US rescinds review of antidumping duty on Vietnam’s steel wire garment hangers

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Hanoi (VNA) – The US Departmentof Commerce (DOC) recently published in a Federal Register a notice ofrescinding administrative review of the antidumping duty on steel wire garmenthangers imported from Vietnam for the period of February 1, 2016 - December 31,2017, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Competition Authority.

Earlier on April 10, 2017, basedon the request for review by petitioner M&B Metal Products Company, Inc, theDOC announced the initiation of an administrative review of the above products,which covers 66 Vietnamese exporters.

On April 24, 2017, the petitionerwithdrew its request for the review on all 66 companies listed in theInitiation Notice.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213, theDOC will rescind the review if the relevant party withdraws its request within90 days of the notice publication.

In this case, the petitionertimely withdrew its request, and no other party requested a review.

Accordingly, antidumping dutieson imported shipments during the above period will equal to the cash deposit ofestimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawalfrom warehouse for consumption.

According to the CompetitionAuthority, Vietnam’s steel garment hangers have been subject to respectiveanti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes of 157 – 220.68 percent and 31.58-90.42percent imposed by the DOC.-VNA

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