[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75980-75984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-812]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 24, 2012.
SUMMARY: On August 2, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published its notice of preliminary determination of 
sales at less than fair value (``LTFV'') in the antidumping 
investigation of steel wire garment hangers from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam (``Vietnam'').\1\ We invited interested parties to comment 
on our Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV. We continue to 
determine that steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam are being, or 
are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV as provided in 
section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The 
estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Final 
Determination Margins'' section of this notice.
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    \1\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 77 FR 46044 (August 
2, 2012) (``Preliminary Determination'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or Robert Palmer, 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) 482-6905 
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or (202) 482-9068, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Case History

    The Department published its Preliminary Determination on August 2, 
2012.\2\ On August 2, 2012, Petitioners\3\ filed an allegation of 
critical circumstances.\4\ On August 3, 2012, the TJ Group\5\ filed a 
letter withdrawing its participation from this investigation.\6\ On 
August 24, 2012, the Department published its preliminary affirmative 
determination of critical circumstances.\7\ On August 31, 2012, we 
received a case brief from Godoxa International LLC and Joobles LLC, 
two U.S. importers of the merchandise under consideration.\8\ We did 
not receive case or rebuttal briefs from any other interested parties.
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    \2\ See id.
    \3\ M&B Metal Products Company, Inc.; Innovative Fabrication 
LLC/Indy Hanger; and US Hanger Company, LLC.
    \4\ See Letter from Petitioners re; Allegation of Critical 
Circumstances, dated August 2, 2012.
    \5\ The TJ Group consists of: the Pre-Supreme Entity, Infinite 
Industrial Hanger Limited, and TJ Co., Ltd. See, e.g., Preliminary 
Determination, 77 FR at 46047-48, 46053 n. 109.
    \6\ See TJ Group's Letter of Withdrawal, dated August 3, 2012, 
at 1-2.
    \7\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances in the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 77 FR 51514 
(August 24, 2012) (``Preliminary Critical Circumstances 
Determination'').
    \8\ See Godoxa's and Joobles' Submission dated August 31, 2012.
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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation (``POI'') is April 1, 2011, through 
September 30, 2011.

Verification

    The Department did not verify the information submitted by TJ Group 
pursuant to section 782(i) of the Act because the TJ Group withdrew its 
participation after the Preliminary Determination, including from the 
Department's planned verification. As a result, the Department did not 
rely upon the TJ Group's submitted information in reaching the final 
determination.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case brief to this investigation are 
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum (``Decision Memo''). A 
list of the issues which parties have raised and to which we have 
responded in the Decision Memo is attached to this notice as Appendix 
I. The Decision Memo is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA 
ACCESS is available in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), room 7046 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Decision Memo can be accessed directly on the Internet 
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The paper copy and electronic version of 
the Decision Memo are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    For the final determination, we have based the TJ Group's margin on 
total adverse facts available (``AFA'') because of its failure to 
participate and consider it as part of the Vietnam-wide entity, as 
detailed below. Furthermore, for the final determination, the separate 
rate has been revised for the non-individually examined respondents 
that received a preliminary separate rate margin which had been based 
on the TJ Group's calculated margin.

Scope of Investigation

    The merchandise subject to this investigation 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 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 investigation are (a) 
Wooden, plastic, and other garment hangers that

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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 investigation 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.

