Notice2025-15139
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
August 8, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) were made at less than 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38439-38440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15139]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-814]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman:
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) preliminarily
determines that common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the
Sultanate of Oman (Oman) were made at less than 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.
DATES: Applicable August 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, 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) 482-1167.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 27, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on aluminum sheet from Oman.\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
period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.\2\ On June 12, 2024,
based on a timely request for review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the
Order.\3\ Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) is the only company
subject to this review and thus is the sole mandatory respondent in
this administrative review. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ On
December 6, 2024, we extended the deadline for issuing the preliminary
results, in accordance with section of 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).\5\ On December 9, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by
an additional 90 days.\4\
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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 (April 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\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 December
6, 2024.
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For details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
A list of 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 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 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Common
Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Sultanate of Oman'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is aluminum sheet from Oman. For
a complete 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 Act. Commerce calculated export price in
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal value is calculated
in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period of April 1, 2023, through March
31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company............................. 35.03
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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.\7\ 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.\8\ 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.\9\ 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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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\8\ 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 Final Service Rule).
\9\ 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
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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.\10\ 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).\11\
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\10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\11\ 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, U.S. Department of Commerce
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case briefs. Oral presentations at the hearing will
be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the
hearing.\12\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\13\ The final results of this review
shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries
of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if OARC's weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent)
in the final results of this review, we intend to calculate importer-
specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the
ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales. If
OARC's weighted-average dumping margin in the final results is zero or
de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-
specific rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by OARC for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 5.29 percent) \15\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\16\
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\15\ See Order, 86 FR at 22142.
\16\ 16 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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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 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 company
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was
examined; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 5.29 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\17\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\17\ See Order, 86 FR at 22142.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce will issue the final results
of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their case briefs, not later than
120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 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 duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 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. Affiliation
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-15139 Filed 8-7-25; 8:45 am]
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