Notice2025-15138
Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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August 8, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers and/or exporters made sales of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) at below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of this review.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38449-38453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15138]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-053]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary 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) preliminarily
determines that certain producers and/or exporters made sales of
certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) at below normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results
of this review.
DATES: Applicable August 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Waddell, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1369.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 19, 2018, Commerce published the sales at less-than-fair-
value order on aluminum foil from China.\1\ On April 1, 2025, Commerce
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the Order, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act).\2\ On June 12, 2024, in response to review
requests from interested parties, Commerce published the notice of
initiation of an administrative review of the Order covering 24
companies.\3\ On July 22, 2024, and December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days and
90 days, respectively.\4\ Between February 27, and July 16, 2025,
Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this
review until August 5, 2025.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of
China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 17362 (April 19, 2018) (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 15157 (March 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 49848 (June 12, 2024); see also
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 88 FR 51271 (August 3, 2023) which includes a previously
omitted company, ``Manakin Industries, LLC,'' as a respondent in
this administrative review.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Certain Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22,
2024; see also ``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 February
27, 2025; ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 20, 2025;
``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated July 16, 2025.
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For a summary of the events that occurred since the initiation of
this review and the analysis for these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision memorandum is provided as Appendix II 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="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>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2023-2024 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is aluminum foil from China.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Determination
Consistent with Commerce's treatment of: (1) Jiangsu Dingsheng New
Materials Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.; (2) Dingsheng Aluminium Industries
(Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited (Dingsheng Aluminium); (3) Hangzhou
Dingsheng Import&Export Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Dingsheng); (4) Hangzhou
Five Star Aluminium Co., Ltd (Hangzhou Five Star); (5) Hangzhou Teemful
Aluminium Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Teamful); (6) Inner Mongolia Liansheng
New Energy Material Co. (Inner Mongolia Liansheng); and (7) Inner
Mongolia Xinxing New Energy Material Co., Ltd. (Inner Mongolia Xinxing)
in a prior
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segment of this proceeding,\7\ we have continued to find that these
companies are affiliated entities, pursuant to sections 771(33)(E) and
(F) of the Act, and that they should be treated as a single entity
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401 (f)(1)-(2). In this review, we are
additionally preliminarily finding: Dingheng New Materials Co., Ltd.
(Dingheng); and Thai Ding Li New Materials Co., Ltd. (Thai Ding Li)
affiliated with the companies identified above, pursuant to sections
771(33)(E) and (F) of the Act, and that they should be treated as part
of the single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2). For more
information, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\7\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Aluminum Foil
from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less-than-Fair-Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858 (November 2, 2017) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
16-18, unchanged in Certain Aluminum Foil from China: Final
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5,
2018) (Final Determination) and Certain Aluminum Foil from the
People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less-than-Fair-Value, 83 FR 17362 (April 19, 2018) (Amended Final
Determination). We find that record evidence supports continuing to
treat these companies as a collapsed entity in this administrative
review. See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing
Memorandum for Dingheng New Materials Co., Ltd.,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Consistent with Commerce's treatment of: (1) Jiangsu Zhongji
Lamination Materials Co., Ltd. (Zhongji); (2) Jiangsu Huafeng Aluminium
Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Huafeng); and (3) Jiangsu Zhongji
Lamination Materials Co., (HK) Limited (Zhongji HK) in a prior segment
of this proceeding,\8\ we have continued to find that these companies
are affiliated entities, pursuant to sections 771(33)(E) and (F) of the
Act, and that they should be treated as a single entity, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.401(f)(1)-(2). In this review, we are additionally
preliminarily finding that: (1) Anhui Zhongji Battery Foil Sci&Tech
Co., Ltd. (Anhui Zhongji); (2) Anhui Maximum Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Anhui
Maximum); and (3) Sichuan Wanshun Zhongji Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd.
(Sichuan Wanshun) are affiliated with the companies identified above,
pursuant to sections 771(33)(E) and (F) of the Act, and that they
should be treated as a single entity, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)-
(2). For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\8\ See Preliminary Determination PDM at 16-18, unchanged in
Final Determination and Amended Final Determination. We find that
record evidence in this administrative review supports continuing to
treat these companies as a single entity. See Memorandum,
``Preliminary Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Jiangsu
Zhongji Lamination Materials, Co., Ltd.,'' dated concurrently with
this notice (Zhongji's Preliminary Affiliation Memorandum).
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Separate Rates
In the Initiation Notice, we informed parties that all firms for
which a non-market economy review was initiated that wished to qualify
for separate rate status must complete, as appropriate, either a
separate rate application (SRA) or a separate rate certification
(SRC).\9\ Commerce preliminarily determines that: (1) Dingheng; \10\
(2) Zhongji; \11\ (3) Dong-IL Aluminium Co., Ltd. (Dong-IL); (4)
Eastern Valley Co., Ltd. (Eastern Valley); (5) Korea Aluminium Co.,
Ltd. (Korea Aluminium); (6) Lotte Aluminium Co., Ltd. (Lotte); and (7)
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd. (Xiamen Xiashun) are eligible to
receive a separate rate.\12\
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\9\ See Initiation Notice, 89 FR 49845.
