[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8105-8107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-812]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Antidumping 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 International Trade Commission 
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on steel 
wire garment hangers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'').

DATES: Effective Date: February 5, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 26, 2012, the Department published its affirmative 
final determination of sales at less than fair value in the antidumping 
duty investigation of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam.\1\ On 
January 28, 2013, pursuant to section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the ITC notified the Department of its final 
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 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 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 the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 77 FR 
75980 (December 26, 2012) (``Vietnam Hangers Final Determination'').
    \2\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Vietnam, Investigation 
Nos. 701-TA-487 and 731-TA-1198, USITC Pub. 4371 (January 2013) 
(Final).
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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 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.

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    Specifically excluded from the scope of the investigation 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 millimeters (``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.

Antidumping Duty Order

    As stated above, on January 28, 2013, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
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 Vietnam. Because the ITC determined that imports of steel wire 
garment hangers from Vietnam are materially injuring a U.S. industry, 
all unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Vietnam, entered or 
withdrawn from warehouse, are subject to the assessment of antidumping 
duties.
    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 amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the 
export price or constructed export price of the merchandise for all 
relevant entries of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam. These 
antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of 
steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after August 2, 2012, the publication 
date of the Preliminary Determination \3\ in the Federal Register, but 
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination, as further described below.
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    \3\ 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'').
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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 Vietnam. 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.
    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, CBP, pursuant to section 
736(a)(3) of the Act, will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated dumping margins listed below. The estimated 
dumping margins for imports of subject merchandise from Vietnam will be 
adjusted for export subsidies found in the final determination of the 
companion countervailing duty investigation of this merchandise 
imported from the Vietnam.\4\
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    \4\ 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); see also Vietnam 
Hangers Final Determination, 77 FR at 75984.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
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. At the request of the exporters that 
accounted for a significant proportion of exports of the subject 
merchandise in the investigations of steel wire garment hangers from 
Vietnam, we extended the four-month period to no more than six 
months.\5\
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    \5\ See Preliminary Determination, 77 FR at 46054-55; and 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).
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    In this investigation, the six-month period beginning on the date 
of the publication of the preliminary determination (i.e., August 2, 
2012) ended on January 29, 2013. 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, 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 Vietnam entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
or after January 30, 2013, 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 or after the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register.
    The dumping margins are as follows:

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            Exporter                    Producer        Margin (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,                157.00
                                   Inc.
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               Vietnam-Wide Entity \6\                            220.68
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    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on

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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 antidumping duties with respect to entries of 
the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after May 4, 2012 (i.e., 90 days prior to the publication date of 
the Preliminary Determination), but before August 2, 2012, the 
publication date of the Preliminary Determination.
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    \6\ 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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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
steel wire garment from Vietnam, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may 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 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: January 30, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-02637 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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