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Federal Register/Vol. 77, No. 171/Tuesday, September 4, 2012/Notices

Federal Register/Vol. 77, No. 171/Tuesday, September 4, 2012/Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2012 / Notices 53845

of publication of notice of initiation of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE request for an administrative review.3 the requested review.’’ The following On January 3, 2012, the Department companies timely filed requests for International Trade Administration received a timely 4 letter from Petitioner review and submitted timely to withdraw its request for review of withdrawals of their requests between [A–570–909] numerous companies.5 June 29 and July 24, 2012: On March 30, 2012, the Department Certain Steel Nails From the People’s published a notice 6 extending the time Republic of : Preliminary Results Country Company period for issuing the preliminary and Partial Rescission of the Third results by 120 days to August 30, 2012. Antidumping Duty Administrative France .... Kongskilde Limited, NTN–SNR From October 11, 2011, to December 5, Roulements, S.A., SKF France Review 2011, the Department received timely S.A. and SKF Aerospace France S.A.S. AGENCY: Import Administration, separate rate applications, certifications Italy ...... SKF Industrie S.p.A. and International Trade Administration, and no shipment letters from many Somecat S.p.A., Schaeffler Department of Commerce. companies. On December 13, 2011, the Italia SpA. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Department received an untimely no (‘‘Department’’) is conducting the third shipment certification from Because we received no other requests administrative review of the Minmetals Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hebei’’).7 for review of these companies, and antidumping duty order on certain steel Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.302(d)(1)(i), the because all parties withdrew their nails from the People’s Republic of Department rejected the untimely no requests for review within 90 days of China (‘‘PRC’’) for the period August 1, shipment certification from Hebei on the date of publication of the notice of 2010, through July 31, 2011. The July 16, 2012.8 initiation, we are rescinding the Department has preliminarily Between December 20, 2011, and July administrative reviews of the orders determined that sales have been made 25, 2012, The Stanley Works () with respect to all companies. This below normal value (‘‘NV’’) by certain Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. (‘‘Stanley rescission is in accordance with 19 CFR respondents examined in this Langfang’’), and Stanley Black & Decker 351.213(d)(1). The Department intends administrative review. If these (‘‘SBD’’) (collectively ‘‘Stanley’’) to issue appropriate assessment preliminary results are adopted in our submitted responses to the Department’s instructions to U.S. Customs and Border final results of this review, the original and supplemental Protection within 15 days after Department will instruct U.S. Customs questionnaires. Between March 8, 2012, publication of this notice. and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to assess and July 20, 2012, the Department antidumping duties on all appropriate received responses to its original and Notifications entries of subject merchandise during supplemental questionnaires from This notice serves as a final reminder the period of review. Jinghai County Hongli Industry and Business Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hongli’’). to importers of their responsibility DATES: Effective Date: September 4, under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a 2012. Period of Review certificate regarding the reimbursement FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is of antidumping duties prior to Alexis Polovina or Jamie Blair-Walker, August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011. liquidation of the relevant entries AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import during this review period. Failure to Scope of the Order Administration, International Trade comply with this requirement could Administration, Department of The merchandise covered by this result in the Department’s presumption Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution order includes certain steel nails having that reimbursement of antidumping Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; a shaft length up to 12 inches. Certain duties occurred and the subsequent telephone: (202) 482–3927 or (202) 482– steel nails include, but are not limited assessment of doubled antidumping 2615, respectively. to, nails made of round wire and nails duties. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: that are cut. Certain steel nails may be This notice also serves as a reminder of one piece construction or constructed to parties subject to administrative Background protective order (APO) of their The Department received timely 3 See submission from JISCO Corporation responsibility concerning destruction of 1 regarding Steel Nails from the People’s Republic of requests from Petitioner and other China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative proprietary information disclosed under companies, in accordance with 19 CFR an APO in accordance with 19 CFR Review, dated December 22, 2011. 351.213(b), during the anniversary 4 The deadline for submitting requests was 351.305(a)(3). Timely written month of August, to conduct reviews of January 1, 2012, but due to the federal holiday, the notification of the return or destruction certain companies exporting steel nails deadline was automatically extended to the of APO materials or conversion to following business day. from the PRC. On October 3, 2011, the 5 judicial protective order is hereby See submission from Petitioner regarding Department initiated this review with Certain Steel Nails from the People’s Republic of requested. Failure to comply with the respect to all 383 requested companies.2 China: Withdrawal of Requests for Administrative regulations and terms of an APO is a On December 22, 2011, Review, dated January 3, 2012. 6 violation which is subject to sanction. JISCO Co., Ltd., a Chinese producer of See Certain Steel Nails From the People’s This notice is published in Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the subject merchandise and its Korean Preliminary Results of the Third Antidumping Duty accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the parent company, ECO System Administrative Review, 77 FR 19190 (March 30, Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). Corporation d/b/a JISCO Corporation 2012). 7 Dated: August 28, 2012. (collectively, ‘‘JISCO’’), withdrew its The deadline to submit separate rate applications, certifications and no shipment letters Gary Taverman, was December 2, 2011, 60 days following the Senior Advisor for Antidumping and 1 Mid Continent Nail Corporation (‘‘Petitioner’’). publication of the Initiation Notice. Countervailing Duty Operations. 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and 8 See letter to Hebei from Matthew Renkey Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and regarding Certain Steel Nails from the People’s [FR Doc. 2012–21731 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] Requests for Revocations in Part, 76 FR 61076 Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’): Rejection of Untimely BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P (October 3, 2011) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’). Certification of No Shipments, dated July 16, 2012.

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of two or more pieces. Certain steel nails actual shank diameter of 0.131″ to Building Products Co., Inc. (‘‘Itochu’’) may be produced from any type of steel, 0.152″, inclusive; and an actual head regarding respondent selection between and have a variety of finishes, heads, diameter of 0.450″ to 0.813″, inclusive. October 24, 2011 and October 25, 2011. shanks, point types, shaft lengths and Also excluded from the scope of this On October 31, Stanley submitted shaft diameters. Finishes include, but order are corrugated nails. A corrugated rebuttal comments regarding respondent are not limited to, coating in vinyl, zinc nail is made of a small strip of selection. (galvanized, whether by electroplating corrugated steel with sharp points on On November 28, 2011, the or hot dipping one or more times), one side. Also excluded from the scope Department issued its respondent phosphate cement, and paint. Head of this order are fasteners suitable for selection memorandum.11 The styles include, but are not limited to, use in powder-actuated hand tools, not Department determined that with 383 flat, projection, cupped, oval, brad, threaded and threaded, which are companies involved, it would be headless, double, countersunk, and currently classified under HTSUS impracticable to individually review sinker. Shank styles include, but are not 7317.00.20 and 7317.00.30. Also each company. After determining that limited to, smooth, barbed, screw excluded from the scope of this order the number of companies (i.e., 383) was threaded, ring shank and fluted shank are thumb tacks, which are currently too large a number for individual styles. Screw-threaded nails subject to classified under HTSUS 7317.00.10.00. reviews, the Department determined this proceeding are driven using direct Also excluded from the scope of this that it could reasonably examine the force and not by turning the fastener order are certain brads and finish nails exporters accounting for the largest using a tool that engages with the head. that are equal to or less than 0.0720 volume of entries subject to this review. Point styles include, but are not limited inches in shank diameter, round or Pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the to, diamond, blunt, needle, chisel and rectangular in cross section, between Act, the Department selected Stanley no point. Finished nails may be sold in 0.375 inches and 2.5 inches in length, and JISCO as mandatory respondents.12 bulk, or they may be collated into strips and that are collated with adhesive or On November 29, 2011, the Department or coils using materials such as plastic, polyester film tape backed with a heat issued an antidumping duty paper, or wire. Certain steel nails seal adhesive. Also excluded from the questionnaire to these two mandatory subject to this order are currently scope of this order are fasteners having respondents. On February 6, 2012, after a case hardness greater than or equal to classified under the Harmonized Tariff receiving timely requests for withdrawal 50 HRC, a carbon content greater than Schedule of the United States of review from JISCO and Petitioner, the or equal to 0.5 percent, a round head, (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheadings 7317.00.55, Department selected Hongli as a a secondary reduced-diameter raised 7317.00.65 and 7317.00.75. mandatory respondent in place of head section, a centered shank, and a JISCO.13 On February 6, 2012, the Excluded from the scope of this order smooth symmetrical point, suitable for Department issued an antidumping duty are steel roofing nails of all lengths and use in gas-actuated hand tools. While questionnaire to Hongli. diameter, whether collated or in bulk, the HTSUS subheadings are provided and whether or not galvanized. Steel for convenience and customs purposes, Partial Rescission of Review roofing nails are specifically the written description of the scope of Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the enumerated and identified in ASTM this order is dispositive. Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as Type Secretary will rescind an administrative I, Style 20 nails. Also excluded from the Respondent Selection review, in whole or in part, if a party scope are the following steel nails: (1) Section 777A(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of that requested the review withdraws the Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’) directs the request within 90 days of the date of two-piece steel nails having plastic or Department to calculate individual publication of the initiation notice of steel washers (caps) already assembled dumping margins for each known the requested review. Besides the to the nail, having a bright or galvanized exporter or producer of the subject requests for review submitted by finish, a ring, fluted or spiral shank, an merchandise.9 However, section Petitioner as discussed above, several actual length of 0.500″ to 8″, inclusive; 777A(c)(2) of the Act gives the companies requested review of and an actual shank diameter of 0.1015″ Department discretion to limit its themselves.14 On December 22, 2011, to 0.166″, inclusive; and an actual examination to a reasonable number of JISCO timely withdrew its request for an washer or cap diameter of 0.900″ to exporters or producers, if the number of administrative review of itself and its 1.10″, inclusive; (2) Non-collated (i.e., companies involved is so large that it is affiliates. On January 3, 2012, the hand-driven or bulk), steel nails having not practicable to individually examine Department received a timely letter from a bright or galvanized finish, a smooth, all exporters or producers for which the Petitioner withdrawing its requests for barbed or ringed shank, an actual length review is initiated. review of 316 of the 383 companies that of 0.500″ to 4″, inclusive; an actual On October 7, 2011, the Department were originally under review. shank diameter of 0.1015″ to 0.166″, released CBP data for entries of the inclusive; and an actual head diameter subject merchandise during the POR 11 See Memorandum to James Doyle through of 0.3375″ to 0.500″, inclusive; (3) Wire under administrative protective order Matthew Renkey from Jamie Blair-Walker regarding: Respondent Selection for the Third Antidumping collated steel nails, in coils, having a (‘‘APO’’) to all interested parties having Duty Administrative Review of Certain Steel Nails galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed or access to materials released under APO from the People’s Republic of China, dated ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500″ and invited comments regarding the November 28, 2011 (‘‘First Respondent Selection to 1.75″, inclusive; an actual shank CBP data and respondent selection.10 Memo’’). 12 diameter of 0.116″ to 0.166″, inclusive; The Department received comments See id. ″ 13 See Memorandum to James Doyle through and an actual head diameter of 0.3375 from Petitioner, Stanley, and Itochu Matthew Renkey from Jamie Blair-Walker regarding to 0.500″, inclusive; and (4) Non- Respondent Selection for the Third Antidumping collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), steel 9 See also 19 CFR 351.204(c) regarding Duty Administrative Review of Certain Steel Nails nails having a convex head (commonly respondent selection, in general. from the People’s Republic of China: Selection of 10 See Memorandum to the File from Alexis an Additional Mandatory Respondent, dated known as an umbrella head), a smooth Polovina regarding Certain Steel Nails from the February 6, 2012 (‘‘Second Respondent Selection or spiral shank, a galvanized finish, an People’s Republic of China: U.S. Customs and Memo’’). actual length of 1.75″ to 3″, inclusive; an Border Protection Data, dated October 7, 2011. 14 See Appendix I.

