[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14185-14186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04956]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-918]
Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that
Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd., and Hong Kong Wells Ltd.
(collectively, Shanghai Wells) failed to demonstrate eligibility for
separate rate status during the period of review (POR), and these
companies, therefore, are a part of the China-wide entity. The POR is
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable March 11, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasun Moy, AD/CVD Operations, Office
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-8194.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 13, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on steel
wire garment hangers from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ We
invited interested parties to comment on these Preliminary Results. We
received no comments from interested parties. As such, these final
results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 68117 (December 13, 2019) (Preliminary
Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is steel wire garment
hangers.\2\ The products are currently classifiable under the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings:
7326.20.0020, 7323.99.9060, and 7323.99.9080. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written product description of the scope of the order remains
dispositive. For a full description of the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\2\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Steel Wire Garment
Hangers from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 58111 (October 6,
2008).
\3\ See PDM at section III.
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As noted
in the Preliminary Results, Shanghai Wells did not permit Commerce to
verify its questionnaire responses.\4\ Therefore, Commerce
preliminarily determined that Shanghai Wells is not eligible for a
separate rate and is therefore part of the China-wide entity. We
received no comments on the Preliminary Results, and, thus, we have no
basis for reconsidering this determination. Because there are no
changes for these final results from the Preliminary Results, there is
no accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 68118.
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Final Results of the Review
We continue to find that Shanghai Wells is not eligible for a
separate rate, and therefore it is part of the China-wide entity. The
rate previously established for the China-wide entity is 187.25 percent
\5\ and is not subject to change as a result of this review because no
party requested a review of the China-wide entity.\6\
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\5\ See Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 41480 (July 15, 2015), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Steel Wire Garment
Hangers from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2013-2014, 80 FR 69942
(November 12, 2015).
\6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and
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Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final
results of this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of the final results of this review in
the Federal Register.
We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at a rate of
187.25 percent for all entries of subject merchandise during the POR
which was exported by Shanghai Wells.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of
this notice, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For
previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters
of subject merchandise that have received a separate rate in a prior
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate,
including Shanghai Wells, the cash deposit rate will be the existing
cash deposit rate for the China-wide entity, i.e., 187.25 percent; and
(3) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not
received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese
exporter.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: March 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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