• Effective Date: May 16, 2013
  • Period of Review: Oct 01, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: May 16, 2013
  • Cite as: 78 FR 28803 • Cite date: May 16, 2013

1. This is a correction to message 3200301, dated 07/19/2013, to add two paragraphs that were inadvertently omitted from that message and to add the relevant case number to the header line.

2. Message 3200301 did not contain liquidation instructions for two exporters from Vietnam we determined circumvented the order on steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China (PRC), Paragraphs 7 and 8 contain the company specific liquidation instructions for two companies omitted from message 3200301. In addition, the relevant case number for Vietnam has been added to the header of this message. Below is the fully corrected message.

3. This is a correction to message 3163303, dated 06/12/2013, to correct certain aspects of paragraph 2. In particular, this correction is being made to add additional case numbers A-570-918-007, A-570-918-008, A-570-918-009, A-570-918-011, A-570-918-024, and A-570-918-028 under which entries of steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China that were exported by Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., and Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd. entered the United States during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011.

4. Paragraph 2 of message 3163303 contains incomplete information about the case numbers under which entries of steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China that were exported by Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd., and Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd. entered the United States during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011. Below is the fully corrected message.

5. For all shipments of steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China exported by the People's Republic of China-wide entity (A-570-918-000) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011, assess an antidumping liability equal to 187.25 percent of the entered value of subject merchandise.

6. In the previous administrative review (see 77 FR 12553, 03/01/2012), Commerce determined that exporters Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd. and Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd. were no longer eligible for a separate rate and were considered part of the PRC-wide entity. However, entries may have continued to enter under the respective case numbers A-570-918-006, A-570-918-010, A-570-918-024, and A-570-918-028 during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011.

In Commerce's final results, 78 FR 28803, 05/16/2013, Commerce continued to consider the following exporters as part of the People's Republic of China-wide entity.

Exporter: Shaoxing Liangbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd
Exporter: Pu Jiang County Command Metal Products Co., Ltd.

In Commerce's final results, Commerce also determined that the following exporters are no longer eligible for a separate rate and are considered part of the People's Republic of China-wide entity:

Exporter: Shaoxing Zhongbao Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd.
Exporter: Shangyu Baoxiang Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd.
Exporter: Zhejiang Lucky Cloud Hanger Co., Ltd.
Exporter: Shaoxing Shunji Metal Clotheshorse Co., Ltd.

Therefore, CBP shall liquidate entries of steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China which were exported by the firms listed above in this paragraph and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011 in accordance with the instructions in paragraph 3 above for the People's Republic of China-wide entity. Entries of such merchandise may have entered under the following case numbers:

A-570-918-006
A-570-918-007
A-570-918-008
A-570-918-009
A-570-918-010
A-570-918-011
A-570-918-024
A-570-918-025
A-570-918-026
A-570-918-027
A-570-918-028
A-570-918-029

7. On 10/28/2011, Commerce issued an affirmative determination of circumvention of the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the PRC (see 76 FR 66895). Accordingly, Commerce created case number A-552-809 to accommodate entries of merchandise classified as country of origin Vietnam for Customs purposes, but subject to the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the PRC. See message number 1312304, dated 11/08/2011.

8. In Commerce's final affirmative determination of circumvention, 76 FR 66895, 10/28/2011, Commerce determined that the following Vietnamese producers and/or exporters are subject to the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the PRC:

Producer and/or Exporter: Angang Clothes Rack Manufacture Co., Ltd.
Producer and/or Exporter: Quyky Yanglei International Co., Ltd.

Therefore, CBP shall liquidate entries of Chinese-origin steel wire garment hangers exported from Vietnam which were exported by the firms listed above in this paragraph and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 10/01/2010 through 9/30/2011 in accordance with the instructions in paragraph 5 above for the PRC entity. Entries of such merchandise may have entered under the following case numbers:

A-552-809-001
A-552-809-002

9. The notice of lifting of suspension of liquidation for entries of subject merchandise covered by Paragraphs 5, 6, and 8 occurred with the publication of the final results of administrative review (78 FR 28803, 05/16/2013). Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of steel wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China, you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties for the merchandise at the current cash deposit rates or per-unit amounts.

10. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.

11. The assessment of antidumping duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated antidumping duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated antidumping duties before the date of publication of the antidumping duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated an antidumping duty is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

12. Upon assessment of antidumping duties, CBP shall require that the importer provide a reimbursement statement, as described in section 351.402(f)(2) of Commerce's regulations. The importer should provide the reimbursement statement prior to liquidation of the entry. If the importer certifies that it has an agreement with the producer, seller, or exporter, to be reimbursed antidumping duties, CBP shall double the antidumping duties in accordance with the above referenced regulation. Additionally, if the importer does not provide the reimbursement statement prior to liquidation, reimbursement shall be presumed and CBP shall double the antidumping duties due. If an importer timely files a protest challenging the presumption of reimbursement and doubling of duties, consistent with CBP's protest process, CBP may accept the reimbursement statement filed with the protest to rebut the presumption of reimbursement.

13. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the call center for the office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OV:IG.)

14. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Sherri L. Hoffman