[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31298-31301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-918]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper 
Review, 2011-2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On November 25, 2013, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the Preliminary Results of the fourth 
administrative review and new shipper review (``NSR'') of the 
antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ We invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the comments and 
information received, we made changes to the final margin calculations 
of Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Wells'') \2\ and 
Hangzhou Yingqing Material Co. Ltd. (``Yingqing''), as noted below. 
Listed below in the ``Final Results of the Administrative and New 
Shipper Reviews'' section of this notice are the final dumping margins. 
The period of review (``POR'') is October 1, 2011, through September 
31, 2012.
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    \1\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
and New Shipper Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 70271 (November 25, 2013) 
(``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ The Department previously found that Shanghai Wells Hanger 
Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Wells''), Hong Kong Wells Ltd. (``HK Wells'') 
and Hong Kong Wells Ltd. (USA) (``Wells USA'') are affiliated and 
that Shanghai Wells and HK Wells comprise a single entity. Because 
there were no changes in this review to the facts that supported 
that decision, we continue to find Shanghai Wells, HK Wells, and USA 
Wells are affiliated and that Shanghai Wells and HK Wells comprise a 
single entity. See Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, 
in Part, of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
68758, 68761 (November 9, 2010), unchanged in First Administrative 
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results and Final Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 27994, 27996 (May 13, 2011).

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DATES: Effective Date: June 2, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Josh Startup, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4295 or (202) 
482-5260, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the Preliminary Results on November 25, 
2013. Between January 6, 2014, and January 16, 2014, interested parties 
submitted surrogate value (``SV'') data for consideration in the final 
results. The Department conducted the verification of Shanghai Wells on 
December 10 through 13, 2013, in Shanghai, China, and December 16, 
through 18, 2013, in Hong Kong.\3\ On February 24, 2014, M&B Metal 
Products Inc. (``Petitioner'') and Fabriclean Supply Inc. 
(``Fabriclean''), a U.S. importer and wholesaler, submitted case briefs 
in the administrative review; and Petitioner and Hangzhou Yingqing 
Material Co. Ltd. (``Yingqing'') submitted case briefs in the NSR. On 
March 4, 2014, Petitioner and Fabriclean submitted rebuttal briefs in 
the administrative review; and Petitioner and Yingqing submitted 
rebuttal case briefs in the NSR. On January 15, 2014, the Department 
extended the final results to May 27, 2014.\4\
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    \3\ See the Department's Memorandum titled, ``Verification of 
the Sales and Factors Responses of Shanghai Wells Hangers Co., Ltd. 
(``Shanghai Wells'') in the Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Steel Wire Garment Hangers (``Hangers'') from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated January 27, 2014.
    \4\ See the Department's Memorandum titled, ``Steel Wire Garment 
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline 
for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New 
Shipper Review,'' dated January 15, 2014.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise that is subject to the order is steel wire garment 
hangers. The products subject to the order are currently classified 
under U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS'') subheadings 
7326.20.0020, 7323.99.9060, and 7323.99.9080. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise remains dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum,\5\ which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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    \5\ See the Department's Memorandum, titled ``Steel Wire Garment 
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Issues and Decision 
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Fourth Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and New Shipper Review'' dated concurrently 
with this notice (``Issues and Decision Memorandum'').
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Respondent Selection

    On December 13, 2012, Petitioner submitted comments on respondent 
selection that also included allegations pertaining to certain 
shipments of

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subject merchandise that entered during the POR. Petitioner questions 
whether the antidumping duty rate applied to these shipments upon entry 
is correct.\6\ The Department intends to refer this information to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') for further investigation.
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    \6\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce 
``Comments on Respondent Selection'' (December 13, 2012) at 3-4 and 
Exhibit 3.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by interested 
parties in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the issues which parties raised is attached to 
this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), 
Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building, as well as 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA 
ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the CRU. In addition, a complete version of 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
internet at http://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Issues and 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments parties submitted regarding our Preliminary 
Results, we made changes to the surrogate financial ratio calculations 
for both respondents, the steel wire rod SV for Shanghai Wells, and the 
hydrochloric acid SV for Yingqing.\7\ Additionally, we used the 
importer field to calculate Shanghai Wells' importer-specific 
assessment rates.\8\
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    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum, at Comments 2, 4, 7, 8, 
and 9.
    \8\ Id., at Comment 12.
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Non-Market Economy Country

    The Department treated the PRC as a non-market economy (``NME'') in 
every proceeding conducted by the Department. In accordance with 
section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), any determination that a foreign country is an NME shall remain 
in effect until revoked by the administering authority. The Department 
has not revoked the PRC's status as an NME and, accordingly, we applied 
the NME methodology.

