Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 54900-54902 [2012-22001]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–967]
Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Changed Circumstances
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 5, 2012, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published its preliminary
results of a changed circumstances
review (‘‘CCR’’) of the antidumping duty
order on aluminum extrusions from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’).
The Department preliminarily
determined that Guangdong Zhongya
Aluminum Company Limited
(‘‘Guangdong Zhongya’’) is the
successor-in-interest to Zhaoqing New
Zhongya Aluminum Co., Ltd. (‘‘New
Zhongya’’).1 We invited parties to
comment. Since no parties submitted
comments, the Department is making no
changes to the Preliminary Results.
DATES: Effective Date: September 6,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve
Wang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8,
Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
202–482–6231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
New Zhongya, a producer of
aluminum extrusions, participated in
the antidumping duty investigation of
aluminum extrusions from the PRC. The
Department issued its final
determination for this investigation on
April 4, 2011.2 As a result of that final
determination, New Zhongya’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
33.28 percent.3 The antidumping duty
order was issued on May 26, 2011.4
On November 7, 2011, New Zhongya
requested a changed circumstances
1 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Review, 77 FR 39683 (July 5, 2012)
(‘‘Preliminary Results’’).
2 See Aluminum Extrusions From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 76 FR 18524 (April 4, 2011);
see also Aluminum Extrusions From the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Correction to the Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76
FR 20627 (April 13, 2011).
3 Id.
4 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR
30650 (May 26, 2011).
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review claiming that it had undergone a
name change to Guangdong Zhongya
Aluminum Company Limited.5 New
Zhongya requested that the
antidumping duty rate, which was
assigned to New Zhongya and was in
effect before the date of the name
change (i.e., August 16, 2011), continue
under the new name. New Zhongya’s
request, stating that it underwent no
changes other than the change in the
name, was accompanied by supporting
documents from Chinese government
authorities,6 recognizing and approving
the name change. Specifically, New
Zhongya stated that no changes were
made in personnel, management,
ownership, facilities, customers,
suppliers, etc.
In response to this request, on
December 27, 2011, the Department
initiated a CCR, and on January 27,
2012, the Department issued a
questionnaire to New Zhongya. New
Zhongya filed its questionnaire response
on February 24, 2012. Its submission
included organizational charts,
employment contracts, board meeting
minutes, monthly income statements
and balance sheets, a product list, full
lists of suppliers and home- and U.S.market customers, and sample supplier
and customer invoices, as well as
narrative responses confirming a name
change from New Zhongya to
Guangdong Zhongya.
The petitioner in this proceeding,
Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade
Committee, did not comment on New
Zhongya’s request or the Preliminary
Results issued by the Department.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the 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
5 See Letter from New Zhongya to the
Department, ‘‘Extruded Aluminum from China’’
(request for Changed Circumstances Review), dated
November 7, 2011.
6 These Chinese government authorities include
the Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation of High and New Technology
Industrial Development Zone of Zhaoqing and the
Administration Bureau for Industry and Commerce
of Zhaoqing City.
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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.
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
bright-dip 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.
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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
investigation 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
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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.
Imports of the subject merchandise
are provided for under the following
categories of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTS’’):
7604.21.0000, 7604.29.1000,
7604.29.3010, 7604.29.3050,
7604.29.5030, 7604.29.5060,
7608.20.0030, 7608.20.0090,
9506.11.4080, 9506.51.4000,
9506.51.6000, 9506.59.4040,
9506.70.2090, 9506.99.0510,
9506.99.0520, 9506.99.0530,
9506.99.1500, 9506.99.2000,
9506.99.2580, 9506.99.2800,
9506.99.6080, 9507.30.2000,
9507.30.4000, 9507.30.6000,
9507.90.6000, 8419.90.1000,
8302.10.3000, 8302.10.6030,
8302.10.6060, 8302.10.6090,
8302.30.3010, 8302.30.3060,
8302.41.3000, 8302.41.6015,
8302.41.6045, 8302.41.6050,
8302.41.6080, 8302.42.3010,
8302.42.3015, 8302.42.3065,
8302.49.6035, 8302.49.6045,
8302.49.6055, 8302.49.6085,
8302.60.9000, 8306.30.0000,
9403.90.8061, 9403.90.1040,
9403.90.1050, 9403.90.1085,
9403.90.2540, 9403.90.2580,
9403.90.4005, 9403.90.4010,
9403.90.4060, 9403.90.5005,
9403.90.5010, 9403.90.5080,
9403.90.6005, 9403.90.6010,
9403.90.6080, 9403.90.7005,
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9403.90.7010, 9403.90.7080,
9403.90.8010, 9403.90.8015,
9403.90.8020, 9403.90.8041,
9403.90.8051, 9403.10.00, 9403.20.00,
8479.89.98, 8479.90.94, 8513.90.20,
8302.50.0000, 9506.91.0010,
9506.91.0020, 9506.91.0030, 7615.19.30,
7615.19.50, 7615.19.70, 7615.19.90,
7615.19.10, 7615.20.00, 7616.99.10 and
7616.99.50. 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 HTS chapters. In addition, fin
evaporator coils may be classifiable
under HTS numbers: 8418.99.80.50 and
8418.99.80.60. While HTS subheadings
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
Because no parties have submitted
comments opposing the Department’s
Preliminary Results, and because there
is no other information or evidence on
the record that calls into question the
Preliminary Results, the Department
determines that Guangdong Zhongya is
the successor-in-interest to New
Zhongya for the purpose of determining
antidumping duty liability.
