Notice2024-25614
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Germany: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
November 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the exporter and producer subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87854-87855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25614]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-849]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Germany: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
exporter and producer subject to this administrative review made sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of
review (POR), April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable November 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, Office IV, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 25, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ On August
26, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of
review until October 29, 2024.\3\
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\1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 31724 (April 25, 2024) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,'' dated August
26, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from
Germany,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is common alloy aluminum sheet
(aluminum sheet) from Germany. For a full description of the scope of
the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that interested
parties filed in this administrative review are listed in the appendix
to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Services System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be assessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results of Review
We made no changes to the weighted-average dumping margin that we
calculated for Speira GmbH (Speira) in the Preliminary Results.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period, April 1, 2022, through March 31,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Speira GmbH \5\............................................. 6.44
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Disclosure
Because Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations from
the Preliminary Results,\6\ there are no new calculations to disclose
for these final results of review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\5\ Formerly known as Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH. See
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2022, 88 FR 30087 (May
10, 2023, unchanged in Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2022,
88 FR 77556 (November 13, 2023).
\6\ See Preliminary Results.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined in these final results of this
review, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for examined sales to each importer to the total
entered value of those sales. Where an importer-specific assessment
rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1),
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.
Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, for
subject merchandise that was entered into the United States, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the POR, that was
produced or exported by Speira GmbH for which Speira GmbH did not
report the sale in its U.S. sales database, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the all-others rate (i.e.,
49.40 percent) \7\ if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\8\
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\7\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 13318 (March
8, 2021).
\8\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this
notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Speira GmbH will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin listed in the ``Final Results of
Review'' section above; (2) for merchandise that was exported by a
company that is not under review and the company has a company-specific
cash deposit rate from a completed segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate
from a completed segment of the proceeding that is currently applicable
to the company; (3) if the exporter of the subject merchandise was not
covered by this review or a previously completed segment of this
proceeding, but the producer of the subject merchandise was covered,
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific cash
deposit rate from a completed segment of this proceeding that is
currently applicable to the producer of the subject merchandise; and
(4) if neither the exporter nor the producer of the subject merchandise
was covered by this review or a previously completed segment of this
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be 49.40 percent ad
valorem, the all-others rate established in the less than fair value
investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice 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 the presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
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 the terms of an APO is a violation
that is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of review and
this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 29, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Use Quarterly Costs
Comment 2: Speira's Reported Cost Variances
V. Recommendation
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