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Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review and Intent To
Rescind, in Part
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of certain steel
nails (steel nails) from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). The
period of review (POR) is November 3,
2014, through December 31, 2015.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective June 27, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yasmin Bordas, 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) 482–3813.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
These preliminary results are made in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
The Department published a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the countervailing duty (CVD)
order on steel nails from Vietnam for the
POR on July 5, 2016.111 On August 1,
2017, in response to timely requests,
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 81 FR 43584
(July 5, 2016).
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and in accordance with section 751(a) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated an administrative review of the
Order.2 For a complete description of
the events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is provided as an
appendix to this notice.
The Preliminary 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
steel nails from Vietnam. For a complete
description of the scope of this
administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
CVD review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the
subsidy programs found
countervailable, we determine that there
is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that
confers a benefit to the recipient, and
that the subsidy is specific.4 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
including our reliance, in part, on
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR
62720 (September 12, 2016). See also Certain Steel
Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 41006 (July 14,
2015) (the Order).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain
Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice.
4 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and, section 771(5A)
of the Act regarding specificity.
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adverse facts available pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see
the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.5
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review, and Intent To Rescind, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Department will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the parties that requested a
review withdraw the request within 90
days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation. Mid Continent Steel
& Wire, Inc. (the petitioner) withdrew
its requests for review of Astrotech
Steels Private Limited; Blue Moon
Logistics Private Ltd.; Bollore Logistics
Vietnam Co. Ltd.; Dahnay Logistics
Private Ltd; FGS Logistics Co. Ltd.;
Honour Lane Shipping Ltd; SDV
Vietnam Co. Ltd.; and United Nail
Products Co. Ltd. No other party
requested a review of these producers/
exporters.6 Therefore, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Department is rescinding this review
with respect to these companies.
As explained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, there is no
evidence that Dicha Sombrilla Co., Ltd.
had a Type 3 (i.e., reviewable) entry of
subject merchandise during the POR.
Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3), we preliminarily intend
to rescind the review for Dicha
Sombrilla Co., Ltd.7
Preliminary Results of Review
submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.8 Parties
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs
in this proceeding are encouraged to
submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.9 Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed no later than five
days after the case briefs are filed.10
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must submit a written request
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, filed
electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
the Department’s ACCESS by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.11
Hearing requests should contain the
following: (1) The party’s name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of
the issues to be discussed. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the respective case briefs.
Unless extended, the Department
intends to issue the final results of this
review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised by parties in
their comments, within 120 days after
the publication of these preliminary
results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit
Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
Subsidy rate
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts
Producer/exporter
(percent)
shown above for the producers/
exporters shown above. Upon issuance
Truong Vinh Ltd ....................
313.97
Rich State Inc .......................
313.97 of the final results, the Department shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
Disclosure and Public Comment
CVDs on all appropriate entries covered
The Department intends to disclose
by this review. We intend to issue
calculations performed for these
instructions to CBP 15 days after
preliminary results to the parties within publication of the final results of
five days of the date of publication of
review.
this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
Act, the Department also intends to
351.309(c), interested parties may
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated CVDs, in the amounts shown
5 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
above, for each of the respective
Decision Memorandum can be found as an
companies shown above, on shipments
appendix to this notice.
of subject merchandise entered, or
6 See Letter from the petitioner re: Administrative
withdrawn from warehouse, for
Review of Certain Steel Nails from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Withdrawal of Request for
consumption on or after the date of
Administrative Reviews, dated October 5, 2016.
publication of the final results of this
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As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates to be:
7 In Alleghany Ludlum Corp. v. United States, 346
F.3d 1368, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2003), the Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the
Department’s practice of rescinding annual reviews
when there are no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.
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8 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See
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review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits at the most-recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
For the non-reviewed firms for which
we are rescinding this administrative
review, the Department intends to
instruct CBP 15 days after publication of
these preliminary results of review to
assess CVDs at rates equal to the rates
of cash deposits for estimated
countervailing duties required at the
time of entry, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, during the
period November 3, 2014, through
December 31, 2015, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
These preliminary results are issued
and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 19, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Application of the Countervailing Duty
Law to Imports From Vietnam
6. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
A. Application of AFA: Truong Vinh, Rich
State, and the GOV
B. Selection of the Adverse Facts Available
Rate
C. Corroboration of Secondary Information
7. Disclosure and Public Comment
8. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-552-819]
Certain Steel Nails From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and
Intent To Rescind, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of certain steel nails (steel nails) from the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). The period of review (POR) is
November 3, 2014, through December 31, 2015. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective June 27, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas, 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) 482-3813.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
These preliminary results are made in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel nails from Vietnam for
the POR on July 5, 2016.11\1\ On August 1, 2017, in response to timely
requests, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the
Order.\2\ For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided as an appendix to this notice.
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 81 FR 43584 (July 5, 2016).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 62720 (September 12, 2016). See also
Certain Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 41006 (July 14, 2015) (the Order).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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The Preliminary 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 to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is steel nails from Vietnam. For a
complete description of the scope of this administrative review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this CVD review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to
the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\4\ For a full
description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions,
including our reliance, in part, on
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adverse facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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\4\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
\5\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be found as an appendix to this notice.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review, and Intent To Rescind, In
Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Mid Continent Steel & Wire,
Inc. (the petitioner) withdrew its requests for review of Astrotech
Steels Private Limited; Blue Moon Logistics Private Ltd.; Bollore
Logistics Vietnam Co. Ltd.; Dahnay Logistics Private Ltd; FGS Logistics
Co. Ltd.; Honour Lane Shipping Ltd; SDV Vietnam Co. Ltd.; and United
Nail Products Co. Ltd. No other party requested a review of these
producers/exporters.\6\ Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), the Department is rescinding this review with respect to
these companies.
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\6\ See Letter from the petitioner re: Administrative Review of
Certain Steel Nails from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Reviews, dated October 5,
2016.
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As explained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, there is no
evidence that Dicha Sombrilla Co., Ltd. had a Type 3 (i.e., reviewable)
entry of subject merchandise during the POR. Therefore, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.213(d)(3), we preliminarily intend to rescind the review for
Dicha Sombrilla Co., Ltd.\7\
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\7\ In Alleghany Ludlum Corp. v. United States, 346 F.3d 1368,
1372 (Fed. Cir. 2003), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
upheld the Department's practice of rescinding annual reviews when
there are no entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates to be:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent)
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Truong Vinh Ltd......................................... 313.97
Rich State Inc.......................................... 313.97
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of
publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.\8\ Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited
to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five
days after the case briefs are filed.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department's ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\11\
Hearing requests should contain the following: (1) The party's name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Unless extended, the Department intends to issue the final results
of this review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised
by parties in their comments, within 120 days after the publication of
these preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates and Cash Deposit Requirement
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily
assigned subsidy rates in the amounts shown above for the producers/
exporters shown above. Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, CVDs on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of review.
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated CVDs, in
the amounts shown above, for each of the respective companies shown
above, on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
final results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most-recent
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
For the non-reviewed firms for which we are rescinding this
administrative review, the Department intends to instruct CBP 15 days
after publication of these preliminary results of review to assess CVDs
at rates equal to the rates of cash deposits for estimated
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, during the period November 3, 2014, through
December 31, 2015, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 19, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Partial Rescission of Review
4. Scope of the Order
5. Application of the Countervailing Duty Law to Imports From
Vietnam
6. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
A. Application of AFA: Truong Vinh, Rich State, and the GOV
B. Selection of the Adverse Facts Available Rate
C. Corroboration of Secondary Information
7. Disclosure and Public Comment
8. Conclusion
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