Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-909] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (“Department”) is conducting the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) for the period August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011. The Department has preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value (“NV”) by certain respondents examined in this administrative review. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of this review, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the period of review. DATES: Effective Date: September 4, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Polovina or Jamie Blair-Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3927 or (202) 482-2615, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department received timely requests from Petitioner  [ 1 ] and other companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b) , during the anniversary month of August, to conduct reviews of certain companies exporting steel nails from the…