Notice2026-10525
Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 27, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the People's Republic of China (China) to correct a ministerial error. The period of review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31423-31425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10525]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-053]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China:
Amended Final 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) is amending the
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the People's
Republic of China (China) to correct a ministerial error. The period of
review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable May 27, 2026.
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 16, 2026, Commerce published the Final Results of the
2023-2024 administrative review of the AD order on aluminum foil from
China.\1\ On April 21, 2026, we received a timely filed ministerial
error allegation from the Aluminum Association Trade
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Enforcement Working Group,\2\ the petitioners.\3\ As we agree with the
allegations, we are amending the Final Results to correct certain
ministerial errors raised by the petitioners.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2023-2024, 91 FR 20405 (April 16, 2026) (Final Results), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
\2\ The Aluminum Association Trade Enforcement Working Group's
constituent members are JW Aluminum Company, Novelis Corporation,
and Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC (collectively, the petitioners).
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Comments on a
Ministerial Error in the Final Results Margin Calculations,'' dated
April 21, 2026 (Petitioners' Ministerial Error Allegation).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis of Ministerial Error
Allegations,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Ministerial
Error Memorandum).
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Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
defines a ``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
unintentional error which the administering authority considers
ministerial.'' \5\ With respect to final results of administrative
reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any . . . ministerial
error by amending the final results of review. . .''
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Errors
In the ministerial error comments, the petitioners alleged that
Commerce made a ministerial error in its calculation of a surrogate
value for selling, general and administrative (SG&A), and interest
expenses.\6\ We agree that we made a ministerial error regarding the
calculation of a surrogate value for SG&A, and interest expenses in the
Final Results, pursuant to section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(f), and have amended our calculations to correct this error.\7\
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\6\ See Petitioners' Ministerial Error Allegation.
\7\ See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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For a complete discussion of the ministerial error allegation, as
well as Commerce's analysis, see the Ministerial Error Memorandum. The
Ministerial Error Memorandum is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered
users as <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>.
Amended Final Results of Review
As a result of correcting the ministerial error described above, we
determine that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins
for the respondents and companies receiving a separate rate 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 26.60
Co., 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./ 29.89
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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Companies Receiving a Separate Rate
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Dong-IL Aluminium Co., Ltd..................... 28.01
Eastern Valley Co., Ltd........................ 28.01
Korea Aluminium Co., Ltd....................... 28.01
Lotte Aluminium Co., Ltd....................... 28.01
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd.......... 28.01
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Disclosure
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), we intend to disclose to parties in
this proceeding the calculations performed for these amended final
results within five days of the publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final
results of this review. The amended final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the amended final results of this review and for
future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\8\
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\8\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Where Dingsheng \9\ and Zhongji \10\ 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).\11\ 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.\12\ Where an importer- (or customer-)
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.\13\ Where an importer- (or
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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.\14\
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\9\ Dingsheng, collectively, consists of Jiangsu Dingsheng New
Materials Joint-Stock Co., 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.; and Thai Ding Li New Materials
Co., Ltd. See Memorandum, ``Dingsheng Final Results Analysis
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
\10\ Zhongji, collectively, consists of Jiangsu Zhongji
Lamination Materials Co., Ltd.; 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.; and Sichuan Wanshun Zhongji Aluminium Industry
Co., Ltd.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\12\ Id.
\13\ Id.
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the amended 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 amended cash deposit requirements will be effective
upon publication of the final results of this review for shipments of
the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for subject
merchandise exported by the companies listed above that have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in these
amended final results of review for each exporter as listed above; (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. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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 (APO)
This notice also serves as a 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, which continues to govern business proprietary information in
this segment of the proceeding. 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 which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 15, 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.
[FR Doc. 2026-10525 Filed 5-26-26; 8:45 am]
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