[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28953-28954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12341]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-918]
Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of the Second
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: May 19, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Jamie Blair-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-
9068 or (202) 482-2615, respectively.
Background
On November 29, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation
of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel wire
garment hangers from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering
the period, October 1, 2009, through September 31, 2010.\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 73036 (November 29, 2010).
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On January 21, 2011, the Department selected Shanghai Wells Hanger
Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Wells'') and Jiaxing Boyi Medical Device Co.
(``Jiaxing Boyi'') as mandatory respondents in the above referenced
review.\2\ On January 24, 2011, we issued our non-market economy
antidumping questionnaire to Shanghai Wells and Jiaxing Boyi. As stated
in the cover letter of our questionnaire, the deadlines for Section A
was February 10, 2011, and for Sections C & D were February 26,
2011.\3\ Jiaxing Boyi did not respond to the Department's Section A
questionnaire by the stated deadline and did not request an extension.
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\2\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import
Administration, from Irene Gorelik, Senior International Trade
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Selection of Respondents for Individual Review (January 21,
2011).
\3\ See Letters to Shanghai Wells and Jiaxing Boyi from
Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import
Administration; regarding the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
of Steel Garment Wire Hangers from the People's Republic of China:
Non-Market Economy Questionnaire (January 21, 2011).
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On February 24, 2011, we selected an additional mandatory
respondent, Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd. (``Shaoxing
Liangbao'') as a replacement for Jiaxing Boyi.\4\ Shaoxing Liangbao's
response to Section A was due on March 26, 2011.\5\ However, Shaoxing
Liangbao did not submit a response by the stated deadline or request an
extension.
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\4\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (February 24,
2011).
\5\ See Letter to Shaoxing Liangbao from Catherine Bertrand,
Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration; regarding the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire Hangers
from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy
Questionnaire (February 24, 2011).
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On March 28, 2011, as a replacement for Shaoxing Liangbo, we
selected another additional mandatory respondent, Pu Jiang County
Command Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Command Metal Products'').\6\
However, Command Metal Products did not submit a response, or request
an extension, to the Department's Section A questionnaire by the
deadline, April 18, 2011.\7\
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\6\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (March 28,
2011).
\7\ See Letter to Command Metal Products from Catherine
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy
Questionnaire (March 28, 2011).
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On April 29, 2011, we selected an additional two mandatory
respondents, Shaoxing Guochao Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Guochao Metal
Products'') and Yiwu Ao-Si Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``Yiwu'').\8\ The
current deadlines for Guochao Metal Products' and Yiwu to submit their
Section A responses are May 23, 2011, and June 8, 2011, for their
Section C and D questionnaire responses.\9\ The preliminary results of
this administrative review are currently due on July 3, 2011.
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\8\ See Memorandum to Jim Doyle, Director, Office 9, Import
Administration, from Jamie Blair-Walker, International Trade
Compliance Analyst, Office 9, regarding the Second Administrative
Review of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent (April 29,
2011).
\9\ See Letter to Guochao Metal Products from Catherine
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy
Questionnaire (May 2, 2011); see also Letter to Yiwu from Catherine
Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, Import Administration regarding
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Steel Garment Wire
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Non-Market Economy
Questionnaire (May 2, 2011).
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Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested.
Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may
extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not practicable to
complete the review within a 245-day period.
Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results
The preliminary results are currently due on July 3, 2011. This
administrative review now covers three mandatory respondents and
requires that the Department gather and analyze a significant amount of
information pertaining to each of these companies. Moreover, because
several previously selected mandatory respondents were unresponsive,
the Department went through numerous rounds of selecting additional
replacement mandatory respondents. Thus, the Department requires
additional time to fully analyze the initial questionnaire responses
and issue supplemental questionnaires prior to the preliminary results.
This extension is also necessary to give all parties to the proceeding
adequate time to supply the Department with information related to the
mandatory respondents' factors of production. The current date of the
preliminary results does not afford the Department adequate time to
gather, analyze, request supplementary information, and allow parties
to fully participate in the proceeding.
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the
Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary
results within the original time period and thus the Department is
extending the time limit for issuing the preliminary results by
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120 days until October 31, 2011. The final results continue to be due
120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
This notice is published pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 12, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-12341 Filed 5-18-11; 8:45 am]
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