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). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
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New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect Feb. 28
For entries on or after Feb. 28, the date these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates. For any other exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all exporters of subject merchandise except those listed below), cash deposit rates will remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. For companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the China-wide rate of 118.04% applies.
The new rates are as follows, with Commerce determining that the companies listed in the table below were all part of the China-wide entity because they did not establish eligibility for a separate rate:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Shanghai Yueda Nails Co., Ltd., a.k.a. Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd. | 23.47% |
| Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd. | 118.04% |
| S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd. | 118.04% |
No shipments. Commerce determined that eight companies that submitted no shipment certifications in fact had no reviewable shipments during the review period. The eight companies are: 1) Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd.; 2) Nanjing Caiqing Hardware Co., Ltd.; 3) Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.; 4) Shandong Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; 5) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; 6) Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.; 7) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.; and 8) Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd. The cash deposit rates currently in effect for these eight companies will not change, and any entries during the period of review reported under their case numbers will be assessed duties at the 118.04% China-wide rate.
China-wide. For two companies that requested review, Commerce said they didn't demonstrate independence from state control, or otherwise didn't respond to Commerce questionnaires, and assigned them to the China-wide entity with a rate of 118.04%. The two are: Dezhou Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd. and S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd. (in chart above).
Further, for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise for which a review was not requested and that received a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the cash deposit rate published for the most recently completed period. For all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been given a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be 118.04%, the China-wide entity rate. For all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter.
Assessment Rates for Entries August 2021 - July 2022
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to set assessments of AD on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Aug. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022. Commerce will set importer-specific rates for entries during that period from Shanghai Yueda. Commerce will assess AD duties at 118.04% to all entries of subject merchandise during the review period that were exported by the two companies in the China-wide entity. For the eight companies with no shipments referenced above, any suspended entries of subject merchandise associated with those companies also will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.
(The review period is 08/01/21 - 07/31/22. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2308240046 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)