[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24721-24723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09919]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-909]
Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Amended
Final Results of the Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2010-2011
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: April 26, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 18, 2013, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published the final results of the third administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ On March 13, 2013, Hongli et al.\2\
filed timely allegations
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that the Department made ministerial errors in the Final Results and
requested, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct the
alleged ministerial errors. No other party in this proceeding submitted
comments on the Department's final margin calculations.
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China;
Final Results of Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-
2011, 78 FR 16651 (March 18, 2013), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum (``Final Results'').
\2\ Itochu Building Products Co., Inc., Tianjin Jinghai County
Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd. (``Hongli''), Certified
Products International Inc. (``CPI''), China Staple Enterprise
(Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (``China Staple''), Chiieh Yung Metal Ind.
Corp., CYM (Nanjing) Nail Manufacture Co., Ltd., Qidong Liang Chyuan
Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (``Qidong Liang Chyuan'') and Hengshui
Mingyao Hardware & Mesh Products Co., Ltd. (``Hengshui Mingyao'')
(collectively Hongli et al.).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes certain steel nails
having a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain steel nails subject to
the order are currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (``HTSUS'') subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65 and
7317.00.75. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order
is dispositive.\3\
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\3\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Nails
From the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008).
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For a full description of the scope, see Ministerial Error
Memorandum \4\ at page 2.
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\4\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, from James C. Doyle,
regarding ``Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain
Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error
Allegations Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice
(``Ministerial Error Memorandum''). This memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Import Administration's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gove and is available to
all parties in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of
the Ministerial Error Memorandum is available on the web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Ministerial Error
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Ministerial Error
Memorandum are identical in content.
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Amended Final Results of the Review
The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), defines a
``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition, subtraction,
or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate
copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional
error which the administering authority considers ministerial.'' \5\ As
explained in the Ministerial Error Memorandum accompanying this notice,
in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e), we
have determined that we made a ministerial error in the calculation of
Hongli's Final Results margin calculation with regard to the
classification of certain surrogate financial data. We note that
correcting this error changes the weighted-average margins for Hongli,
as well as the separate rate companies from the Final Results. In
addition, the Final Results inadvertently reported a separate rate
margin for CPI and China Staple, although we rescinded the review of
these two companies.\6\ For a detailed discussion of these ministerial
errors, as well as the Department's analysis of the allegations of
ministerial errors, see the Ministerial Error Memorandum. As discussed
in the Ministerial Error Memorandum, the review is rescinded for CPI
and China Staple.
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\5\ See section 751(h) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 351.224(e).
\6\ The Department notes that it rescinded the review for the
following companies in the final results: (1) Jining Huarong
Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (2) Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp.; (3)
CYM (Nanjing) Nail Manufacture Co., Ltd.; (4) Qidong Liang Chyuan;
(5) CPI; (6) Besco Machinery Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; (7)
China Staple; (8) Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd.;
(9) PT Enterprise Inc.; (10) Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co.,
Ltd.; (11) Hengshui Mingyao; and (12) Union Enterprise (Kunshan)
Co., Ltd. (collectively ``No Shipment Respondents''). See Final
Results, 78 FR at 16652.
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Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final
results within five days of the date of publication of this notice to
interested parties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Amended Final Results of the Review
The weighted-average dumping margins for the period of review
(``POR'') are as follows:
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Weighted average
Manufacturer/exporter margin (percent)
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(1) Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & 33.25
Business Co., Ltd..................................
(2) Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd..... 33.25
(3) Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd...... 33.25
(4) Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd...... 33.25
(5) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd............... 33.25
(6) Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd... 33.25
(7) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd...... 33.25
(8) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.......... 33.25
(9) Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd.... 33.25
(10) Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd......... 33.25
(11) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd......... 33.25
(12) Hebie Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., 33.25
Ltd................................................
(13) Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd................ 33.25
(14) Mingguan Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd... 33.25
(15) Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd............. 33.25
(16) S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., 33.25
Ltd................................................
(17) SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd.......... 33.25
(18) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd................... 33.25
(19) Guangdong Foreign Trade Import & Export 33.25
Corporation........................................
(20) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.......................... 33.25
PRC-Wide Rate\7\.................................... 118.04
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Those companies not eligible for a separate rate will be considered
part of the PRC-wide entity.
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\7\ See Final Results, 78 FR at 16652-16653.
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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 covered by this review. The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date
of these amended final results of this review. However, on April 9,
2013, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a preliminary
injunction enjoining
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liquidation of certain entries during the POR which are subject to the
antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the PRC.\8\
Accordingly, the Department will not issue assessment instructions to
CBP for any entries subject to the above-mentioned injunction after
publication of this notice.
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\8\ See Itochu Building Products Co., Inc., et al. v. United
States, CIT Court No. 13-00132 dated April 9, 2013.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we are calculating
importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rates for the merchandise
subject to this review. In these Final Results, the Department applied
the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Final Modification
for Reviews, i.e., on the basis of monthly average-to-average
comparisons using only the transactions associated with that importer
with offsets being provided for non-dumped comparisons.\9\ Where the
respondent has reported reliable entered values, we calculate importer-
(or customer-) specific ad valorem rates by aggregating the dumping
margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each importer (or customer)
and dividing this amount by the total entered value of the sales to
each importer (or customer). Where an importer- (or customer-) specific
ad valorem rate is greater than de minimis, we will apply the
assessment rate to the entered value of the importers'/customers'
entries during the POR, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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\9\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 2012)
(``Final Modification for Reviews'').
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Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a
particular importer/customer, we calculate a per-unit assessment rate
by aggregating the antidumping duties due for all U.S. sales to that
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total quantity
sold to that importer (or customer).\10\ To determine whether the duty
assessment rates are de minimis, in accordance with the requirement set
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we calculated importer- (or customer-)
specific ad valorem ratios based on the estimated entered value. Where
an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For the companies receiving a separate rate that were not selected
for individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the
rate we calculated for the mandatory respondent whose rate was not de
minimis, as discussed above. We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
entries containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity
at the PRC-wide rate. Finally, for those companies for which this
review has been rescinded, the Department intends to assess antidumping
duties at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the amended 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) For the exporters
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the
amended final results of review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be
required for that company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed
PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that have a separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of
subject merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of
118.04 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporters that supplied
that non-PRC exporter. The deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled 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, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of
APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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