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For those companies named in the indicate potential entries of nails during producer’s FOPs, to the extent possible, Initiation Notice for which all reviews the POR for the three remaining in one or more market-economy (‘‘ME’’) requests have been withdrawn and who companies and the Department countries that (1) are at a level of previously received separate rate status requested CBP entry packages for these. economic development comparable to in prior segments of this case we are On July 18, 2012, we placed these entry that of the NME country, and (2) are rescinding this administrative review, in packets on the record and requested significant producers of comparable accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). comments from interested parties.19 In merchandise. From the countries that These companies are: (1) its response, CPI demonstrated that it are both economically comparable and Hualude Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; was a third country reseller and as its significant producers, the Department (2) JISCO Corporation; (3) Koram Chinese vendors had knowledge the will select a primary surrogate country Panagene Co., Ltd.; (4) Qingdao Koram subject merchandise was destined for based upon whether the data for valuing Steel Co., Ltd.; (5) Romp (Tianjin) the United States, CPI was not the FOPs are both available and reliable.23 Hardware Co., Ltd.; (6) ‘‘exporter.’’ 20 China Staple stated that In this review, the Department Oriental Cherry Hardware Group Co., its entries were for non-subject determined that Colombia, Indonesia, Ltd.; (7) Shandong Oriental Cherry merchandise and provided product the Philippines, Peru, South Africa, Hardware Import and Export Co., Ltd.; descriptions demonstrating its Thailand, and Ukraine are countries (8) Pioneer Hardware Industrial merchandise was non-subject and noted comparable to the PRC in terms of Co., Ltd.; (9) Tianjin Lianda Group Co., the importer placed the post entry economic development.24 Ltd.; (10) Tianjin Universal Machinery adjustment on the record.21 On December 12, 2011, the Import & Export Corporation; and (11) Mingyao explained that due to the Department sent interested parties a Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Department’s changed circumstances letter inviting comments on surrogate Export Co., Ltd. Petitioner’s timely review, it entries are no longer subject country selection and information request for an administrative review and its importer has requested refund.22 regarding valuing FOPs.25 On March 26, included a request to conduct an After reviewing the responses, the 2011, interested parties submitted administrative review of multiple corrected entry documents, and the CBP comments on the selection of a companies that do not have separate information, pursuant to 19 CFR surrogate country.26 Between April 30, rates. As described above, Petitioner 351.213(d)(3), we preliminarily 2012, and August 6, 2012, interested withdrew its review request covering determine that these 12 No Shipment parties submitted surrogate value (‘‘SV’’) these companies. While the requests for Respondents did not have any comments and rebuttal comments.27 review of those companies were timely reviewable transactions during the POR 15 Economic Comparability withdrawn, those withdrawn and, as a result, we are preliminarily companies remain under review as part rescinding the administrative review for As explained in our Surrogate of the PRC-wide entity and the these companies. Country List, the Department considers Department will make a determination Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines, with respect to the PRC-wide entity at Non-Market Economy Country Status Peru, South Africa, Thailand, and these preliminary results and the final In accordance with section Ukraine all comparable to the PRC in results.16 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, the designation terms of economic development.28 In its Preliminary Partial Rescission of of a country as a nonmarket economy surrogate country comments, Stanley Administrative Review (‘‘NME’’) country remains in effect until argued that India should also be it is revoked by the Department. As considered economically comparable to Twelve companies (collectively, ‘‘No such, we continue to treat the PRC as an the PRC because a report by the World Shipment Respondents’’) filed timely NME in this proceeding. When the Bank identifies India, along with three no-shipment certifications indicating Department investigates imports from that they had no shipments of subject an NME country and available 23 See Import Administration Policy Bulletin merchandise to the United States during information does not permit the 04.1: Non-Market Economy Surrogate Country the POR.17, 18 Subsequent to receiving Selection Process (March 1, 2004) (‘‘Policy Bulletin Department to determine NV, pursuant 04.1’’), available on the Department’s Web site at no-shipment certifications, the to section 773(a) of the Act, then, Department examined entry statistics http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/index.html. pursuant to section 773(c)(1) of the Act, 24 See Memorandum to Matthew Renkey, Acting obtained from CBP. The Department the Department determines NV on the Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, also issued no-shipment inquiries to basis of the factors of production Import Administration, from Carole Showers, Director, Office of Policy, Import Administration re: CBP, asking it to respond only if it had (‘‘FOP’’) utilized in producing the information that the above-companies Request for a List of Surrogate Countries for an merchandise. Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty may have shipped entries of subject Order on Certain Steel Nails from the People’s merchandise during the POR. For nine Surrogate Country Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), dated December 8, companies, we did not receive any Section 773(c)(4) of the Act, directs 2011. 25 response from CBP, thus indicating that the Department to value an NME See the Department’s Letter to All Interested there were no entries of subject Parties; Third Administrative Review of Certain Steel Nails from the People’s Republic of China merchandise into the United States 19 See Third Antidumping Duty Administrative (‘‘PRC’’): Deadlines for Surrogate Country and exported by these companies. CBP did Review of Certain Steel Nails from the People’s Surrogate Value Comments, dated December 12, Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’): No Shipment 2011 (‘‘Surrogate Country List’’). 15 See Appendix II. Supplemental Questionnaire Letters from the 26 See Letters from Stanley, GDLSK Respondents 16 See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Department of Commerce, to CPI, China Staple, and (Counsel to Hongli), and Petitioner, regarding Selvedge From the People’s Republic of China: Hengshui Mingyao, dated July 18, 2012. Surrogate Country Comments dated March 26, Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 20 See CPI’s No Shipment Supplemental 2011. Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR Response, dated July 31, 2012. 27 See Surrogate Value Submissions from GDLSK 47363, 47363 (August 8, 2012). 21 See China Staple’s No Shipment Supplemental Respondents (Counsel to Hongli) and Petitioner, 17 See Appendix III. Response, dated July 27, 2012; see also, SBD’s Post dated April 30, 2012; Surrogate Value Rebuttal 18 As noted above, Hebei submitted an untimely Entry Adjustment, dated July 24, 2012. We are also Comments, dated May 7, 2012; see also Pre- certification, which the Department rejected. confirming the post entry documents with CBP. Preliminary Results Comments from Stanley, dated Therefore, Hebei is not included in the No 22 See Hengshui Mingyao’s No Shipment August 6, 2012. Shipment Respondents. Supplemental Response, dated July 31, 2012. 28 See Surrogate Country List.

