A-557-816: antidumping duty order on Steel Nails from Malaysia
A-557-816 is the US Department of Commerce case number for the antidumping duty order on Steel Nails from Malaysia, in force since 13 July 2015 and continued after a sunset review on 22 June 2021. Goods in scope entered under this case carry an antidumping cash deposit at entry on top of the normal duty.
Reviewed September 2026 against the ITA order list and the Federal Register.
Case numberA-557-816Antidumping duty (AD), market economy
ProductSteel Nails ITA commodity group: Steel-Related
Next sunset reviewMay 2026 month Commerce is due to initiate the five-year review
Rates in the order notice
2.66%All-others weighted-average dumping margin
As printed in the order notice (80 FR 39994, 13 July 2015). The deposit an entry pays today is the rate assigned to the exporter or producer on the invoice in the latest administrative review, which can be higher or lower than this; a company that has never been reviewed keeps the all-others rate. Check the current rate for your supplier in Commerce's ACCESS case record before pricing an order.
HTS numbers named in the scope
The subheadings the notice lists as the ones subject merchandise may enter under. They are given for convenience; the written scope is what decides whether goods are covered, and goods under other numbers can still be in scope.
7317.00.2000
7317.00.3000
7317.00.1000
7317.00.5502
7317.00.5503
7317.00.5505
7317.00.5507
7317.00.5508
7317.00.5511
7317.00.5518
7317.00.5519
7317.00.5520
7317.00.5530
7317.00.5540
7317.00.5550
7317.00.5560
7317.00.5570
7317.00.5580
7317.00.5590
7317.00.6530
7317.00.6560
7317.00.7500
7907.00.6000
8206.00.0000
Scope, from the order notice
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders is certain steel nails
having a nominal shaft length not exceeding 12 inches.\4\ Certain steel
nails include, but are not limited to, nails made from round wire and
nails that are cut from flat-rolled steel. Certain steel nails may be
of one piece construction or constructed of two or more pieces. Certain
steel nails may be produced from any type of steel, and may have any
type of surface finish, head type, shank, point type and shaft
diameter. Finishes include, but are not limited to, coating in vinyl,
zinc (galvanized, including but not limited to electroplating or hot
dipping one or more times), phosphate, cement, and paint. Certain steel
nails may have one or more surface finishes. Head styles include, but
are not limited to, flat, projection, cupped, oval, brad, headless,
double, countersunk, and sinker. Shank styles include, but are not
limited to, smooth, barbed, screw threaded, ring shank and fluted.
Screw-threaded nails subject to this proceeding are driven using direct
force and not by turning the nail using a tool that engages with the
head. Point styles include, but are not limited to, diamond, needle,
chisel and blunt or no point. …
Excerpt from 80 FR 39994. Scopes are amended by later scope rulings and circumvention findings; the notice list below has them.
What A-557-816 means when you import
Cash deposit at entry. For every entry of goods in scope, CBP collects an estimated antidumping duty cash deposit at the rate assigned to the exporter or producer on the entry, on top of the Column 1 duty and any Chapter 99 trade-remedy lines. The same product from two plants in Malaysia can deposit at different rates, so ask the supplier which legal entity will appear as exporter and as producer on the invoice before you price the order.
Deposit now, final duty later. The deposit is not the final duty. The entry stays unliquidated until Commerce completes the administrative review for the period it was entered in, then CBP liquidates it at the rate that review sets, and bills or refunds the difference with interest. AD/CVD entries therefore stay open for years, and the importer of record carries the difference. Commerce must be asked for a review each anniversary month of the order; if nobody asks, entries liquidate at the deposit rate.
Reimbursement certificate. Before liquidation the importer files a certificate under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) stating whether the exporter has paid or reimbursed the antidumping duty. If it is not filed, Commerce may presume reimbursement and deduct the duty a second time in the margin calculation. Brokers file it with the entry summary; make sure yours does.
Entry reporting. The AD/CVD case number goes on the 7501 line alongside the HTS number, and any Chapter 99 lines the goods carry are reported in the order CBP prescribes; the tariff updates tracker carries the current Chapter 99 sequence and the actions behind it. Goods finished, cut or packaged in a third country stay in scope if the notice's written scope covers them, so a change of shipping origin is not a change of AD/CVD origin.
Estimating the stack. The tariff simulator returns the Column 1 rate and the Chapter 99 additional duties for an HTS number and origin; it does not add antidumping or countervailing deposits. Add the deposit at your supplier's current rate on top of what it shows. Airlift USA does not hold a US customs broker licence; entries on cargo we move are filed through our licensed broker network.
Case list: AD/CVD Orders and Suspension Agreements, International Trade Administration, Enforcement and Compliance — ITA dashboard, export of September 2026. Notices, rates and HTS numbers: Federal Register API v1. Both are US Government works in the public domain. This page is a reference, not legal or customs advice.
Importing steel nails from Malaysia under A-557-816?
Tell us the product, the exporter and producer named on the invoice, the load port, the US delivery point and the ready date. We come back with the ocean freight, the destination charges and how the entry is filed through our licensed broker network; the AD/CVD cash deposit itself is set by the rate on the entry, not by us.