On Tuesday, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam.
The DOC determined that producers/exporters from Vietnam have sold steel wire garment hangers in the United States at dumping margins of 157 percent to 220.68 percent. The DOC also determined that producers/exporters from Vietnam have received countervailable subsidies of 31.58 percent to 90.42 percent.
In the AD investigation, the DOC found that mandatory respondent the TJ Group is denied a separate rate because it withdrew its participation from the investigation and, as such, is now considered part of the Vietnam-Wide Entity. The DOC continues to deny mandatory respondent South East Asia Hamico Export Joint Stock Corporation a separate rate because it failed to provide complete responses to Commerce's questionnaires. As such, Hamico is still considered part of the Vietnam-Wide Entity. For the final determination, the Vietnam-Wide Entity has received an adverse facts available rate of 220.68 percent, which is the highest petition rate. Three other exporters qualified for a separate rate of 157 percent, a simple average of all the petition rates.
In the CVD investigation, South East Asia Hamico Export Joint Stock Company, Nam A Hamico Export Joint Stock Company, and Linh Sa Hamico Company Limited and Infinite Industrial Hanger Limited and Supreme Hanger Company Limited were determined to have final subsidy rates of 31.58 percent and 90.42 percent, respectively. All other producers/exporters from Vietnam received a final subsidy rate of 31.58 percent.
The petitioners for this investigation are Leeds, Alabama-based M&B Metal Products Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana-based Innovative Fabrication LLC/ Indy Hanger and Gardena, California-based US Hanger Company, LLC.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the following categories of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 7323.99.9060, 7323.99.9080 and 7326.20.0020.