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of the countries identified by Policy as the comparability of the industry.34 ‘‘In Data Availability 29 ‘‘low middle income countries.’’ We cases where the identical merchandise When evaluating SV data, the 30 note that in Steel Wheels the is not produced, the team must Department considers several factors Department stated: determine if other merchandise that is including whether the SV is publicly {U}nless we find that all of the countries comparable is produced. How the team available, contemporaneous with the determined to be equally economically does this depends on the subject POR, represents a broad-market average, comparable are not significant producers of merchandise.’’ 35 In this regard, the from an approved surrogate country, tax comparable merchandise, do not provide a Department recognizes that any analysis and duty-exclusive, and specific to the reliable source of publicly available surrogate of comparable merchandise must be input.39 There is no hierarchy among data or are unsuitable for use for other done on a case-by-case basis: these criteria.40 It is the Department’s reasons, we will rely on data from one of practice to carefully consider the these countries. In other cases, however, where there are major inputs, i.e., inputs that are specialized available evidence in light of the or dedicated or used intensively, in the particular facts of each industry when Therefore, because the Department finds 41 that at least one of the countries production of the subject merchandise, e.g., undertaking its analysis. Parties placed significant SV data on included in the Surrogate Country List processed agricultural, aquatic and mineral the record for both Thailand and meet the selection criteria as explained products, comparable merchandise should be Ukraine.42 Similar to the circumstances below, the Department is not identified narrowly, on the basis of a in Fish Fillets AR6 and AR7, the record considering India as the primary comparison of the major inputs, including energy, where appropriate.36 does not contain any SV data for the surrogate country. remaining countries: Colombia, Significant Producers of Comparable Further, the statute grants the Indonesia, the Philippines, Peru, and Merchandise Department discretion to examine South Africa; thus, these countries will various data sources for determining the not be considered for primary surrogate Section 773(c)(4)(B) of the Act best available information.37 country purposes at this time.43 Much of requires the Department to value FOPs the Thai and Ukrainian data placed on In this case, because production data in a surrogate country that is a the record are import statistics from of identical or comparable merchandise significant producer of comparable GTA, and therefore, satisfy the publicly was not available, we analyzed which of merchandise. Neither the statute nor the available, contemporaneous with the Department’s regulations provide the seven countries are exporters of POR, broad-market average, from an further guidance on what may be comparable merchandise, as a proxy for approved surrogate country, and tax and considered comparable merchandise. production data. We obtained export duty-exclusive, criteria. As such, we Given the absence of any definition in data using the Global Trade Atlas will examine specificity of data the statute or regulations, the (‘‘GTA’’) for Harmonized Tariff available for the relevant the inputs. Department looks to other sources such Schedule (‘‘HTS’’) 7317.00: ‘‘Nails, tacks In this case, the wire rod is a as the Policy Bulletin 04.1 for guidance drawing pins, staples (other than in significant input because most steel on defining comparable merchandise. strips), and similar articles of or nails made by the respondents are made The Policy Bulletin 04.1 states that steel excluding such articles with heads largely from wire rod. Therefore, we ‘‘{t}he terms ‘comparable level of of copper.’’ The Department found that must consider the availability and economic development,’ ‘comparable all seven of these countries had exports reliability of the SVs for wire rod on the merchandise,’ and ‘significant producer’ of comparable merchandise during the record. The record contains equally are not defined in the statute.’’ 31 The POR at the following levels: Colombia specific Thai and Ukraine HTSs for Policy Bulletin 04.1 further states that 3,339,661 kilograms (‘‘kg’’); Indonesia imports of bars and rods under 14 ‘‘{i}n all cases, if identical merchandise 842,759 kg; the Philippines 27,759 kg; millimeters (‘‘mm’’) in size and of is produced, the country qualifies as a Peru 1,319,276 kg; South Africa 912,572 varying carbon contents from GTA.44 producer of comparable kg; Thailand 8,784,527 kg; and Ukraine Additionally, the record contains merchandise.’’ 32 Conversely, if 18,571,880 kg.38 As these levels suggest monthly price data during the POR for identical merchandise is not produced, domestic production in these countries, 6.5–8 mm wire rod for Ukraine from then a country producing comparable we considered them as having met this Metal Expert, an independent provider merchandise is sufficient in selecting a prong of the surrogate country selection of analysis of world steel markets.45 surrogate country.33 Further, when criteria because each exported Because respondents consumed wire selecting a surrogate country, the statute comparable merchandise at volumes rod measuring 6.5 mm in diameter, we requires the Department to consider the from which we can reasonably infer comparability of the merchandise, not domestic production. 39 See id; see also section 773(c)(1) of the Act. 40 See Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of : Final Results and 29 See Letter from Stanley regarding Surrogate 34 See Sebacic Acid from the People’s Republic of Partial Rescission of the Seventh Antidumping Duty Country Comments at 2, dated March 26, 2011. China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 15941 (March 14, 30 See Certain Steel Wheels From the People’s Administrative Review, 62 FR 65674 (December 15, 2012), and accompanying Issues and Decision Republic of China: Notice of Preliminary 1997), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (‘‘Fish Fillets AR7’’) at Comment II. Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Memorandum at Comment 1 (‘‘to impose a 41 See id. Partial Affirmative Preliminary Determination of requirement that merchandise must be produced by 42 See Surrogate Value Submissions from Hongli Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final the same process and share the same end uses to and Petitioner, dated April 30, 2012. Determination, 76 FR 677703 (November 2, 2011) be considered comparable would be contrary to the 43 See Fish Fillets AR7 at Comment I; see also (‘‘Steel Wheels’’). intent of the statute’’). Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist 31 See Policy Bulletin 04.1. 35 See Policy Bulletin 04.1. Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the Sixth 32 See id. 36 See id. Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 33 The Policy Bulletin 04.1 also states that ‘‘{i}f 37 See section 773(c)(1) of the Act; Nation Ford Sixth New Shipper Review, 76 FR 15941 (March 22, considering a producer of identical merchandise Chem. Co. v. United States, 166 F.3d 1373, 1377 2011), and accompanying Issues and Decision leads to data difficulties, the operations team may (Fed. Cir. 1999). Memorandum (‘‘Fish Fillets AR6’’) at Comment I. consider countries that produce a broader category 38 See Memorandum to the File, from Alexis 44 See Surrogate Value Submissions from Hongli of reasonably comparable merchandise.’’ See id., at Polovina regarding Surrogate Country Exports, and Petitioner, dated April 30, 2012. n. 6. dated August 30, 2012. 45 See id.

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consider Metal Expert data a more Carbide.50 However, if the Department exporters under review not selected for specific match. determines that a company is wholly individual review demonstrated in their Financial ratios are also an important foreign-owned or located in an ME, then SRAs or SRCs that they are wholly component of the antidumping duty a separate rate analysis is not necessary foreign owned by companies located in to determine whether it is independent ME countries.57 Accordingly, the calculation. The record contains one set 51 of contemporaneous financial from government control. Department has preliminarily granted In addition to the two mandatory statements from both Thailand and separate rate status to Stanley and the respondents, Stanley and Hongli, the Ukraine. However, the financial other wholly owned companies. Department received separate rate statements from Thailand are for the applications (‘‘SRAs’’) from 3 2. Joint Ventures Between Chinese and year ending 2010, while the Ukrainian companies 52 and separate rate Foreign Companies or Wholly Chinese- financial statements are for the year certifications (‘‘SRCs’’) from 15 Owned Companies ending 2011, making them more companies,53, 54, (collectively, the Hongli 58 and 11 other Separate Rate contemporaneous with the POR (seven ‘‘Separate Rate Respondents’’). Respondents 59 stated that they are months of 2011 overlap with the POR either joint ventures between Chinese Separate Rate Respondents compared to five months of 2010). and foreign companies or are wholly Both Thailand and Ukraine are 1. Wholly Foreign-Owned Chinese-owned companies. In economically comparable to the PRC, Stanley reported that it is wholly- accordance with our practice, the significant producers of comparable owned by a company located in an ME Department has analyzed whether these merchandise, and have viable data country.55 Therefore, there is no PRC Separate Rate Respondents have options. However, Ukraine offers a more ownership of Stanley and, because the demonstrated the absence of de jure and specific option for valuing the main Department has no evidence indicating de facto governmental control over their input, wire rod, and a more that Stanley is under the control of the respective export activities. contemporaneous set of financial PRC, a separate rates analysis is not a. Absence of De Jure Control statements. Therefore, for the necessary.56 Additionally, seven other preliminary results we have selected The Department considers the Ukraine as the surrogate country 50 See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than following de jure criteria in determining because it represents the best available Fair Value: Sparklers From the People’s Republic of whether an individual company may be information. China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) (‘‘Sparklers’’); see granted a separate rate: (1) An absence also Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less of restrictive stipulations associated Separate Rates Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide From the People’s Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) with an individual exporter’s business In proceedings involving NME (‘‘Silicon Carbide’’). and export licenses; (2) any legislative 51 countries, it is the Department’s practice See, e.g., Final Results of Antidumping Duty enactments decentralizing control of Administrative Review: Petroleum Wax Candles companies; and (3) any other formal to begin with a rebuttable presumption from the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR 52355, that all companies within the country 52356 (September 13, 2007). measures by the government 60 are subject to government control and, 52 These companies include: 1) Cana (Tianjin) decentralizing control of companies. 61 thus, should be assessed a single Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; 2) Curvet The evidence provided by Hongli and Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; and 3) 62 antidumping duty rate.46 In the the Separate Rate Respondents Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd. supports a preliminary finding of de Initiation Notice, the Department 53 The 15 other companies include: (1) Shanxi notified parties of the application Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.; (2) Shanghai Jade Shuttle jure absence of government control process by which exporters may obtain Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; (3) Shandong Dinglong based on the following: (1) An absence 47 Import & Export Co., Ltd.; (4) Tianjin Jinchi Metal of restrictive stipulations associated separate rate status in NME reviews. It Products Co., Ltd.; (5) Huanghua Xionghua is the Department’s policy to assign all Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (6) Tianjin Zonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.; (7) Shanghai Yueda Nails Less Than Fair Value: Creatine Monohydrate From exporters of merchandise subject to the People’s Republic of China, 64 FR 71104 investigation in an NME country this Industry Co., Ltd.; (8) Hebei New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; (9) Zhaoqing Harvest Nails (December 20, 1999). single rate unless an exporter can Co., Ltd.; (10) Yuechang Hardware Co., 57 These companies are: (1) Cana (Tianjin) affirmatively demonstrate that it is Ltd.; (11) S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.; (2) Shanghai Curvet sufficiently independent from Co. Ltd.; (12) SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd.; Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (3) Shanghai Jade (13) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; (14) Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; (4) Huanghua government control so as to be entitled Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (5) 48 Foreign Trade Import & Export Corporation; and to a separate rate. Exporters can (15) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd., collectively Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd.; (6) S-Mart demonstrate this independence through (‘‘Separate Rate Respondents’’). Tianjing Technology Development Co., Ltd.; and (7) the absence of both de jure and de facto 54 One additional company applied for a separate SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd. rate, Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Co., 58 See Hongli’s Section A Questionnaire government control over export Response, dated March 8, 2012, at 1–13. 49 Ltd., however, as explained below we are not activities. The Department analyzes considering it as a Separate Rate Respondent at this 59 These companies are: (1) Huanghua Jinhai each entity’s export independence time. Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; (2) Shanxi Tianli under a test first articulated in Sparklers 55 See Stanley’s Section A Questionnaire Industries Co., Ltd.; (3) Shandong Dinglong Import and as further developed in Silicon Response, dated December 20, 2011, at 2. & Export Co., Ltd.; (4) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products 56 See, e.g., Final Results of Antidumping Duty Co., Ltd.; (5) Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Administrative Review: Petroleum Wax Candles Ltd.; (6) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.; 46 See, e.g., Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR 52355, (7) Hebei Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results 52356 (September 13, 2007); Brake Rotors From the Co., Ltd.; (8) Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd.; of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results and (9) Guangdong Foreign Trade Import & Export FR 40854, 40855 (July 11, 2011); see also Notice of Partial Rescission of the Fourth New Shipper Corporation; (10) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; and Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Review and Rescission of the Third Antidumping (11) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd. Value, and Affirmative Critical Circumstances, In Duty Administrative Review, 66 FR 1303, 1306 60 See Sparklers, 56 FR at 20589. Part: Certain Lined Paper Products From the (January 8, 2001), unchanged in Brake Rotors From 61 See, e.g., Hongli’s Section A Questionnaire People’s Republic of China, 71 FR 53079, 53080 the People’s Republic of China: Final Results and Response, dated March 8, 2012, at 4 and Exhibit A– (September 8, 2006). Partial Rescission of Fourth New Shipper Review 2. 47 See Initiation Notice, 76 FR at 61076–77. and Rescission of Third Antidumping Duty 62 See Separate Rate Respondents’ SRAs and 48 See id. Administrative Review, 66 FR 27063 (May 16, SRCs, dated between October 11 and December 5, 49 See id. 2001); Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 2011.