Use of Facts Available, Adverse Facts Available, and the Vietnam-Wide 
Rate

    Section 776(a) of the Act provides that if necessary information is 
not available on the record or if an interested party: (A) Withholds 
information that has been requested by the Department; (B) fails to 
provide such information in a timely manner or in the form or manner 
requested, subject to subsections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the Act; (C) 
significantly impedes a determination under the antidumping statute; or 
(D) provides such information but the information cannot be verified, 
the Department shall, subject to subsection 782(d) of the Act, use 
facts otherwise available in reaching the applicable determination.
    Section 782(c)(1) of the Act provides that if an interested party 
``promptly after receiving a request {from the Department{time}  for 
information, notifies {the Department{time}  that such party is unable 
to submit the information in the requested form and manner, together 
with a full explanation and suggested alternative form in which such 
party is able to submit the information,'' the Department may modify 
the requirements to avoid imposing an unreasonable burden on that 
party.
    Section 782(d) of the Act provides that, if the Department 
determines that a response to a request for information does not comply 
with the request, the Department will inform the person submitting the 
response of the nature of the deficiency and shall, to the extent 
practicable, provide that person the opportunity to remedy or explain 
the deficiency. If that person submits further information that 
continues to be unsatisfactory, or this information is not submitted 
within the applicable time limits, the Department may, subject to 
section 782(e) of the Act, disregard all or part of the original and 
subsequent responses, as appropriate.
    Section 782(e) of the Act states that the Department shall not 
decline to consider information deemed ``deficient'' under section 
782(d) of the Act if: (1) The information is submitted by the 
established deadline; (2) the information can be verified; (3) the 
information is not so incomplete that it cannot serve as a reliable 
basis for reaching the applicable determination; (4) the interested 
party has demonstrated that it acted to the best of its ability; and 
(5) the information can be used without undue difficulties.
    Furthermore, section 776(b) of the Act states that if the 
Department finds that an interested party has not acted to the best of 
its ability to comply with a request for information, the Department 
may, in reaching its determination, use an inference that is adverse to 
that party. The adverse inference may be based upon: (1) The petition, 
(2) a final determination in the investigation under this title, (3) 
any previous review under section 751 of the Act or determination under 
section 753 of the Act, or (4) any other information placed on the 
record.
    In this investigation, the Department selected South East Asia 
Hamico Export Joint Stock Company (``Hamico'') and the TJ Group as 
mandatory respondents for individual examination.\9\ In the Preliminary 
Determination, the Department determined that there were exporters/
producers of the merchandise under investigation during the POI from 
Vietnam, including Hamico,\10\ that either did not respond to the 
Department's request for information or failed to provide information 
that was not available on the record but necessary to calculate an 
accurate dumping margin. Therefore, pursuant to 776(a)(2)(A) and (B) of 
the Act, we treated these Vietnamese exporters/producers, including 
Hamico, as part of the Vietnam-wide entity because they did not qualify 
for a separate rate.\11\ Further, we preliminarily found that the 
Vietnam-wide entity was non-cooperative because certain companies did 
not respond to our requests for information.\12\ As a result, pursuant 
to section 776(b) of the Act, we preliminarily found that the use of 
AFA was warranted to determine the Vietnam-wide rate.\13\ As AFA, we 
preliminarily assigned to the Vietnam-wide entity a rate of 187.51 
percent, which was the highest transaction-specific rate calculated for 
the TJ Group at the Preliminary Determination.\14\ Because no 
information has been placed on the record to contradict our Preliminary 
Determination, we continue to find, for the final determination, that 
the application of AFA to the Vietnam-wide entity, including Hamico and 
the TJ Group, is appropriate.
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    \9\ See ``Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, from 
James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9; Antidumping Duty Investigation 
of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Respondent Selection,'' dated February 16, 2012.
    \10\ We preliminarily found that Hamico failed to provide the 
information requested by the Department in a timely manner and in 
the form required, and significantly impeded the Department's 
ability to calculate an accurate margin. The Department was unable 
to calculate a margin without the necessary information, requiring 
the application of facts otherwise available to Hamico for the 
purpose of the Preliminary Determination. See Preliminary 
Determination, 77 FR at 46049-51.
    \11\ See id.
    \12\ See id.
    \13\ See id.
    \14\ See id., 77 FR at 46053.
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The TJ Group

