[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6693-6694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02453]
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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; 2013-2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel
nails (nails) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The period of review
(POR) is May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014. The review covers two
producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Dubai Wire FZE (Dubai
Wire) and Precision Fasteners, L.L.C. (Precision). We preliminarily
find that Dubai Wire and Precision sold subject merchandise at less
than normal value in the United States during the POR. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: February 6, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov 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-
0665, and (202) 482-0198, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order \1\ is 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. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description
remains dispositive.\2\
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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\ A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in
the memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Certain Steel
Nails from the United Arab Emirates: Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-
2014,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
The Department has determined the weighted-average dumping margins
for Dubai Wire and Precision based on facts otherwise available
pursuant to section 776(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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).\3\ ACCESS is available
to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and to all parties in
the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this
notice.
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\3\ On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and Compliance changed the
name of Enforcement and Compliance's AD and CVD Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The Web site location was
changed from http://iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov.
The Final Rule changing the references to the Regulations can be
found at 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping margins on steel nails from the UAE
exist for the period May 1, 2013,
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through April 30, 2014, at the following rates:
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Weighted-average
Company dumping margin
(percent)
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Dubai Wire FZE...................................... 18.13
Precision Fasteners, L.L.C.......................... 184.41
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice. 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.\4\ 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.\5\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\5\ Id.; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by the
Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2)
the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the
respective case and rebuttal briefs. The Department 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, unless
extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. If we
continue to rely on facts available to establish Dubai Wire's and
Precision's weighted-average dumping margins, we will instruct CBP to
apply an ad valorem assessment rates of 18.13 percent and 184.41
percent, respectively, to all entries of subject merchandise during the
POR which were produced and/or exported by Dubai Wire and Precision,
respectively, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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 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 rates
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.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\6\ The all-others rate established in the Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 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.
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(h)(1).
Dated: February 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Facts Available
Dubai Wire
Precision
Corroboration of Information Used as Facts Available
(a) Dubai Wire
(b) Precision
Duty Absorption
Recommendation
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