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with the individual exporter’s business separate rate, the CBP data do not Rate Respondents based on the rate we and export licenses; (2) there are contain evidence of an entry during the calculated for the mandatory applicable legislative enactments POR. We issued a supplemental respondents whose rates were not zero, decentralizing control of the companies; requesting Mingguang Abundant de minimis, or based entirely on facts and (3) there are formal measures by the demonstrate it had an entry of subject available.68 merchandise during the POR. government decentralizing control of PRC-Wide Entity companies. Mingguang Abundant was only able to provide the invoice, shipping list, and As discussed above, in this b. Absence of De Facto Control proof of payment.66 Because Mingguang administrative review we limited the Typically the Department considers Abundant was unable to provide the selection of respondents using CBP four factors in evaluating whether each CBP 7501 demonstrating the date the import data.69 In this case, we made respondent is subject to de facto merchandise entered the United States, available to the companies who were government control of its export we intend to rescind the review for not selected, the SRA and SRC, which functions: (1) Whether the export prices Mingguang Abundant unless Mingguang were put on the Department’s Web are set by or are subject to the approval Abundant can demonstrate it had POR site.70 Because certain parties for which of a government agency; (2) whether the entries of subject merchandise within 20 a review was requested did not apply respondent has authority to negotiate days after the date of publication of for separate rate status, they did not and sign contracts and other these preliminary results. demonstrate eligibility for a separate agreements; (3) whether the respondent rate and effectively became part of the Calculation of Margin for Separate Rate has autonomy from the government in PRC-wide entity, which is considered to Companies 71 making decisions regarding the be part of this review. We continue to selection of management; and (4) The statute and the Department’s use the PRC-wide rate determined in the whether the respondent retains the regulations do not address the original investigation, the highest rate proceeds of its export sales and makes establishment of a rate to be applied to identified in the petition of 118.04 72 independent decisions regarding individual companies not selected for percent. Certain companies did not disposition of profits or financing of examination where the Department apply for separate rates and are thus losses.63 The Department has limited its examination in an considered to be part of the PRC-wide 73 determined that an analysis of de facto administrative review pursuant to entity. control is critical in determining section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Date of Sale whether respondents are, in fact, subject we have looked to section 735(c)(5) of The date of sale is generally the date to a degree of government control which the Act, which provides instructions for on which the parties agree upon all would preclude the Department from calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when substantive terms of the sale, which assigning separate rates. The evidence normally includes the price, quantity, 64 calculating the rate for respondents we provided by Hongli and the Separate delivery terms and payment terms.74 19 65 did not examine in an administrative Rate Respondents supports a CFR 351.401(i) states that, ‘‘{i}n preliminary finding of de facto absence review. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act instructs that we are not to calculate an identifying the date of sale of the of government control based on the merchandise under consideration or all-others rate using any zero or de following: (1) The companies set their foreign like product, the Secretary minimis margins or any margins based own export prices independent of the normally will use the date of invoice, as government and without the approval of entirely on facts available. Accordingly, the Department’s practice in this regard, a government authority; (2) the 68 See, e.g., Fourth Administrative Review of companies have authority to negotiate in reviews involving limited respondent Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the and sign contracts and other selection based on exporters accounting People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results, agreements; (3) the companies have for the largest volume of trade, has been Preliminary Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty to average the rates for the selected Administrative Review and Intent Not To Revoke, autonomy from the government in In Part, 75 FR 11855, 11859 (March 12, 2010). making decisions regarding the companies, excluding zero and de 69 See First and Second Respondent Selection selection of management; and (4) there minimis rates and rates based entirely Memos. is no restriction on any of the on facts available.67 Section 735(c)(5)(B) 70 See Initiation Notice. companies’ use of export revenue. of the Act also provides that, where all 71 See, e.g., Honey From the People’s Republic of margins are zero, de minimis, or based China: Preliminary Results of Review, 77 FR 46699, Therefore, the Department preliminarily 46700 (August 6, 2012); Certain Preserved finds that Stanley, Hongli, and Separate entirely on facts available, we may use Mushrooms From the People’s Republic of China; Rate Respondents have established that ‘‘any reasonable method’’ for assigning Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty they qualify for a separate rate under the the rate to non-selected respondents, Administrative Review, 71 FR 64930, 64933 criteria established by Silicon Carbide including ‘‘averaging the estimated (November 6, 2006). weighted average dumping margins 72 See Certain Steel Nails From the People’s and Sparklers. Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of We note that for Mingguang Abundant determined for the exporters and Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial Hardware Co., Ltd., (‘‘Mingguang producers individually investigated.’’ In Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances Abundant’’), we are not granting a this instance, consistent with our and Postponement of Final Determination, 73 FR practice, we have preliminarily 3928, 3934–35 (January 23, 2008) (unchanged in the separate rate. Although it applied for a final results). established a margin for the Separate 73 See Appendix IV. 63 See Silicon Carbide, 59 FR at 22586–87; see 74 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from also Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 66 See Mingguang Abundant’s Separate Rate Trinidad and Tobago: Final Results of Antidumping Than Fair Value: Furfuryl Alcohol From the Certification Supplemental Response, dated July 23, Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 62824 People’s Republic of China, 60 FR 22544, 22545 2012. (November 7, 2007), and accompanying Issues and (May 8, 1995). 67 See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; see also 64 See Hongli’s Section A Questionnaire the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results and Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Response, dated March 8, 2012, at 8–9. Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon 65 See Separate Rate Respondents’ SRAs and Administrative Review, 73 FR 52273, 52275 Quality Steel Products from Turkey, 65 FR 15123 SRCs, dated between October 11 and December 5, (September 9, 2008), and accompanying Issues and (March 21, 2000), and accompanying Issues and 2011. Decision Memorandum at Comment 6. Decision Memorandum at Comment 2.

