Notice2026-10051
Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 20, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29451-29452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10051]
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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; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of
certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through
April 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable May 20, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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) 482-3860.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 11, 2025, 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 and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 90 FR 44029 (September 11, 2025)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\2\ 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.\3\ On March 11, 2026, Commerce extended the final
results deadline by 51 days,\4\ and on May 4, 2026, Commerce extended
the final results deadline by an additional nine days.\5\ Accordingly,
the deadline for these final results is now May 18, 2026.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 11,
2026.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 4,
2026.
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A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised
by parties for these final results, are contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\6\ Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\6\ 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; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>7</SUP>
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\7\ 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
UAE. 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 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</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 Rich Well.\8\ Additionally, we have made changes
to the margin assigned in the Preliminary Results for Master.\9\
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\8\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.
\9\ Id. at Comment 5.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30,
2024:
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Weighted average dumping margin
Exporter/producer (percent)
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Master Nails and Pins 81.82
Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East
Manufacturing Steel, LLC..........
Rich Well Steel Industries LLC..... 2.59
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review 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 the administrative review.
Because the weighted-average dumping margin for Rich Well is not
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we calculated
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total
entered value of the sales. Where an importer-specific assessment rate
is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 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 Rich Well
for which it did not know the 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.\10\
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\10\ 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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For Master, Commerce will instruct, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise at
a rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin assigned to Master
in 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
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 upon
publication of this notice for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of these final results, as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for Master and Rich
Well will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established
in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, 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 (LTFV) 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 recently completed segment of this proceeding 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, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\11\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\11\ 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 the POR. 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 (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 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: May 14, 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
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 to Apply Total Adverse Fact Available (AFA)
to Rich Well
Comment 2: Whether to Rely on Rich Well's Home Market Sales for
Normal Value
Comment 3: Whether to Rely on Rich Well's Reported Short-Term
Interest Rates
Comment 4: Whether to Deny Rich Well's Scrap Offset
Comment 5: Whether to Continue to Apply Total AFA to Master
VI. Recommendation
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