Notice2025-15134
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
August 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter of common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from Bahrain during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38447-38449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15134]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-525-002]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter
of common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from Bahrain during the
period of review (POR) from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom, 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) 482-5075.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 27, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on aluminum sheet from Bahrain.\1\ On June
12, 2024,
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Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of
an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce
tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven
days.\3\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by an additional 90 days.\4\ On March 10,
2025, Commerce extended the preliminary results by 120 days.\5\
Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results is now August 5,
2025.
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\1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain, India, and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 22144 (April
27, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 10,
2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://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>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain; 2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are aluminum sheet from Bahrain.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each subsidy program found countervailable, we preliminarily
find that there is a subsidy (i.e., a financial contribution by an
``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that
the subsidy is specific).\8\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on adverse
facts available pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the
Preliminary Determination Memorandum.
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\8\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminary determines that the following net
countervailable subsidy rate exists for the period January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill B.S.C....................... 4.16
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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 of the public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days after publication of this notice.\9\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Interested parties will be provided an opportunity to submit
written comments (i.e., case briefs) at a date to be determined by
Commerce, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c). 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 proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); 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 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 executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
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 must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily determined the subsidy rate in the
amount shown above for Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill B.S.C (GARMCO). Upon
completion of the administrative review, consistent with section
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
We intend to issue assessment instructions 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
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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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also
intends upon publication of the final results, to instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits of the estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts calculated in the final results of
this review for GARMCO listed above with regard to shipments of subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of the final results of this review. If
the rate calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, no cash
deposit will be required on shipments of the subject merchandise
entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this review.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 5, 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. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Benchmarks for Measuring the Adequacy of Remuneration
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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