Notice2025-14935
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Kingdom of Bahrain: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
August 6, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain). The period of review (POR) is April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily finds that the producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37840-37842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-525-001]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Kingdom of Bahrain:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on common
alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the Kingdom of Bahrain
(Bahrain). The period of review (POR) is April 1, 2023, through March
31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily finds that the producer/exporter
subject to this administrative review made sales of subject merchandise
at prices below normal value during the POR. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Williams AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5166.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 7, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
order on aluminum sheet from Bahrain.\1\ On April 1, 2024, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order for the POR.\2\ On June 12, 2024,
based on timely requests for an administrative review, Commerce
initiated this administrative review with respect to one company, Gulf
Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO).\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative review by seven
days.\4\ On November 21, 2024, we extended the deadline to issue these
preliminary results until May 7, 2025.\5\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain administrative deadlines in this administrative review
by an additional 90 days.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline for these
preliminary results is now August 5, 2025. For a complete description
of the events that occurred since the initiation of this review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil,
Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania,
Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 22139 (April 27, 2021)
(Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 22390, 22391
(April 1, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 49844, 49846 (June 12, 2024)
(Initiation Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
November 21, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Common Alloy
Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is aluminum sheet from
Bahrain. For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
We calculated export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act,
and we calculated normal value in accordance with section 773 of the
Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included
as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
a public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement
and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2023, through March 31,
2024:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Producer and/or exporter margin
(percent)
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Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C...................... 15.74
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to interested
parties in the preliminary results of this administrative review within
five days
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of the public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days after publication of this notice.\8\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\9\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested
parties to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after
the date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this administrative review
must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a
table of authorities.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results of this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce via ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain:
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing
will be limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the date,
time, and location of the hearing.\14\ Parties should confirm the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled hearing
date.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, including the results of
its analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise
covered by this review.\15\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the
final results of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-
specific assessment rate for antidumping duties based on the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined
sales and the total entered value of those same sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\16\ If the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis in the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\17\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\17\ Id., 77 FR at 8103; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
individually examined respondent for which it did not know that the
merchandise was destined to the United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate these entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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\18\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\19\ We intend to issue assessment
instructions regarding the individually examined respondent to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results
of this review 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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\19\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the final results
of this administrative review for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the individually examined
respondent listed above will be that established in the final results
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for merchandise exported by companies not covered in this review but
covered in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the
completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the investigation
but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established in the most recently completed segment for the producer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 4.83 percent, the all-others rate
established in the
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investigation.\20\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\20\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an
increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the
countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results of
this administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 1, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-14935 Filed 8-5-25; 8:45 am]
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