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1See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from 

Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 82 FR 41603 (September 1, 2017). 

2 In this investigation, the petitioner is North 

Pacific Paper Company. 

3See letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Certain Uncoated 

Groundwood Paper from Canada/Petitioner’s 

Request for Postponement of CVD Preliminary 

Determination and Extension of New Subsidy 

Allegations Deadline,’’ dated September 21, 2017. 

4The actual deadline is January 6, 2018, which 

is a Saturday. The Department’s practice dictates 

that where a deadline falls on a weekend or federal 

holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next 

business day. See Notice of Clarification: 

Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for 

Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 

(May 10, 2005). 

1See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab 

Emirates: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 77 FR 17029 (March 23, 2012). 

2See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab 

Emirates: Amended Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 

77 FR 27421 (May 10, 2012) (Order). 

3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 82 

FR 16159 (April 3, 2017). 

4See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab 

Emirates Final Results of the Expedited Sunset 

Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 

36731 (August 7, 2017). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–862] 

Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper 

From Canada: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Whitley Herndon at (202) 482–6274, 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 29, 2017, the Department 

of Commerce (Department) initiated a 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

on certain uncoated groundwood paper 

from Canada.1 Currently, the 

preliminary determination in this 

investigation is due no later than 

November 2, 2017. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

determination in a CVD investigation 

within 65 days after the date on which 

the Department initiated the 

investigation. However, section 

703(c)(1) of the Act permits the 

Department to postpone the preliminary 

determination until no later than 130 

days after the date on which the 

Department initiated the investigation 

if: (A) The petitioner 2 makes a timely 

request for a postponement; or (B) the 

Department concludes that the parties 

concerned are cooperating, that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. Under 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a 

request for postponement 25 days or 

more before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination and must 

state the reasons for the request. The 

Department will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On September 21, 2017, the petitioner 

submitted a timely request that we 

postpone the CVD preliminary 

determination. In its request, the 

petitioner cited the need for the 

Department to have sufficient time to 

thoroughly investigate each of the 

alleged subsidies, including by issuing 

any supplemental questionnaires.3 In 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the 

petitioner has stated the reasons for 

requesting a postponement of the 

preliminary determination, and the 

Department finds no compelling reason 

to deny the request. Therefore, pursuant 

to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, we are 

extending the due date for the 

preliminary determination to no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

this investigation was initiated, i.e., to 

January 8, 2018.4 Pursuant to section 

705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 

determination will continue to be 75 

days after the date of the preliminary 

determination. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: October 13, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–520–804] 

Certain Steel Nails From the United 

Arab Emirates: Continuation of 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determination by the Department of 

Commerce (Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on certain steel nails (nails) from 

the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would 

likely lead to a continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, the Department is publishing a 

notice of continuation of the 

antidumping duty order on nails from 

the UAE. 

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annathea Cook, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0250. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 23, 2012, the Department 

published in the Federal Register its 

final determination in the less-than-fair 

value investigation of nails from the 

UAE.1 On May 10, 2012, following an 

affirmative injury determination by the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department published its amended 

final determination and the 

antidumping duty Order on nails from 

the UAE.2

On April 3, 2017, the Department 

published the notice of initiation of the 

first sunset review of the Order, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (Act). The 

Department conducted the sunset 

review on an expedited basis, pursuant 

to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), because it 

received a complete an adequate 

response from a domestic interested 

party, but no substantive responses from 

respondent interested parties.3 As a 

result of its expedited sunset review, the 

Department determined that revocation 

of the Order would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping.4

The Department, therefore, notified the 

ITC of the magnitude of the margins 

likely to prevail should the Order be 

revoked. On October 5, 2017, the ITC 

published notice of its determination, 


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5See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab 