Instructions to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to
suspend liquidation and collect a cash
deposit rate of 33.28 percent on all
shipments of the subject merchandise
exported by Guangdong Zhongya and
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption, on or after the
publication date of these results of
changed circumstances review.7
Notification
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
7 See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium:
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 77 FR 21963 (April
12, 2012), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum; see also Notice of Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand,
75 FR 74684 (December 1, 2010), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: August 30, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Input From
Hawaii’s Boat-based Anglers
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 5,
2012.
SUMMARY:
Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Christopher Hawkins, (808)
944–2291 or
Christopher.Hawkins@noaa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection. The Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA) requires anglers who (1)
engage in angling or spearfishing for fish
in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ);
anadromous species in any tidal waters;
or continental Shelf fishery resources
beyond the EEZ, (2) operate a for-hire
fishing vessel in the EEZ, (3) operate a
for-hire fishing vessel that engages in
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angling or spearfishing for: anadromous
species in any tidal waters; or
continental shelf fishery resources
beyond the EEZ, (4) possess equipment
used for angling or spearfishing and also
possesses: Fish in the EEZ; anadromous
species in any tidal waters; or
continental shelf fishery resources
beyond the EEZ to register annually
with the National Angler Register.
Those in states which have received
exempted status per regulations at 600
CFR 1415–17 need not register with
NMFS. Under 600 CFR 1417, MSA
allows NMFS to exempt a State that has
developed a qualifying regional survey
that meets the Marine Recreational
Information Program’s National Data
Standards.
The State of Hawaii is developing a
comprehensive data collection program
that will meet the requirements set forth
at 600CFR 1417 and exempt the State’s
anglers from the national registry
requirement. The information gathered
from the proposed voluntary survey of
a sample of the State’s registered boaters
will be used to develop an ongoing
(monitoring) survey of fishing catch and
effort derived from Hawaii’s private
boaters—a required component of any
qualifying regional survey. The survey
instrument will also collect information
to inform engagement of and projects
aimed at local boat-based anglers under
NOAA’s National Recreational Saltwater
Fishing Initiative.
II. Method of Collection
The survey instrument will be mailed
to respondents using the address they
provided to the State’s Division of
Boating and Ocean Recreation. The
survey packet will include a
personalized cover letter and a postagepaid, pre-addressed return envelope.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(new information collection).
Affected Public: Non-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 334.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 31, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Administration
RIN 0648–XC095
Marine Mammals; File No. 17278
National Marine Fisheries
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
permit has been issued to James Shine,
Ph.D., Harvard University School of
Public Health, 401 Park Drive, 404H
West, Boston, MA 02215, to import and
receive marine mammal parts for
scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
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Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
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Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)
427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930;
phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281–
9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Morse or Jennifer Skidmore, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
30, 2012 notice was published in the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-967]
Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 5, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published its preliminary results of a changed
circumstances review (``CCR'') of the antidumping duty order on
aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The
Department preliminarily determined that Guangdong Zhongya Aluminum
Company Limited (``Guangdong Zhongya'') is the successor-in-interest to
Zhaoqing New Zhongya Aluminum Co., Ltd. (``New Zhongya'').\1\ We
invited parties to comment. Since no parties submitted comments, the
Department is making no changes to the Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 77 FR 39683
(July 5, 2012) (``Preliminary Results'').
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DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve Wang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: 202-482-6231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
New Zhongya, a producer of aluminum extrusions, participated in the
antidumping duty investigation of aluminum extrusions from the PRC. The
Department issued its final determination for this investigation on
April 4, 2011.\2\ As a result of that final determination, New
Zhongya's weighted-average dumping margin is 33.28 percent.\3\ The
antidumping duty order was issued on May 26, 2011.\4\
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\2\ See Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76 FR 18524
(April 4, 2011); see also Aluminum Extrusions From the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Correction to the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 76 FR 20627 (April 13, 2011).
