China Nails: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-904) (here). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise entered August 2014 through July 2015.
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Only the 47 exporters for which an administrative review was requested are covered by this review. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce ordered liquidation "as entered" for entries during the period of review from all exporters not under review (here).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Once Commerce issues its final results, new AD duty cash deposit requirements may take effect for some companies, beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD duty cash deposit rates:
| Exporter | AD Rate (Prelim) |
|---|---|
| Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (Stanley) | 5.9% |
| Certified Products International Inc. | 5.9% |
| Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp. | 5.9% |
| Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd | 5.9% |
| Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Mingguang Ruifeng Hardware Products Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Qingdao D&L Group Ltd. | 5.9% |
| SDC International Aust. PTY. Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd | 5.9% |
| Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., Ltd | 5.9% |
| Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd | 5.9% |
| Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd | 5.9% |
| Suntec Industries Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd. | 5.9% |
| Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corporation | 5.9% |
China-wide. Commerce said 14 companies did not demonstrate independence from state control, or otherwise did not respond to Commerce Department questionnaires, and assigned these companies to the China-wide entity, with a rate of 118.04%, as follows: Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Huanghu Jinhai Hardware Products Co. Ltd.; Huanghua Xiong Hua Hardware Product Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Yufutai Hardware Products Limited; Liaocheng Minghui Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Qingdao D&L Group Co., Ltd.; Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Yueda Fasterners Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Tianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.; Smart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Hongli Qiangsheng Import and Export Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Lianda Group Ltd.
No shipments. Commerce found nine companies did not have any exports to the U.S. during the period of review. The cash deposit rate currently in effect for these nine companies will not change, and any entries reported to be from these nine companies will be assessed duties at the China-wide rate. The nine companies are as follows: Besco Machinery Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; Certified Products International Inc.; Jining Huarong Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.; PT Enterprise Inc.; Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd.; Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd.; and Zhejian Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd.
(NOTE: Commerce appears to list Certified Products International, Inc., in the companies that received their own rate, as well as in the list of companies with no shipments found in a memo issued concurrently with the agency's Federal Register notice.)
Assessment Rates
As part of this administrative review, Commerce will also calculate the AD duties it will assess on importers for entries of subject merchandise entered between Aug. 1, 2014, and July 31, 2015. If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise exported by Stanley will be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates. Importers of subject merchandise exported by the other 21 companies that got their own rates will be assessed AD duties at the rates set in the final results, and importers of subject merchandise from any companies found to be part of the China-wide entity will be assessed AD duties at the 118.04% China-wide rate.
(The period of review is 08/01/14 -- 07/31/15. See notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Susan Pulongbarit (202) 482-4031
(Federal Register 09/12/16)