Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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-580-874] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Daejin Steel Co. (Daejin), Koram Inc. (Koram), and Korea Wire Co., Ltd. (Kowire), producers/exporters of merchandise subject to this administrative review, made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. DATES: Applicable July 12, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Galantucci (Kowire), Maliha Khan (Daejin), or Trisha Tran (Koram), AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2923, (202) 482-0895, or (202) 482-4852, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 3, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain steel nails (steel nails) from Korea. [ 1 ] On July 31, 2017, Daejin  [ 2 ] and Kowire  [ 3 ] each requested an administrative review, and Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. [ 4 ] (the petitioner) requested an administrative review of 206 producers and/or exporters, including Daejin, Koram, Koram Steel Co. Ltd., and Kowire. On September 28, 2017, the petitioner…