[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 52 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11713-11715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6022]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-918


Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and 
Intent to Revoke Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2009.
SUMMARY: On February 3, 2009, the Department of Commerce

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(``Department'') received a request for a changed circumstances review 
and a request to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on steel 
wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China with respect 
to chrome-plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm 
or greater. Petitioner submitted a letter to the Department expressing 
lack of interest in antidumping duty relief from imports of chrome-
plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. 
Therefore, we are notifying the public of our intent to revoke, in 
part, the antidumping duty order as it relates to imports of chrome-
plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater 
as described below. The Department invites interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14\th\ Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-3207.

Background

    On October 6, 2008, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of 
China. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Steel Wire Garment Hangers 
from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 58111 (October 6, 2008). On 
February 3, 2009, the Department received a request on behalf of M&B 
Metal Products Company, Inc. (``Petitioner'') for a changed 
circumstances review to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on 
steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China with 
respect to chrome-plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 
3.4 mm or greater. We did not receive comments from any other party.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise that is subject to the order is steel wire garment 
hangers, fabricated from carbon steel wire, whether or not galvanized 
or painted, whether or not coated with latex or epoxy or similar 
gripping materials, and/or whether or not fashioned with paper covers 
or capes (with or without printing) and/or nonslip features such as 
saddles or tubes. These products may also be referred to by a 
commercial designation, such as shirt, suit, strut, caped, or latex 
(industrial) hangers. Specifically excluded from the scope of the order 
are wooden, plastic, and other garment hangers that are not made of 
steel wire. The products subject to the order are currently classified 
under HTSUS subheadings 7326.20.0020 and 7323.99.9060.
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is 
dispositive.

Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and 
Intent to Revoke Order in Part

    At the request of Petitioner, and in accordance with sections 
751(b)(1) and (d)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.216, the Department is initiating a changed 
circumstances review of steel wire garment hangers from the People's 
Republic of China to determine whether partial revocation of the 
antidumping duty order is warranted with respect to chrome-plated steel 
wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. Section 
782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the 
Department may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it determines 
that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of 
the domestic like product have no further interest in the order, in 
whole or in part. In addition, in the event the Department determines 
that expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits 
the Department to combine the notices of initiation and preliminary 
results.
    In accordance with section 751(b) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.222(g)(l)(i) and 351.221(c)(3), we are initiating this changed 
circumstances review and have determined that expedited action is 
warranted. Petitioner stated in its February 3, 2009, request that 
itself, Shanti Industries Inc., and Metro Supply Company account for 
all or substantially all of the steel wire garment hangers production 
in the United States. Petitioner further stated that Shanti Industries 
Inc., and Metro Supply Company support the request for changed 
circumstances review as filed by Petitioner on February 3, 2009. In 
accordance with section 751(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i), 
we find Petitioner, along with the other domestic producers supporting 
the request, comprise substantially all of the production of the 
domestic like product. See Petitioner's Request for Changed 
Circumstances Review dated February 3, 2009. Petitioner has expressed a 
lack of interest in the order, in part, with respect to chrome-plated 
steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. 
Because this changed circumstances request was filed less than 24 
months after the date of publication of notice of the final 
determination in an investigation, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(c), the 
Department must determine whether good cause exists. We find that 
Petitioners' affirmative statement of no interest in the order with 
respect to chrome-plated steel wire garment hangers with a diameter of 
3.4 mm or greater constitutes good cause for the conduct of this 
review. Based on the expression of no interest by Petitioner and the 
supporting domestic producers, and absent any objection by any other 
interested parties, we have preliminarily determined that the domestic 
producers of the like product have no interest in the continued 
application of the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers 
to the merchandise that is subject to this request. Accordingly, we are 
notifying the public of our intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping 
duty order as it relates to imports of chrome-plated steel wire garment 
hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater. Therefore, we intend to 
change the scope of the order on steel wire garment hangers from the 
People's Republic of China to include the following exclusion: Excluded 
from the scope are chrome-plated steel wire garment hangers with a 
diameter of 3.4 mm or greater.

Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. Written comments may be submitted no later than 14 days after 
the date of publication of these preliminary results. Rebuttals to 
written comments, limited to issues raised in such comments, may be 
filed no later than 21 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results. The Department will issue the final results of 
this changed circumstances review, which will include its analysis of 
any written comments, no later than 270 days after the date on which 
this review was initiated, or within 45 days if all parties agree to 
our preliminary results. See 19 CFR 351.216(e).
    If final revocation occurs, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to end the suspension of liquidation for the 
merchandise covered by the revocation on the effective date of the 
notice of revocation and to release any cash deposit or bond. See 19 
CFR 351.222(g)(4). The current requirement for a cash deposit of 
estimated antidumping duties on all subject merchandise will continue 
unless and until it is modified pursuant to the final results of this 
changed circumstances review.
    This initiation and preliminary results of review and notice are in 
accordance

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with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 351.221, 
and 351.222.

    Dated: March 13, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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