[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41595-41596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13575]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-053, C-570-054]


Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Deadline To Certify Certain Entries

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

SUMMARY: On March 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of preliminary affirmative 
circumvention determinations with respect to the Republic of Korea 
(Korea) and Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), concerning the antidumping 
duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain aluminum foil 
from the People's Republic of China (China) (Preliminary 
Determinations). On March 28, 2023, Commerce published a correction to 
the Preliminary Determinations. This notice informs parties that 
Commerce has extended the deadline for certain exporters and importers 
to certify entries of certain aluminum foil exported from Korea and 
Thailand that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after July 18, 2022, through March 22, 2023.

DATES: Applicable May 3, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney or Mark Flessner, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4475 and (202) 482-6312, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In the Preliminary Determinations, Commerce established a 
certification program and a deadline for certain exporters and 
importers to certify that entries of certain aluminum foil exported 
from Korea or Thailand that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after July 18, 2022 (the date of initiation of 
these circumvention inquiries), through the date of publication of the 
Preliminary Determinations (i.e., March 22, 2023), are not subject to 
the suspension of liquidation or the collection of cash deposits based 
on the inputs used to manufacture such merchandise.\1\ The original 
deadline for exporters and importers to complete these certifications 
was 45 days after the publication of the Preliminary Determinations, 
i.e., May 6, 2023. On March 28, 2023, Commerce published the 
Preliminary Correction in the Federal Register.\2\ On May 3, 2023,

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Commerce issued a memorandum via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (i.e., ACCESS) notifying interested parties that Commerce was 
extending the deadline to submit certifications for entries of certain 
aluminum foil exported from Korea or Thailand that was entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 18, 2022, 
through March 22, 2023, by 75 days, for a total of 120 days after the 
date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain 
Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention with Respect to the 
Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand, 88 FR 17177 (March 
22, 2023) (Preliminary Determinations).
    \2\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain 
Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention With Respect to the 
Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand; Correction, 88 FR 
18297 (March 28, 2023) (Preliminary Correction). The Preliminary 
Correction identified the proper AD and CVD cash deposit rates, 
which the Preliminary Determinations had misstated.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Circumvention Inquiries on Aluminum Foil 
from the People's Republic of China--Republic of Korea and Kingdom 
of Thailand: Extension of Deadline to Certify Certain Entries of 
Aluminum Foil,'' dated May 3, 2023. This memorandum inadvertently 
stated the relevant entry date as July 17, 2022; however, July 18, 
2022 is the correct date.
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Extension

    With this notice, we notify the public that, for all aluminum foil 
from Korea and Thailand that was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption during the period July 18, 2022 (the date of initiation 
of these circumvention inquiries), through March 22, 2023 (the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Determinations in the Federal Register), 
where the entry has not been liquidated (and entries for which 
liquidation has not become final), the relevant certification should be 
completed and signed as soon as practicable, but not later than 120 
days after the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations in 
the Federal Register, i.e., no later than July 20, 2023. For such 
entries, importers, and exporters each have the option to complete a 
blanket certification covering multiple entries, individual 
certifications for each entry, or a combination thereof. The exporter 
must provide the importer with a copy of the exporter certification 
within 120 days of the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determinations in the Federal Register.
    On June 15, 2023, Commerce posted instructions to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) notifying CBP of the extended deadline.\4\ We 
note that Sankyu Thai Co., Ltd., the single company which Commerce 
precluded from participating in this certification program in the 
Preliminary Determinations, is still precluded from participating in 
the certification program we established for applicable exports of 
aluminum foil from Thailand.\5\
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    \4\ See Message 3166406 dated June 15, 2023 (barcode 4389519) 
(Korea), and Message 3166405 dated June 15, 2023 (barcode 4389521) 
(Thailand).
    \5\ See Preliminary Determinations, 88 FR at 17177-78.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 19 CFR 351.225(f) and 
(h).

    Dated: June 21, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-13575 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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