China Steel Nails: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-909). The agency lowered AD rates for many Chinese companies since it issued its preliminary results in September. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between Aug. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect April 8.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect April 7
For entries on or after April 8, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates on steel nails from China. Companies that didn't get a rate in this review will continue to get the cash deposit rate set in the most recent previous administrative review, and companies that have never been assigned an AD rate will get the China-wide rate. Commerce also assigned over 460 companies the China-wide rate because they allegedly did not prove independence from Chinese government control. The new rates are as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 3.92% |
| Qingdao JISCO Co., Ltd. and ECO System Corp. (d/b/a JISCO Corp.) | 41.91% |
| Average Rate (for 27 companies) | 10.42% |
| China-wide rate | 118.04% |
Average rate companies. The 10.42% average AD rate applies to companies that weren't individually reviewed, but that demonstrated independence from Chinese government control and received separate rates, as follows: Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp.; Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.; Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.; SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd; Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., Ltd.; Shandong Oriental Cherry Hardware Import and Export Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.; S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd.; Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & Business Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Lianda Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Universal Machinery Imp & Exp Corporation; Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.; Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import and Export Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Co., Ltd.
China-wide companies. Commerce says over 460 companies didn't prove independence from Chinese government control, so the agency assigned these companies the high China-wide rate. A full list of companies getting the China-wide rate is available in a Commerce Department memo that can be obtained by emailing ITTNews@warren-news.com.
No shipments companies. Commerce said some companies would have been reviewed, but demonstrated that they had no shipments of steel nails to the U.S. during the period under review. As such, subject merchandise from these companies will continue to enter at AD cash deposit rates set in the most recent previous review: Besco Machinery Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.; Certified Products International Inc.; China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (“China Staple”); Jining Huarong Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; PT Enterprise Inc.; Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Tengyu Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; and Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., Ltd.
Assessment Rates For Entries August 2011 - July 2012
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Aug. 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. For Stanley and JISCO, Commerce will calculate a specific AD duty rate for each importer based on entry data. For the average rate companies and the China-wide entity, the agency will assess AD duties based on the rates it calculated in this administrative review.
(The review period is 08/01/11 -- 07/31/12. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 13091318 for summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Javier Barrientos (202) 482-2243
(Federal Register 04/08/14)