[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51662-51664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16362]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-968]
Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers and exporters of aluminum extrusions from the People's
Republic of China (China) received countervailable subsidies during the
period or review (POR) January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable August 11, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (240) 956-8630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 15, 2026, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited
interested parties to comment.\1\ No interested party submitted
comments. Thus, Commerce made no changes from the Preliminary Results,
which are herein adopted as the final results of review. Additionally,
because these final results remain unchanged from the Preliminary
Results, no decision memorandum
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accompanies this notice. Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2024, 91 FR 20106 (April 15, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order 2
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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).
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The products covered by the Order are aluminum extrusions from
China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
appendix to this notice.
Use of Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
As discussed in the Preliminary Results, we assigned the six non-
responsive companies a net countervailable subsidy rate based entirely
on AFA, pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.\3\ There is no
new information on the record that would cause us to revisit our
decision in the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, for these final
results, we continue to find that the application of AFA pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act is warranted with respect to the
non-responsive companies.
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\3\ See Preliminary Results, 91 FR at 20107, and PDM at Section
V.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this review, we determine the following net
countervailable subsidy rates exist for the POR, January 1, 2024,
through December 31, 2024:
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Subsidy rate
Exporter or producer (percent ad
valorem)
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Anji Chang Hong Chain Manufacturing..................... * 164.29
Assa Abloy (Zhongshan) Security Technology.............. * 164.29
Dezhou Huoamei Windows and Doors........................ * 164.29
Ewellix Motion Technologies............................. * 164.29
Ningbo Lianda Winch..................................... * 164.29
Shanghai Zesheng Automotive Technology.................. * 164.29
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in the final results within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of the notice of final determination in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However,
because we made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no
new calculations to disclose.
Assessment
Consistent with sections 751(a)(1) and (a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP regarding the companies listed above no earlier
than 35 days after the publication of the final results of this review
in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court
of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not
to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a
request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
Cash Deposit Instructions
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.107(e),
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties with regard to shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the final results of this administrative review,
as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed above
will be equal to the company-specific estimated individual
countervailable subsidy rates determined in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) if both the producer and exporter
of the subject merchandise have company-specific estimated subsidy
rates assigned, and their rates differ, then the applicable cash
deposit rate will be the higher of these two rates; (3) if either the
producer or the exporter, but not both, of the subject merchandise has
a company-specific estimated subsidy rate assigned, the applicable cash
deposit rate will be that company's company-specific rate; and (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be
continue to be 7.37 percent, the all-others subsidy rate established in
the investigation.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, effective upon
publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\4\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China:
Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination Pursuant
to Court Decision, 80 FR 69640 (November 10, 2015).
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: August 6, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order 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). Specifically, the subject
merchandise made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association
series designation commencing with the number 1 contains not less
than 99 percent aluminum by weight. The subject merchandise made
from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association series designation
commencing with the number 3 contains manganese as the major
alloying element, with manganese accounting for not more than 3.0
percent of total materials by weight. The subject merchandise is
made from an aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association series
designation commencing with the number 6 contains magnesium and
silicon as the major alloying elements, with magnesium accounting
for at least 0.1 percent but not more than 2.0 percent of total
materials by weight, and silicon accounting for at least 0.1 percent
but not more than 3.0 percent of total materials by weight. The
subject aluminum extrusions are properly identified by a four-digit
alloy series without either a decimal point or leading letter.
Illustrative examples from among the approximately 160 registered
alloys that may characterize the subject merchandise are as follows:
1350, 3003, and 6060. Aluminum extrusions are produced and imported
in a wide variety of shapes and forms, including, but not limited
to, hollow profiles, other solid profiles, pipes, tubes, bars, and
rods. Aluminum extrusions that are drawn subsequent to extrusion
(drawn aluminum) are also included in the scope.
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Aluminum extrusions are produced and imported with a variety of
finishes (both coatings and surface treatments), and types of
fabrication. The types of coatings and treatments applied to subject
aluminum extrusions include, but are not limited to, extrusions that
are mill finished (i.e., without any coating or further finishing),
brushed, buffed, polished, anodized (including brightdip anodized),
liquid painted, or powder coated. Aluminum extrusions may also be
fabricated, i.e., prepared for assembly. Such operations would
include, but are not limited to, extrusions that are cut-to-length,
machined, drilled, punched, notched, bent, stretched, knurled,
swedged, mitered, chamfered, threaded, and spun. The subject
merchandise includes aluminum extrusions that are finished (coated,
painted, etc.), fabricated, or any combination thereof. Subject
aluminum extrusions may be described at the time of importation as
parts for final finished products that are assembled after
importation, including, but not limited to, window frames, door
frames, solar panels, curtain walls, or furniture. Such parts that
otherwise meet the definition of aluminum extrusions are included in
the scope. The scope includes the aluminum extrusion components that
are attached (e.g., by welding or fasteners) to form subassemblies,
i.e., partially assembled merchandise unless imported as part of the
finished goods `kit' defined further below. The scope does not
include the non-aluminum extrusion components of subassemblies or
subject kits.
