Strike Pin Anchor Importer, DOJ Sign Off on Commerce Remand Results in AD Scope Challenge

Strike pin anchor importer Midwest Fastener and the Department of Justice signed off on the Commerce Department's remand results in an antidumping duty scope challenge in the Court of International Trade. In a May 19 reply, DOJ acknowledged that neither party challenges the remand results in the case. The original complaint challenged a scope ruling from Commerce that determined Midwest's strike pin anchors were covered by the scope of an antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from China.

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling last year held that masonry anchors from OMG are not nails and cannot be covered by an identical AD duty order on steel nails from Vietnam (see 2008280039). CIT then directed Commerce to perform a more thorough analysis. CIT ultimately ruled that strike pin anchors are not nails and not subject to the antidumping order (see 2101210068).