Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-523-808]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). This review covers 18 exporters and producers from Oman. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. The sole mandatory respondent in this review is Oman Fasteners, LLC (Oman Fasteners). Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have not been made below normal value (NV) by Oman Fasteners during the POR. We are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to one company for which all requests for review were withdrawn. We are also rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 16 companies which had no suspended entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 12, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Dakota Potts, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0223. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On July 3, 2023, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity  <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) Order on steel nails from Oman. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On September 11, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 88 FR 42693 (July 3, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Steel Nails from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E> 80 FR 39994 (July 13, 2015) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> On March 8, 2024, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the due date for the preliminary results by 120 days until July 30, 2024. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, <E T="03">See</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 2024. <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated March 8, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. 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). ACCESS is available to registered users at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by the scope of this <E T="03">Order</E> is steel nails from Oman. A complete description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Partial Rescission of Review</HD> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. Because all requests for administrative review of Gulf Nails LLC (Gulf Nails) were withdrawn by interested parties within 90 days of the date of the publication of the <E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E> Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Gulf Nails, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the review period. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be at least one reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the antidumping duty assessment rate calculated for the review period. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> There were no entries of subject merchandise during the POR for 16 companies subject to this review. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> As a result, on January 16, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind this review, in part, with respect to these 16 companies. commented on our Intent to Rescind, and we responded to the petitioner's comments in the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>14</SU> <FTREF/> The administrative review remains active with respect to one company, Oman Fasteners. <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,</E> 88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); <E T="03">see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021,</E> 88 FR 4157 (January 24, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Appendix II for a list of these companies. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,” dated January 16, 2024 (Intent to Rescind). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>13</SU>  The petitioner is Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>14</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Preliminary Decision Memorandum at section IV, “Partial Rescission of Administrative Review.” </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We calculated export prices and NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, respectively. For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results of review, <E T="03">See</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to the sole company listed below for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,9C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Producer/exporter</CHED> <CHED H="1"> Weighted-average dumping <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose its calculations for the preliminary results of review to parties to the proceeding within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Public Comment</HD> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <SU>15</SU> <FTREF/> 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. <SU>16</SU> <FTREF/> Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities. <SU>17</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>15</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>16</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 21k characters. 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