    As noted above, on August 3, 2012, the TJ group withdrew its 
participation from this investigation, including the scheduled 
verification of its books and records. By ceasing to participate in the 
investigation and withdrawing from the verification of its 
questionnaire responses, the TJ Group withheld information requested by 
the Department, failed to provide such information in a timely manner, 
and prevented the Department from verifying the accuracy of its 
information as provided by section 782(i) of the Act, pursuant to 
sections 776(a)(2)(A), (C), and (D) of the Act. These actions also have 
caused the TJ Group to fail to demonstrate its eligibility for a 
separate rate.\15\ Therefore, for the final determination, the 
Department finds that the TJ Group is considered to be part of the 
Vietnam-wide entity (along with Hamico and the companies unresponsive 
to the Q&V questionnaires).
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    \15\ See section 776(a)(2)(D) of the Act.
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The Vietnam-Wide Rate

    Because we begin with the presumption that all companies within a 
non-market economy (``NME'') country are subject to government control, 
and because only the companies listed under the ``Final Determination 
Margins'' section, below, have overcome that presumption, we are 
applying a single antidumping rate (i.e., the Vietnam-wide rate) to all 
other exporters of the merchandise under consideration. Consistent with 
our practice, we find that these other companies did not demonstrate 
entitlement to a separate rate.\16\ The Vietnam-wide rate applies to 
all entries of merchandise under consideration except for entries from 
CTN Limited

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Company, Ju Fu Co., Ltd., and Triloan Hangers, Inc., which are listed 
in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section below.
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    \16\ See, e.g., Synthetic Indigo From the People's Republic of 
China; Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 65 FR 25706, 25707 (May 3, 2000).
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    In the Preliminary Determination, the Department determined that, 
in selecting from among the facts available (``FA''), an adverse 
inference is appropriate because the Vietnam-wide entity failed to 
cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with 
requests for information.\17\ As AFA, we preliminarily assigned to the 
Vietnam-wide entity a rate of 187.51 percent, the highest transaction-
specific rate calculated for the TJ Group.\18\ However, since the TJ 
Group is now part of the Vietnam-wide entity the Department can no 
longer rely on the TJ Group's highest transaction-specific margin of 
187.51 percent as the AFA rate.
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    \17\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 46049-51.
    \18\ See id., 77 FR at 46051; see also Statement of 
Administrative Action accompanying the URAA, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, 
vol. 1, at 870 (1994) (``SAA'').
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    As stated above, the Vietnam-wide entity did not respond to our 
requests for information and withheld information requested by the 
Department pursuant to sections 776(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act. 
Because the Vietnam-wide entity now also includes the TJ Group, we also 
find that the Vietnam-wide entity withheld information requested by the 
Department, significantly impeded the Department's proceeding, and 
refused to allow verification of its data, pursuant to sections 
776(a)(2)(A), (C), and (D) of the Act. Therefore, we determine, as in 
the Preliminary Determination, that the use of facts otherwise 
available is appropriate to determine the Vietnam-wide rate.

Selection of the Adverse Facts Available Rate

    As noted above, section 776(b) of the Act provides that, in 
selecting from among the facts otherwise available, the Department may 
employ an adverse inference if an interested party fails to cooperate 
by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with requests for 
information. As outlined above, the Vietnam-wide entity withheld 
information requested by the Department, failed to provide such 
information in a timely manner, significantly impeded the Department's 
proceeding, and refused to allow verification of its data, pursuant to 
sections 776(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), and (D) of the Act. For these reasons, 
we find that the Vietnam-wide entity has failed to cooperate to the 
best of its ability and that it is appropriate, in selecting from among 
the facts otherwise available, to determine an adverse inference for 
the Vietnam-wide entity.
    In selecting a rate for AFA, the Department selects a rate that is 
sufficiently adverse to ensure that the uncooperative party does not 
obtain a more favorable result by failing to cooperate than if it had 
fully cooperated. It is the Department's practice to select, as AFA, 
the higher of the (a) highest margin alleged in the petition, or (b) 
the highest calculated rate of any respondent in the investigation.\19\ 
Because there are no longer any mandatory respondents on whose 
information we can rely, consistent with our practice, we determine 
that the appropriate rate to select as AFA is 220.68 percent, the 
highest margin alleged in the Petition.\20\
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    \19\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 46050 n.79; see 
also Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Cold-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products from the People's Republic 
of China, 65 FR 34660 (May 21, 2000) and accompanying Issues and 
Decision Memorandum at Comment 1; Circular Welded Austenitic 
Stainless Pressure Pipe, 74 FR at 4915; Certain Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 14514, 
14515 (March 31, 2009) (``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe'').
    \20\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam and Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 77 FR 3731, 3735 (``Initiation Notice'') (where the 
Department stated that ``the estimated dumping margins for steel 
wire garment hangers from Vietnam range from 117.48 percent to 
220.68 percent.''); see also ``Antidumping Duty Investigation 
Initiation Checklist: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Vietnam'' 
(``Initiation Checklist'') at 9 and Appendix V.; and ``Petitions for 
the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Steel Wire Garment Hangers 
From Taiwan and Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Steel Wire 
Garment Hangers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,'' filed on 
December 29, 2011 (the ``Petition'').
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Corroboration