Subject extrusions may be identified with reference to their end
use, such as fence posts, electrical conduits, door thresholds,
carpet trim, or heat sinks (that do not meet the finished heat sink
exclusionary language below). Such goods are subject merchandise if
they otherwise meet the scope definition, regardless of whether they
are ready for use at the time of importation.
The following aluminum extrusion products are excluded: aluminum
extrusions made from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association
series designations commencing with the number 2 and containing in
excess of 1.5 percent copper by weight; aluminum extrusions made
from aluminum alloy with an Aluminum Association series designation
commencing with the number 5 and containing in excess of 1.0 percent
magnesium by weight; and aluminum extrusions made from aluminum
alloy with an Aluminum Association series designation commencing
with the number 7 and containing in excess of 2.0 percent zinc by
weight. The scope also excludes finished merchandise containing
aluminum extrusions as parts that are fully and permanently
assembled and completed at the time of entry, such as finished
windows with glass, doors with glass or vinyl, picture frames with
glass pane and backing material, and solar panels. The scope also
excludes finished goods containing aluminum extrusions that are
entered unassembled in a ``finished goods kit.'' A finished goods
kit is understood to mean a packaged combination of parts that
contains, at the time of importation, all of the necessary parts to
fully assemble a final finished good and requires no further
finishing or fabrication, such as cutting or punching, and is
assembled ``as is'' into a finished product. An imported product
will not be considered a ``finished goods kit'' and therefore
excluded from the scope of the Order merely by including fasteners
such as screws, bolts, etc. in the packaging with an aluminum
extrusion product.
The scope also excludes aluminum alloy sheet or plates produced
by other than the extrusion process, such as aluminum products
produced by a method of casting. Cast aluminum products are properly
identified by four digits with a decimal point between the third and
fourth digit. A letter may also precede the four digits. The
following Aluminum Association designations are representative of
aluminum alloys for casting: 208.0, 295.0, 308.0, 355.0, C355.0,
356.0, A356.0, A357.0, 360.0, 366.0, 380.0, A380.0, 413.0, 443.0,
514.0, 518.1, and 712.0. The scope also excludes pure, unwrought
aluminum in any form.
The scope also excludes collapsible tubular containers composed
of metallic elements corresponding to alloy code 1080A as designated
by the Aluminum Association where the tubular container (excluding
the nozzle) meets each of the following dimensional characteristics:
(1) length of 37 millimeters (``mm'') or 62 mm, (2) outer diameter
of 11.0 mm or 12.7 mm, and (3) wall thickness not exceeding 0.13 mm.
Also excluded from the scope of this Order are finished heat sinks.
Finished heat sinks are fabricated heat sinks made from aluminum
extrusions the design and production of which are organized around
meeting certain specified thermal performance requirements and which
have been fully, albeit not necessarily individually, tested to
comply with such requirements. Also excluded from the scope of the
Order is certain rectangular wire produced from continuously cast
rolled aluminum wire rod, which is subsequently extruded to
dimension to form rectangular wire. The product is made from
aluminum alloy grade 1070 or 1370, with no recycled metal content
allowed. The dimensions of the wire are 5 mm (+/-0.05 mm) in width
and 1.0 mm (+/- 0.02 mm) in thickness. Imports of rectangular wire
are provided for under HTSUS category 7605.19.000.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the
following categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS): 7606.12.3091, 7606.12.3096, 7604.21.0010,
7604.21.0090, 7604.29.1010, 7604.29.1090, 7604.29.3060;
7604.29.3090; 7604.29.5050; 7604.29.5090; 8541.90.00.00,
8708.10.30.50, 8708.99.68.90, 6603.90.8100, 7616.99.51, 8479.89.94,
8481.90.9060, 8481.90.9085, 9031.90.9195, 8424.90.9080,
9405.99.4020, 9031.90.90.95, 7616.10.90.90, 7609.00.00, 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,
8414.59.60.90, 8415.90.80.45, 8418.99.80.05, 8418.99.80.50,
8418.99.80.60, 8419.90.10.00, 8422.90.06.40, 8473.30.20.00,
8473.30.51.00, 8479.90.85.00, 8486.90.00.00, 8487.90.00.80,
8503.00.95.20, 8508.70.00.00, 8515.90.20.00, 8516.90.50.00,
8516.90.80.50, 8517.70.00.00, 8529.90.73.00, 8529.90.97.60,
8536.90.80.85, 8538.10.00.00, 8543.90.88.80, 8708.29.50.60,
8708.80.65.90, 8803.30.00.60, 9013.90.50.00, 9013.90.90.00,
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, 9403.90.80.41, 9403.90.80.51, 9403.90.80.61,
9506.11.40.80, 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.
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