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China Hangers: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review

The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918) (here). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two exporters that was entered October 2013 through September 2014.

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Liquidation 'As Entered' for Entries from Exporters Not Subject to Review

Only the two exporters for which an administrative review was requested are covered by this review. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce ordered liquidation "as entered" for entries during the period of review from all exporters for which a review was not requested, in a message sent to CBP in December 2014 (here). It later issued rescinded the review for other companies, and ordered Commerce to liquidate their entries as well (here).

Cash Deposit Requirements

Once Commerce issues its final results, new AD duty cash deposit requirements may take effect for some companies, beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD duty cash deposit rates:

ExporterAD Rate (Prelim)
Shanghai Wells Hanger Co., Ltd., and Hong Kong Wells Ltd.33.24%
China-wide Entity*187.25%

*Preliminarily includes Ningbo Dasheng Hanger Ind. Co., Ltd.

Assessment Rates

As part of this administrative review, Commerce will also calculate final AD duty assessments on importers of subject merchandise exported by the companies under review that were entered between Oct. 1, 2013 and Nov. 30, 2014. If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Shanghai Wells and Hong Kong Wells will each be assigned importer-specific assessment rates.

(The period of review is 10/01/13 -- 09/30/14. See notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)

AD/CVD Operations contact -- Alexis Polovina (202) 482-3927

(Federal Register 07/15/15)