Separate Rates

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that Shanghai 
Wells and the new shipper, Yingqing, met the criteria for separate rate 
status.\9\ At that time, seven companies failed to respond to the 
Department's request for information and/or declined to participate in 
the administrative review.\10\ Therefore, the Department also 
determined that the following seven companies failed to demonstrate 
their eligibility for a separate rate: (1) Shaoxing Dingli Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., (2) Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured Co., 
Ltd., (3) Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., (4) Shaoxing 
Gangyuan Metal Manufacture, (5) Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., 
Ltd., (6) Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., Ltd., and (7) Ningbo 
Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd.\11\ Additionally, the Department 
preliminarily determined that, because Shanghai Jianhai International 
Trade Co., Ltd. (``Jianhai'') and Hangzhou Qingqing Mechanical Co. Ltd. 
(``Qingqing'') did not file a separate rate application or 
certification, or a no shipments certification, Jianhai and Qingqing 
did not demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate, and are also 
part of the PRC-wide entity.\12\
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    \9\ See Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at 9-10.
    \10\ Id., 78 FR at 70272.
    \11\ Id.
    \12\ Id.
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    We have not received any information since the issuance of the 
Preliminary Results that provides a basis for reconsideration of these 
determinations. Therefore, the Department continues to find that only 
Yingqing and Shanghai Wells satisfy the criteria for a separate rate.

PRC-wide Entity and the PRC-wide Rate

    In the Preliminary Results, we determined that those companies 
which did not demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate are part of 
the PRC-wide Entity.\13\ Since the Preliminary Results, none of the 
companies which did not file separate-rate applications or 
certifications submitted comments regarding this finding. Therefore, we 
continue to treat these entities as part of the PRC-wide Entity.
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    \13\ Id.
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    Further, in the Preliminary Results, seven of the companies the 
Department selected as mandatory respondents in the administrative 
review failed to respond to the Department's requests for information 
and/or declined to participate in this review.\14\ These companies, 
therefore, are not eligible for separate-rate status.\15\ Accordingly, 
the Department determines that the PRC-wide entity includes these seven 
companies. We also continue to find the PRC-wide entity continues to 
include the 10 companies Petitioner submitted a timely request for 
withdraw of review, but which did not have a separate rate.\16\
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    \14\ These seven companies are: (1) Shaoxing Dingli Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., (2) Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured 
Co., Ltd., (3) Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., (4) 
Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal Manufacture, (5) Shaoxing Shunji Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., (6) Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., 
Ltd., and (7) Ningbo Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd.
    \15\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 
71575 (December 3, 2012).
    \16\ See Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at PRC-wide Entity section. The ten companies 
are: Liaoning Metals & Mineral Imp/Exp Corp., Shanghai Guoxing Metal 
Products Co. Ltd., Shanghai Lian Development Co. Ltd., Shanghai 
Shuang Qiang Embroidery Factory, Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured 
Co. Ltd., Shang Zhou Leather Shoes Plant, Shaoxing Shuren Tie Co., 
Ltd., Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Shaoxing 
Zhongdi Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., 
Ltd.
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    In addition, in the Preliminary Results, the Department calculated 
the PRC-wide Entity Rate using adverse facts available (``AFA'') 
because: (1) The PRC-wide Entity, which includes these seven companies, 
withheld requested information, failed to provide information in a 
timely manner and in the form requested, and significantly impeded this 
proceeding, and (2) the PRC-wide Entity, which includes these seven 
companies, failed to cooperate to the best of its ability.\17\ In so 
doing, and consistent with our practice, the Department relied upon the 
highest rate on the record of any segment of the proceeding, i.e., 
187.25 percent.\18\ The Department also corroborated that rate, 
consistent with section 776(c) of the Act.\19\ Since the Preliminary 
Results, no interested party submitted any evidence or comments that 
challenge the Department's determination of the PRC-wide Rate. 
Therefore, we will continue to apply a rate of 187.25 percent to the 
PRC-wide Entity.
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    \17\ See sections 776(a)(2)(A), (B), (C) and 776(b) of the Act.
    \18\ Id.
    \19\ See Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at ``Corroboration of Information'' section.
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Final Results of the Administrative and New Shipper Reviews