    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies 
on secondary information, rather than on information obtained in the 
course of an investigation as facts available, it must, to the extent 
practicable, corroborate that information from independent sources 
reasonably at its disposal. Secondary information is described in the 
SAA as ``information derived from the petition that gave rise to the 
investigation or review, the final determination concerning subject 
merchandise, or any previous review under Section 751 concerning the 
subject merchandise.''\21\ The SAA provides that to ``corroborate'' 
means simply that the Department will satisfy itself that the secondary 
information to be used has probative value.\22\ The SAA also states 
that independent sources used to corroborate may include, for example, 
published price lists, official import statistics and customs data, and 
information obtained from interested parties during the particular 
investigation.\23\ To corroborate secondary information, the Department 
will, to the extent practicable, examine the reliability and relevance 
of the information used.\24\
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    \21\ See SAA at 870.
    \22\ See id.
    \23\ See id.
    \24\ See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From Japan, and Tapered Roller Bearings, Four Inches or 
Less in Outside Diameter, and Components Thereof, From Japan; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Partial Termination of Administrative Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 
(November 6, 1996), unchanged in Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From Japan, and Tapered Roller 
Bearings, Four Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, and Components 
Thereof, From Japan; Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Termination in Part, 62 FR 11825 (March 
13, 1997).
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    At the Preliminary Determination, as AFA, we preliminarily assigned 
to the Vietnam-wide entity a rate of 187.51 percent, the highest 
transaction-specific rate calculated for the TJ Group.\25\ However, 
since that rate is no longer reliable, the Department has determined to 
rely on the highest Petition\26\ margin of 220.68 percent to assign, as 
AFA, to the Vietnam-wide entity.
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    \25\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 46051; see also SAA 
at 870.
    \26\ See Initiation Notice, 77 FR at 3735 (where the Department 
stated that ``the estimated dumping margins for steel wire garment 
hangers from Vietnam range from 117.48 percent to 220.68 
percent.''); see also Initiation Checklist at 9 and Appendix V; and 
the Petition.
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    For the final determination, because there were no margins 
calculated for the mandatory respondents, to corroborate the 220.68 
percent margin used as AFA for the Vietnam-wide entity, to the extent 
appropriate information was available, we are affirming our pre-
initiation analysis of the adequacy and accuracy of the information in 
the Petition.\27\ During our pre-initiation analysis, we examined 
evidence supporting the calculations in the Petition and the 
supplemental information provided by Petitioners prior to initiation to 
determine the probative value of the margins alleged in the Petition. 
During our pre-initiation analysis, we examined the information used as 
the basis of export price and normal value (``NV'') in the Petition, 
and the calculations used to derive the alleged margins. Also during 
our pre-initiation analysis, we examined

