United States sets preliminary anti-dumping rates of 0% and 9.10% on Omani steel nails, published Oct. 15, 2026.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Oct. 15, 2026 set preliminary anti-dumping rates of 0% and 9.10% for steel nails from two Omani companies.<\/p>\n
The notice in the Federal Register covers the review period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 20251<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce found that Oman Fasteners LLC, the main exporter examined, did not sell nails in the United States below their normal value1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, nails from Oman Fasteners would carry no anti-dumping duty if the final results confirm these figures. Nails from Gulf Nails LLC would carry a 9.10% duty, and the results are not final yet.<\/p>\n An anti-dumping duty is an extra import tax on goods sold abroad below their normal price. The United States has had such a duty on steel nails from Oman since 20152<\/a><\/sup>. Each year, companies can ask Commerce to check the real prices again in an administrative review, a yearly recalculation of the duty for past shipments.<\/p>\n This review began on Aug. 22, 2025, after requests from interested parties1<\/a><\/sup>. On Sept. 22, 2025, Commerce chose Oman Fasteners as the only company it would examine in detail1<\/a><\/sup>. The preliminary results set two rates for the period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025:<\/p>\n Commerce also plans to end the review for 15 other companies3<\/a><\/sup>. It found that these companies had no shipments in the period that it could review3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Commerce did not examine Gulf Nails LLC itself. For companies like this, the law normally uses an average of the rates found for the companies that were examined3<\/a><\/sup>. But the average leaves out zero rates, and the only examined company in this review had a zero rate3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The notice says Gulf Nails has no history of its own review under the order3<\/a><\/sup>. So Commerce looked for another reasonable rate. It chose the 9.10% rate from the 2015 investigation<\/strong>, the original case that started the duty3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n That rate was calculated for Oman Fasteners in 2015 and also applied to all other Omani exporters2<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce says it is the only rate in the case’s history that is not zero, very small, or based on penalty data3<\/a><\/sup>. It found that this rate best reflects the exports of a company with no review record3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In the original 2015 investigation, Commerce found a dumping margin of 9.10% for Oman Fasteners, LLC2<\/a><\/sup>. A dumping margin is the gap between the normal price and the export price, shown as a share of the price.<\/p>\n In the last review, for July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Commerce found a final rate of 0.00%<\/strong> for Oman Fasteners4<\/a><\/sup>. Those final results were published on July 14, 20264<\/a><\/sup>. Commerce said then that the company did not sell nails in the United States below normal value4<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The new preliminary result keeps the same 0.00% rate for the next year of shipments1<\/a><\/sup>. If the final results agree, Oman Fasteners will have zero rates in two reviews in a row.<\/p>\n The order covers steel nails with a shaft length of up to 12 inches<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>. This includes nails made from round wire and nails cut from flat steel sheet2<\/a><\/sup>. They can be made of any type of steel and have any finish, head, shank or point2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat did Commerce decide on Omani steel nails?<\/h2>\n
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Why does Gulf Nails get a 9.10% rate?<\/h2>\n
How has the Oman Fasteners rate changed over time?<\/h2>\n
Oman Fasteners anti-dumping rate, %<\/h4>\n
Which nails does the duty cover?<\/h2>\n
What the steel nails order covers<\/h4>\n