\10\ Because Commerce preliminarily determines that Dingheng
should be treated as a single entity with: (1) Dingsheng, (2)
Hangzhou Dingsheng, (3) Dingsheng Aluminium, (4) Hangzhou Teemful,
(5) Hangzhou Five Star, (6) Inner Mongolia Liansheng, (7) Inner
Mongolia Xinxing/Dingheng New Materials Co., Ltd., and (8) Thai Ding
Li, these companies are all eligible for the same separate rate. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\11\ Commerce preliminarily determines that: (1) Zhongji; (2)
Zhongji HK; (3) Jiangsu Huafeng; (4) Anhui Zhongji; (5) Anhui
Maximum; and (6) Sichuan Wanshun are a single entity and are thus
eligible for the same separate rate. See Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\12\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Calculation of the Separate Rate
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address what dumping
margin to apply to respondents that are not selected for individual
examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)
of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the dumping margin for
respondents that are not individually examined in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is
normally ``equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted
average dumping margins established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis dumping
margins, and any dumping margins determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available{time} .''
In these preliminary results, we calculated rates for Dingsheng and
Zhongji that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
available. Therefore, the rates of Dingsheng and Zhongji are applicable
to companies not selected for individual examination but eligible for a
separate rate. However, because there are only two relevant weighted-
average dumping margins for these preliminary results, using a weighted
average of these two rates risks disclosure of business proprietary
information (BPI). We therefore compared a weighted-average of the
rates calculated for Dingsheng and Zhongji using publicly ranged
quantity and value data with BPI data as well as a simple average of
the respondents' calculated rates.\13\ For the reasons explained in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we are assigning a 26.94 percent rate
to the non-individually examined companies which qualify for a separate
rate in this review, consistent with Commerce's practice and section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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\13\ Id.; see also Appendix I.
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China-Wide Entity
In the Initiation Notice, Commerce stated exporters and producers
who submit an SRA or SRC and are subsequently chosen as mandatory
respondents will no longer be eligible for a separate rate if they do
not respond to all parts of the questionnaire.\14\ Commerce initially
chose Shanghai Shenyan Packaging Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Shenyan) as a
mandatory respondent,\15\ but it withdrew from participation and did
not respond to all parts of the questionnaire \16\ Therefore, we
preliminarily find it is ineligible for a separate rate and is
preliminarily considered to be part of the China-wide entity.\17\
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\14\ See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 49846.
\15\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated August 1,
2024.
\16\ See Shanghai Shenyan's Letters, ``Notice of Intent Not to
Participate,'' dated August 27, 2024; and ``Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated August 27, 2024.
\17\ See Appendix I.
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Commerce also preliminarily determines that, after failing to
submit an SRA or SRC, (1) Dongwon Systems Corp. (Dongwon); (2)
Gr[auml]nges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Gr[auml]nges); (3) Sama
Aluminium Co Ltd, (Sama); and (4) Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Co.,
Ltd. (Shanghai Shenhuo) are not eligible for a separate rate and are,
therefore, considered part of the China-wide entity.\18\
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\18\ Id.
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Under Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the
China-wide entity, the China-wide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a
review of the entity.\19\
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Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in this
review, the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate (i.e.,
105.80 percent) is not subject to change.\20\
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\19\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\20\ See Order.
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Preliminary Negative Determination of No Shipments
Anhui Zhongji \21\ and Jiangsu Huafeng \22\ reported no shipments
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. In the
underlying investigation, Commerce collapsed Jiangsu Huafeng with
Zhongji, and Zhongji HK \23\ one of which had entries during the POR.
Furthermore, Zhongji reported that Anhui Zhongji is an affiliated
company involved in the production of subject merchandise.\24\ Because
a company within the Anhui Zhongji and Jiangsu Huafeng ``single
entity'' had shipments that entered during the POR, we consider all
companies within the Anhui Zhongji and Jiangsu Huafeng ``single
entity'' to have made shipments that entered during the POR.
Accordingly, we are not making a preliminary determination of no
shipments with respect to Anhui Zhongji or Jiangsu Huafeng.
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\21\ See Anhui Zhongji's Letter, ``No-Shipment Certification of
Anhui Zhongji Battery Foil Sci&Tech Co., Ltd.,'' dated July 12,
2024.
\22\ See Jiangsu Huafeng's Letter, ``No-Shipment Certification
of Jiangsu Huafeng Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd.,'' dated July 12,
2024.
