Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2025-2026

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026. Commerce preliminarily determines that the exporter subject to this review is part of the China-wide entity because it did not establish eligibility for a separate rate. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69813-69815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-073]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2025-
2026

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on common 
alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the People's Republic of 
China (China). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2025, through 
January 31, 2026. Commerce preliminarily determines that the exporter 
subject to this review is part of the China-wide entity because it did 
not establish eligibility for a separate rate. Interested parties are 
invited to

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comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable November 5, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mason Harkleroad, 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) 482-0905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published the AD order on CAAS from 
China in the Federal Register.\1\ On February 2, 2026, Commerce 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the order pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act).\2\ On March 31, 2026, based on a timely request 
for review, we initiated an administrative review of the AD order on 
aluminum sheet from China for Yantai Jintai International Trade Co., 
Ltd. (Yantai Jintai) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).\3\
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    \1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the People's Republic 
of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 2813 (February 8, 2019) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 91 FR 4500 (February 2, 
2026).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 91 FR 15951 (March 31, 2026) (Initiation 
Notice).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the scope of this Order is aluminum sheet 
from China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
the appendix to this notice.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 
351.213.

Separate Rates

    Yantai Jintai did not submit evidence of its eligibility for 
separate rate status. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Yantai 
Jintai is not eligible for a separate rate in this administrative 
review and is part of the China-wide entity.

The China-Wide Entity

    Under Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-
wide entity, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a 
party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of 
the entity.\4\ Because no party requested a review of the China-wide 
entity, the entity is not under review, and the entity's rate (i.e., 
59.72 percent) \5\ is not subject to change. Because Yantai Jintai did 
not demonstrate its eligibility for a separate rate, we preliminarily 
consider Yantai Jintai to be part of the China-wide entity.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \5\ See Order, 84 FR at 2814.
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in 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 the notice of preliminary results in the 
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 
because Commerce has preliminary determined Yantai Jintai to be part of 
the China-wide entity, there are no calculations to disclose.

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.\6\ 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.\7\ Interested parties who submit 
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a 
table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of 
authorities.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
    \7\ 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 Final Rule).
    \8\ 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.\9\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
public, executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the public, 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 public, 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).\10\
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    \9\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \10\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, 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.\11\ Parties 
should confirm the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled hearing date.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 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.
    If the preliminary results are unchanged for the final results, we 
will continue to treat Yantai Jintai as part of the China-wide entity, 
and instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 59.72 
percent to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were 
exported by this company.
    The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable.
    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 filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP

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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 cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative 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 sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for previously 
investigated or reviewed China and non-China exporters not covered by 
this review 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; (2) for all China exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
including Yantai Jintai, the cash deposit rate will be the existing 
rate for the China-wide entity of 59.72 percent; and (3) for all non-
China exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their 
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
China exporter that supplied that non-China exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 
CFR 351.221(b)(4).

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

Appendix

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is aluminum common alloy 
sheet (common alloy sheet), which is a flat-rolled aluminum product 
having a thickness of 6.3 mm or less, but greater than 0.2 mm, in 
coils or cut-to-length, regardless of width. Common alloy sheet 
within the scope of the Order includes both not clad aluminum sheet, 
as well as multi-alloy, clad aluminum sheet. With respect to not 
clad aluminum sheet, common alloy sheet is manufactured from a 1XXX-
, 3XXX-, or 5XXX-series alloy as designated by the Aluminum 
Association. With respect to multi-alloy, clad aluminum sheet, 
common alloy sheet is produced from a 3XXX-series core, to which 
cladding layers are applied to either one or both sides of the core.
    Common alloy sheet may be made to ASTM specification B209-14, 
but can also be made to other specifications. Regardless of 
specification, however, all common alloy sheet meeting the scope 
description is included in the scope. Subject merchandise includes 
common alloy sheet that has been further processed in a third 
country, including but not limited to annealing, tempering, 
painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, 
or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the 
merchandise from the scope of the Order if performed in the country 
of manufacture of the common alloy sheet.
    Excluded from the scope of these Order is aluminum can stock, 
which is suitable for use in the manufacture of aluminum beverage 
cans, lids of such cans, or tabs used to open such cans. Aluminum 
can stock is produced to gauges that range from 0.200 mm to 0.292 
mm, and has an H-19, H-41, H-48, H-39, or H-391 temper. In addition, 
aluminum can stock has a lubricant applied to the flat surfaces of 
the can stock to facilitate its movement through machines used in 
the manufacture of beverage cans. Aluminum can stock is generally 
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055; however, the 
written description of aluminum can stock covered by the scope 
exclusion set forth above is dispositive, regardless of HTSUS 
classification.
    Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is 
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual 
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions 
set for the above.
    Common alloy sheet is currently classifiable under HTSUS 
subheadings 7606.11.3060, 7606.11.6000, 7606.12.3090, 7606.12.6000, 
7606.91.3090, 7606.91.6080, 7606.92.3090, and 7606.92.6080. Further, 
merchandise that falls within the scope of the Order may also be 
entered into the United States under HTSUS subheadings 7606.11.3030, 
7606.12.3030, 7606.91.3060, 7606.91.6040, 7606.92.3060, 
7606.92.6040, 7607.11.9090. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the Order is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2026-22624 Filed 11-4-26; 8:45 am]
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