[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8107-8108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02635]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-552-813]


Certain Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Countervailing Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the U.S. International Trade Commission 
(ITC), the Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on certain 
steel wire garment hangers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(Vietnam).

DATES: Effective Date: February 5, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Robert Copyak, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room C-100, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1009 and 202-482-2209, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Case History

    In accordance with section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), on December 26, 2012, the Department published its 
final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain 
steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam.\1\ On January 28, 2013, the 
ITC notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to 
sections 705(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 705(d) of the Act, that a U.S. industry 
is materially injured by reason of imports of steel wire garment 
hangers from Vietnam.\2\ In addition, the ITC notified the Department 
of its final determination that critical circumstances do not exist 
with respect to imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam that 
are subject to the Department's final affirmative critical 
circumstances finding. Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act, the 
Department is publishing a countervailing duty order on the subject 
merchandise.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances 
Determination, 77 FR 75973, (December 26, 2012).
    \2\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Vietnam (Investigation 
Nos. 701-TA-487 and 731-TA-1198 (Final), USITC Publication 4371, 
January 2013).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this 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 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 3.4mm 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.

Countervailing Duty Order

    On January 28, 2013, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination, pursuant to section 705(b)(1)(A) of the Act, that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured as a result of 
subsidized imports from Vietnam. Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act, 
the Department is publishing a countervailing duty order on the subject 
merchandise.
    As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with 
section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will direct CBP to assess, 
upon further instruction by the Department, countervailing duties on 
unliquidated entries of certain steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June 
4, 2012, the date on which the Department published its preliminary 
countervailing duty determination in the Federal Register, and before 
October 2, 2012, the date on which the Department instructed CBP to 
discontinue the suspension of liquidation in accordance with section 
703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension 
of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary determination may not remain 
in effect for more than four months. Entries of certain steel wire 
garment hangers from Vietnam made on or after October 2, 2012, and 
prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in 
the Federal Register are not liable for the assessment of 
countervailing duties, due to the Department's discontinuation, 
effective October 2, 2012, of the suspension of liquidation.
    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will 
direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of certain steel wire garment 
hangers from Vietnam, effective the date of publication of the ITC's 
notice of final determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, 
upon further advice from the Department pursuant to section 706(a)(1) 
of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the subject 
merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates 
for the subject merchandise. On or after the date of publication of the 
ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP must 
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated 
duties on this

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merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below:

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                                                          Net subsidy ad
                    Producer/exporter                      valorem rate
                                                             (percent)
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South East Asia Hamico Export Joint Stock Company (SEA             31.58
 Hamico), Nam A Hamico Export Joint Stock Company (Nam
 A), and Linh Sa Hamico Company Limited (Linh Sa)
 (collectively, the Hamico Companies)...................
Infinite Industrial Hanger Limited (Infinite) and                  90.42
 Supreme Hanger Company Limited (Supreme) (collectively,
 the Infinite Companies)................................
All Others..............................................           31.58
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    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam, we 
will instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposit 
made, to secure the payment of estimated countervailing duties with 
respect to entries of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after March 6, 2012 (i.e., 90 days 
prior to the publication date of the Preliminary Determination), but 
before June 4, 2012, the publication date of the Preliminary 
Determination.
    This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect 
to steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam pursuant to section 706(a) 
of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's Central 
Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Commerce building, for copies of an 
updated list of countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
    This countervailing duty order is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.211.

Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-02635 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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