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recorded in the exporter or producer’s price and quantity were established for the Act, we calculated CEP by deducting records kept in the normal course of their sales.81 Therefore, given its failure the applicable expenses from the gross business. The Secretary may use a date to demonstrate that a date other than unit price charged to the first other than the date of invoice if the invoice date better reflects the date on unaffiliated customer in the United Secretary is satisfied that a different which the material terms of sale were States. Further, in accordance with date better reflects the date on which established, the Department is following section 772(d)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR the exporter or producer establishes the the presumption established in its 351.402(b), where appropriate, we material terms of sale.’’ 75 However, as regulation and using the invoice date as deducted from the starting price the noted by the Court of International the date of sale. applicable selling expenses associated Trade (‘‘CIT’’) in Allied Tube, a party with economic activities occurring in Fair Value Comparisons seeking to establish a date of sale other the United States. In addition, pursuant than invoice date bears the burden of To determine whether sales of certain to section 772(d)(3) of the Act, we made establishing that ‘‘a different date better steel nails to the United States by an adjustment to the starting price for reflects the date on which the exporter Stanley and Hongli were made at less CEP profit. We based movement or producer establishes the material than NV, the Department compared expenses on either SVs or actual terms of sale.’’ 76 export price (‘‘EP’’) and constructed expenses, where appropriate. For details As in the last administrative review, export price (‘‘CEP’’) to NV, as described regarding our CEP calculations, and for Stanley explained that because of in the ‘‘U.S. Price,’’ and ‘‘Normal Value’’ a complete discussion of the calculation alterations or cancellations, the earlier sections below.82 of the U.S. price for Stanley, see of invoice date or shipment date is the U.S. Price Memorandum regarding: Antidumping appropriate date of sale because it Duty Administrative Review of Certain reflects the date on which the material Export Price Steel Nails from the People’s Republic terms no longer change.77 Consistent For Hongli, in accordance with of China: Stanley,’’ dated concurrently with the regulatory presumption for section 772(a) of the Act, we based the with this notice. invoice date and because the U.S. price for sales on EP because the Normal Value Department found no evidence on the first sale to an unaffiliated purchaser in record contrary to Stanley’s claims, for the United States was made prior to Section 773(c)(1) of the Act provides these preliminary results, the importation, and the use of CEP was not that the Department shall determine the Department used the invoice date as the otherwise warranted. In accordance NV using an FOP methodology if the date of sale. Consistent with the with section 772(c) of the Act, we merchandise is exported from an NME Department’s practice, for those sales calculated EP by deducting the and the information does not permit the where shipment date preceded invoice applicable movement expenses and calculation of NV using home-market date, the Department used the shipment adjustments from the gross unit price. prices, third-country prices, or date as the date of sale, as Stanley We based these movement expenses on constructed value under section 773(a) provided evidence that the material SVs where a PRC company provided the of the Act. The Department bases NV on terms of sale were set on that date.78 service and was paid in the FOPs because the presence of Hongli reported that the PRC Export (‘‘RMB’’). See ‘‘Factors of Production’’ government controls on various aspects Declaration is the appropriate date of section below for further discussion. For of NMEs renders price comparisons and sale.79 As explained above, the details regarding our EP calculations, the calculation of production costs Department will not use a date other see Memorandum regarding: invalid under the Department’s normal than the date of invoice unless a party Antidumping Duty Administrative methodologies. provides sufficient evidence that a Review of Certain Steel Nails from the In accordance with 19 CFR different date better reflects the date on People’s Republic of China: Tianjin 351.408(c)(1), the Department will which the material terms of sale were Jinghai County Hongli Industry and normally use publicly available established.80 Hongli did not provide Business Co., Ltd.,’’ dated concurrently information to value the FOPs, but such evidence. Instead, Hongli merely with this notice. when a producer sources an input from an ME country and pays for it in an ME asserted that the PRC Export Declaration Constructed Export Price currency, the Department may value the date is the correct date of sale without factor using the actual price paid for the any discussion or factual support of In accordance with section 772(b) of input. During the POR, Stanley reported when the material terms of sale such as the Act, we based the U.S. price for Stanley’s sales on CEP because the first that it purchased certain inputs from an ME supplier, which were produced in 75 See 19 CFR 351.401(i); see also Allied Tube & sale to an unaffiliated customer was Conduit Corp. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d made by Stanley’s U.S. affiliate. In an ME country, and paid for the inputs 1087, 1090–1092 (CIT 2001) (‘‘Allied Tube’’). accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of in an ME currency.83 The Department 76 See Allied Tube, 132 F. Supp. 2d at 1090 has a rebuttable presumption that ME (quoting 19 CFR 351.401(i)). 81 See Hongli’s Supplemental Section A input prices are the best available 77 See Stanley’s section A questionnaire response Questionnaire Response at 6, dated May 15, 2012; information for valuing an input when at 25, dated December 20, 2011; see also Stanley’s see also Hongli’s Sections C & D Questionnaire the total volume of the input purchased Supplemental A Response at 3–6, dated April 4, Response at 8, dated April 4, 2012. 2012. from all ME sources during the period 82 In these preliminary results, the Department 78 See 19 CFR 351.401(i); see also Certain Steel applied the weighted-average dumping margin of investigation or review exceeds 33 Nails From the People’s Republic of China: calculation method adopted in Antidumping percent of the total volume of the input Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, in Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative purchased from all sources during the Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain period.84 Review and Preliminary Intent To Rescind New Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 Shipper Review, 76 FR 56147, 56151 (September 12, FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (‘‘Final Modification 2011) (unchanged in the final results). for Reviews’’). In particular, the Department 83 See Stanley’s Section D Response at 7–8, dated 79 See Hongli’s Section A questionnaire response compared monthly weighted-average EPs (or CEPs) January 19, 2012; and Stanley’s Supplemental C at 16, dated March 8, 2012, and Hongli’s with monthly weighted-average NVs and granted Response at Exhibit SC–3(a), dated April 25, 2012. supplemental A questionnaire response at 4–6, offsets for non-dumped comparisons in the 84 See Antidumping Methodologies: Market dated May 15, 2012. calculation of the weighted average dumping Economy Inputs, Expected Non-Market Economy 80 See 19 CFR 351.401(i). margin. Continued

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In this case, unless case-specific facts adjusted input prices by including Korea and Thailand, because we have provide adequate grounds to rebut the freight costs to make them delivered determined that these countries Department’s presumption, the prices. Specifically, we added to maintain broadly available, non- Department will use the weighted- Ukrainian SVs a surrogate freight cost industry specific export subsidies.94 average ME purchase price to value the using the shorter of the reported Based on the existence of these subsidy input. Alternatively, when the volume distance from the domestic supplier to programs that were generally available of an NME firm’s purchases of an input the factory or the distance from the to all exporters and producers in these from ME suppliers during the period is nearest seaport to the factory where countries at the time of the POR, the below 33 percent of its total volume of appropriate. This adjustment is in Department finds that it is reasonable to purchases of the input during the accordance with the Court of Appeals infer that all exporters from India, period, but where these purchases are for the Federal Circuit’s decision in Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand otherwise valid and there is no reason Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d may have benefitted from these to disregard the prices, the Department 1401, 1407–08 (Fed. Cir. 1997). For a subsidies. will weight-average the ME purchase detailed description of all SVs selected Lastly, to value factory overhead, price with an appropriate SV according in these preliminary results, see selling, general, and administrative to their respective shares of the total Memorandum regarding: Antidumping expenses, and profit, the Department volume of purchases, unless case- Duty Administrative Review of Certain used the 2011 audited financial specific facts provide adequate grounds Steel Nails from the People’s Republic statements of Dneprometiz Co., a to rebut the presumption.85 When a firm of China: Surrogate Values for the Ukrainian producer of nails and other has made ME input purchases that may Preliminary Results, dated concurrently comparable merchandise. Although have been dumped or subsidized, are with this notice (‘‘Preliminary Surrogate Petitioner argued that the financial not bona fide, or are otherwise not Value Memo’’). statements of Dneprometiz Co. were not acceptable for use in a dumping For these preliminary results, we publicly available,95 through our own calculation, the Department will concluded that publicly available research, the Department found exclude them from the numerator of the Ukrainian sources constitute the best Dneprometiz Co.’s financial statements ratio to ensure a fair determination of available information on the record for available online for a fee.96 In similar whether valid ME purchases meet the the SVs for the respondents’ raw situations, we have considered this 33 percent threshold.86 materials, packing, by-products, and the ‘‘publicly available.’’ 97 In accordance with section 773(c) of surrogate financial ratios. The record Currency Conversion the Act, we calculated NV based on FOP shows that data from these sources, are data reported by the respondents. To contemporaneous with the POR, Where appropriate, the Department calculate NV, we multiplied the product-specific, tax-exclusive, and made currency conversions into U.S. reported per-unit factor-consumption represent a broad market average.90 dollars, in accordance with section rates by publicly available SVs. In The Department has disregarded 773A(a) of the Act, based on the selecting SVs, the Department is tasked statistics from NMEs, countries with exchange rates in effect on the dates of with using the best available generally available export subsidies, and the U.S. sales, as certified by the Federal information on the record.87 To satisfy countries listed as ‘‘unidentified’’ 91 in Reserve Bank. 92 this statutory requirement, we compared GTA in calculating the average value. Preliminary Results of Review the quality, specificity, and In accordance with the Omnibus Trade contemporaneity of the potential SV and Competitiveness Act of 1988 The Department preliminarily data.88 The Department’s practice is to legislative history, the Department determines that the following weighted- select, to the extent practicable, SVs continues to apply its long-standing average dumping margins exist: which are: publicly available; practice of disregarding SVs if it has a 94 representative of non-export, broad reason to believe or suspect the source See, e.g., Expedited Sunset Review of the 93 Countervailing Duty Order on Carbazole Violet market average values; data may be subsidized. In this regard, Pigment 23 from India, 75 FR 13257 (March 19, contemporaneous with the POR; the Department has previously found 2010), and accompanying Issues and Decision product-specific; and exclusive of taxes that it is appropriate to disregard such Memorandum at 4–5; Expedited Sunset Review of and import duties.89 As appropriate, we prices from e.g., India, Indonesia, South the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Cut-to- Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate from Indonesia, 70 FR 45692 (August 8, 2005), and accompanying Wages, Duty Drawback; and Request for Comments, Vietnam, 69 FR 42672, 42682 (July 16, 2004), Issues and Decision Memorandum at 4; see 71 FR 61716, 61717–18 (October 19, 2006) unchanged in Final Determination of Sales at Less Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from (‘‘Antidumping Methodologies’’). Than Fair Value: Certain Frozen and Canned the Republic of Korea: Final Results of 85 See Antidumping Methodologies, 71 FR at Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 61717–18. Vietnam, 69 FR 71005 (December 8, 2004). 2512 (January 15, 2009), and accompanying Issues 86 See Antidumping Methodologies, 71 FR at 90 See Preliminary Surrogate Value Memo. and Decision Memorandum at 17, 19–20; see 61717–18. 91 We excluded imports labeled as originating Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from 87 See section 773(c) of the Act. from an ‘‘unspecified’’ country from the average Thailand: Final Results of Countervailing Duty 88 See, e.g., Fresh Garlic From the People’s value because we could not be certain that they Determination, 66 FR 50410 (October 3, 2001), and Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping were not from either an NME country or a country accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Duty New Shipper Review, 67 FR 72139 (December with generally available export subsidies. 23. 4, 2002), and accompanying Issues and Decision 92 See Certain Non-Frozen Apple Juice 95 See Petitioner’s Response to GDLSK Memorandum at Comment 6; Final Results of First Concentrate from the People’s Republic of China: Respondents’ First Surrogate Value Submission, New Shipper Review and First Antidumping Duty Notice of Preliminary Results of the New Shipper dated May 7, 2012. Administrative Review: Certain Preserved Review, 75 FR 47270, 47273 (August 5, 2010); see 96 See Memorandum to the File, from Alexis Mushrooms From the People’s Republic of China, also Drill Pipe From the People’s Republic of China: Polovina, Third Antidumping Duty Administrative 66 FR 31204 (June 11, 2001), and accompanying Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Review of Certain Steel Nails From the People’s Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 5. Fair Value and Affirmative Determination of Republic of China: Placing Additional Data on the 89 See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final Record, dated August 30, 2012. of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Negative Determination, 75 FR 51004, 51006 (August 18, 97 See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the Preliminary Determination of Critical 2010). People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Circumstances and Postponement of Final 93 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Determination: Certain Frozen and Canned 1988, Conf. Report to Accompany H.R. 3, H.R. Rep. Rescission in Part, 76 FR 56732, 56734 (September Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of No. 576, 100th Cong., 2nd Sess. (1988) at 590. 14, 2011) (‘‘Mushrooms from the PRC’’).

