Notice2026-22526
Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
November 4, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd., (Shanghai Yueda) and Shanghai Yueda Nails (Chuzhou) Ltd. (Chuzhou Yueda) (collectively, Yueda Nails), an exporter of certain steel nails (nails) from the People's Republic of China (China), made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to nine companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69541-69544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22526]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-909]
Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd., (Shanghai Yueda) and
Shanghai Yueda Nails (Chuzhou) Ltd. (Chuzhou Yueda) (collectively,
Yueda Nails), an exporter of certain steel nails (nails) from the
People's Republic of China (China), made sales of subject merchandise
at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR),
August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding
the review with respect to nine companies. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable November 4, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Nixon, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8361.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 25, 2026, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on nails from China.\1\ On January
28, 2026, Commerce selected Yueda Nails as the mandatory respondent in
this review.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 46173 (September 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel
Nails from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1,
2008) (Order).
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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\ and, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
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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 June 4, 2026, Commerce extended the preliminary results
deadline by 90 days.\4\ On September 4, 2026, Commerce extended the
preliminary results deadline an additional 22 days.\5\ Accordingly, the
deadline for these preliminary results is now October 30, 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 Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 4,
2026.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review'' dated September
4, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
ACCESS, which 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China; 2024-
2025,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \7\
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\7\ See Order.
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The products covered by the scope of this Order are nails from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\9\ 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 calculated antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\10\
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\8\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the U.S.
Court of International Trade (CIT) held that ``{w{time} hile the
statute does not explicitly require that an entry be suspended as a
prerequisite for establishing entitlement to a review, it does
explicitly state the determined rate will be used as the liquidation
rate for the reviewed entries. This result can only obtain if the
liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see also Certain Frozen
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of
No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102, and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and Solid Fertilizer Grade
Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 65532 (October 29,
2012) (noting that ``for an administrative review to be conducted,
there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated at the
newly calculated assessment rate'').
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Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind
the instant review regarding the companies listed in Appendix II
because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject
merchandise from these companies during the POR, and invited interested
parties to comment.\11\ No party commented on this memorandum. In the
absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from these
companies during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative review
for the companies listed in Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated September 2, 2026.
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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 in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Because China is a non-market economy (NME)
country within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated
normal value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rates
In the Initiation Notice, we informed parties that firms for which
the review was initiated that wished to qualify for separate rate
status must complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate
application or a separate rate certification.\12\ We preliminarily
determine that Yueda Nails is eligible for a separate rate in this
review. For further discussion, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\12\ See Initiation Notice, 90 FR at 46174.
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The China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\13\ Under this policy,
the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity,
the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate (i.e., 118.04
percent) \14\ is not subject to change.
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\13\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\14\ See Order, 73 FR at 44965.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period August 1, 2024,
through July 31, 2025:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd., a.k.a. Shanghai Yueda 9.27
Nails Industry Co., Ltd./Shanghai Yueda Nails
(Chuzhou) Ltd.......................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for 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).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\15\ 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.\16\ 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.\17\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\16\ 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).
\17\ 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.\18\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public, 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 public, 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).\19\
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\18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\19\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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 and
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to
issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.\21\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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If Yueda Nails' weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered
value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for all U.S.
sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
quantity of those sales.\22\ To determine whether an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem
ratio based on estimated entered values. If Yueda Nails' weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or where an importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\23\
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\23\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales database
submitted by Yueda Nails during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP
to liquidate such entries at the China-wide rate.
For the nine companies listed in Appendix II for which the review
is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce
intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.
If a timely summons is filed at the CIT, 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 deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for the company listed
above, which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is
zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for
previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters
not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of
this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the existing rate for the
China-wide entity of 118.04 percent; and (4) for all non-Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese
exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 POR. 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.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: October 29, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies With Respect to Which Commerce Is Rescinding the Review
1. JISCO Corporation
2. Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.
3. Nanjing Yuechang Hardwares Co., Ltd.
4. Qingdao Jisco Co., Ltd.
5. Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Co., Ltd.
6. Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.
7. Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.
8. Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd.
9. Xi'an Metals and Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd.
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