Notice2025-17283
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
September 9, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a producer and exporter of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43412-43413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17283]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-523-816]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a producer and exporter of certain
aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman)
received countervailable subsidies during the period of review January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable September 9, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 13, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On
May 16, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of
this administrative review.\2\ The deadline for these final results is
now September 5, 2025. For a complete description of the events that
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2022, 89 FR 100971 (December 13, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 16, 2025.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order on Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman;
2022,'' 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 this Order is aluminum foil.\4\ For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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\4\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 62782
(November 12, 2021) (Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received
Commerce addressed all issues raised in interested parties' case
and rebuttal briefs in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues raised by parties, to which Commerce responded in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, is provided as an appendix to this notice. 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 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we find
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that
the subsidy is specific.\5\ For a complete description of the
methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, including our
reliance on facts otherwise available, including adverse facts
available (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ 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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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results and Post-
Preliminary Analysis,\6\ and for the reasons explained in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, we made one modification to our upstream
subsidy analysis for these final results of review.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for
the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman,'' dated May 14,
2025 (Post-Preliminary Analysis).
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Final Results of Administrative Review
We determine that the following net countervailable subsidy rate
exists for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
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\7\ Commerce found that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC is
cross-owned with Sohar Paper Cores LLC, Takamul Investment Company
LLC, and OQ SAOC.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC \7\................. 10.88
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed for these final results of review within five days after the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review, for the above-listed companies at the applicable ad
valorem assessment rates listed. 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
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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
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the companies subject to
this review for shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the final results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed
companies, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or
all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash
deposits, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final 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). 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 terms of an APO
is a violation subject to sanction.
Notice to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: September 3, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Upstream Subsidy Analysis
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether a First-Tier Comparison Price Is on the
Record
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Use UN Comtrade
Prices
Comment 3: Whether the Benchmark Should Include Ocean Freight
and Import Duties
IX. Recommendation
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