Notice2024-31081
Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates were not made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106423-106424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31081]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-520-804]
Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
sales of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates were not
made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1,
2022, through April 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable December 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Woolverton or Brittany Bauer,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7452 or (202)
482-3860, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 11, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ This review covers two
respondents: Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East
Manufacturing Steel LLC (collectively, Master) and Rich Well Steel
Industries LLC (Rich Well).
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and
Partial Recission; 2022-2023, 89 FR 49150 (June 11, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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On July 11, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted two case briefs (one
for issues related to Master and another for issues related to Rich
Well),\3\ and on July 23, 2024, Master \4\ and Rich Well \5\ submitted
rebuttal briefs. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in
this administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ On September 27, 2024,
we extended the deadline for these final results to December 13,
2024.\7\ Additionally, on December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90
days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now March
13, 2025. For a complete description of the events that occurred since
the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\2\ The petitioner is Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Case Brief {Master{time} ,'' and
``Case Brief {Richwell{time} ,'' both dated July 11, 2024.
\4\ See Master's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of Master,'' dated
July 23, 2024.
\5\ See Rich Well's Letter, ``Rich Well Steel Industries LLC
Rebuttal to the Petitioner's Case Brief,'' dated July 23, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 27, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates; 2022-2023,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>10</SUP>
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\10\ See 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).
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The products covered by this Order are certain steel nails from the
United Arab Emirates. For a full description of the scope, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed the issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically
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via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties, we have made changes to the Preliminary Results
margin calculation for Master.\11\ However, Master's margin remains
unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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\11\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30,
2023:
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Weighted
average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East 0.00
Manufacturing Steel, LLC...............................
Rich Well Steel Industries LLC.......................... 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review (with respect to Master's
revised dumping margin calculation) to interested parties within five
days after public announcement of the final results or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by an administrative review. Because the weighted-
average dumping margins for Master and Rich Well are zero, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Master or Rich Well for
which they did not know their merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\12\
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\12\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Master and Rich
Well will be the weighted-average dumping margins established in the
final results of this administrative review; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
less-than-fair-value investigation, but the producer has been covered
in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will be the company-specific rate established for the most recent
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 4.30
percent.\13\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\13\ See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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
the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: December 19, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Adverse Facts Available
(AFA) with Respect to Master's General and Administrative (G&A) and
Interest Expense Ratios
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Adjust Master's G&A Expenses
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Correct a Ministerial Error
in Master's Margin Calculation
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Apply AFA to Rich Well Due to
its Cost Reporting
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-31081 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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