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Five U.S. steel nail producers have filed antidumping duty petitions alleging that dumped imports of nails from the People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are causing material injury to the domestic industry. The petitioners allege antidumping margins of 59 percent to 136 percent for China and 98 percent to 114 percent for the UAE.
Domestic nail producers contend that unfairly priced imports of steel nails have injured the U.S. industry by undercutting their prices and taking their sales based on unfair trading practices. The petition requests that the U.S. government impose antidumping duties on nail imports from China and the UAE. Antidumping duties are intended to offset the amount by which a product is sold at less than fair value in the United States (i.e., the amount by which the product is sold below production costs or at a price that is below the price charged in a comparable market).
The filing of the petition starts the process by which the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) will determine if the U.S. nails industry has been materially injured, or threatened with material injury, and the United States Department of Commerce will determine whether dumping exists. The USITC must reach its preliminary determination of material injury or threat of material injury within 45 days; the Commerce Department is required to announce preliminary antidumping duties in 160 days.
Once the Commerce Department makes its preliminary determination, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will require importers to pay a cash deposit or post a bond equal to the estimated dumping margin. The entire investigative process takes approximately one year. Final determinations of injury and dumping should occur in mid-2008.
The petition covers certain steel nails that are produced from various grades of steel and that have a variety of finishes, heads, shanks, points, and sizes. Certain steel nails may be sold in bulk or collated into strips or coils using materials such as plastic, paper, or wire. Steel roofing nails and nails for use in powder-actuated hand tools are not covered by the petition.
The petitioners are Mid Continent Nail Corp., Poplar Bluff, Mo.; Davis Wire Corp., Irwindale, Calif.; Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. (Atlas Steel & Wire Division), Tampa, Fla.; Maze Nales (Division of W.H. Maze Company), Peru, Ill.; and Treasure Coast Fasteners Inc., Fort Pierce, Fla.
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