Notice2026-00184
Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
January 8, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Moreover, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to certain companies which had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 683-686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00184]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-557-816]
Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Moreover, Commerce is rescinding the review, in part, with respect to
certain companies which had no entries of subject merchandise during
the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable January 8, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Weinhold, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1121.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 13, 2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from Malaysia.\1\ On
August 14,
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2024, based on timely requests for review, Commerce published the
notice of initiation of the administrative review of the Order,
covering 47 companies.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea,
Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80 FR 39994 (July 13, 2015)
(Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\3\ On June 25, 2025, Commerce
extended the time limit for these preliminary results to October 21,
2025, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\4\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and
Federal Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days.\5\ Additionally,
due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal
Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.\6\ On
December 22, 2025, Commerce extended the time limit for these
preliminary results in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A).\7\
Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now January
5, 2026.
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 25,
2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December
22, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\ A
list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty on
Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the scope of the Order are certain steel
nails from Malaysia. For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ Id.
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Rescission of Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review of an AD order when there are no viewable entries
of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is
suspended. Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the
suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment
rate calculated for the review period.\10\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On December 20, 2024, we issued a memorandum to all interested
parties, listing 39 companies for which we initiated this
administrative review and for which there was no evidence of any
suspended entries during the POR.\12\ See Appendix II for a list of
these companies. We invited parties to comment, and received no
comments. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this
administrative review for these 39 companies, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\12\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated December 20, 2024.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(2) of the Act. Commerce has calculated export
prices in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. In addition,
Commerce has relied on partial facts available under section 776(a)(1),
776 (b)(1)(A), and 776(b)(2)(D) of the Act for Region International
Co., Ltd. and Region System Sdn. Bhd. (collectively, Region). In
addition, Commerce has relied on total adverse facts available (AFA)
under sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act for Madura Fasteners Sdn. Bhd
(Madura). For a full description of the methodology underlying the
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Selected Respondents
Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in
the preliminary results Commerce shall determine an estimated all-
others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined.
This 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 and de
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776
of the Act.
In this administrative review, Commerce preliminarily assigned a
margin based entirely on AFA to Madura. Therefore, the only rate that
is not zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts otherwise available
is the rate calculated for Region. Consequently, pursuant to our normal
practice, the rate calculated for Region is also assigned as the rate
for all other producers and exporters.\13\ Accordingly, the preliminary
margin for non-selected respondents is 1.90 percent.\14\
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\13\ See, e.g., Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 76 FR 64318 (October 18, 2011), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum (IDM), at Comment 11.
\14\ See Appendix III.
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Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2023, through June
30, 2024:
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\15\ Commerce continues to find that Region International Co.
Ltd. and Region System Sdn. Bhd. are collapsed as a single entity,
in accordance to prior reviews. See Certain Steel Nails from
Malaysia: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR 14461 (March 12, 2020), and accompanying
PDM.
\16\ See Appendix III for the non-selected companies under
review receiving a review-specific rate.
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
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Region International Co. Ltd./Region System Sdn. 1.90
Bhd.\15\...........................................
Madura Fasteners Sdn. Bhd........................... 39.35
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Selected Companies \16\ 1.90
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\17\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), the deadline for interested parties to submit
case briefs to Commerce is no later than 21 days after the date of the
publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the
date for filing case briefs.\18\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\19\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\20\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\21\
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\20\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined.\22\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\23\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any written briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, unless extended,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.\24\ If the weighted-average
dumping margin for a mandatory respondent is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we
will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\25\ If the weighted-average dumping margin
is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or if an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce will
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\26\ For entries of subject merchandise during the
POR produced by the respondents for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for
the intermediate companies involved in the transaction.\27\ The final
results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review
and for future cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where
applicable.
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\24\ Id.
\25\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\26\ Id. 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
\27\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the listed companies in Appendix II, for which we are
rescinding this administrative review, antidumping duties shall be
assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, during the period of review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). For the listed companies in Appendix II, Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of these preliminary results in the
Federal Register.
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). The final results of this administrative
review
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shall be the basis for the assessment of Antidumping duties on entries
of merchandise under review and for future cash deposits of estimated
antidumping duties, where applicable.\28\
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act:
(1) the cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review will be
equal to the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not covered in this review but
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 2.66 percent, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\29\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
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\29\ Certain Steel Nails from Malaysia: Final Determination of
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary 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 occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221.
Dated: January 5, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Assistant Secretary, performing
the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. Alsons Manufacturing India, LLP.
2. Asia Bolts & Nuts Sdn. Bhd.
3. Astrotech Steels Pvt. Ltd.
4. Atlantic Marine Group Ltd.
5. AV Fastener (M) Sdn. Bhd.
6. Best Staples Sdn. Bhd.
7. Chia Pao Metal Co., Ltd.
8. Chin Lai Hardware Sdn. Bhd.
9. Chin Well Fasteners Co.
10. Chuan Heng Hardware Paints and Building Materials Sdn. Bhd.
11. Come Best (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
12. Fastenal Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
13. Fuji Fastener Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.
14. Gbo Fastening Systems AB
15. Geekay Wires Limited
16. Gripwell Fastening (M) Sdn. Bhd.
17. Impress Steel Wire Industries Sdn. Bhd.
18. Kerry-Apex (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
19. Kimmu Trading Sdn., Bhd.
20. Modern Factory for Steel Industries Co., Ltd.
21. Multi Venture Resources Sdn. Bhd.
22. Oman Fasteners LLC
23. PrimeSource Building Products Inc.
24. RM Wire Industries Sdn. Bhd.
25. S.H. Chooi Fasteners
26. SK Bolts & Fasteners Sdn. Bhd.
27. Soon Shing Building Materials Sdn. Bhd.
28. Storeit Services LLP
29. Sunmat Industries Sdn., Bhd.
30. Tag Staples Sdn., Bhd.
31. Top Remac Industries
32. Trinity Steel Private Limited
33. UD Industries Sdn., Bhd.
34. Vien Group Sdn., Bhd.
35. Watasan Industries Sdn., Bhd.
36. Wing Tai Fastener Manufacturer
37. Winston Mayer Sdn. Bhd.
38. WWL India Private Ltd.
39. Yew Siong Industrial Supplies Sdn. Bhd.
Appendix III
Non-Selected Companies Receiving the Review-Specific Rate
1. Foison Hardware Inc.
2. Inmax Industries Sdn. Bhd. and Inmax Sdn. Bhd.
3. Kimmu Industries Sdn. Bhd.
4. Tag Fasteners Sdn. Bhd.
5. Tampin Sin Yong Wai Industry Sdn. Bhd.
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