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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: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

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

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of 

Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations, 79 FR 63082 

(October 22, 2014). 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our 

preliminary negative determination of 

sales at LTFV. If our 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 our final determination 

whether these imports are materially 

injuring, or threaten material injury to, 

the U.S. industry. 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting 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 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 II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Scope Comments 

VII. Affiliation and Collapsing 

VIII. Middleman Dumping 

IX. Discussion of Methodology 

A. Fair Value Comparisons 

B. Product Control Numbers 

C. Determination of Comparison Method 

D. Export Price 

E. Normal Value 

F. Date of Sale 

G. Currency Conversion 

X. U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

XI. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XII. Verification 

XIII. Conclusion 

[FR Doc. 2014–30430 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–557–816] 

Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) preliminarily determines 

that certain steel nails from Malaysia are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). The period of investigation is 

April 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014. 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are shown in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of 

this notice. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. The Department intends 

to issue the final determination 135 

days after publication of this 

preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 29, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ericka Ukrow or Steve Bezirganian, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0405 or (202) 482– 

1131, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department published the notice 

of initiation of this investigation on June 

25, 2014.1 Pursuant to section 

733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department 

postponed this preliminary 

determination 42 days until December 

17, 2014.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is certain steel nails from 


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3See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in 

the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Steel 

Nails from Malaysia,’’ dated concurrently with this 

determination and hereby adopted by this notice. A 

list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum appears in Appendix II, 

below. 

4 Id. 

5Effective November 24, 2014, Enforcement and 

Compliance changed the name of the Import 

Administration AD and CVD Centralized Electronic 

Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD 

Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

The Web site location was changed from http://

iaacess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. The 

Final Rule changing the references to the 

Regulations can be found at: 79 FR 69046 

(November 20, 2014). 

6See ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain 

Steel Nails from Malaysia; Preliminary 

Determination Calculation for the All-Others Rate,’’ 

dated concurrently with this determination. 

7See 19 CFR 351.309. 

8See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

Malaysia. For a full description of the 

scope of the investigation, see Appendix 

I to this notice. 

Scope Comments 

Several interested parties (i.e., IKEA 

Supply AG and IKEA Distributions 

Services Inc. (collectively IKEA), Target 

Corporation, and The Home Depot) 

submitted comments to the Department 

on the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice, and 

Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. 

(Petitioner) submitted rebuttal 

comments. For further discussion of 

these comments, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3

Methodology 

The Department conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Because one of the 

mandatory respondents, Tag Fasteners 

Sdn. Bhd. (Tag), failed to respond to the 

Department’s questionnaire, we 

preliminarily determined to apply facts 

otherwise available with an adverse 

inference to this respondent pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. In 

applying adverse facts available, we are 

assigning Tag a dumping margin of 

39.35 percent. For the other two 

mandatory respondents, Inmax Sdn. 

Bhd. (Inmax) and Region International 

Co., Ltd. and its collapsed affiliate, 

Region System Sdn. Bhd. (collectively, 

Region), export prices have been 

calculated in accordance with section 

772 of the Act. Normal value has been 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 The 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 

public document and is made available 

to the public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov, and is 

available to all parties in the 

Department’s Central Records Unit, 

located at room 7046 of the main 

Department of Commerce building.5 In 

addition, a complete version of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 

be found at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

and the electronic versions of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

All Others Rate 

Consistent with sections 

733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(c)(5) of the Act, 

the Department also calculated an 

estimated ‘‘all others’’ rate for all 

exporters or producers not individually 

investigated. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act provides that the estimated ‘‘all 

others’’ rate shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero or de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. Therefore, 

because the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for Inmax Sdn. Bhd. 

and Region are not zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act, the Department has 

estimated the ‘‘all-others’’ rate in this 

preliminary determination by weightaveraging the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for 

those two respondents, based on 

publicly-ranged data.6

Preliminary Determination 

In accordance with section 

733(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, the 

Department calculated estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

the individually investigated exporters 

and producers of subject merchandise, 

listed below. The Department 

preliminarily determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for these 

individually investigated exporters and 

producers: 

Exporter/ 

producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Inmax Sdn. Bhd .................... 2.14 

Exporter/ 

producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Region International Co. Ltd. 

and Region System Sdn. 

Bhd .................................... 2.56 

Tag Fasteners Sdn. Bhd ...... 39.35 

All Others .............................. 2.20 

Verification 

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

Act, the Department intends to verify 

the information submitted by Inmax 

Sdn. Bhd. and Region prior to making 

a final determination in this 

investigation. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed to parties in this proceeding 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the final 

verification report is issued in this 

proceeding and rebuttal briefs, limited 

to issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.7

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

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. All 

documents must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS. An electronically filed 

request must be received successfully in 

its entirety by ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time, within 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice.8 Requests should contain the 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number, the number of participants, and 

a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, the 

Department intends to hold the hearing 

at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

14th Street and Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 

and date to be determined. Parties 

should confirm by telephone the date, 


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9See also 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e); see also 

Letter from Inmax and Region International Co., 

Ltd. to the Department, regarding ‘‘Certain Steel 

Nails from Malaysia; Extension Request for Final 

Results’’ (December 9, 2014). 

10See Modification of Regulations Regarding the 

Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional 

Measures Period in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 

(October 3, 2011). 

