Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC) made sales of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2023, through October 31, 2024.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69818-69820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22623]


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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; 2023-2024

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC) made sales of certain 
aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) at less 
than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2023, 
through October 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable November 5, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 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 May 6, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2023-2024 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on aluminum foil from Oman, and invited 
interested parties to comment.\1\ On June 26, 2026, the Aluminum 
Association Trade Enforcement Working Group and its individual members 
(collectively, the petitioners) and OARC submitted their case 
briefs.\2\ On July 6, 2026, the petitioners and OARC submitted rebuttal 
briefs.\3\ On August 27, 2026, October 2, 2026, and October 23, 2026, 
Commerce extended the deadline for issuing these final results.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024, 91 FR 24515 (May 6, 2026) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Affirmative Case 
Brief,'' dated June 26, 2026; see also OARC's Letter, ``OARC's Case 
Brief,'' dated June 26, 2026.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Case 
Brief,'' dated July 6, 2026; see also OARC's Letter, ``OARC's 
Rebuttal Brief,'' dated July 6, 2026.
    \4\ See Memoranda, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 27, 2026; 
``Second Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review,'' dated October 2, 2026; and ``Third 
Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 23, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that followed the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ 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, which 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman; 2023-2024,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order <SUP>6</SUP>
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    \6\ 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 scope of the Order covers aluminum foil from Oman. For a full

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description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the 
issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided as 
an appendix to this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, and for the reasons 
explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made changes from 
the Preliminary Results.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    For these final results, we determine that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period November 1, 2023, 
through October 31, 2024:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC.........................        0.76
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations 
performed for these final results of review 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 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)(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 final results of 
this review.
    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 these 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).\7\ 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.\8\ 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.\9\ 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.\10\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ Id.
    \10\ 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.\11\
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    \11\ 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 each specific 
company listed above 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 rates 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).\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \12\ 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 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 final 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).


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    Dated: November 2, 2026.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether OARC Separately Negotiated or Received 
Freight Revenue
    Comment 2: Freight Revenue Offset Calculation Methodology
    Comment 3: Whether To Change Sohar's Reported Cost of Production 
(COP)
    Comment 4: Whether To Apply Partial Adverse Facts Available 
(AFA) for OARC's Missing Market Benchmark
    Comment 5: Whether To Adjust OARC's COP
    Comment 6: Whether To Apply Partial AFA to OARC's U.S. Sales 
Reporting
VI. Recommendation

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