[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 194 (Monday, October 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58111-58112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23569]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-918]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from 
the People's Republic of China

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 People's Republic of China (``PRC''). On 
September 29, 2008, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative 
determination of material injury to a U.S. industry. See Steel Wire 
Garment Hangers from China (Investigation No. 731-TA-1123 (Final), 
USITC Publication 4034, (September 2008)

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), the Department published the final 
determination and amended 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 Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 47587 (August 14, 
2008) (``Final Determination''); Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the 
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 53188 (September 15, 2008) (``Amended Final 
Determination'').

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise that is subject to this investigation 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/or whether or not fashioned with paper 
covers or capes (with or without printing) and/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. Specifically excluded from the scope of this 
investigation are wooden, plastic, and other garment hangers that are 
not made of steel wire. The products subject to this investigation are 
currently classified under HTSUS subheading 7326.20.0020 and 
7323.99.9060.
    Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On September 29, 2008, in accordance with section 735(d) of the 
Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination, 
pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value 
imports of subject merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, 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 certain steel nails from the PRC. These antidumping duties 
will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of steel wire garment 
hangers from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, for 
consumption on or after March 25, 2008, the date on which the 
Department published its Preliminary

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Determination. See Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China, 
73 FR 15726 (March 25, 2008) (``Preliminary Determination'').
    Effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers 
would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash 
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty 
margins as listed below. See section 735(c)(3) of the Act. The ``PRC-
wide'' rate applies to all exporters of subject merchandise not 
specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:

    Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the PRC - Amended Dumping Margins
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                                                            Weighted-
                  Exporter & Producer                    Average Deposit
---------------------------------------------------------------Rate-----
Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd.........................  15.83 [percnt]
Shaoxing Metal Companies:..............................
Shaoxing Gangyuan Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd..........  94.78 [percnt]
Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd............
Shaoxing Tongzhou Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd..........
Company ``X''..........................................
Jiangyin Hongji Metal Products Co., Ltd................  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Meideli Metal Hanger Co., Ltd.................  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Dingli Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd............  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd...........  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd...........  55.31 [percnt]
Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co. Ltd............  55.31 [percnt]
Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd...................  55.31 [percnt]
Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd........  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd............  55.31 [percnt]
Ningbo Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd....................  55.31 [percnt]
Jiaxing Boyi Medical Device Co., Ltd...................  55.31 [percnt]
Yiwu Ao-Si Metal Products Co., Ltd.....................  55.31 [percnt]
Shaoxing Guochao Metallic Products Co., Ltd............  55.31 [percnt]
PRC-Wide Rate\1\.......................................  187.25 [percnt]
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\1\ The PRC-Wide entity includes Tianjin Hongtong Metal Manufacture Co.
  Ltd.

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
steel wire garment hangers from the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's Central 
Records Unit, Room 1117 of the main Commerce building, for copies of an 
updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR351.211.

    Dated: September 29, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-23569 Filed 10-3-08; 8:45 am]
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