11Because the preliminary calculated 

countervailing duty rates in the companion 

countervailing duty investigation attributable to 

export subsidies were de minimis for both 

respondents, we did not adjust these cash deposit 

rates to account for export subsidies. See Certain 

Steel Nails from Malaysia: Preliminary Negative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment 

of Final Countervailing Duty Determination with 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 

65179, 65180 (November 3, 2014). 

12The 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. 

time, and location of the hearing two 

days before the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the 

Act, Inmax and Region requested that 

the Department postpone the final 

determination and extend provisional 

measures from four months to six 

months. Additionally, Inmax and 

Region requested to extend the 

application of the provisional measures 

prescribed under section 733(d) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a 

four-month period to a six-month 

period. Pursuant to a request from 

Inmax and Region and in accordance 

with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e)(2), we 

will make our final determination no 

later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination.9 The suspension of 

liquidation described below will be 

extended accordingly. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, we are directing U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of all entries of 

certain steel nails from Malaysia as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), we 

will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit equal to the weighted-average 

amount by which the normal value 

exceeds export price, as indicated in the 

chart above.10 11 These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our 

preliminary affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because the preliminary 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, section 735(b)(2) of the Act 

requires that the ITC make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

certain steel nails from Malaysia before 

the later of 120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after our final determination. Because 

we are postponing the deadline for our 

final determination to 135 days from the 

date of publication of this preliminary 

determination, as discussed above, the 

ITC will make its final determination no 

later than 45 days after our final 

determination. 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting 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 length not exceeding 12 

inches.12 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 II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope of the Investigation 

VI. Scope Comments 

VII. Respondent Selection 

VIII. Facts Available (FA) 

A. Application of Facts Available and Use 

of Adverse Inference 

B. Adverse Facts Available (AFA) Rate and 

Corroboration of Secondary Information 

IX. All Others Rate 

X. Affiliation and Collapsing 


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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: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 79 FR 36019 (June 25, 2014) 

(Initation Notice). On the same day, the Department 

initiated a countervailing duty investigation of 

certain steel nails from Vietnam. See 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 Countervailing Duty Investigations, 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: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations, 79 FR 63082 

(October 22, 2014). 

3See Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination of 

the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain 

Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ 

dated concurrently with this determination and 

hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum appears in Appendix II, below. 

4 Id. 

5On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and 

Compliance changed the name of the Import 

Administration Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA 

ACCESS) Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

The Web site location was changed from http://

iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. The 

Final Rule changing the references to the 

Regulations can be found at: 79 FR 69046 

(November 20, 2014). 

6See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy 

Bulletin 05.1), available on the Department’s Web 

site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05- 

1.pdf. 

A. Legal Standard 

B. Inmax 

C. Region International 

XI. Discussion of Methodology 

A. Fair Value Comparisons 

B. Product Comparisons 

C. Determination of Comparison Method 

D. Export Price 

E. Normal Value 

F. Date of Sale 

G. Currency Conversion 

XII. Disclosure and Public Comment 

XIII. Verification 

XIV. Conclusion 

[FR Doc. 2014–30434 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–552–818] 

Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Postponement of Final 

Determination and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 29, 

2014. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that certain steel nails from 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam) are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value, as provided in section 733(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). The period of investigation is 

October 1, 2013, through March 31, 

2014. The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are shown in the 

‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of 

this notice. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. The Department intends 

to issue the final determination 135 

days after publication of this 

preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edythe Artman or Dena Crossland, 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) 482–3931 and (202) 

482–3362, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department published the notice 

of initiation of this investigation on June 

25, 2014.1 Pursuant to section 

733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department 

postponed this preliminary LTFV 

determination 42 days until December 

17, 2014.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are certain steel nails from 

Vietnam. For a complete description of 

the scope of the investigation, see 

Appendix I to this notice. 

Scope Comments 

Several interested parties (i.e., IKEA 

Supply AG and IKEA Distributions 

Services Inc. (collectively IKEA), Target 

Corporation, and The Home Depot) 

submitted comments to the Department 

on the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice, and 

Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. 

(Petitioner) submitted rebuttal 

comments. For discussion of those 

comments and rebuttal comments, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3

Methodology 

The Department conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. We calculated export 

prices in accordance with section 772 of 

the Act. Because Vietnam is a nonmarket economy within the meaning of 

section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated 

normal value in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.4 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).5

ACCESS is available to guest and 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, parties can obtain 

a complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at http://

trade.gov/enforcement/frn/index.html. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Use of Facts Available 

For the Vietnam-wide entity, we 

applied facts otherwise available with 

an adverse inference, pursuant to 

section 776(a)(1) and (b) of the Act. For 

a detailed discussion of this finding, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at section ‘‘The Vietnam-wide Entity.’’ 

For Region Industries Co., Ltd., we 

applied facts otherwise available, 

pursuant to section 776(a)(1) of the Act, 

for factor input information for a toller 

who performed electroplating on subject 

merchandise but did not respond to 

Region Industries’ request for input 

information. For a detailed discussion of 

this finding, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at section ‘‘Facts 

Available for Region Industries.’’ 

Combination Rates 

In the Initiation Notice, the 

Department stated that it would 

calculate combination rates for the 

respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. Policy 

Bulletin 05.1 describes this practice.6

Preliminary Determination 

In accordance with section 

733(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, the 

Department calculated estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

the individually investigated exporters 


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