[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34649-34652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13720]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-968]


Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2010 
and 2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 
period of review (POR) is September 7, 2010, through December 31, 2011. 
We preliminary determine that the Alnan Companies \1\ and Changzhou 
Changzheng Evaporator Co., Ltd. received countervailable subsidies 
during the POR.
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    \1\ The Alnan Companies are Alnan Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Alnan 
Aluminum), Alnan Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd. (Alnan Foil), Alnan 
(Shanglin) Industry Co., Ltd. (Shanglin Industry), and Shanglin 
Alnan Alunimun Comprehensive Utilization Power Co., Ltd. (Shanglin 
Power). Kromet International Inc., one of the mandatory respondents 
in this administrative review, reported in that it is a Canada-based 
company that sold subject merchandise produced by the Alnan 
Companies.

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DATES: Effective Date: June 10, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak and Kristen Johnson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2209 
and (202) 482-4793, respectively.

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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \2\ is aluminum extrusions 
which are shapes and forms, produced by an extrusion process, made from 
aluminum alloys having metallic elements corresponding to the alloy 
series designations published by The Aluminum Association commencing 
with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or proprietary equivalents or other 
certifying body equivalents).\3\
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    \2\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26, 2011) (Order).
    \3\ See ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Aluminum Extrusions from 
the People's Republic of China,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum) for a complete description of the scope of the 
Order.
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    Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the 
following categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS): 7610.10.00, 7610.90.00, 7615.10.30, 7615.10.71, 
7615.10.91, 7615.19.10, 7615.19.30, 7615.19.50, 7615.19.70, 7615.19.90, 
7615.20.00, 7616.99.10, 7616.99.50, 8479.89.98, 8479.90.94, 8513.90.20, 
9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 7604.21.00.00, 7604.29.10.00, 7604.29.30.10, 
7604.29.30.50, 7604.29.50.30, 7604.29.50.60, 7608.20.00.30, 
7608.20.00.90, 8302.10.30.00, 8302.10.60.30, 8302.10.60.60, 
8302.10.60.90, 8302.20.00.00, 8302.30.30.10, 8302.30.30.60, 
8302.41.30.00, 8302.41.60.15, 8302.41.60.45, 8302.41.60.50, 
8302.41.60.80, 8302.42.30.10, 8302.42.30.15, 8302.42.30.65, 
8302.49.60.35, 8302.49.60.45, 8302.49.60.55, 8302.49.60.85, 
8302.50.00.00, 8302.60.90.00, 8305.10.00.50, 8306.30.00.00, 
8418.99.80.05, 8418.99.80.50, 8418.99.80.60, 8419.90.10.00, 
8422.90.06.40, 8479.90.85.00, 8486.90.00.00, 8487.90.00.80, 
8503.00.95.20, 8516.90.50.00, 8516.90.80.50, 8708.80.65.90, 
9401.90.50.81, 9403.90.10.40, 9403.90.10.50, 9403.90.10.85, 
9403.90.25.40, 9403.90.25.80, 9403.90.40.05, 9403.90.40.10, 
9403.90.40.60, 9403.90.50.05, 9403.90.50.10, 9403.90.50.80, 
9403.90.60.05, 9403.90.60.10, 9403.90.60.80, 9403.90.70.05, 
9403.90.70.10, 9403.90.70.80, 9403.90.80.10, 9403.90.80.15, 
9403.90.80.20, 9403.90.80.30, 9403.90.80.41, 9403.90.80.51, 
9403.90.80.61, 9506.51.40.00, 9506.51.60.00, 9506.59.40.40, 
9506.70.20.90, 9506.91.00.10, 9506.91.00.20, 9506.91.00.30, 
9506.99.05.10, 9506.99.05.20, 9506.99.05.30, 9506.99.15.00, 
9506.99.20.00, 9506.99.25.80, 9506.99.28.00, 9506.99.55.00, 
9506.99.60.80, 9507.30.20.00, 9507.30.40.00, 9507.30.60.00, 
9507.90.60.00, and 9603.90.80.50.
    The subject merchandise entered as parts of other aluminum products 
may be classifiable under the following additional Chapter 76 
subheadings: 7610.10, 7610.90, 7615.19, 7615.20, and 7616.99 as well as 
under other HTSUS chapters. In addition, fin evaporator coils may be 
classifiable under HTSUS numbers: 8418.99.80.50 and 8418.99.80.60. 
While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of this Order is 
dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ See Order.
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    The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each 
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily find 
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial 
contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that 
the subsidy is specific. 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.
    In making these preliminary findings, we are relying, in part, on 
facts available because the Government of the PRC did not act to the 
best of its ability to respond to the Department's requests for 
information. Further, we are drawing an adverse inference in selecting 
from among the facts otherwise available. See sections 776(a) and (b) 
of the Act. For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise 
Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
    Additionally, we are relying on facts available for three companies 
\5\ because they withheld requested information did not act to the best 
of their ability to respond to the Department's quantity and value 
questionnaire. To calculate the ad valorem rate for these companies, we 
have drawn an adverse inference in selecting from among the facts 
otherwise available.\6\ For derivation of the adverse facts available 
rate, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences'' 
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ Foshan Yong Li Jian Alu. Ltd., North China Aluminum Co., 
Ltd., and Taishan City Kam Kiu Aluminum Extrusion Co., Ltd.
    \6\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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    For a full description of the methodology underlying all of the 
Department's conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review

