Notice2026-00256
Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
January 9, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). This review covers 15 exporters and producers from Oman. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The sole mandatory respondent in this review is Oman Fasteners, LLC (Oman Fasteners). Commerce preliminarily determines that Oman Fasteners made sales of subject merchandise below normal value (NV) during the POR. Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to one company for which all requests for review were withdrawn and with respect to 13 companies, which had no suspended entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 964-966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00256]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-808]
Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: 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) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain
steel nails (steel nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). This
review covers 15 exporters and producers from Oman. The period of
review (POR) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The sole mandatory
respondent in this review is Oman Fasteners, LLC (Oman Fasteners).
Commerce preliminarily determines that Oman Fasteners made sales of
subject merchandise below normal value (NV) during the POR.
Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to
one company for which all requests for review were withdrawn and with
respect to 13 companies, which had no suspended entries. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable January 9, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Jacobson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity \1\ to request an administrative review of the AD
order on steel nails from Oman.\2\ On August 14, 2024, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation
of an administrative review of the Order.\3\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 54437 (July 1,
2024).
\2\ 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).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
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On June 5, 2025, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2),
Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results by 120 days
until October 29, 2025.\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\
Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now January
5, 2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 5,
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.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of the 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
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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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the scope of this Order is steel nails
from Oman. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of
the notice of initiation of the requested review. Because all requests
for administrative review of Gulf Nails LLC (Gulf Nails) were withdrawn
by interested parties within 90 days of the date of the publication of
the Initiation Notice, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect
to Gulf Nails, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\9\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\10\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be at least one
reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\11\
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\9\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); See also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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There were no entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 13
companies subject to this review.\12\ As a result, on November 4, 2024,
Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind this
review, in part, with respect to these 13 companies.\13\ No interested
party commented on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum. Thus, Commerce is
rescinding this review with respect to 14 companies, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(d). The administrative review remains active with
respect to one company, Oman Fasteners.
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\12\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs Data from U.S. Customs
and Border Protection,'' dated September 10, 2024; see also Appendix
II for a list of these companies.
\13\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated November 4, 2024 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We calculated export prices and NV in
accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, respectively. For a
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results
of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin for the POR July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Oman Fasteners, LLC........................................ 0.95
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results of this
administrative review 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\14\ Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no
later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\15\
Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this review
must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.\16\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\15\ 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 Final Rule).
\16\ 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.\17\ 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 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).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ See APO and Service Final Rule, 88 FR at 67070.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the case and rebuttal briefs. An electronically filed hearing
request must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's
electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will announce the date
and time of the hearing. Parties should confirm the date and time of
the hearing two days before the scheduled hearing date.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results of review in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP
no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final
results of this administrative 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).
We will calculate importer-specific assessment rates for Oman
Fasteners in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\19\ Because Oman
Fasteners reported entered values for its sales, we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates for the company by
dividing the total amount of dumping calculated for all reviewed U.S.
sales to the importer by the total entered value of the merchandise
sold to the importer.\20\
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\19\ We applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted
in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average
Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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Where either Oman Fasteners' ad valorem weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,\21\ we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For the companies listed in Appendix II for which we are rescinding
this review, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i), not before 35
days after the publication date of these preliminary results.
Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, where
sales of subject merchandise that was produced or exported by an
individually examined respondent were not reported in the U.S. sales
data submitted by the respondent, but the merchandise was entered for
consumption in the United States during the POR, Commerce will instruct
CBP to liquidate any entries of such merchandise at the all-others rate
(i.e., 9.10 percent) \22\ if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\23\
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\22\ See Order, 80 FR at 39996.
\23\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be in effect for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of
the final results of this administrative review in the Federal
Register, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for Oman Fasteners will be equal to the weighted-
average dumping margin established for the company in the final results
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review, except if the weighted-average dumping margin is less than 0.50
percent, and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed companies that are not covered by this review,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company's cash deposit
rate from the most recently completed segment of the proceeding in
which it was examined; (3) if the exporter is not covered by this
review, and does not have a cash deposit rate from a completed segment
of this proceeding, but the producer of the subject merchandise does
have a cash deposit rate, then the cash deposit rate will be the
producer's cash deposit rate from the most recently completed segment
of the proceeding in which it was examined; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 9.10
percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\24\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\24\ See Order, 80 FR 39996.
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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) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during the 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 of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 5, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, 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. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies for Which We Are Rescinding the Review
1. Al Ansari Teqmark LLC
2. Al Kiyumi Global LLC
3. Al Sarah Building Materials LLC
4. Buraimi Iron & Steel, LLC
5. CL Synergy (Pvt) Ltd.
6. Diamond Foil Trading LLC
7. Gulf Nails LLC
8. Gulf Nails Manufacturing, LLC
9. Gulf Steel Manufacturers, LLC
10. Muscat Industrial Company, LLC
11. Muscat Nails Factory Golden Asset Trade, LLC
12. Oman Ocean Trading LLC
13. Omega Global Uluslararasi Tasimacilik Ticaret Ltd. Sti
14. WWL Indian Private Ltd.
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