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Weighted average Exporter margin (percent)

(1) The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening Systems Co., Ltd. and Stanley Black & Decker ...... 0.00 (2) Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry and Business Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (3) Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (4) Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (5) Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (6) Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (7) Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (8) Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (9) Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (10) Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (11) Tainjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (12) Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (13) Hebie Cangzhou New Century Foreign Trade Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (14) Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (15) Nanjing Yuechang Hardware Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (16) S-Mart (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (17) SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd ...... 22.07 (18) Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd ...... 22.07 (19) Guangdong Foreign Trade Import & Export Corporation ...... 22.07 (20) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd ...... 22.07 PRC-Wide Rate ...... 118.04

Disclosure and Public Comment parties must provide the Department and file the request via IA ACCESS.104 The Department will disclose to with supporting documentation for the Requests should contain: (1) The party’s parties the calculations performed in publicly available information to value name, address and telephone number; connection with these preliminary each FOP. Additionally, in accordance (2) the number of participants; and (3) results within five days of the date of with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1), for the final a list of issues to be discussed. Issues publication of this notice.98 Interested results of this administrative review, raised in the hearing will be limited to parties may submit case briefs and/or interested parties may submit factual those raised in the respective case and written comments no later than 30 days information to rebut, clarify, or correct rebuttal briefs. The Department will after the date of publication of these factual information submitted by an issue the final results of this interested party less than 10 days preliminary results of review.99 Rebuttal administrative review, including the before, on, or after, the applicable briefs and rebuttals to written results of its analysis of the issues raised deadline for submission of such factual comments, limited to issues raised in in any written briefs, not later than 120 such briefs or comments, may be filed information. However, the Department notes that 19 CFR 351.301(c)(1) permits days after the date of publication of this no later than five days after the deadline notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) for filing case briefs.100 Parties who new information only insofar as it rebuts, clarifies, or corrects information of the Act unless the deadline is submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in extended. this proceeding are requested to submit recently placed on the record. The with each argument: (1) A statement of Department generally cannot accept Assessment Rates the issue; (2) a brief summary of the ‘‘the submission of additional, argument; and (3) a table of previously absent-from-the-record Upon issuance of the final results, the authorities.101 Written comments and alternative surrogate value or financial Department will determine, and CBP rebuttal comments should be submitted ratio information’’ pursuant to 19 CFR shall assess, antidumping duties on all 103 via the Department’s Import 351.301(c)(1). Additionally, for each appropriate entries covered by this Administration Antidumping and piece of factual information submitted review. The Department intends to issue Countervailing Duty Centralized with SV rebuttal comments, the assessment instructions to CBP 15 days Electronic Service System (‘‘IA interested party must provide a written after the publication date of the final ACCESS’’).102 An electronically filed explanation of what information that is results of this review. In accordance already on the record of the ongoing document must be received successfully with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we are in its entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time proceeding that the factual information is rebutting, clarifying, or correcting. calculating importer- (or customer-) (ET) on the day it is due. specific assessment rates for the In accordance with 19 CFR Additionally, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish merchandise subject to this review. In 351.301(c)(3)(ii), for the final results of these preliminary results, the this administrative review, interested to request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a written Department applied the assessment rate parties may submit publicly available calculation method adopted in Final information to value FOPs within 20 request to the Assistant Secretary for Modification for Reviews, i.e., on the days after the date of publication of Import Administration, within 30 days basis of monthly average-to-average these preliminary results. Interested of the date of publication of this notice comparisons using only the transactions 103 See Glycine From the People’s Republic of 98 See 19 CFR 351.224(b). associated with that importer with China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 99 offsets being provided for non-dumped See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). Administrative Review and Final Rescission, in 100 See 19 CRR 351.309(d). Part, 72 FR 58809 (October 17, 2007), and 101 See 19 CFR 351.309(c), (d). accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 102 See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. Comment 2. 104 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).

