Certain Steel Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results 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: Final Results 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) determines that Oman Fasteners, LLC (Oman Fasteners), the sole producer and exporter subject to this administrative review, did not make sales of certain steel nails (steel nails) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable December 30, 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 August 12, 2024, Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> of this administrative review and we invited interested parties to comment. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On December 6, 2024, we extended the deadline for these final results by 60 days, until no later than February 10, 2025. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by 90 days. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Results,</E> as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for these final results, are discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2003,</E> 89 FR 65593 (August 12, 2024) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>  Because the current deadline for these final results falls on the weekend ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> February 8, 2025), the deadline became the next business day ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> February 10, 2025). <E T="03">See Notice of Clarification: Application of “Next Business Day” Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended,</E> 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005); <E T="03">see also</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated December 6, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Nails from the Sultanate of Oman,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Scope of the Order  <E T="51">5</E> <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> The product covered by this <E T="03">Order</E> is steel nails from Oman. For a complete description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order, see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> All issues raised in the parties' case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in the appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Results</HD> Based on comments received from interested parties regarding our <E T="03">Preliminary Results</E> and our review of the record to address those comments, we made changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin calculations for Oman Fasteners, as detailed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Issues and Decision Memorandum at 3-4. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Results of Review</HD> As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the POR: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,12C"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Exporter or producer</CHED> <ENT>0.00</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure</HD> Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these final results 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">Assessment Rates</HD> Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with these final results of review. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific <E T="03">ad valorem</E> duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or <E T="03">de minimis</E> within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or <E T="03">de minimis,</E> we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 351.212(b). </FTNT> Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary ( <E T="03">e.g.,</E> a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>  For a full discussion of this practice, <E T="03">see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,</E> 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). </FTNT> Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> within 90 days of publication). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cash Deposit Requirements</HD> The following deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin that is established in the “Final Results of Review”; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies not subject to this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will continue to be 9.10 percent <E T="03">ad valorem,</E> the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See Order.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties</HD> This notice also serves as a final 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 the POR. 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