[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73424-73425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29765]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-849]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order

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


DATES: Effective Date: December 10, 2012.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission 
(the ``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on 
steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 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 202.482.0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), on October 15, 2012, the Department 
published the Final Determination of sales at less than fair value in 
the antidumping duty investigation of steel wire garment hangers from 
Taiwan.\1\ On November 29, 2012, the ITC notified the Department of its 
affirmative determination that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 
Act by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of steel wire garment 
hangers from Taiwan.\2\ Pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act, the 
Department is publishing an antidumping duty order on the subject 
merchandise.
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    \1\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Taiwan: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 77 FR 62492 (October 
15, 2012) (``Final Determination'').
    \2\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Taiwan (Investigation 
No. 731-TA-1197 (Final), USITC Publication 4363, November 2012).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order are 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 whether or not fashioned with paper covers or 
capes (with or without printing) 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 (a) wooden, 
plastic, and other garment hangers that are not made of steel wire; (b) 
steel wire garment hangers with swivel hooks; (c) steel wire garment 
hangers with clips permanently affixed; and (d) chrome plated steel 
wire garment hangers with a diameter of 3.4 mm or greater.
    The products subject to the order are currently classified under 
U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS'') subheadings 7326.20.0020 
and 7323.99.9080. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    As stated above, on November 29, 2012, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination in this investigation, in which it found material injury 
with respect to steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan.\3\ Because the 
ITC determined that imports steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan are 
materially injuring a U.S. industry, all unliquidated entries of such 
merchandise from Taiwan, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, are 
subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \3\ Id.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amounts listed below for all relevant entries of steel 
wire garment hangers from Taiwan. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on unliquidated entries of steel wire garment hangers from 
Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after August 2, 2012, the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determination.\4\
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    \4\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Taiwan: Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 77 FR 46055 (August 
2, 2012) (``Preliminary Determination'').
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all entries of steel 
wire garment hangers from Taiwan. We will also instruct CBP to require 
cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated below. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final affirmative injury determination, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins listed below.\5\
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    \5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. In the underlying investigation, the Department published the 
Preliminary Determination on August 2, 2012, and no exporters 
representing a significant proportion of exports of the subject 
merchandise requested that the Department extend the four-month period 
to six months. Therefore, the four-month period beginning on the date 
of the publication of the Preliminary Determination ended on November 
30, 2012. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive 
duties are to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after November 30, 2012, 
the date provisional measures expired, until and through the day 
preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will 
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register.
    The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Golden Canyon Ltd..........................................        69.98
Taiwan Hanger Manufacturing Co., Ltd.......................       125.43
All Others.................................................        69.98
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
steel wire garment hangers from Taiwan pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find an updated list of antidumping 
duty orders currently in effect at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and section 351.211 of the Department's regulations.

     Dated: December 4, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-29765 Filed 12-7-12; 8:45 am]
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