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information from various independent sources provided either in the 
Petition or, based on our requests, in supplements to the Petition, 
which corroborated key elements of the export price and NV 
calculations.\28\ For the final determination, we have corroborated our 
AFA margin by re-examining and affirming our pre-initiation analysis. 
Moreover, we have found no record evidence that contradicts our 
conclusion. Additionally, no parties commented on the selection of the 
Vietnam-wide rate. Therefore, we continue to find that the margin of 
220.68 percent has probative value. Accordingly, we find that the rate 
of 220.68 percent is corroborated within the meaning of section 776(c) 
of the Act.
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    \27\ See Initiation Notice, 77 FR at 3731, 3735; see also 
Initiation Checklist at 9 and Appendix V and the Petition.
    \28\ See id.
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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department begins with 
a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 
subject to government control and, thus, should be assigned a single 
antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the Department's policy to assign 
all exporters of merchandise subject to an investigation in an NME 
country this single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is 
sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate.\29\
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    \29\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Sparklers From the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 
1991) (``Sparklers''), as amplified by Notice of Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) (``Silicon Carbide''); 
see also 19 CFR 351.107(d).
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    In the Preliminary Determination, we found that CTN Limited 
Company, Ju Fu Co., Ltd., and Triloan Hangers, Inc., demonstrated their 
eligibility for, and were hence assigned, separate rate status. No 
party has commented on the eligibility of these companies for separate 
rate status. Therefore, for the final determination, we continue to 
find that the evidence placed on the record of this investigation by 
these companies demonstrates both a de jure and de facto absence of 
government control with respect to their exports of the merchandise 
under investigation. Thus, we continue to find that they are eligible 
for separate rate status.

Calculation of Separate Rate

    As stated in the Preliminary Determination, the statute and our 
regulations do not address directly how we should establish a rate to 
apply to imports from companies which we did not select for individual 
examination in accordance with section 777A(c)(2) of the Act in a NME 
investigation.\30\ Generally, we have used section 735(c)(5) of the 
Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in 
a market economy (``ME'') investigation, as guidance when we establish 
the rate for respondents not examined individually in a NME 
investigation.\31\ Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that ``the 
estimated all-others rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted 
average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established 
for exporters and producers individually investigated * * *.'' However, 
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that if the estimated 
weighted-average margins for all individually investigated respondents 
are de minimis or based entirely on FA, the Department may use any 
reasonable method to determine the separate rate margin.
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    \30\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 46049.
    \31\ See, e.g., Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether 
or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 
77 FR 63791, 63794 (Oct. 17, 2012).
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    In this final determination, the rates assigned to the mandatory 
respondents are based entirely upon FA. Consequently, pursuant to 
section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, we have determined the separate rate 
margin using a reasonable method that is consistent with our 
established practice. Specifically, we have assigned to the separate 
rate respondents the simple average of all of the margins alleged in 
the Petition,\32\ as noted in the Initiation Notice,\33\ which is 
157.00 percent.\34\
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    \32\ See the Petition.
    \33\ See Initiation Notice, 77 FR at 3731.
    \34\ See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic 
of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76 
FR 18524, 18525 (April 4, 2011) (``For the final determination, we 
have assigned the 29 separate rate applicants to whom we are 
granting a separate rate a dumping margin of 32.79 percent, based on 
the simple average of the margins alleged in the petition * * *''); 
see also Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances: 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic 
of China, 73 FR 31970, 31971-31972 (June 5, 2008) (``* * * we have 
assigned to the separate rate companies the simple average of the 
margins alleged in the petition.''); see also Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Hexametaphosphate From the 
People's Republic of China, 73 FR 6479, 6480-6481 (February 4, 2008) 
(``Specifically, we have assigned an average of the margins 
calculated for purposes of initiation as the separate rate for the 
final determination.'').
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Critical Circumstances

    On August 2, 2012, Petitioners submitted an allegation of critical 
circumstances with respect to the merchandise under consideration. On 
August 24, 2012, we issued the Preliminary Critical Circumstances 
Determination, stating that we had reason to believe or suspect 
critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of steel wire 
garment hangers from Vietnam. For the final determination, we are 
affirming our preliminary affirmative determination of critical 
circumstances and continue to find that critical circumstances exist 
with respect to imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam.\35\
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    \35\ See Decision Memo at Comment 1.
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Final Determination Margins

