[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48152-48153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-850]


Aluminum Extrusions From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Amended 
Preliminary Determination of the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its 
preliminary affirmative determination in the less-than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation of aluminum extrusions from the Republic of 
T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) to correct for significant ministerial 
errors. The period of investigation is October 1, 2022, through 
September 30, 2023.

DATES: Applicable June 5, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Hatley, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 7, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its 
preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of 
aluminum extrusions from T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On May 7 and 9, 2024, 
respectively, mandatory respondents, Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic. 
A.S. (Erdoganlar) and Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Sistem) 
timely alleged that Commerce made significant ministerial errors in 
calculating their estimated weighted-average dumping margins.\2\
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    \1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: 
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of 
Provisional Measures, 89 FR 38046 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary 
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Erdoganlar's Letter, ``Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic. 
A.S.'s Allegation of Significant Ministerial Error,'' dated May 7, 
2024; see also Sistem's Letter, ``Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret 
A.S.' Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated May 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are aluminum extrusions 
from T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this 
investigation, see the Preliminary Determination.3
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    \3\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38049-52.
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Legal Framework

    A ministerial error is defined as including ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other 
similar type of unintentional error which {Commerce{time}  considers 
ministerial.'' \4\ A ministerial error is considered to be 
``significant'' if its correction, either singly or in combination with 
other errors, would result in: (1) a change of at least five absolute 
percentage points in, but not less than 25 percent of, the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated in the preliminary determination; or 
(2) a difference between a weighted-average dumping margin of zero (or 
de minimis) and a weighted-average dumping margin of greater than de 
minimis or vice versa.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce 
``will analyze any comments received and, if appropriate, correct any 
significant ministerial error by amending the preliminary 
determination.''
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    \4\ See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
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Analysis of Significant Ministerial Errors

    In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce made significant 
ministerial errors within the meaning of section 735(e) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.224(f) and (g)(1) in calculating the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for Erdoganlar and Sistem. Accordingly, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending its Preliminary 
Determination to correct for these significant ministerial errors by 
revising the rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem, the companies assigned a 
rate based on adverse facts available (AFA),\6\ and all other producers 
and/or exporters.\7\ For a detailed discussion of the alleged 
ministerial errors, as well as Commerce's analysis, see the Ministerial 
Error Memorandum.\8\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 
Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Allegations 
of Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary Determination,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum), at 4.
    \7\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38047 (``{The all-
others rate{time}  shall be an amount equal to the weighted average 
of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for 
exporters and producers individually investigated'').
    \8\ See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Amended Preliminary Determination

    As a result of correcting these significant ministerial errors, 
Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins exist:

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                                                       Cash deposit rate
                                  Estimated weighted-    (adjusted for
        Exporter/producer           average dumping   subsidy offset(s))
                                   margin (percent)        (percent)
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Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve                   10.11                9.91
 Tic. A.S.......................
Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve                     19.86               19.86
 Ticaret A.S....................
Alkor Aluminyum Enerji Insaat                * 48.43               37.26
 Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim
 Sirketi........................
Astas Aluminyum San ve Tic A.S..             * 48.43               37.26
Ayde Aluminyum LTD. STI.........             * 48.43               37.26
Burak Aluminyum San.............             * 48.43               37.26
P.M.S. Aluminyum Sanayi ve                   * 48.43               37.26
 Ticaret A.S....................
Tuna Aluminium Ltd..............             * 48.43               37.26
Uluson Aluminum.................             * 48.43               37.26
All Others......................               12.98               12.78
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* Rates based on AFA.


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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for this amended 
preliminary determination to parties within five days after public 
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Amended Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation

    The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will 
be revised according to the rates calculated in this amended 
preliminary determination, in accordance with section 733(d) of the 
Act. Because the amended rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem, the companies 
assigned rates based on AFA, and all other producers and/or exporters 
result in decreased cash deposit rates, they will be effective 
retroactively to May 7, 2024, the date of publication of the 
Preliminary Determination. We will also instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to issue instructions for requesting a refund of the 
difference between the amount of cash deposits paid as a result of the 
application of the Preliminary Determination rates and the amount due 
as a result of the amended preliminary determination rates.

U.S. International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the 
U.S. International Trade Commission of our amended preliminary 
determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This amended preliminary determination is issued and published 
pursuant to sections 733(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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