Omani Nail Producer Can Move Forward With Duty Challenge

Oman Fasteners LLC will be able to move forward with its challenge to the results of a U.S. duty review on steel nails from Oman, a federal court ruled.

The Commerce Department conducted a periodic antidumping duty review of Omani steel nails that entered the U.S. between July 2016 and June 2017. It assigned Oman Fasteners a 0 percent duty rate.

Although its nails won’t face duties, Oman Fasteners challenged several aspects of Commerce’s calculations in the U.S. Court of International Trade.

The Justice Department urged the trade court to toss the company’s case, arguing that because the company wasn’t ...