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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 

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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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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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