Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Partial Rescission; 2022-2023, 49150-49152 [2024-12740]
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Disclosure
Commerce will disclose to interested
parties the calculations performed for
these final results within five days of
public announcement or, if there is no
public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of the notice
of final results in the Federal Register,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2),
Commerce will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review, for the
above-listed companies at the applicable
ad valorem assessment rates listed. We
intend to issue assessment instructions
to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of these final results
of review. 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
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown for each of the
respective companies listed 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entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,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
administrative review. For all nonreviewed firms subject to the Order, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, effective upon
publication of the final results of this
review, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
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with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
the final results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: June 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
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. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Benchmarks
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Application of Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should
Apply Adverse Facts Available to the
Program on the Provision of Land-Use
Rights for Less Than Adequate
Remuneration for the Chemical Industry
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should
Include Land-Use Rights Acquired
Outside the AUL Period in its Benefit
Calculation
IX. Recommendation
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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: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, and Partial Rescission; 2022–
2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that sales of certain steel nails
(steel nails) from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) were not made at less
than normal value (NV). The period of
review (POR) is May 1, 2022, through
April 30, 2023. Additionally, Commerce
is rescinding this administrative review,
in part, with respect to 19 companies
because the requests for administrative
review were timely withdrawn. We
invite interested parties to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2024.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Galantucci or 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) 482–2923 or
(202) 482–3860, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2023, Commerce initiated
an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on steel nails
from the UAE,1 in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), with respect to 21
producers/exporters of the subject
merchandise.2 Commerce selected two
mandatory respondents for individual
examination: Master Nails and Pins
Manufacturing, LLC (Master Nails)/
Middle East Manufacturing Steel LLC
(MEM) (collectively, Master); 3 and Rich
Well Steel Industries LLC (Rich Well).4
On January 17, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this
administrative review until May 30,
2024.5
For details regarding the events that
occurred subsequent to the initiation of
the review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6 A list of topics included
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
1 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).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
44262 (July 12, 2023).
3 Commerce previously determined that Master
Nails and MEM comprise a single entity. See
Certain Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020–2021, 87 FR 61566 (October 12,
2022).
4 See Memorandum ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’
dated August 10, 2023.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated January 17, 2024.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Steel Nails from the United Arab Emirates; 2022–
2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Memorandum is available at https://
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The products covered by the Order
are steel nails from the UAE. For a full
description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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 a party who requested the review
withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation. Commerce received a timelyfiled withdrawal request from Mid
Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (the
petitioner) relating to 19 companies.7
Because the withdrawal request was
timely filed, and no other party
requested a review of these companies,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding
this review with respect to the following
companies: (1) Al Falaq Building
Materials; (2) Al Khashab Building
Materials Co., LLC.; (3) Al Rafaa Star
Building Materials Est.; (4) Al Sabbah
Trading and Importing, Est.; (5) AlKhatib Est. (6) All Ferro Building
Materials, LLC.; (7) Asgarali Yousuf
Trading Co., LLC.; (8) Azymuth
Consulting, LLC.; (9) Burj Al Tasmeem,
Tr.; (10) Gheewala Hardware Trading
Company, LLC; (11) Madar UAE; (12)
Mustafa Building Materials Co. (LLC);
(13) New World International, LLC.; (14)
Okzeela Star Building Materials
Trading, LLC.; (15) Rishi International,
FZCO; (16) Samrat Wire Industry, LLC.;
(17) Sea Lan Contracting; (18) SK Metal
International DMCC.; and (19) Trade
Circle Enterprises, LLC.
Methodology
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Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act. We calculated export price in
accordance with section 772(a) of the
Act. We calculated NV in accordance
with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying these preliminary results,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period May 1,
2022, through April 30, 2023:
7 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,’’ dated October 10,
2023.
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Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must submit a written request
Exporter/producer
to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS.14 Requests
Master Nails and Pins Manushould contain: (1) the party’s name,
facturing, LLC/Middle East
address, and telephone number; (2) the
Manufacturing Steel, LLC
0.00 number of participants and whether any
Rich Well Steel Industries
LLC ....................................