    There are 49 companies for which a review was requested and not 
rescinded, but were not selected as mandatory respondents. We are 
assigning to those companies an average of the subsidy rates calculated 
for the mandatory respondents for 2010 and 2011, respectively. For 
further information on the calculation of the non-selected rate, see 
``Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies under Review'' 
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the listed 
net subsidy rates for 2010 and 2011:

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                                             2010  Ad        2011  Ad
                 Company                   Valorem rate    Valorem rate
                                              percent         percent
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Alnan Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Alnan                    24.12           39.98
 Aluminum), Alnan Aluminum Foil Co.,
 Ltd. (Alnan Foil), Alnan (Shanglin)
 Industry Co., Ltd. (Shanglin Industry),
 and Shanglin Alnan Alunimun
 Comprehensive Utilization Power Co.,
 Ltd. (Shanglin Power) (collectively,
 the Alnan Companies)...................
Changzhou Changzheng Evaporator Co.,                1.02            1.51
 Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliate
 Liaoning Changzheng Aluminum Company
 (Changzheng Evaporator)................
Acro Import and Export Corp.............           12.57           20.75
Changsha Hengjia Aluminum Co., Ltd......           12.57           20.75
Changshu Changsheng Aluminum Products              12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. (Changsheng).................
Changzhou Changfa Power Machinery Co.,             12.57           20.75
 Ltd....................................
Changzhou Tenglong Auto Parts Co., Ltd..           12.57           20.75
Dongguan Aoda Aluminum Co., Ltd.........           12.57           20.75
Dongguan Golden Tiger Hardware                     12.57           20.75
 Industrial Co., Ltd. No 96 (Golden
 Tiger).................................
Dynamic Technologies China Ltd..........           12.57           20.75
Foreign Trade Co. of Suzhou New & Hi-              12.57           20.75
 Tech Industrial Development Zone
 (Suzhou New Hi Tech)...................
Foshan Shunde Aoneng Electrical                    12.57           20.75
 Appliances Co., Ltd....................
Global PMS (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. (Global            12.57           20.75
 PMX)...................................
Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group            12.57           20.75
 Inc....................................
Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai           12.57           20.75
Guandong Nanhai Foodstuffs Imp & Exp               12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. (Nanhai).....................
Guangdong Grand Shine Construction                 12.57           20.75
 Material, Co., Ltd.....................
Guangdong Whirlpool Electrical                     12.57           20.75
 Appliances Co., Ltd. (Guangdong
 Whirlpool).............................
Guangzhou Mingcan Die-Casting Hardware             12.57           20.75
 Products Co., Ltd......................
Hangzhou Xingyi Metal Products Co., Ltd.           12.57           20.75
Hanyung Alcobis Co., Ltd................           12.57           20.75
Henan New Kelong Electrical Appliances,            12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd...............................
Huimeigao Aluminum Foshan Co., Ltd.                12.57           20.75
 (Huimeigao)............................
IDEX Dinglee Technology (Tianjin) Co.,             12.57           20.75
 Ltd. (IDEX Dinglee)....................
Isource Asia Limited (Isource)..........           12.57           20.75
Jiangsu Changfa Refrigeration Co., Ltd..           12.57           20.75
Jiaxing Jackson Travel Products Co., Ltd           12.57           20.75
Jiaxing Taixin Metal Products Co., Ltd..           12.57           20.75
Justhere Co., Ltd.......................           12.57           20.75
Kunshan Giant Light Metal Technology               12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. (Giant)......................
Metaltek Group Co., Ltd.................           12.57           20.75
Metaltek Metal Industry Co., Ltd........           12.57           20.75
Midea International Trading Co., Ltd....           12.57           20.75
