[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53188-53190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21468]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-918]


Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock, 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) 482-1394.
    Amendment to the Final Determination:
    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), on August 14, 2008, the Department 
of Commerce (``Department'') published the final determination of sales 
at less than fair value (``LTFV'') in the antidumping investigation of 
steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Determination of Sales at

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Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 47587 (August 14, 2008) (``Final 
Determination'').
    On August 13, 2008, Petitioner \1\ and the Greenberg Traurig 
Respondents \2\ filed timely allegations that the Department made 
various ministerial errors in the Final Determination and requested, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct the alleged 
ministerial errors in the calculation of the margins for respondents. 
Additionally, on August 18, 2008, Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd. 
(``Shanghai Wells'') filed rebuttal comments with respect to the 
ministerial error allegations. No other parties in this proceeding 
submitted comments on the Department's final margin calculations.
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    \1\ M&B Metal Products Company, Inc. (``Petitioner'').
    \2\ The Greenberg Traurig Respondents are: United Wire Hanger 
Corporation; Laidlaw Company; Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd.; 
Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Product Co., Ltd.; Shaoxing Dingli Metal 
Clotheshorse Co.; Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Products Co., Ltd.; 
Shaoxing Meideli Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Shaoxing Shunji Metal 
Clotheshorse Co., Ltd.; and Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured 
Co., Ltd.
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    A ministerial error is defined as an error ``in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the {Department{time}  considers 
ministerial.'' See section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 
351.224(f).
    After analyzing all interested party comments and rebuttals, we 
have determined, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.224(e), that we made a ministerial error in our calculations 
for the final determination with respect to two mandatory respondents, 
Shanghai Wells and Shaoxing Metal Companies.\3\ For a detailed 
discussion of this ministerial error, as well as the Department's 
analysis of this error and other allegations raised, see Memorandum to 
James C. Doyle, Director, Office 9, through Catherine Bertrand, Program 
Manager, from Julia Hancock, Senior Case Analyst: Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic 
of China: Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations, (September X, 
2008) (``Ministerial Error Memo'').
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    \3\ The Shaoxing Metal Companies are: Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal 
Manufactured Co., Ltd. (``Gangyuan''), Shaoxing Andrew Metal 
Manufactured Co., Ltd., and Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured 
Co., Ltd. (``Tongzhou'') and Company X.
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    Additionally, in the Final Determination, we determined that 
several companies qualified for a separate rate. See Final 
Determination, 73 FR 47590-47591. The separate rate was the simple 
average of the margins for Shanghai Wells and the Shaoxing Metal 
Companies, the mandatory respondents that received a calculated margin. 
Because the rates of Shanghai Wells and the Shaoxing Metal Companies 
have changed since the Final Determination, we have recalculated the 
separate rate. The separate rate is now 55.31 percent. See Memorandum 
to the File from Irene Gorelik, Analyst; Investigation of Steel Wire 
Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Final Simple-
Averaged Margin for Separate Rate Companies, dated concurrent with this 
Federal Register notice.
    Moreover, as a result of the Department's correction of this 
ministerial error, we note that the PRC-Wide entity rate must also be 
revised. In the Final Determination, the Department stated that ``as 
the single PRC-Wide rate, we have taken the simple average of: A) the 
weighted-average \4\ of the calculated rates for the Shaoxing Metal 
Companies and Shanghai Wells, and B) a simple average of petition rates 
based on U.S. prices and normal values within the range of the U.S. 
prices and normal values calculated for the Shaoxing Metal Companies 
and Shanghai Wells.'' See Final Determination, 73 FR at 47591. We have 
continued using this methodology but due to the correction of the 
ministerial error, the resulting single rate applicable to the PRC-Wide 
entity is 187.25 percent. This rate applies to all entries of the 
merchandise under investigation with the exception of those entries 
from Shanghai Wells, the Shaoxing Metal Companies, and the separate-
rate recipients. See Memorandum to the File from Irene Gorelik, Senior 
Analyst; Investigation of Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's 
Republic of China: Corroboration Memorandum for the Amended Final 
Determination, dated concurrent with this Federal Register notice.
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    \4\ In the Final Determination, the Department inadvertently 
stated weighted-average rather than simple-average.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act, we are 
amending the final determination of sales at LTFV in the antidumping 
duty investigation of steel wire garment hangers from the PRC. After 
correcting this ministerial error, the revised final weighted-average 
dumping margins are as follows:

    Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the PRC--Amended Dumping Margins
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                                                       Weighted-average
                 Exporter & producer                     deposit rate
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Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd......................              15.83%
Shaoxing Metal Companies:
    Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd...               94.78
    Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd.....  ..................
    Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd...  ..................
Company ``X''.......................................  ..................
Jiangyin Hongji Metal Products Co., Ltd.............               55.31
Shaoxing Meideli Metal Hanger Co., Ltd..............               55.31
Shaoxing Dingli Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd.........               55.31
Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd........               55.31
Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd........               55.31
Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd.........               55.31
Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd................               55.31
Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd.....               55.31
Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd.........               55.31
Ningbo Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd.................               55.31
Jiaxing Boyi Medical Device Co., Ltd................               55.31
Yiwu Ao-Si Metal Products Co., Ltd..................               55.31
Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., Ltd.........               55.31

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PRC-Wide Rate \5\...................................              187.25
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to continue to 
suspend liquidation on all entries of subject merchandise from the PRC. 
We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits or the posting of a 
bond equal to the estimated amount by which the normal value exceeds 
the U.S. price as indicated in the chart above. These instructions 
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ The PRC-Wide entity includes Tianjin Hongtong Metal 
Manufacture Co. Ltd.
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    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: September 8, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-21468 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am]
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