[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28953-28954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-918]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of the Second 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: May 19, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Jamie Blair-Walker, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
9068 or (202) 482-2615, respectively.

Background

    On November 29, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel wire 
garment hangers from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering 
the period, October 1, 2009, through September 31, 2010.\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 73036 (November 29, 2010).
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    On January 21, 2011, the Department selected Shanghai Wells Hanger 
Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Wells'') and Jiaxing Boyi Medical Device Co. 
(``Jiaxing Boyi'') as mandatory respondents in the above referenced 
review.\2\ On January 24, 2011, we issued our non-market economy 
antidumping questionnaire to Shanghai Wells and Jiaxing Boyi. As stated 
in the cover letter of our questionnaire, the deadlines for Section A 
was February 10, 2011, and for Sections C & D were February 26, 
2011.\3\ Jiaxing Boyi did not respond to the Department's Section A 
questionnaire by the stated deadline and did not request an extension.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import 
Administration, from Irene Gorelik, Senior International Trade 
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative 
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China: Selection of Respondents for Individual Review (January 21, 
2011).
    \3\ See Letters to Shanghai Wells and Jiaxing Boyi from 
Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import 
Administration; regarding the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
of Steel Garment Wire Hangers from the People's Republic of China: 
Non-Market Economy Questionnaire (January 21, 2011).
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    On February 24, 2011, we selected an additional mandatory 
respondent, Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd. (``Shaoxing 
Liangbao'') as a replacement for Jiaxing Boyi.\4\ Shaoxing Liangbao's 
response to Section A was due on March 26, 2011.\5\ However, Shaoxing 
Liangbao did not submit a response by the stated deadline or request an 
extension.
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    \4\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import 
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade 
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative 
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (February 24, 
2011).
    \5\ See Letter to Shaoxing Liangbao from Catherine Bertrand, 
Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration; regarding the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire Hangers 
from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy 
Questionnaire (February 24, 2011).
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    On March 28, 2011, as a replacement for Shaoxing Liangbo, we 
selected another additional mandatory respondent, Pu Jiang County 
Command Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Command Metal Products'').\6\ 
However, Command Metal Products did not submit a response, or request 
an extension, to the Department's Section A questionnaire by the 
deadline, April 18, 2011.\7\
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    \6\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import 
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade 
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative 
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (March 28, 
2011).
    \7\ See Letter to Command Metal Products from Catherine 
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire 
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy 
Questionnaire (March 28, 2011).
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    On April 29, 2011, we selected an additional two mandatory 
respondents, Shaoxing Guochao Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Guochao Metal 
Products'') and Yiwu Ao-Si Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Yiwu'').\8\ The 
current deadlines for Guochao Metal Products' and Yiwu to submit their 
Section A responses are May 23, 2011, and June 8, 2011, for their 
Section C and D questionnaire responses.\9\ The preliminary results of 
this administrative review are currently due on July 3, 2011.
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    \8\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import 
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade 
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative 
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (April 29, 
2011).
    \9\ See Letter to Guochao Metal Products from Catherine 
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire 
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy 
Questionnaire (May 2, 2011); see also Letter to Yiwu from Catherine 
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire 
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy 
Questionnaire (May 2, 2011).
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. 
Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within a 245-day period.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The preliminary results are currently due on July 3, 2011. This 
administrative review now covers three mandatory respondents and 
requires that the Department gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to each of these companies. Moreover, because 
several previously selected mandatory respondents were unresponsive, 
the Department went through numerous rounds of selecting additional 
replacement mandatory respondents. Thus, the Department requires 
additional time to fully analyze the initial questionnaire responses 
and issue supplemental questionnaires prior to the preliminary results. 
This extension is also necessary to give all parties to the proceeding 
adequate time to supply the Department with information related to the 
mandatory respondents' factors of production. The current date of the 
preliminary results does not afford the Department adequate time to 
gather, analyze, request supplementary information, and allow parties 
to fully participate in the proceeding.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results within the original time period and thus the Department is 
extending the time limit for issuing the preliminary results by

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120 days until October 31, 2011. The final results continue to be due 
120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 12, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-12341 Filed 5-18-11; 8:45 am]
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