0.00 participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
Disclosure and Public Comment
those raised in case and rebuttal
We intend to disclose the calculations briefs.15 If a request for a hearing is
performed to parties within five days
made, Commerce intends to hold the
after public announcement of the
hearing at a time and date to be
preliminary results or, if there is no
determined. A hearing request must be
public announcement, within five days
filed electronically using ACCESS and
8
of the date of publication of this notice.
received in its entirety by 5:00 p.m.
Interested parties may submit case
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
briefs no later than 30 days after the
publication of this notice.
date of publication of this notice.9
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
Assessment Rates
in the case briefs, may be filed not later
than five days after the date for filing
Upon completion of this
case briefs.10 Interested parties who
administrative review, Commerce shall
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this
determine, and U.S. Customs and
proceeding must submit: (1) a table of
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
contents listing each issue; and (2) a
antidumping duties on all appropriate
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table of authorities.
entries covered by this review.16
As provided under 19 CFR
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1) if the
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
weighted-average dumping margin for
proceedings we have encouraged
Master or Rich Well is not zero or de
interested parties to provide an
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in
executive summary of their brief that
the final results of this review, we will
should be limited to five pages total,
calculate importer-specific ad valorem
including footnotes. In this review, we
antidumping duty assessment rates
instead request that interested parties
based on the ratio of the total amount of
provide at the beginning of their briefs
dumping calculated for the importer’s
a public, executive summary for each
issue raised in their briefs.12 Further, we examined sales to the total entered
request that interested parties limit their value of those same sales. If either
public executive summary of each issue respondent’s weighted-average dumping
to no more than 450 words, not
margin is zero or de minimis, we intend
including citations. We intend to use
to instruct CBP to liquidate the
the public executive summaries as the
appropriate entries without regard to
basis of the comment summaries
antidumping duties. The final results of
included in the issues and decision
this review shall be the basis for the
memorandum that will accompany the
assessment of antidumping duties on
final results in this administrative
entries of merchandise covered by this
review. We request that interested
review and for future deposits of
parties include footnotes for relevant
estimated duties, where applicable.17
citations in the public executive
In accordance with Commerce’s
summary of each issue. Note that
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for
Commerce has amended certain of its
requirements pertaining to the service of entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by Master or Rich
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).13
Well for which the respondent did not
8 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
know that the merchandise was
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR
destined for the United States, we will
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative
the all-others rate established in the
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 18 if
88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and there is no rate for the intermediate
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
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Service Final Rule).
11 See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
12 We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an
argument that Commerce would normally address
in a comment of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
13 See APO and Service Final Rule.
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14 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
19 CFR 351.310.
16 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
17 See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
18 See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
15 See
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company(ies) involved in the
transaction.19
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 for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
administrative review, except if the rate
is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore,
de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for
merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this 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 in which it was reviewed;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
by this review, a prior review, or the
original LTFV investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the 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,20 the
all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs,
not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
19 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
20 See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
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section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–823]
Silicomanganese From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Intent
To Rescind, in Part; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that silicomanganese from
India was sold in the United States at
less than normal value during the
period of review (POR) May 1, 2022,
through April 30, 2023. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
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Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 23, 2002, Commerce
published the antidumping duty order
on silicomanganese from India.1 On
May 19, 2023, Commerce received a
timely request to conduct an
administrative review of the Order from
Maithan Alloys Limited (MAL),2 and on
May 31, 2023, Eramet Marietta, Inc. (the
petitioner) requested a review of MAL
and Rajadhiraj Tirupani Vinayak Natraj
Pvt. Ltd. (RTVN).3 On July 12, 2023, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i),
Commerce initiated an administrative
review of MAL and RTVN.4 Pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), on January
26, 2024, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review until May 23, 2024.5
For a detailed description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.6 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is available 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from India,
Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23,
2002) (Order).
