Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2013, 78396-78398 [2014-30541]
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Producer/Exporter
Weightedaverage
margin
(percentage)
Akzo Nobel Functional
Chemicals B.V. .................
0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department will determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries in this review,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b).
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of these final
results of review. Because we have
calculated a zero margin for Akzo Nobel
in the final results of this review, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.3 This clarification applies
to entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced and exported by
Akzo Nobel for which it did not know
that the merchandise was destined for
the United States. In such instances, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
effective during the POR if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.4
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication 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withdrawn from warehouse, for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 publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for Akzo Nobel will be the
rate established in the final results of
this review; (2) for previously reviewed
or investigated companies not covered
in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (3)
if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this or any previous review or in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation
but the manufacturer is, the cashdeposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recent period for the
manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) if neither the exporter nor the
manufacturer is a firm covered in this or
any previous review or the
3 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
4 See Assessment Policy Notice for a full
discussion of this clarification.
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investigation, the cash-deposit rate will
continue to be the all-others rate of
14.57 percent, which is the all-others
rate established by the Department in
the LTFV investigation.5 These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also 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 the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
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/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation,
which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–520–804]
Certain Steel Nails from the United
Arab Emirates: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2011–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
5 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders:
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland,
Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734,
39735 (July 11, 2005).
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On June 24, 2014, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
steel nails from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The period of review
(POR) is November 3, 2011, through
April 30, 2013. The review covers two
producers/exporters of the subject
merchandise, Dubai Wire FZE (Dubai
Wire) and Precision Fasteners, L.L.C.
(Precision). For these final results, we
continue to find subject merchandise
has been sold in the United States at
less than normal value.
DATES: Effective Date: December 30,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Hansen or Michael Romani, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3683 or (202) 482–
0198, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On June 24, 2014, the Department
published the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
nails from the United Arab Emirates.1
On September 30, 2014, we extended
the due date for the final results to
December 22, 2014.2 On October 16,
2014, we issued a post-preliminary
analysis finding that: (i) Dubai Wire’s
affiliated 3 importer, Itochu Building
Products Inc., and affiliated 4
distributor, PrimeSource Building
Products Inc., (collectively, IBP)
employed an acceptable constructed
export price (CEP) sales reporting
methodology; (ii) certain submissions by
Dubai Wire accompanied by
certifications signed by a representative
of IBP meet the requirements of 19 CFR
351.303(g); (iii) it was appropriate to
rely on facts available without an
1 See Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab
Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2011–2013, 79 FR 35721
(June 24, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations ‘‘Certain Steel
Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Extension of
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2011–2013’’ dated
September 30, 2014.
3 For details on our affiliation determination, see
Memorandum to Thomas Gilgunn, Office Director,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, ‘‘Certain Steel Nails
from the United Arab Emirates—Affiliation
Memorandum for Dubai Wire FZE’’ dated May 28,
2014.
4 Id.
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adverse inference with respect to certain
reported CEP sales data; and (iv) using
the revised export price (EP) and CEP
databases, we recalculated Dubai Wire’s
margin.5
We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results
and Post-Preliminary Results. We
received case briefs from Mid Continent
Steel & Wire, Inc. (the petitioner), and
IBP on October 31, 2014, concerning
Dubai Wire. These parties submitted
rebuttal comments on November 5,
2014. We received no case or rebuttal
briefs concerning Precision. A hearing
was requested by IBP, but that request
was later withdrawn.
The Department conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the
Order 6 is certain steel nails from the
UAE. The products are currently
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65,
and 7317.00.75. The HTSUS numbers
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes. The written
description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.7
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Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
administrative review are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
A list of the issues which parties have
raised and to which we have responded
is in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum and attached to this
notice as an Appendix. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
5 See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance
‘‘Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab
Emirates—Post-Preliminary Results Analysis
Memorandum; 2011–2013’’ dated October 16, 2014
(Post-Preliminary Results).
6 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).
7 For a full description of the scope of the order,
See the memorandum from Deputy Assistant
Secretary Christian Marsh to Assistant Secretary
Paul Piquado entitled ‘‘Certain Steel Nails from the
United Arab Emirates: Issues and Decision
Memorandum for Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2011–2013’’ dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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access.trade.gov and it is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit
(CRU), room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we made certain
revisions to the weighted-average
dumping margin calculation for Dubai
Wire, which we included in the PostPreliminary Results, where applicable.
A detailed discussion of each change
made is in the company-specific
analysis memorandum dated
concurrently with this notice, which is
on file electronically via ACCESS and in
the CRU of the main Commerce
building.8 No changes have been made
with respect to our determination for
Precision.
Final Results of the Review
We determine that the following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period November 3, 2011,
through April 30, 2013:
Weightedaverage
dumping margin
(percent)
Company
Dubai Wire FZE ................
Precision Fasteners,
L.L.C. .............................