\3\ Id.
\4\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 30650 (May 26, 2011).
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On November 7, 2011, New Zhongya requested a changed circumstances
review claiming that it had undergone a name change to Guangdong
Zhongya Aluminum Company Limited.\5\ New Zhongya requested that the
antidumping duty rate, which was assigned to New Zhongya and was in
effect before the date of the name change (i.e., August 16, 2011),
continue under the new name. New Zhongya's request, stating that it
underwent no changes other than the change in the name, was accompanied
by supporting documents from Chinese government authorities,\6\
recognizing and approving the name change. Specifically, New Zhongya
stated that no changes were made in personnel, management, ownership,
facilities, customers, suppliers, etc.
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\5\ See Letter from New Zhongya to the Department, ``Extruded
Aluminum from China'' (request for Changed Circumstances Review),
dated November 7, 2011.
\6\ These Chinese government authorities include the Bureau of
Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation of High and New Technology
Industrial Development Zone of Zhaoqing and the Administration
Bureau for Industry and Commerce of Zhaoqing City.
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In response to this request, on December 27, 2011, the Department
initiated a CCR, and on January 27, 2012, the Department issued a
questionnaire to New Zhongya. New Zhongya filed its questionnaire
response on February 24, 2012. Its submission included organizational
charts, employment contracts, board meeting minutes, monthly income
statements and balance sheets, a product list, full lists of suppliers
and home- and U.S.- market customers, and sample supplier and customer
invoices, as well as narrative responses confirming a name change from
New Zhongya to Guangdong Zhongya.
The petitioner in this proceeding, Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade
Committee, did not comment on New Zhongya's request or the Preliminary
Results issued by the Department.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the 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.
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 bright-dip 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.
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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 investigation
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.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the
following categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (``HTS''): 7604.21.0000, 7604.29.1000, 7604.29.3010,
7604.29.3050, 7604.29.5030, 7604.29.5060, 7608.20.0030, 7608.20.0090,
9506.11.4080, 9506.51.4000, 9506.51.6000, 9506.59.4040, 9506.70.2090,
9506.99.0510, 9506.99.0520, 9506.99.0530, 9506.99.1500, 9506.99.2000,
9506.99.2580, 9506.99.2800, 9506.99.6080, 9507.30.2000, 9507.30.4000,
9507.30.6000, 9507.90.6000, 8419.90.1000, 8302.10.3000, 8302.10.6030,
8302.10.6060, 8302.10.6090, 8302.30.3010, 8302.30.3060, 8302.41.3000,
8302.41.6015, 8302.41.6045, 8302.41.6050, 8302.41.6080, 8302.42.3010,
8302.42.3015, 8302.42.3065, 8302.49.6035, 8302.49.6045, 8302.49.6055,
8302.49.6085, 8302.60.9000, 8306.30.0000, 9403.90.8061, 9403.90.1040,
9403.90.1050, 9403.90.1085, 9403.90.2540, 9403.90.2580, 9403.90.4005,
9403.90.4010, 9403.90.4060, 9403.90.5005, 9403.90.5010, 9403.90.5080,
9403.90.6005, 9403.90.6010, 9403.90.6080, 9403.90.7005, 9403.90.7010,
9403.90.7080, 9403.90.8010, 9403.90.8015, 9403.90.8020, 9403.90.8041,
9403.90.8051, 9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 8479.89.98, 8479.90.94,
8513.90.20, 8302.50.0000, 9506.91.0010, 9506.91.0020, 9506.91.0030,
7615.19.30, 7615.19.50, 7615.19.70, 7615.19.90, 7615.19.10, 7615.20.00,
7616.99.10 and 7616.99.50. 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 HTS chapters. In addition, fin
evaporator coils may be classifiable under HTS numbers: 8418.99.80.50
and 8418.99.80.60. While HTS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the scope is
dispositive.
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
Because no parties have submitted comments opposing the
Department's Preliminary Results, and because there is no other
information or evidence on the record that calls into question the
Preliminary Results, the Department determines that Guangdong Zhongya
is the successor-in-interest to New Zhongya for the purpose of
determining antidumping duty liability.
Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
suspend liquidation and collect a cash deposit rate of 33.28 percent on
all shipments of the subject merchandise exported by Guangdong Zhongya
and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after
the publication date of these results of changed circumstances
review.\7\
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\7\ See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Notice of
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 77
FR 21963 (April 12, 2012), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum; see also Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From
Thailand, 75 FR 74684 (December 1, 2010), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
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Notification
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations
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and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: August 30, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-22001 Filed 9-5-12; 8:45 am]
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