    Regarding the administrative review, the following weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period

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October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012:

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                                                              Weighted-
                          Exporter                             average
                                                              margin (%)
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Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd.\20\........................         2.52
PRC-wide Entity \21\.......................................       187.25
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    Regarding the NSR, the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the period October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012:

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    \20\ Shanghai Wells consists of Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd., 
and Hong Kong Wells Ltd.
    \21\ The PRC-wide entity includes all companies for which the 
Department initiated a review but did not establish their 
eligibility for a separate rate: (1) Shaoxing Dingli Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., (2) Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured 
Co., Ltd., (3) Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., (4) 
Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal Manufacture, (5) Shaoxing Shunji Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., (6) Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., 
Ltd., (7) Shanghai Jianhai International Trade Co., Ltd., (8) Ningbo 
Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd., (9) Liaoning Metals & Mineral Imp/Exp 
Corp., (10) Shanghai Guoxing Metal Products Co. Ltd., (11) Shanghai 
Lian Development Co. Ltd., (12) Shanghai Shuang Qiang Embroidery 
Factory, (13) Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd., (14) 
Shang Zhou Leather Shoes Plant, (15) Shaoxing Shuren Tie Co., Ltd., 
(16) Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., (17) Shaoxing 
Zhongdi Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., (18) Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger 
Co., Ltd., and (19) Hangzhou Qingqing Mechanical Co. Ltd.

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           Exporter                  Producer            margin (%)
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Hangzhou Yingqing Material Co.  Hangzhou Qingqing                 40.99
 Ltd..                           Mechanical Co.
                                 Ltd..
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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).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties 
on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with 
the final results of this review. The Department intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of review.
    Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we 
calculated importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rates by 
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each 
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered 
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\22\ Where the 
Department calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the 
total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total 
sales quantity associated with those transactions, the Department will 
direct CBP to assess importer-specific assessment rates based on the 
resulting per-unit rates.\23\ Where an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis, the 
Department will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the 
time of liquidation.\24\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad 
valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\25\
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    \22\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \23\ Id.
    \24\ Id.
    \25\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in 
non-market economy cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for 
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by 
companies individually examined during this review, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide rate. 
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\26\
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    \26\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of these reviews for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above, 
the cash deposit rate will be established in the final results of these 
reviews (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero cash 
deposit will be required); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed 
PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a separate 
rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that have not 
been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the PRC-wide rate of 187.25 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC 
exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
    With respect to Yingqing, the NSR respondent, the Department 
established a combination cash deposit rate for this company consistent 
with its practice as follows: (1) For subject merchandise produced by 
Qingqing and exported by Yingqing, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for Yingqing in the final results of the NSR; (2) for 
subject merchandise exported by Yingqing, but not produced by Qingqing, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the PRC-wide entity; and (3) 
for subject merchandise produced by Qingqing but not exported by 
Yingqing, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
exporter.
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information

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disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. We request a timely written notification of the return or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a 
violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 27, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Selection of the Surrogate Country
Comment 2: Selection of Financial Statements
Comment 3: Whether to Apply Fact Available to the Drapery Tubes and 
Trouser Guards Shipped Separately by Shanghai Wells
Comment 4: Valuation of Wire Rod
Comment 5: Valuation of Brokerage and Handling (``B&H'')
Comment 6: Calculation of Truck Freight
Comment 7: Calculation of Financial Ratios
Comment 8: Valuation of Hydrochloric Acid (``HCL'')
Comment 9: Valuation of Thinner
Comment 10: Valuation of Paint
Comment 11: Valuation of Corrugated Paperboard
Comment 12: Assigning Adverse Facts Available (``AFA'') to the Seven 
Mandatory Respondents That Failed to Respond to the Department's 
Questionnaire
Comment 13: Calculating Importer-Specific Assessment Rates Using the 
Importer Field Rather than the Customer Field
Comment 14: Rejection of Yingqing's Factual Submission After the 
Preliminary Results

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