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comparisons.105 Where the respondent of the subject merchandise from the PRC Qingdao Jisco Co., Ltd.; has reported reliable entered values, we entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, SDC International Australia Pty., Ltd.; calculate importer- (or customer-) for consumption on or after the Shandong Dinglong Import & Export Co., specific ad valorem rates by aggregating publication date, as provided for by Ltd.; Shanghai Curvet Hardware Products Co., the dumping margins calculated for all section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Ltd.; U.S. sales to each importer (or customer) the exporters listed above, the cash Shanghai Jade Shuttle Hardware Tools Co., and dividing this amount by the total deposit rate will be established in the Ltd.; entered value of the sales to each final results of this review (except, if the Shanghai Yueda Nails Industry Co., Ltd.; importer (or customer). Where an rate is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than Shanxi Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; importer- (or customer-) specific ad 0.5 percent, no cash deposit will be Shanxi Tianli Industries Co., Ltd.; valorem rate is greater than de minimis, required for that company); (2) for S-mart (Tianjin) Technology Development we will apply the assessment rate to the previously investigated or reviewed PRC Co., Ltd.; entered value of the importers’/ and non-PRC exporters not listed above Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.; Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; customers’ entries during the POR, that have separate rates, the cash The Stanley Works (Langfang) Fastening pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). deposit rate will continue to be the Systems Co., Ltd.; Where we do not have entered values exporter-specific rate published for the Tianjin Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.; for all U.S. sales to a particular most recent period; (3) for all PRC Tianjin Jinghai County Hongli Industry & importer/customer, we calculate a per- exporters of subject merchandise which Business Co., Ltd.; unit assessment rate by aggregating the have not been found to be entitled to a Tianjin Zhonglian Metals Ware Co., Ltd.; antidumping duties due for all U.S. separate rate, the cash deposit rate will Tradex Group, Inc.; sales to that importer (or customer) and be the PRC-wide rate of 118.04 percent; Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd. dividing this amount by the total and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of Appendix II quantity sold to that importer (or subject merchandise which have not customer).106 To determine whether the Companies that are part of the PRC-wide received their own rate, the cash deposit entity for which Petitioner has withdrawn its duty assessment rates are de minimis, in rate will be the rate applicable to the review request: accordance with the requirement set PRC exporters that supplied that non- ABF Freight System, Inc.; forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we PRC exporter. These deposit Agritech Products Ltd.; calculated importer- (or customer-) requirements, when imposed, shall Aihua Holding Group Co., Ltd.; specific ad valorem ratios based on the remain in effect until further notice. Anning Wire Mesh Co.; estimated entered value. Where an Anping Fuhua Wire Mesh Making Co.; importer- (or customer-) specific ad Notification to Importers APM Global Logistics O/B Hasbro Toy; valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we This notice also serves as a Daruixing Global Trading Co., Ltd.; will instruct CBP to liquidate preliminary reminder to importers of Beijing Daruising Nail Products Co., Ltd.; appropriate entries without regard to their responsibility under 19 CFR Beijing Jinheuang Co., Ltd.; Beijing Kang Jie Kong Cargo Agent; 107 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate antidumping duties. Beijing KJK Intl Cargo Agent Co., Ltd.; For the companies receiving a regarding the reimbursement of Beijing Long Time Rich Tech Develop; separate rate that were not selected for antidumping duties prior to liquidation Beijing Tri-Metal Co., Ltd.; individual review, we will assign an of the relevant entries during this Beijing Yonghongsheng Metal Products Co., assessment rate based on the rate we review period. Failure to comply with Ltd.; calculated for the mandatory respondent this requirement could result in the Brighten International, Inc.; whose rate was not de minimis, as Secretary’s presumption that Century Xiamin Branch; discussed above. We intend to instruct reimbursement of antidumping duties MC I/E Co., Ltd.; CBP to liquidate entries containing occurred and the subsequent assessment Changzhou Quyan Machinery Co., Ltd.; Changzhou Refine Flag & Crafts Co., Ltd.; subject merchandise exported by the of double antidumping duties. Chao Jinqiao Welding Material Co.; PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate. This determination is issued and Bridge Nail Industry Co., Ltd.; Finally, for those companies for which published in accordance with sections Chaohu Jinqiao Welding Material Co.; this review has been preliminarily 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 Chewink Corp.; rescinded, the Department intends to CFR 351.221(b)(4). China Container Line (Shanghai) Ltd.; China Silk Trading & Logistics Co., Ltd.; assess antidumping duties at rates equal Dated: August 28, 2012. Hybest Nailery Co., Ltd.; to the cash deposit of estimated Paul Piquado antidumping duties required at the time Chongqing Hybest Tools Group Co., Ltd.; Assistant Secretary for Import Cintee Steel Products Co., Ltd.; of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, Administration. Cyber Express Corporation; for consumption, in accordance with 19 Damco Shenzhen; CFR 351.212(c)(2), if the review is Appendix I Daxing Niantan Industrial; rescinded for these companies. Companies that requested an Delix International Co., Ltd.; Derunda Material and Trade Co., Cash Deposit Requirements administrative review of themselves: Cana (Tianjin) Hardware Ind., Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; The following cash deposit Certified Products International Inc.; Dingzhou Ruili Nail Production Co., Ltd.; requirements will be effective upon ECO System Corporation; Dong’e Fuqiang Metal Products Co., Ltd.; publication of the final results of this Guangdong Foreign Trade Import & Export Dongguan Five Stone Machinery Products administrative review for all shipments Corporation; Trading Co., Ltd.; Heibei Minmentals Co., Ltd.; Elite International Logistics Co.; Elite Master International Ltd.; 105 Huanghua Jinhai Hardware Products Co., See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of England Rich Group (China) Ltd.; the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Ltd.; Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Huanghua Xionghua Hardware Products Co., Entech (Shenzhen) Ltd.; Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 Ltd.; Expeditors China Tianjin Branch; (February 14, 2012) (‘‘Final Modifications for JISCO Corporation; Fedex International Freight Forward Agency Reviews’’). Mingguang Abundant Hardware Products Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; 106 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Co., Ltd.; Feiyin Co., Ltd.; Fension International Trade 107 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.; Co., Ltd.;

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Foreign Economic Relations & Trade; JF Tools Industrial Co., Ltd.; Yulin International; Fujiansmarness Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; Ningbo KCN electric Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Changxinghongye Imp.; Builddirect Ltd.; Ningbo Meizhi Tools Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Erisson Technology Co., Ltd.; Goal Well Stone Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Ordam Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Meiyuda Trade Co., Ltd.; Gold Union Group Ltd.; OEC Logistics (Qingdao) Co. Ltd.; Shenzhen Pacific-Net Logistics Inc.; Goldever International Logistics Co.; Omega Products International; Shenzhen Shangqi Imports-Exports TR; Goldmax United Ltd.; OOCL Logistics O B OF Winston Marketing Anao Imp & Export Co. Ltd.; Grace News Inc.; Group; Shijiazhuang Fangyu Import & Export Corp.; Qiwei Imports and Exports Co., Orisun Electronics HK Co., Ltd.; Shijiazhuang Fitex Trading Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Pacole International Ltd.; Shijiazhuang Glory Way Trading Co.; Guoxin Group Shun I/E Co., Ltd.; Panagene Inc.; Shijiazhuang Shuangjian Tools Co., Ltd.; GWP Industries (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Pavilion Investment Ltd.; Shitong Int’l Holding Limited; Haierce Industry Co., Ltd.; Perfect Seller Co., Ltd.; Sinochem Tianjin Imp & Exp Shenzhen Haixing Hongda Hardware Production Co., Prominence Cargo Service, Inc.; Corp.; Ltd.; Qianshan Huafeng Trading Co., Ltd.; Sirius Global Logistics Co., Ltd.; Haixing Hardware Products Factory; Qingdao Bestworld Industry Trading; Sunfield Enterprise Corporation; Haiyan Fefine Import and Export Co.; Qingdao Denarius Manufacture Co. Limited; Sunlife Enterprises (Yangjiang) Ltd.; Handuk Industrial Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Golden Sunshine ELE–EAQ Co., Sunworld International Logistics; Kelong Electrical Appliance & Ltd.; Superior International Australia Pty Ltd.; Tools Co. Ltd; Qingdao International Fastening Systems Suzhou Guoxin Group Wangshun I/E Co. Hangzhou New Line Co., Ltd.; Inc.; Imp. Exp. Co., Ltd.; Hangzhould Zhongding Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Lutai Industrial Products Telex Industry Co., Ltd.; Hebei Development Metals Co., Ltd.; Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; The Everest Corp.; Hebei Jinsidun (JSD) Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Meijia Metal Products Co.; Thermwell Products; Hebei Machinery Import and Export Co., Qingdao Rohuida International Trading Co., Tian Sundy Co., Ltdl (a/k/a/Tianjin Ltd.; Ltd.; Sunny Co., Ltd.); Hebei My Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; Qingdao Sino-Sun International Trading Tianjin Baisheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Hebei Super Star Pneumatic Nails Co., Ltd.; Company Limited; Tianjin Bosai Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; Pengu Hardware Manufacturing Co., Qingdao Super United Metals & Wood Prods. Tianjin Certified Products Inc.; Ltd.; Co. Ltd.; Tianjin Chengyi International Trading Co., Ltd.; Heretops (Hong Kong) Internaitonal Ltd.; Qingdao Tiger Hardware Co., Ltd.; Tianjin City Dagang Area Metal Hilti (China) Limited; Qingfu Metal Craft Manufacturing Ltd.; Products Factory; HK Villatao Sourcing Co., Ltd.; Wutong (Group) Industry Co.; Tianjin City Daman Port Area Jinding Metal Hong Kong Hailiang Metal Trading Ltd.; Qingyuan County Hongyi Hardware Products Products Factory; Huadu Jin Chuan Manufactory Co Ltd,; Factory; Tianjin City Jinchi Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Honly Industry Corp.; Qingyun Hongyi Hardware Factory; Tianjin Dagang Dongfu Metallic Products Co., Huanghua Huarong Hardware Products Co., Qinhuandao Kaizheng Industry and Trade Ltd.; Ltd.; Co. Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Hewang Nail Factory; Boshilong Technology Co., Ltd.; Q-Yield Outdoor Great Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Hewang Nails Manufacture Huiyuan Int’l commerce Exhibition Co., Ltd.; Region International Co., Ltd.; Plant; Jiashan Superpower Tools Co., Ltd.; Richard Hung Ent. Co. Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Huasheng Nailery Co., Ltd.; Yaoliang Import & Export Co., Ltd.; River Display Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Jingang Nail Factory; Jinding Metal Products Ltd.; Rizhao Changxing Nail-Making Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Jingang Nails Manufacture Kaixin Imp & Exp Ltd.; Rizhao Handuk Fasteners Co., Ltd.; Plant; Joto Enterprise Co., Ltd.; Rizhao Qingdong Electric Appliance Co., Tianjin Dagang Linda Metallic Products Co., K.E. Kingstone; Ltd.; Ltd.; Karius Custom Metal Parts Mfg. Ltd.; Saikelong Electric Appliances (Suzhou) Co., Tianjin Dagang Longhua Metal Products Kasy Logistics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Jung (China) Shipping Co., Ltd.; Plant; Kuehne & Nagel Ltd.; Senco Products, Inc.; Tianjin Dagang Shenda Metal Products Co., Kum Kang Trading Co., Ltd.; Shandex Co., Ltd; Ltd.; Kyung Dong Corp.; Shandex Industrial Inc.; Tianjin Dagang Yate Nail Co., Ltd.; Le Group Industries Corp. Ltd.; Shandong Minmetals Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Dagang Yate Nail Co., Ltd.; Leang Wey Int. Business Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Chengkai Hardware Product Co., Tianjin Dery Import and Export Co., Ltd.; Liang’s Industrial Corp.; Ltd.; Tianjin Everwin Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Liantai Trading Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Colour Nail Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Foreign Trade (Group) Textile & Limhai Chicheng Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Ding Ying Printing & Dyeing CLO; Garment Co., Ltd.; Lins Corp.; Shanghai GBR Group International Co.; Tianjin Hewang Nail Making Factory; Linyi Flying Arrow Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Holiday Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Huachang Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Maanshan Cintee Steel Products Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Jian Jie International TRA; Tianjin Huapeng Metal Company; Maanshan Leader Metal Products Co. Ltd.; Shanghai March Import & Export Company Tianjin Huasheng Nails Production Co., Ltd.; Maanshan Longer Nail Product Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Tianjin jetcom Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Manufacutersinchina (HK) Company Ltd.; Shanghai Mizhu Imp & Exp Corporation; Tianjin Jieli Hengyuan Metallic Products Co.; Marsh Trading Ltd.; Shanghai Nanhui Jinjun Hardware Factory; Ltd.; Master International Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Pioneer Speakers Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Jietong Hardware Products Co., Ltd.; Montana () Int’l Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Int’l Transportation Tianjin Jietong Metal Products Co., Ltd; Nanjing Dayu Pneumatic Gun Nails Co., Ltd.; Booking Dep’t; Tianjin Jin Gang metal Products Co., Ltd.; Corporation for Internation; Shanghai Shengxiang Hardware Co.; Tianjin Jinjin Pharmaceutical Factory Co., Ningbo Bolun Electric Co, Ltd.; Shanghai Suyu Railway Fastener Co.; Ltd.; Ningbo Dollar King Industrial Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Tengyu Hardware Products Co., Tianjin Jishili Hardware Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Endless Energy Electronic Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Tianjin JLHY Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Fension International Trade Center; Shanghai Tymex International Trade Co., Tianjin Jurum Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Fortune Garden Tools and Equipment Ltd.; Tianjin Kunxin Hardware Co., Ltd.; Inc.; Shanghai Yuet Commercial Consulting Co., Tianjin Kunxin Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Ningbo Haixin Railroad Material Co.; Ltd.; Tianjin Linda Metal Company; Ningbo Huamao Imp &Exp. Co., Ltd.; Shanxi Yuci Wire Material Factory; Tianjin Longxing (Group) Huanyu Imp. & Ningbo Hyderon Hardware Co., Ltd.; Shaoguang International Trade Co.; Exp. Co., Ltd.;

