Notice2025-17682
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
September 12, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44162-44163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17682]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-815]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final 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) determines that
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) made sales of subject merchandise
at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November
1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable September 12, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Cipolla, 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) 482-4956.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 13, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results
and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ On December 9, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines by 90 days.\2\ On April 30, 2025, the
petitioners and OARC filed timely case briefs.\3\ On May 5, 2025, the
petitioners and OARC filed timely rebuttal briefs.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023, 89 FR 100976 (December 13, 2024) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024. As this
memorandum was issued after the Preliminary Results were signed, but
before they were published, these final results were tolled.
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Affirmative Case
Brief,'' dated April 30, 2025 (Petitioners' Case Brief); see also
OARC's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated April 30, 2025 (OARC's Case
Brief).
\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Case
Brief,'' dated May 5, 2025 (Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief); see also
OARC's Letter, ``OARC's Rebuttal Brief,'' dated May 5, 2025 (OARC's
Rebuttal Brief).
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On June 30, 2025, Commerce extended the deadline for these final
results by 60 days.\5\ The deadline for the final results of this
review is September 8, 2025. On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-
preliminary analysis in this administrative review and invited
interested parties to comment.\6\ We received no comments from
interested parties. For a complete description of the events that
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\7\ Commerce conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 30,
2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Aluminum Foil from
the Sultanate of Oman,'' dated July 18, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman; 2022-
2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>8</SUP>
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\8\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Republic of Armenia,
Brazil, the Sultanate of Oman, the Russian Federation, and the
Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 62790 (November
12, 2021) (Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is aluminum foil from Oman.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comment Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the
appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. 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>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from
parties we made changes to OARC's preliminary results margin
calculation. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists for the period November 3, 2022, through April 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company............................. 42.48
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these final results within five
days after public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
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
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (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). Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we
calculated importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rates by
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\9\ Where Commerce
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the total
amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total sales
quantity associated with those transactions, Commerce will direct CBP
to assess importer- (or customer-) specific assessment rates based on
the resulting per-unit rates.\10\ Where an importer- (or customer-)
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specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis (i.e.,
0.50 percent), Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate
duties at the time of liquidation.\11\ Where an importer- (or customer-
) specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, Commerce
will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\12\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\10\ Id.
\11\ Id.
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by OARC for which the
producer did not know that its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\13\
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\13\ 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 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 OARC will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin 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 previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating in
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 producer or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original 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 subject merchandise; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to
be the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation (i.e., 3.89 percent).\14\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\14\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, 86 FR
52876 (September 23, 2021).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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 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.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the 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 sanctionable
violation.
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 and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and
351.221(b)(5) of Commerce's regulations.
Dated: September 8, 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inference
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total Adverse Facts
Available (AFA) to OARC
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Include OARC's Cost Variances
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Adjust its Calculation of
OARC's Affiliated Purchases of Liquid Aluminum
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Erred in Its Calculation of the
Selling and Profit
Ratios Imputed to OARC
VII. Recommendation
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