90 FR 83 pgs. 18644-18645 - Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 83Pages: 18644 - 18645
Pages: 18644, 18645Docket number: [A-570-909]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-07582 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-909]
Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel nails (nails) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD order.
DATES:
Applicable April 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacob Couture, Trade Agreements Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 1, 2008, Commerce published the AD order on nails from China in the Federal Register . 1 On November 4, 2024, the ITC instituted, 2 and Commerce initiated, 3 the third sunset review of the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce determined that revocation of the Order would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping rates likely to prevail should the Order be revoked. 4
Footnotes:
1 ? See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 1, 2008) ( Order ).
2 ? See Steel Nails from China; Institution of a Five-Year Review, 89 FR 87413 (November 1, 2024).
3 ? See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 87543 (November 4, 2024).
4 ? See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 90 FR 10810 (February 27, 2025), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
On April 24, 2025, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. 5
Footnotes:
5 ? See Steel Nails from China, 90 FR 17258 (April 24, 2025) ( ITC Final Determination ).
Scope of the Order? 6
Footnotes:
6 ? See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 49508 (September 20, 2019).
The merchandise covered by the Order includes certain steel nails having a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain steel nails include, but are not limited to, nails made of round wire and nails that are cut. Certain steel nails may be of one piece construction or constructed of two or more pieces. Certain steel nails may be produced from any type of steel, and have a variety of finishes, heads, shanks, point types, shaft lengths and shaft diameters. Finishes include, but are not limited to, coating in vinyl, zinc (galvanized, whether by electroplating or hot dipping one or more times), phosphate cement, and paint. Head styles include, but are not limited to, flat, projection, cupped, oval, brad, headless, double, countersunk, and sinker. Shank styles include, but are not limited to, smooth, barbed, screw threaded, ring shank and fluted shank styles. Screw-threaded nails subject to the Order are driven using direct force and not by turning the fastener using a tool that engages with the head. Point styles include, but are not limited to, diamond, blunt, needle, chisel and no point. Finished nails may be sold in bulk, or they may be collated into strips or coils using materials such as plastic, paper, or wire. Certain steel nails subject to the Order are currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65, 7317.00.75, and 7907.00.6000. 7
Footnotes:
7 ?Commerce added the HTSUS subheading 7907.00.6000, "Other articles of zinc: Other," to the language of the Order. See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 80 FR 18816, 18816 n.5 (April 5, 2018).
Excluded from the scope are steel roofing nails of all lengths and diameter, whether collated or in bulk, and whether or not galvanized. Steel roofing nails are specifically enumerated and identified in ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as Type I, Style 20 nails, inclusive of the following modifications: (1) Non-collated ( i.e., hand-driven or bulk), steel nails as described in ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as Type I, Style 20 nails, as modified by the following description: having a bright or galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed or ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500? to 4?, inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 0.1015? to 0.166?, inclusive; and an actual head diameter of 0.3375? to 0.500?, inclusive; (2) Wire collated steel nails, in coils, as described in ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as Type I, Style 20 nails, as modified by the following description: having a galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed or ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500? to 1.75?, inclusive, an actual shank diameter of 0.116? to 0.166?, inclusive; and an actual head diameter of 0.3375? to 0.500?, inclusive; and (3) Non-collated ( i.e., hand-driven or bulk), as described in ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as Type I, Style 20 nails, as modified by the following description: steel nails having a convex head (commonly known as an umbrella head), a smooth or spiral shank, a galvanized finish, an actual length of 1.75? to 3?, inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 0.131? to 0.152?, inclusive; and an actual head diameter of 0.450? to 0.813?, inclusive.
Also excluded from the scope are the following steel nails: Non-collated ( i.e., hand-driven or bulk), two-piece steel nails having plastic or steel washers (caps) already assembled to the nail, having a bright or galvanized finish, a ring, fluted or spiral shank, an actual length of 0.500? to 8?, inclusive; and an actual shank diameter of 0.1015? to 0.166?, inclusive; and an actual washer or cap diameter of 0.900? to 1.10?, inclusive.
Also excluded from the scope of the Order are corrugated nails. A corrugated nail is made of a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side. Also excluded from the scope of the Order are fasteners suitable for use in powder-actuated hand tools, not threaded and threaded, which are currently classified under HTSUS 7317.00.20 and 7317.00.30. Also excluded from the scope of the Order are thumb tacks, which are currently classified under HTSUS 7317.00.10.00.
[top] Also excluded from the scope of the Order are certain brads and finish nails that are equal to or less than 0.0720 inches in shank diameter, round or rectangular in cross section, between 0.375 inches and 2.5 inches in length, and that are collated with adhesive or polyester film tape backed with a heat seal adhesive. Also excluded from the scope of the Order are fasteners having a case hardness greater than or equal to 50 HRC, a carbon content greater than or equal to 0.5 percent, a round head, a secondary reduced-diameter raised head section, a centered shank, and a smooth symmetrical point, suitable for use in gas-actuated hand tools. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
Continuation of the Order
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of the Order will be April 24, 2025. 8 Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews of the Order not later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of the last determination by the ITC.
Footnotes:
8 ? See ITC Final Determination.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: April 25, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-07582 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
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