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Tianjin Master Fastener Co., Ltd. (a/k/a Yazheng Importing; Tianjin Chentai International Trading Co., Master Fastener Co., Ltd.); Zhangjiagang Lianfeng Metals Products Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Mei Jia Hua Trade Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Tianjin Jurun Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Metals and Minerals; Zhangjiagang Longxiang Packing Materials Tianjin Xiantong Material & Trade Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Xiangtong Intl. Co., Ltd.; Tradex Group, Inc.; Industry & Trade Corp.; Hungyan Xingzhou Industria; Wintime Import & Export Corporation Tianjin Products & Energy Resources dev. Zhejiang Jinhua Nail Factory; Limited of ; Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Minmetals Sanhe Imp & Exp Co.; Shijie Hardware Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Qichuan Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Qifeng Hardware Make Co., Ltd.; Wuhu Sin Lan De Industrial Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Ruiji Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Taizhou Eagle Machinery Co.; Chengye Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Senbohengtong International; Zhejiang Huishun Import/Export Co., CIP International Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Senmiao Import and Export Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Yitian Nanjing Hardware Co., Ltd. Tianjin Shenyuan Steel Producting Group Zhongshan Junlong Nail Manufactures Co., [FR Doc. 2012–21708 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Tianjin Shishun Metal Product Co., Ltd.; ZJG Lianfeng Metals Product Ltd. Tianjin Shishun Metallic Products Co., Ltd.; Appendix III Tianjin Xiantong Fucheng Gun Nail DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Manufacture Co., Ltd.; Companies that filed no-shipment Tianjin Xiantong Juxiang Metal MFG Co., certifications, collectively (‘‘No Shipment International Trade Administration Ltd.; Respondents’’): Tianjin Xinyuansheng Metal Products Co., (1) Jining Huarong Hardware Products Co., [A–570–893] Ltd.; Ltd.; Tianjin Yihao Metallic Products Co., Ltd.; (2) Chiieh Yung Metal Ind. Corp.; Administrative Review of Certain Tianjin Yongchang Metal Product Co., Ltd.; (3) CYM (Nanjing) Nail Manufacture Co., Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Tianjin Yongxu Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; People’s Republic of China: Final Tianjin Yongye Furniture; (4) Qidong Liang Chyuan Metal Industry Co., Results, Partial Rescission of Sixth Tianjin Yongyi Standard Parts Production Ltd.; Co., Ltd.; Antidumping Duty Administrative (5) Certified Products International Inc. Review and Determination Not To Tianjin Zhong Jian Wanli Stone Co., Ltd.; (‘‘CPI’’); Tianjin Zhongsheng Garment Co., Ltd.; (6) Besco Machinery Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Revoke in Part Tianwoo Logistics Developing Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; AGENCY: Import Administration, Topocean Consolidation Service (CHA) Ltd.; (7) China Staple Enterprise (Tianjin) Co., International Trade Administration, Traser Mexicana, S.A. De C.V.; Ltd.; Treasure Way International Dev. Ltd.; (8) Zhejiang Gem-Chun Hardware Accessory Department of Commerce. True Value Company (HK) Ltd.; Co., Ltd.; SUMMARY: On March 2, 2012, the Unicatch Industrial Co. Ltd.; (9) PT Enterprise Inc.; Department of Commerce Unigain Trading Co., Ltd.; (10) Shanxi Yuci Broad Wire Products Co., (‘‘Department’’) published in the Vinin Industries Limited; Ltd.; Federal Register the Preliminary Results KLF Medical Plastics Co., Lt.; (11) Hengshui Mingyao Hardware & Mesh of the sixth administrative review Wenzhou Ouxin Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; Products Co., Ltd. (‘‘Hengshui Mingyao’’); (‘‘AR’’) of the antidumping duty order Wenzhou Yuwei Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.; (12) Union Enterprise (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. Winsmart International Shipping Ltd., O/B on certain frozen warmwater shrimp Zhaoqing Harvest Nails Co., Ltd.; Appendix IV from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).1 We gave interested parties an Worldwide Logistics Co., Ltd., (Tianjin Companies that did not apply for separate Branch); rates and are considered to be part of the opportunity to comment on the Xinxin Native Produce & Animal By- PRC-wide entity: Preliminary Results. Based upon our Products Mfg. Co. Ltd.; Aironware (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; analysis of the comments and Wuhu Zhi Industrial Co., Ltd.; Beijing Hong Sheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; information received, we have Huifeng Hardware Products Beijing Hongsheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; determined that the application of total Factory; Dagang Zhitong Metal Products Co., Ltd.; adverse facts available (‘‘AFA’’) to Wuqiao County Sinchuang Hardware Faithful Engineering Products Co., Ltd.; Hilltop,2 as part of the PRC-wide entity, Products Factory; Hebei Minmetals Co., Ltd.; 108 Wuqiao County Huifeng Hardware is appropriate in this review. Hong Kong Xi Co., Ltd.; Additionally, we continue to find that Production Co., Ltd.; Huanghua Shenghua Hardware Manufactory Wuxi Baolin Nail Enterprises; Regal Integrated Marine Factory; Resources Co., Ltd. (‘‘Regal’’) has not Wuxi Baolin Nail-Making Machinery Co., Huanghua Xinda Nail Production Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Huanghua Yuftai Hardware Products Co., sold subject merchandise at less than Wuxi Colour Nail Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; normal value (‘‘NV’’) during the period Wuxi Jinde Assets Management Co., Ltd.; Senco-Xingya Metal Products (Taicang) Co., of review (‘‘POR’’), February 1, 2010, Wuxi Moresky Developing Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; through January 31, 2011. Wuxi Qiangye Metal work Production Co., Shanghai Seti Enterprise International Co., DATES: Effective Date: September 4, Ltd.; Ltd.; 2012. Xi’an Steel; New Kunlun Trade Co., Shanghai Tengyu Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.; Ltd.; Shanxi Tianli Enterprise Co., Ltd.; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob XL Metal Works Co., Ltd.; XM International, Chengye Metal Producting Co., Palmer and Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Inc.; Ltd.; Yeswin Corporation; Shouguang Meiqing Nail Industry Co., Ltd.; 1 See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Yiwu Dongshun Toys Manufacture; Suntec Industries Co., Ltd.; People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results, Yiwu Excellent Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Xingya Nail Co., Ltd.; Partial Rescission, Extension of Time Limits for the Yiwu Jiehang Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Yaotian Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Final Results, and Intent to Revoke, in Part, of the Sixth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 Yiwu Qiaoli Import & Export Co., Ltd.; Shandex Industrial Inc.; Yiwu Richway Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.; FR 12801 (March 2, 2012) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 2 Hilltop International, Yangjiang City Yelin Yiwu Zhongai Toys Co., Ltd.; 108 Hebei, submitted an untimely no shipment Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood Co., Ltd., Fuqing Yongcheng Foreign Trade Corp.; certification that the Department has rejected (see Yihua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd., Ocean Duke Yu Chi Hardware Co., Ltd.; page 2). Therefore, this company is now considered Corporation and Kingston Foods Corporation Yue Sang Plastic Factory; to be part of the PRC-wide entity. (collectively, ‘‘Hilltop’’).

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