[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2813-2815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01836]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-073]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty (AD) order on common alloy
aluminum sheet (common alloy sheet) from the People's Republic of China
(China).
DATES: Applicable February 8, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Hoefke or Julie Geiger, 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) 482-4947 and (202) 482-2057,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 15, 2018, Commerce published its final determination in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of common alloy sheet
from China.\1\ On January 30, 2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that an industry in the United
States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of the LTFV imports of common
alloy sheet from China.\2\ Further, the ITC determined that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of common alloy
sheet from China.
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum
Sheet from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value, 83 FR 57421
(November 15, 2018) (Final Determination).
\2\ See ITC Notification Letter to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, referencing ITC
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-591 and 731-TA-1399, dated January 30,
2019 (ITC Notification).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is common alloy sheet from China.
For a complete description of the scope of this order, see the Appendix
to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
On January 30, 2019, in accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i)
and 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determination in this investigation, in which it found that imports of
common alloy sheet are materially injuring a U.S. industry.\3\
Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are
publishing this AD order.
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\3\ See ITC Notification; see also Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet
from China (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-591 and 731-TA-1399 (Final), USITC
Publication 4861, December 2018).
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As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with
section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, antidumping duties on unliquidated entries of subject
merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after June 22, 2018, the date on which Commerce
published its preliminary antidumping duty determination in the Federal
Register,\4\ and before November 4, 2018, the
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effective date on which Commerce instructed CBP to discontinue the
suspension of liquidation in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act.
Section 733(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to a preliminary determination may not remain in effect for
more than four months. Therefore, entries of subject merchandise from
China made on or after November 4, 2018, and prior to the date of
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register
are not liable for the assessment of antidumping duties due to
Commerce's discontinuation of the suspension of liquidation.
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\4\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum
Sheet from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstance, 83 FR 29088
(June 22, 2018) (Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will
direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries
of subject merchandise from China, effective the date of publication of
the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register, and to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce pursuant to section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, cash deposits equal to the amounts as
indicated below. On or after the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determination in the Federal Register, we will instruct CBP to
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated
duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the cash deposit
rates listed below. These instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice. The all-others rate applies to
all producers or exporters not specifically listed, as appropriate.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
Commerce to extend that four-month period to no more than six months.
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion
of common alloy sheet from China, we extended the four-month period to
six months. Commerce's preliminary determination was published on June
22, 2018. Therefore, the extended period, beginning on the date of
publication of the preliminary determinations, ended on December 18,
2018. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash
deposits at the rates listed below will begin on the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of common alloy sheet from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption after December 18, 2018, the date on which the
provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determinations in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average AD margins are as follows:
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Cash deposit
Weighted- adjusted for
Exporter Producer average subsidy
margin offset
(percent) (percent)
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Henan Mingtai Al Industrial Co., Ltd./ Henan Mingtai Al Industrial Co., 49.85 49.85
Zhengzhou Mingtai Industry Co., Ltd. Ltd./Zhengzhou Mingtai Industry
Co., Ltd.
Alcha International Holdings Limited....... Jiangsu Alcha Aluminium Co., Ltd... 49.85 49.85
Alumax Composite Material (Jiangyin) Co., Chalco Ruimin Co., Ltd............. 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Granges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd....... Granges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Henan Founder Beyond Industry Co., Ltd..... Henan Xintai Aluminum Industry Co., 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Huafon Nikkei Aluminium Corporation........ Huafon Nikkei Aluminium Corporation 49.85 49.85
Jiangsu Lidao New Material Co., Ltd........ Henan Jinyang Luyue Co., Ltd....... 49.85 49.85
Jiangsu Lidao New Material Co., Ltd........ Jiangsu Zhong He Aluminum Co., Ltd. 49.85 49.85
Jiangyin Litai Ornamental Materials Co., Jiangyin Litai Ornamental Materials 49.85 49.85
Ltd. Co., Ltd.
Jiangyin New Alumax Composite Material Co. Chalco Ruimin Co., Ltd............. 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Shandong Fuhai Industrial Co., Ltd......... Shandong Fuhai Industrial Co., Ltd. 49.85 49.85
Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd....... Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd...... Xiamen Xiashun Aluminum Foil Co., 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Yantai Jintai International Trade Co., Ltd. Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co., Ltd 49.85 49.85
Yinbang Clad Material Co., Ltd............. Yinbang Clad Material Co., Ltd..... 49.85 49.85
Zhengzhou Silverstone Limited.............. Henan Zhongyuan Aluminum Co., Ltd.. 49.85 49.85
Zhengzhou Silverstone Limited.............. Luoyang Xinlong Aluminum Co., Ltd.. 49.85 49.85
Zhengzhou Silverstone Limited.............. Shanghai Dongshuo Metal Trade Co., 49.85 49.85
Ltd.
Zhengzhou Silverstone Limited.............. Zhengzhou Mingtai Industry Co., Ltd 49.85 49.85
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China-Wide Entity \5\.................. ................................... 59.72 59.72
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Critical Circumstances
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\5\ The China-wide entity also includes the following companies
that filed separate rate applications: Nanjie Resources Co.,
Limited, Yong Jie New Material Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Yongjie
Aluminum Co., Ltd., Zhejiang GKO Aluminium Stock Co., Ltd.; Alnan
Aluminium Inc.; Chalco Ruimin Co., Ltd.; CHALCO-SWA Cold Rolling
Co., Ltd.; Luoyang Wanji Aluminium Processing Co., Ltd.; and Wanji
Global (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
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With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination on imports of common alloy sheet from China, we will
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to
secure the payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to
entries of subject merchandise ordered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after March 24, 2018 (i.e., 90 days prior to the
date of publication of the Preliminary Determination), but before June
22, 2018 (i.e., the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determination).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD order with respect to common alloy
sheet from China pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of AD orders currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.
Dated: February 5, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this 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 this 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 this 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, 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 properly
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) subheadings 7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055.
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 this 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 this order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2019-01836 Filed 2-6-19; 4:15 pm]
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