    We determine that the following margins exist for the following 
entities for the POI: \36\
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    \36\ The Vietnam-wide entity includes South East Asia Hamico 
Export Joint Stock Company, the TJ Group (consisting of the Pre-
Supreme Entity, Infinite Industrial Hanger Limited, and TJ Co., 
Ltd.) and the following companies: Acton Co., Ltd.; Angang Clothes 
Rack Manufacture Co.; Asmara Home Vietnam; B2B Co., Ltd.; Capco Wai 
Shing Viet Nam Co., Ltd.; Dai Nam Investment JSC; Diep Son Hangers 
One Member Co. Ltd.; Dong Nam A Co., Ltd.; Dong Nam A Trading Co.; 
EST Glory Industrial Ltd.; Focus Shipping Corp.; Godoxa Viet Nam 
Ltd.; HCMC General Import And Export Investment JSC; Hongxiang 
Business And Product Co., Ltd.; Linh Sa Hamico Company, Ltd.; Minh 
Quang Steel Joint Stock Company; Moc Viet Manufacture Co., Ltd.; Nam 
A Hamico Export Joint Stock; N-Tech Vina Co., Ltd.; NV Hanger Co., 
Ltd. (A/K/A Nguyen Hoang Vu Co., Ltd.); Ocean Star Transport Co., 
Ltd.; Quoc Ha Production Trading Service; Quyky (Factory); Quyky 
Group/Quyky Co., Ltd./Quyky-Yanglei International Co., Ltd.; 
S.I.I.C.; Tan Minh Textile Sewing Trading Co., Ltd.; Thanh Hieu 
Manufacturing Trading Co. Ltd.; The Xuong Co., Ltd.; Thien Ngon 
Printing Co., Ltd.; Top Sharp International Trading Limited; Trung 
Viet My Joint Stock Company; Viet Anh Imp-Exp Joint Stock Co.; Viet 
Hanger Investment, LLC/Viet Hanger; Vietnam Hangers Joint Stock 
Company; VNS/VN Sourcing/Vietnam Sourcing; and Yen Trang Co., Ltd.

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            Exporter                     Producer            (percent)
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CTN Limited Company............  CTN Limited Company....          157.00
Ju Fu Co., Ltd.................  Ju Fu Co., Ltd.........          157.00
Triloan Hangers, Inc...........  Triloan Hangers, Inc...          157.00
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                Vietnam-Wide Entity \36\                          220.68
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    As noted above, the Department found that critical circumstances 
exist with respect to imports of merchandise under consideration from 
the Vietnam-wide entity and the separate rate recipients, CTN Limited 
Company, Ju Fu Co., Ltd., and Triloan Hangers, Inc. In accordance with 
section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to continue to suspend 
liquidation of all appropriate entries of subject merchandise, as 
described in the ``Scope of Investigation'' section of this notice, 
from the separate rate recipients and the Vietnam-wide entity that were 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the 
date 90 days prior to the publication in the Federal Register of the 
Preliminary Determination.
    Further, the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash-deposit 
equal to the weighted-average amount by which the normal value exceeds 
U.S. price, adjusted where appropriate for export subsidies, as 
follows: (1) The rate for the exporter/producer combinations listed in 
the table above will be the rate we have determined in this final 
determination; (2) for all Vietnamese exporters of merchandise under 
consideration which have not received their own rate, the cash-deposit 
rate will be the Vietnam-wide rate; and (3) for all non-Vietnamese 
exporters of merchandise under consideration which have not received 
their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the Vietnamese exporter/producer combination that supplied that non-
Vietnamese exporter. These cash-deposit instructions will remain in 
effect until further notice.

ITC Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we have notified the 
International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of our final determination of 
sales at LTFV. As our final determination is affirmative, in accordance 
with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, within 45 days the ITC will 
determine whether the domestic industry in the United States is 
materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of 
imports or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of the 
merchandise under investigation. If the ITC determines that material 
injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will 
be terminated and all securities posted will be refunded or canceled. 
If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the Department will 
issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all imports of the merchandise under investigation entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective 
date of the suspension of liquidation.

Notification Regarding APO

    This notice also serves as a reminder to the parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of return or 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This determination and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 17, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

Comment 1: The Department's Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances

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