Oman Nails: Amended Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results.
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Commerce originally calculated an AD rate for Oman Fasteners LLC of 154.33% for antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021; after the rate was challenged and the case was remanded to the agency, a new zero percent rate was calculated.
Commerce is amending the AD rate for Oman Fasteners to zero percent, effective Jan. 15, 2024.
But because Oman Fasteners has a superseding cash deposit rate, i.e., there have been final results published in a subsequent administrative review, Commerce will not issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP, and the current cash deposit rate for Oman Fasteners won't change.
The final court ruling was issued Jan. 5, and on Jan. 8 an appeal was filed. Commerce said that if the court's ruling is upheld "by a final and conclusive court decision, where an import-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis," it intends to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
(The review period is 07/01/20 - 06/30/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2212210068 for a summary of the original final results of this administrative review.)