18.13
184.41
Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), for Dubai Wire, we
calculated an importer- (or customer-)
specific assessment rate on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for an
importer’s examined sales and the total
entered value of such sales. We have
continued to rely on adverse facts
available to establish Precision’s
weighted-average dumping margin in
these final results, and therefore, we
will instruct CBP to apply an ad
valorem assessment rate of 184.41
percent to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which
were produced and/or exported by
Precision. We will instruct CBP to take
into account the ‘‘provisional measures
8 See the company-specific final analysis
memorandum for Dubai Wire dated concurrently
with this notice.
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cap’’ in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(d).
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.9 This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Dubai Wire
for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States. In such instances, 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.
We intend to issue instructions to
CBP 15 days after publication of the
final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of final results of administrative
review for all shipments of certain steel
nails from the UAE entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for Dubai Wire and Precision will
be the rates 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 investigation but
the manufacturer is, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established for the
manufacturer of the merchandise for the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (4) the cash deposit rate for
all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 4.30 percent.10 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notifications
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 the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
9 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
10 The all-others rate established in the Order.
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This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or the
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.
The final results of this administrative
review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
The Department announced its
Preliminary Determination on
November 24, 2014, and disclosed to
interested parties the calculations for
the Preliminary Determination on
November 25, 2014. The Preliminary
Determination was published on
December 1, 2014. GITI Tire (Fujian)
Co., Ltd. (GITI Fujian) submitted
ministerial error allegations on
December 1, 2014, alleging that the
Department made certain significant
errors in the Preliminary Determination.
On December 2, 2014, CTP
Transportation Products, LLC and
Carlisle (Meizhou) Rubber Products Co.
Ltd. (CTP) submitted comments
regarding the preliminary scope.2
Petitioner 3 submitted rebuttal
comments to CTP’s submission
regarding the preliminary scope on
December 5, 2014.4 Parties submitted
additional comments on the preliminary
scope through December 15, 2014.5
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–017]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires From the People’s
Republic of China: Amended
Affirmative Preliminary Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is amending the
Preliminary Determination of the
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
of passenger vehicle and light truck tires
(passenger tires) from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) to correct
significant ministerial errors with
respect to our Preliminary
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Emily Halle or Jason Rhoads, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone 202.482.0176, 202.482.0123,
respectively.
Background
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Facts Available
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Dubai Wire Affiliation
Comment 2: Non-Dubai Wire Company
Certifications
Comment 3: Dubai Wire Third-Country
Market Viability
Comment 4: IBP’s Data Reporting
Methodology
Comment 5: Commissions in the United
States
Comment 6: Freight Revenue Cap
Comment 7: Quantity Adjustments
VI. Recommendation
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Appendix
SUMMARY:
Determination.1 We are also amending
the scope of the investigation in
response to comments submitted
following the publication of the
Preliminary Determination. The period
of investigation is January 1, 2013,
through December 31, 2013.
DATES: Effective Date: December 30,
2014.
1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical
Circumstances Determination, in Part, and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 71093
(December 1, 2014) (Preliminary Determination).
2 See Letter from CTP, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle
and Light Truck Tires from China: Request for
Meeting,’’ December 2, 2014 (CTP Scope
Comments).
3 Collectively, United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union, and AFL–
CIO, CLC.
4 See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Certain Passenger
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
Republic of China—Scope of the Investigations,
Petitioner’s Opposition to CTP’s Exclusion
Request,’’ December 5, 2014 (Petitioner Rebuttal to
CTP Comments).
5 See Letter from CTP, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle
and Light Truck Tires from China: Unconstitutional
Burdens on Speech Created by Implementation of
the Department’s Preliminary Affirmative
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After reviewing the allegations, we
determine that the Preliminary
Determination included significant
ministerial errors with respect to the
calculation of certain sales
denominators, and the benefit
calculation for one company under the
‘‘Government Policy Lending’’ program.
We are also modifying the scope of the
investigation by temporarily suspending
certain marking requirements for
exclusion of specialty tires in response
to comments raised by interested
parties.
Analysis of Significant Ministerial
Error Allegations
A ministerial error is defined in 19
CFR 351.224(f) as ‘‘an error in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic
function, clerical error resulting from
inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
like, and any other similar type of
unintentional error which the Secretary
considers ministerial.’’ With respect to
preliminary determinations in
investigations, 19 CFR 351.224(e)
provides that the Department ‘‘will
analyze any comments received and, if
appropriate, correct any significant
ministerial error by amending the
preliminary determination. . .’’ A
significant ministerial error is defined as
an error, the correction of which, singly
or in combination with other errors,
would result in: (1) A change of at least
five absolute percentage points in, but
not less than 25 percent of, the
countervailable subsidy rate calculated
in the original (erroneous) preliminary
determination; or (2) a difference
between countervailable subsidy rate of
zero (or de minimis) and a
countervailable subsidy rate of greater
than de minimis, or vice versa.6
As explained further in the
Ministerial Error Memorandum issued
concurrently with this Notice,7 we
Countervailing Duty Determination,’’ December 9,
2014; Letter from CTP, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle
and Light Truck Tires from China: Response to
Petitioner’s Opposition to CTP’s Exclusion
Request,’’ December 9, 2014; Letter from Petitioner,
‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
from the People’s Republic of China—Scope of the
Investigations, Petitioner’s Reply to CTP’s Response
on Scope and Comments on Unconstitutional
Burden,’’ December 11, 2014; Letter from CTP,
‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
from China: Unconstitutional Burdens on Speech
Created by Implementation of the Department’s
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination,’’ December 11, 2014; Letter from
Petitioner, ‘‘Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from the People’s Republic of China—
Scope of the Investigations, Petitioner’s Second
Reply to CTP’s Comments on Unconstitutional
Burden,’’ December 15, 2014.
