[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 28356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11658]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-812, A-583-849]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping 
Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: May 14, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik (Vietnam) or Paul Walker 
(Taiwan), Office 9, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-6905 or (202) 482-0413, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 18, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated antidumping duty investigations of steel wire garment hangers 
from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') and Taiwan.\1\ The 
period of investigation (``POI'') for the Vietnam investigation is 
April 1, 2011, through September 30, 2011, and the POI for the Taiwan 
investigation is October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011. The 
current deadline for the preliminary determinations of these 
investigations is June 6, 2012.
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    \1\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam and Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 77 FR 3731 (January 25, 2012).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to complete its preliminary 
determinations for these investigations no later than 140 days after 
the date of issuance of the initiation (i.e., June 6, 2012).
    On April 27, 2012, M&B Metal Products Company, Inc.; Innovative 
Fabrication LLC/Indy Hanger; and US Hanger Company, LLC (collectively, 
``Petitioners'') made a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) 
for a postponement of the preliminary determinations with respect to 
Vietnam and Taiwan. Petitioners requested postponement of the 
preliminary determinations of the antidumping duty investigations so 
that they have adequate time to analyze and comment upon the responses 
of the various companies selected as respondents.\2\
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    \2\ See Letter from Petitioners, re; ``Request for Extension of 
Time for Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 27, 2012.
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    For the reason stated by Petitioners, and because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determinations with respect to Vietnam 
and Taiwan by 50 days to July 26, 2012, pursuant to section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e). In accordance with 
section 735(a)(1) of the Act, the deadline for the final determinations 
of these antidumping duty investigations will continue to be 75 days 
after the date of these preliminary determinations, unless extended at 
a later date.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: May 8, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-11658 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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