Pingguo Asia Aluminium Co., Ltd.                   12.57           20.75
 (Pingguo)..............................
Shandong Huasheng Pesticide Machinery Co           12.57           20.75
Shanghai Tongtai Precise Aluminum Alloy            12.57           20.75
 Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tongtai)......
Shanxi Guanly Changzhou Hongfeng Metal             12.57           20.75
 Processing Co., Ltd....................
Shenzhen Hudson Technology Development             12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Hudson)............
Shenzhen Jiuyuan Co., Ltd. (aka, Jiuyuan           12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Jiuyuan Import
 and Export Co., Ltd. (collectively,
 Jiuyuan))..............................
Sincere Profit Limited..................           12.57           20.75
Skyline Exhibit Systems (Shanghai) Co.,            12.57           20.75
 Ltd....................................
Suzhou JRP Import & Export Co., Ltd.               12.57           20.75
 (JRP)..................................
Suzhou NewHongji Precision Part Co.,               12.57           20.75
 Ltd. (Suzhou NewHongji)................
Taizhou Lifeng Manufacturing Corporation           12.57           20.75
Tianjin Jinmao Import & Export Corp.,              12.57           20.75
 Ltd....................................
Union Industry (Asia) Co., Ltd..........           12.57           20.75
Xin Wei Aluminum Company Limited, Guang            12.57           20.75
 Dong Xin Wei Aluminum Products Co.,
 Ltd., and Xin Wei Aluminum Co., Ltd.
 (collectively, Xin Wei)................
Zhaoqing Asia Aluminum Factory Company             12.57           20.75
 Limited (ZAA)..........................
Zhejiang Xinlong Industry Co., Ltd......           12.57           20.75
Zhongshan Gold Mountain Aluminium                  12.57           20.75
 Factory Ltd., Gold Mountain
 International Development, Limited
 (collectively, Zhongshan Gold Mountain)
Zhuhai Runxingtai Electrical Equipment             12.57           20.75
 Co., Ltd. (Zhuhai Runxingtai)..........
Foshan Yong Li Jian Alu. Ltd............          170.66          170.66
North China Aluminum Co., Ltd...........          170.66          170.66
Taishan City Kam Kiu Aluminum Extrusion           170.66          170.66
 Co., LTD...............................
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\7\ 
Interested parties may submit written arguments (case briefs) within 30 
days of publication of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments 
(rebuttal briefs) within five days after the time limit for filing the 
case briefs.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must 
be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who submit 
arguments are

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requested to submit with the argument: (1) Statement of the issue; (2) 
a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
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    Interested parties, who wish to request a hearing, or to 
participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\9\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and 
telephone number, the number of participants, and a list of the issues 
to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform 
parties of the scheduled date for the hearing, which will be held at 
the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location to be determined.\10\ 
Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the 
hearing.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using IA ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date.
    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, the Department will issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the 
issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days after 
issuance of these preliminary results.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts calculated 
for year 2011. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to 
collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most 
recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: June 3, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
5. Subsidy Valuation Information
6. Loan Benchmark Rates
7. Analysis of Programs
8. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under 
Review
9. Preliminary Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Cooperative Companies Under 
Review
10. Conclusion

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