2 See MAL’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative
Review of Antidumping Order on behalf of Maithan
Alloys Limited,’’ dated May 19, 2023.
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty
Order,’’ dated May 31, 2023.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
42144 (July 14, 2022).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated January 26, 2024.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Silicomanganese from
India; 2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-520-804]
Certain Steel Nails From the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Partial
Rescission; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that sales of certain steel nails (steel nails) from the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) were not made at less than normal value (NV). The period
of review (POR) is May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. Additionally,
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review, in part, with
respect to 19 companies because the requests for administrative review
were timely withdrawn. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Galantucci or 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) 482-2923 or (202)
482-3860, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2023, Commerce initiated an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on steel nails from the UAE,\1\ in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), with respect to 21 producers/exporters of the subject
merchandise.\2\ Commerce selected two mandatory respondents for
individual examination: Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC
(Master Nails)/Middle East Manufacturing Steel LLC (MEM) (collectively,
Master); \3\ and Rich Well Steel Industries LLC (Rich Well).\4\ On
January 17, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary
results of this administrative review until May 30, 2024.\5\
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\1\ 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).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 44262 (July 12, 2023).
\3\ Commerce previously determined that Master Nails and MEM
comprise a single entity. See Certain Steel Nails from the United
Arab Emirates: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 61566 (October 12, 2022).
\4\ See Memorandum ``Respondent Selection,'' dated August 10,
2023.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated January
17, 2024.
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For details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the
initiation of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A
list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
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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 United Arab Emirates; 2022-2023,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are steel nails from the UAE. For
a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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 a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Commerce received a timely-
filed withdrawal request from Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (the
petitioner) relating to 19 companies.\7\ Because the withdrawal request
was timely filed, and no other party requested a review of these
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is
rescinding this review with respect to the following companies: (1) Al
Falaq Building Materials; (2) Al Khashab Building Materials Co., LLC.;
(3) Al Rafaa Star Building Materials Est.; (4) Al Sabbah Trading and
Importing, Est.; (5) Al-Khatib Est. (6) All Ferro Building Materials,
LLC.; (7) Asgarali Yousuf Trading Co., LLC.; (8) Azymuth Consulting,
LLC.; (9) Burj Al Tasmeem, Tr.; (10) Gheewala Hardware Trading Company,
LLC; (11) Madar UAE; (12) Mustafa Building Materials Co. (LLC); (13)
New World International, LLC.; (14) Okzeela Star Building Materials
Trading, LLC.; (15) Rishi International, FZCO; (16) Samrat Wire
Industry, LLC.; (17) Sea Lan Contracting; (18) SK Metal International
DMCC.; and (19) Trade Circle Enterprises, LLC.
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\7\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. We calculated export price in accordance with
section 772(a) of the Act. We calculated NV in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying
these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Master Nails and Pins Manufacturing, LLC/Middle East 0.00
Manufacturing Steel, LLC...............................
Rich Well Steel Industries LLC.......................... 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within
five days after public announcement of the preliminary results or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice.\8\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ Interested
parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\10\ 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).
\11\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\12\ 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).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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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, filed electronically via ACCESS.\14\ 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 case and rebuttal
briefs.\15\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to
hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. A hearing request
must be filed electronically using ACCESS and received in its entirety
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the publication of this
notice.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\16\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1) if the weighted-average
dumping margin for Master or Rich Well is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, we will
calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
the importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those same
sales. If either respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero
or de minimis, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits
of estimated duties, where applicable.\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Master or
Rich Well for which the respondent did not know that the merchandise
was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
those entries at the all-others rate established in the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) \18\ if there is no rate for the intermediate
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\18\ See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
\19\ 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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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 for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this administrative review, except
if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit
rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this 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 in which it was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered by this review, a prior review, or the original LTFV
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the 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,\20\ the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\20\ See Order, 77 FR at 27422.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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