6 See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
7 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Allegation of Significant Ministerial
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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; 2011-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 24, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The period of review (POR) is November 3, 2011, through
April 30, 2013. The review covers two producers/exporters of the
subject merchandise, Dubai Wire FZE (Dubai Wire) and Precision
Fasteners, L.L.C. (Precision). For these final results, we continue to
find subject merchandise has been sold in the United States at less
than normal value.
DATES: Effective Date: December 30, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Hansen or Michael Romani, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3683 or (202) 482-0198, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 24, 2014, the Department published the preliminary results
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
steel nails from the United Arab Emirates.\1\ On September 30, 2014, we
extended the due date for the final results to December 22, 2014.\2\ On
October 16, 2014, we issued a post-preliminary analysis finding that:
(i) Dubai Wire's affiliated \3\ importer, Itochu Building Products
Inc., and affiliated \4\ distributor, PrimeSource Building Products
Inc., (collectively, IBP) employed an acceptable constructed export
price (CEP) sales reporting methodology; (ii) certain submissions by
Dubai Wire accompanied by certifications signed by a representative of
IBP meet the requirements of 19 CFR 351.303(g); (iii) it was
appropriate to rely on facts available without an
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adverse inference with respect to certain reported CEP sales data; and
(iv) using the revised export price (EP) and CEP databases, we
recalculated Dubai Wire's margin.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-
2013, 79 FR 35721 (June 24, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations
``Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Extension of
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2011-2013'' dated September 30, 2014.
\3\ For details on our affiliation determination, see Memorandum
to Thomas Gilgunn, Office Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
``Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates--Affiliation
Memorandum for Dubai Wire FZE'' dated May 28, 2014.
\4\ Id.
\5\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance ``Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab
Emirates--Post-Preliminary Results Analysis Memorandum; 2011-2013''
dated October 16, 2014 (Post-Preliminary Results).
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We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results
and Post-Preliminary Results. We received case briefs from Mid
Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (the petitioner), and IBP on October 31,
2014, concerning Dubai Wire. These parties submitted rebuttal comments
on November 5, 2014. We received no case or rebuttal briefs concerning
Precision. A hearing was requested by IBP, but that request was later
withdrawn.
The Department conducted this administrative review in accordance
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order \6\ is certain steel nails
from the UAE. The products are currently classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, and 7317.00.75. The HTSUS numbers are provided
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the
scope of the order is dispositive.\7\
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\6\ 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).
\7\ For a full description of the scope of the order, See the
memorandum from Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian Marsh to
Assistant Secretary Paul Piquado entitled ``Certain Steel Nails from
the United Arab Emirates: Issues and Decision Memorandum for Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2013'' dated
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which
we have responded is in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and attached
to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov and it is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit (CRU), room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain
revisions to the weighted-average dumping margin calculation for Dubai
Wire, which we included in the Post-Preliminary Results, where
applicable. A detailed discussion of each change made is in the
company-specific analysis memorandum dated concurrently with this
notice, which is on file electronically via ACCESS and in the CRU of
the main Commerce building.\8\ No changes have been made with respect
to our determination for Precision.
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\8\ See the company-specific final analysis memorandum for Dubai
Wire dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of the Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period November 3, 2011, through April 30, 2013:
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Weighted-
Company average dumping
margin (percent)
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Dubai Wire FZE........................................ 18.13
Precision Fasteners, L.L.C............................ 184.41
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Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), for Dubai Wire, we calculated an importer- (or customer-
) specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total
amount of antidumping duties calculated for an importer's examined
sales and the total entered value of such sales. We have continued to
rely on adverse facts available to establish Precision's weighted-
average dumping margin in these final results, and therefore, we will
instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 184.41 percent
to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were
produced and/or exported by Precision. We will instruct CBP to take
into account the ``provisional measures cap'' in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(d).
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\9\ This clarification will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by Dubai Wire for which it did not
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such
instances, 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.
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\9\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of certain steel nails from the UAE entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for
Dubai Wire and Precision will be the rates 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
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the manufacturer of the merchandise for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 4.30 percent.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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Notifications
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 the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
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This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or the 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.
The final results of this administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: December 22, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Facts Available
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Dubai Wire Affiliation
Comment 2: Non-Dubai Wire Company Certifications
Comment 3: Dubai Wire Third-Country Market Viability
Comment 4: IBP's Data Reporting Methodology
Comment 5: Commissions in the United States
Comment 6: Freight Revenue Cap
Comment 7: Quantity Adjustments
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2014-30541 Filed 12-29-14; 8:45 am]
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