Notice2026-09458
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
May 13, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC), a producer and exporter of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27017-27019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09458]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-523-816]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to Oman
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC), a producer and exporter of
certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman
(Oman). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2023, through December
31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable May 13, 2026.
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 18, 2024, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order on aluminum foil from Oman
covering OARC.\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 102856, 102862 (December 18, 2024);
see also 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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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the
preliminary results in administrative reviews for which the opportunity
to request the review was published in November or December 2024, by 90
days.\2\ The opportunity notice to request this administrative review
was published on November 1, 2024.\3\ On September 2, 2025, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuance of the preliminary results of this
review.\4\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government
shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative proceedings by 47 days,\5\ and, due to a backlog of
documents that were electronically filed via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on
November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by an additional 21 days.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline for
these preliminary results is now May 7, 2026.
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\3\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 89 FR 87338, 87339 (November 1, 2024).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2023,'' dated
September 2, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided as the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain
Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman; 2023,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is aluminum foil from Oman. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce
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preliminarily determines 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 facts otherwise available with adverse inferences pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Preliminary Decision
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
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rate exists for the POR, January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC \9\.................. 14.15
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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).
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\9\ Commerce preliminarily determines 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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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.\10\ 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.\11\ Interested parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\12\ 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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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\11\ 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 Procedures).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\13\ 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).\14\
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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 whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing.\15\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, must be filed via ACCESS.\16\ An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety in ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\17\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP regarding
OARC 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
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.107(e),
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties 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, as follows:
(1) the cash deposit rate for the company listed above will be equal to
the company-specific estimated individual countervailable subsidy rates
determined 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) if both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise have
company-specific estimated subsidy rates assigned, and their rates
differ, then the applicable cash deposit rate will be the higher of
these two rates; (3) if either the producer or the exporter, but not
both, of the subject merchandise has a company-specific estimated
subsidy rate assigned, the applicable cash deposit rate will be that
company's company-specific rate; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers and exporters will be continue to be 1.93 percent, the
all-others subsidy rate established in the investigation.\18\ These
cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\18\ See Order, 86 FR at 62783.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of Commerce's 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).
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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 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 7, 2026.
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. Upstream Subsidy Analysis
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Recommendation
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