Emirates Nos. 731–TA–1185 (Review), USITC 

Publication 4729 (September 2017). 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, 

that revocation of the Order on nails 

from the UAE would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States within a reasonably foreseeable 

time.5

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

Order includes certain steel nails having 

a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain 

steel nails include, but are not limited 

to, nails made of round wire and nails 

that are cut. 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 have a variety of finishes, heads, 

shanks, point types, shaft lengths and 

shaft diameters. Finishes include, but 

are not limited to, coating in vinyl, zinc 

(galvanized, whether by electroplating 

or hot-dipping one or more times), 

phosphate cement, and paint. 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 shank 

styles. Screw-threaded nails subject to 

this Order are driven using direct force 

and not by turning the fastener using a 

tool that engages with the head. Point 

styles include, but are not limited to, 

diamond, blunt, needle, chisel and no 

point. Certain steel nails may be sold in 

bulk, or they may be collated into strips 

or coils using materials such as plastic, 

paper, or wire. 

Certain steel nails subject to this 

Order are currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, and 7317.00.75. 

Excluded from the scope of this Order 

are steel nails specifically enumerated 

and identified in ASTM Standard F 

1667 (2011 revision) as Type I, Style 20 

nails, whether collated or in bulk, and 

whether or not galvanized. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

Order are the following products: 

• Non-collated (i.e., hand-drive or 

bulk), two-piece steel nails having 

plastic or steel washers (caps) already 

assembled to the nail, having a bright or 

galvanized finish, a ring, fluted or spiral 

shank, an actual length of 0.500′′ to 8′′, 

inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 

0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and an 

actual washer or cap diameter of 0.900′′ 

to 1.10′′, inclusive; 

• non-collated (i.e., hand-drive or 

bulk), steel nails having a bright or 

galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed or 

ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500′′ 

to 4′′, inclusive; an actual shank 

diameter of 0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; 

and an actual head diameter of 0.3375′′ 

to 0.500′′, inclusive; 

• wire collated steel nails, in coils, 

having a galvanized finish, a smooth, 

barbed or ringed shank, an actual length 

of 0.500′′ to 1.75′′, inclusive; an actual 

shank diameter of 0.116′′ to 0.166′′, 

inclusive; and an actual head diameter 

of 0.3375′′ to 0.500′′, inclusive; 

• non-collated (i.e., hand-drive or 

bulk), steel nails having a convex head 

(commonly known as an umbrella 

head), a smooth or spiral shank, a 

galvanized finish, an actual length of 

1.75′′ to 3′′, inclusive; an actual shank 

diameter of 0.131′′ to 0.152′′, inclusive; 

and an actual head diameter of 0.450′′ to 

0.813′′, inclusive; 

• corrugated nails. A corrugated nail 

is made of a small strip of corrugated 

steel with sharp points on one side; 

• thumb tacks, which are currently 

classified under HTSUS 7317.00.10.00; 

• fasteners suitable for use in powderactuated hand tools, not threaded and 

threaded, which are currently classified 

under HTSUS 7317.00.20 and 

7317.00.30; 

• certain steel nails that are equal to 

or less than 0.0720 inches in shank 

diameter, round or rectangular in cross 

section, between 0.375 inches and 2.5 

inches in length, and that are collated 

with adhesive or polyester film tape 

backed with a heat seal adhesive; and 

• fasteners having a case hardness 

greater than or equal to 50 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 

gas-actuated hand tools. While the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

Order is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

the Department and the ITC that 

revocation of the Order would likely 

lead to a continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and material injury to an 

industry in the United States, pursuant 

to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(a), the Department hereby 

orders the continuation of the Order on 

certain steel nails from the UAE. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect cash deposits at the 

rates in effect at the time of entry for all 

imports of subject merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Order will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the 

Department intends to initiate the next 

five-year review of the Order not later 

than 30 days prior to the fifth 

anniversary of the effective date of 

continuation. 

This five-year sunset review and this 

notice are in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: October 12, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–911] 

Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 

Pipe From the People’s Republic of 

China: Rescission of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

circular welded carbon quality steel 

pipe (CWP) from the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 

2016, through December 31, 2016, based 

on the timely withdrawal of the request 

for review. 

DATES: Applicable October 19, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terre Keaton Stefanova, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office II, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1280. 

Background 

On July 3, 2017, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the CVD order 

on CWP from the PRC for the period 

January 1, 2016, through December 31, 


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