\23\ See Preliminary Determination and Final Determination.
\24\ See Zhongji's Preliminary Affiliation Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We calculated export prices in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Because Commerce has determined that China is a non-market economy
country \25\ within the meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, Commerce
calculated normal value in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying the preliminary
results of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\25\ See Preliminary Determination, unchanged in Final
Determination.
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Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2023, through
March 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co., 24.51
Ltd./Hangzhou Dingsheng Import&Export Co., Ltd./
Dingsheng Aluminium Industries (Hong Kong) Trading
Co., Limited/Hangzhou Teemful Aluminium Co., Ltd./
Hangzhou Five Star Aluminium Co., Ltd./Inner
Mongolia Liansheng New Energy Material Co., Ltd./
Inner Mongolia Xinxing New Energy Material Co.,
Ltd./Dingheng New Materials Co., Ltd./Thai Ding Li
New Materials Co., Ltd.............................
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd./ 30.17
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., (HK)
Limited/Jiangsu Huafeng Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd./
Anhui Zhongji Battery Foil Sci&Tech Co., Ltd./Anhui
Maximum Aluminum Co., Ltd./Sichuan Wanshun Zhongji
Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd........................
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Non-Examined Companies Receiving a Separate Rate \26\
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Dong-IL Aluminium Co., Ltd.......................... 26.94
Eastern Valley Co., Ltd............................. 26.94
Korea Aluminium Co., Ltd............................ 26.94
Lotte Aluminium Co., Ltd............................ 26.94
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd............... 26.94
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Disclosure
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\26\ See Appendix I.
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days after public
announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\27\ 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.\28\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\29\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\27\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\28\ 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).
\29\ 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 briefs 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.\30\ 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 determination in this investigation. 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).\31\
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\30\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\31\ 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, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined.
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written
briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication date of this
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless otherwise
extended.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, upon issuance
of the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\32\ Commerce intends 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 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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\32\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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For Dingheng and Zhongji, Commerce intends to calculate importer or
customer-specific assessment rates, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\33\ Where the respondent reported reliable entered
values, Commerce intends to calculate importer or customer-specific ad
valorem assessment rates by aggregating the amount of dumping
calculated for all U.S. sales to the importer or customer and dividing
this amount by the total entered value of the merchandise sold to the
importer or customer.\34\ Where the respondent did not report entered
values, Commerce will calculate importer or customer-specific
assessment rates by dividing the amount of dumping for reviewed sales
to the importer or customer by the total quantity of those sales.
Commerce will calculate an estimated ad valorem importer or customer-
specific assessment rate to determine whether the per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use the per-unit assessment
rate where entered values were not reported.\35\ Where an importer or
customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation. Where either the respondent's weighted average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer or customer-
specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\36\
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\33\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77FR 8101 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification).
\34\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\35\ Id.
\36\ See Final Modification, 77 FR at 8103.
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Commerce will base the assessment rate of any company not selected
for individual examination that qualifies for a separate rate on the
weighted-average dumping margin that it calculates for Dingheng and
Zhongji in the final results of this review.\37\
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\37\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
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Pursuant to Commerce's refinement to its practice, for sales that
were not reported in the U.S. sales database submitted by an exporter
individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to
liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the dumping margin for the
China-wide entity.\38\ Additionally, where Commerce determines that an
exporter under review had no shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR, any suspended entries of subject
merchandise that entered under that exporter's CBP case number during
the POR will be liquidated at the dumping margin for the China-wide
entity.
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\38\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14,
2012).
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For the final results, if we continue to treat: (1) Dongwon; (2)
Gr[auml]nges; (3) Sama; (4) Shanghai Shenyan; and (5) Shanghai Shenhuo
as part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad
valorem assessment rate of 105.80 percent to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which were exported by these companies. The
final results of this 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.
Commerce intends 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 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
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the exporters listed above will
be that established in the final results of this 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 previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and
non-Chinese exporters not listed above that received a separate rate in
a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the
China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied
that non-Chinese exporter.\39\ These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\39\ See Order.
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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 by interested parties in the written
comments, within 120 after the date of publication of these preliminary
results in the Federal Register.\40\
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their
responsibility under
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19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review period. 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
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 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 I
Non-Selected Companies Receiving a Separate Rate
1. Dong-IL Aluminium Co., Ltd.
2. Eastern Valley Co., Ltd.
3. Korea Aluminium Co., Ltd.
4. Lotte Aluminium Co., Ltd.
5. Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.
Companies Determined To Be Part of the China-Wide Entity
1. Dongwon Systems Corp.
2. Gr[auml]nges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
3. Sama Aluminium Co Ltd.
4. Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd.
5. Shanghai Shenyan Packaging Co., Ltd.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for Export Subsidies
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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