this preliminary determination. 

5See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

6See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d). 

7See 19 CFR 351.510. 

8The 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 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 the Republic of 

Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations, 79 FR 36019 

(June 25, 2014). 

Consistent with section 703(d) of the 

Act, the Department has not calculated 

an all-others rate because it has not 

reached an affirmative preliminarily 

determination. Because the estimated 

subsidy rate for the examined company 

is de minimis, we will not direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise from Oman. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement.5

Interested parties may submit case and 

rebuttal briefs,6 and request a hearing.7

For a schedule of the deadlines for filing 

case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing 

requests, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 1 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain steel nails having a 

nominal shaft length not exceeding 12 

inches.8 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 (‘‘HTSUS’’) 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 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Subsidies Valuation 

VIII. Analysis of Programs 

IX. Calculation of the All Others Rate 

X. United States International Trade 

Commission (ITC) Notification 

XI. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XII. Verification 

XIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2014–26071 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–557–817] 

Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: 

Preliminary Negative 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 de minimis 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain steel nails (nails) from Malaysia. 

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: 

Yasmin Nair and Ilissa Shefferman, 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) 482–3813 and (202) 

482–4684, 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 Malaysia.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. 

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3See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance regarding ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Nails from Malaysia,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). For a 

list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, see Appendix 2 to this notice. 

4 In accordance with 703(b)(4) of the Act, we are 

disregarding de minimis subsidies for the purposes 

of this preliminary determination. 

5 Id. 

6See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

7See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d). 

8See 19 CFR 351.510. 

9The 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. 

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 Malaysia. 

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 

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 is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room 7046 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/index.html. 

The signed Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Preliminary Determination 

We preliminarily determine the 

countervailable subsidy rates to be: 

Company Subsidy rate 

Inmax Sdn. Bhd. and 

Inmax Industries Sdn. 

Bhd.

0.01 percent (de 

minimis).4

Region International Co., 

Ltd. and Region System 

Sdn. Bhd.

0.02 percent (de 

minimis).5

Consistent with section 703(d) of the 

Act, the Department has not calculated 

an all-others rate because it has not 

reached an affirmative preliminarily 

determination. Because the estimated 

subsidy rates for the examined 

companies are de minimis, we will not 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise from 

Malaysia. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

The Department intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its public announcement.6

Interested parties may submit case and 

rebuttal briefs,7 and request a hearing.8

For a schedule of the deadlines for filing 

case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing 

requests, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 1 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain steel nails having a 

nominal shaft length not exceeding 12 

inches.9 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 (‘‘HTSUS’’) 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. 

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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, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Certain Steel Nails from 

Taiwan’’ dated concurrently with this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

5See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d). 

6See 19 CFR 351.510. 

Appendix 2 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

1. Summary 

2. Background 

3. Alignment 

4. Scope Comments 

5. Scope of the Investigation 

6. Respondent Selection 

7. Injury Test 

8. Subsidies Valuation 

9. Analysis of Programs 

10. Calculation of the All Others Rate 

11. ITC Notification 

12. Disclosure and Public Comment 

13. Verification 

14. Conclusion 

[FR Doc. 2014–26073 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–583–855] 

Certain Steel Nails From Taiwan: 

Preliminary Negative 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 de minimis 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain steel nails (nails) from Taiwan. 

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: 

Joshua Morris or Austin Redington, 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) 482–1779 and (202) 

482–1664, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

25, 2014, we initiated this 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation.1 On the same day, we also 

initiated an antidumping (AD) 

investigation of nails from Taiwan.2 On 

August 7, 2014, in response to a request 

from the Petitioner, Mid Continent Steel 

& Wire, Inc., we postponed the 

preliminary determinations in the CVD 

investigations. 

Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

On October 21, 2014, consistent with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), alignment 

of the final determination in this CVD 

investigation with the final 

determination in the AD investigation of 

nails from Taiwan was requested by 

Petitioner. Therefore, in accordance 

with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the 

final CVD determination with the final 

AD determination. Consequently, we 

intend to issue the final CVD 

determination 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 nails. For a complete 

description of the scope of the 

investigation, see Appendix 1 to this 

notice. 

Methodology 

We are 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 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 is 

available to all parties in the Central 

Records Unit, room 7046 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/

index.html. The signed Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum and the 

electronic versions of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

We calculated a CVD rate for each 

individually investigated producer/

exporter of the subject merchandise. 

Consistent with section 703(b)(4)(A) of 

the Act, we have disregarded de 

minimis rates and preliminarily 

determine that no countervailable 

subsides are being provided to the 

production or exportation of the subject 

merchandise in Taiwan. Consistent with 

section 703(d) of the Act, we have not 

calculated an all-others rate because we 

have not reached an affirmative 

preliminarily determination. 

Preliminary Determination and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

We preliminarily determine the 

countervailable subsidy rates to be: 

Company Subsidy rate 

PT Enterprise, Inc. ........... 0.03 percent (de 

minimis). 

Quick Advance, Inc. ......... Zero. 

Because we preliminarily determine 

that the CVD rates in this investigation 

are zero or de minimis, we will not 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose to interested 

parties the calculations performed in 

connection with this preliminary 

determination within five days of public 

announcement of the preliminary 

determination.4 Interested parties may 

submit case and rebuttal briefs,5 and 

request a hearing.6 For a schedule of the 

deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal 

briefs, and hearing requests, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 27, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 1 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain steel nails having a 

nominal shaft length not exceeding 12 

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