[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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