[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45677-45679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11301]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-695-698 and 731-TA-1643-1644 and 1646-1657 
(Final)]


Aluminum Extrusions From China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, 
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam; Scheduling of the Final 
Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations.

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the 
final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 
701-TA-695-698 and 731-TA-1643-1644 and 1646-1657 (Final) pursuant to 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether an industry 
in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material 
injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is 
materially retarded, by reason of imports of aluminum extrusions from 
China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, 
South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and 
Vietnam, provided for in subheadings 7604.10.10, 7604.10.30, 
7604.10.50, 7604.21.00, 7604.29.10, 7604.29.30, 7604.29.50, 7608.10.00, 
7608.20.00, 7609.00.00, 7610.10.00, and 7610.90.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the 
Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be subsidized and sold at 
less-than-fair-value.

DATES: May 7, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Harriman ((202) 205-2610), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Scope.--For purposes of these investigations, Commerce has defined 
the subject merchandise as ``aluminum extrusions, regardless of form, 
finishing, or fabrication, whether assembled with other parts or 
unassembled, whether coated, painted, anodized, or thermally improved. 
Aluminum extrusions 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).'' \1\
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    \1\ A full description of the subject merchandise covered in the 
scope of these investigations is contained in the Federal Register 
notices of Commerce's preliminary antidumping duty determinations on 
aluminum extrusions.
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    Background.--The final phase of these investigations is being 
scheduled pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of affirmative 
preliminary determinations by Commerce that certain benefits which 
constitute subsidies within the meaning of Sec.  703 of the Act (19 
U.S.C. 1671b) are being provided to manufacturers, producers, or 
exporters in China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey of aluminum 
extrusions, and

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that imports of such products from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, 
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam are being sold in the United 
States at less than fair value within the meaning of Sec.  733 of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations were requested in petitions 
filed on October 4, 2023, by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition 
(consisting of Alexandria Extrusion Company, Alexandria, Minnesota; 
APEL Extrusions Inc., Coburg, Oregon; Bonnell Aluminum, Newnan, 
Georgia; Brazeway, Adrian, Michigan; Custom Aluminum Products, South 
Elgin, Illinois; Extrudex Aluminum, North Jackson, Ohio; International 
Extrusions, Garden City, Michigan; Jordan Aluminum Company, Memphis, 
Tennessee; M-D Building Products, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Merit 
Aluminum, Corona, California; MI Metals, Oldsmar, Florida; Pennex 
Aluminum, Wellsville, Pennsylvania; Tower Extrusions, Olney, Texas; and 
Western Extrusions, Carrollton, Texas) and the United Steel, Paper and 
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 
Workers International Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    For further information concerning the conduct of this phase of the 
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, 
consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, 
subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19 
CFR part 207).
    Participation in the investigations and public service list.--
Persons, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and, if 
the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
organizations, wishing to participate in the final phase of these 
investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the 
Secretary to the Commission, as provided in Sec.  201.11 of the 
Commission's rules, no later than 21 days prior to the hearing date 
specified in this notice. A party that filed a notice of appearance 
during the preliminary phase of the investigations need not file an 
additional notice of appearance during this final phase. The Secretary 
will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses 
of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the 
investigations.
    Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic 
filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's 
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). 
No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic 
filings will be accepted until further notice.
    Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.--
Pursuant to Sec.  207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary 
will make BPI gathered in the final phase of these investigations 
available to authorized applicants under the APO issued in the 
investigations, provided that the application is made no later than 21 
days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. Authorized 
applicants must represent interested parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 
1677(9), who are parties to the investigations. A party granted access 
to BPI in the preliminary phase of the investigations need not reapply 
for such access. A separate service list will be maintained by the 
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
    Staff report.--The prehearing staff report in the final phase of 
these investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on 
September 10, 2024, and a public version will be issued thereafter, 
pursuant to Sec.  207.22 of the Commission's rules.
    Hearing.--The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with the 
final phase of these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 
September 24, 2024. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed 
in writing with the Secretary to the Commission on or before Wednesday, 
September 18, 2024. Any requests to appear as a witness via 
videoconference must be included with your request to appear. Requests 
to appear via videoconference must include a statement explaining why 
the witness cannot appear in person; the Chairman, or other person 
designated to conduct the investigations, may in their discretion for 
good cause shown, grant such a request. Requests to appear as remote 
witness due to illness or a positive COVID-19 test result may be 
submitted by 3pm the business day prior to the hearing. Further 
information about participation in the hearing will be posted on the 
Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html.
    A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's 
deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at 
the hearing. All parties and nonparties desiring to appear at the 
hearing and make oral presentations should attend a prehearing 
conference, if deemed necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 
September 20, 2024. Parties shall file and serve written testimony and 
presentation slides in connection with their presentation at the 
hearing by no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 23, 2024. Oral 
testimony and written materials to be submitted at the public hearing 
are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of the 
Commission's rules. Parties must submit any request to present a 
portion of their hearing testimony in camera no later than 7 business 
days prior to the date of the hearing.
    Written submissions.--Each party who is an interested party shall 
submit a prehearing brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must 
conform with the provisions of Sec.  207.23 of the Commission's rules; 
the deadline for filing is September 17, 2024. Parties shall also file 
written testimony in connection with their presentation at the hearing, 
and posthearing briefs, which must conform with the provisions of Sec.  
207.25 of the Commission's rules. The deadline for filing posthearing 
briefs is October 1, 2024. In addition, any person who has not entered 
an appearance as a party to the investigations may submit a written 
statement of information pertinent to the subject of the 
investigations, including statements of support or opposition to the 
petition, on or before October 1, 2024. On October 16, 2024, the 
Commission will make available to parties all information on which they 
have not had an opportunity to comment. Parties may submit final 
comments on this information on or before October 18, 2024, but such 
final comments must not contain new factual information and must 
otherwise comply with Sec.  207.30 of the Commission's rules. All 
written submissions must conform with the provisions of Sec.  201.8 of 
the Commission's rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also 
conform with the requirements of Sec. Sec.  201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of 
the Commission's rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures, 
available on the Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates upon the 
Commission's procedures with respect to filings.
    Additional written submissions to the Commission, including 
requests pursuant to Sec.  201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not 
be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions, 
or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a 
Commissioner or Commission staff.
    In accordance with Sec. Sec.  201.16(c) and 207.3 of the 
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the 
investigations must be served on all

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other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public 
or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely 
filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a 
certificate of service.
    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority 
of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 
pursuant to Sec.  207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: May 17, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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