Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 45609-45611 [2018-19571]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45609-45611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19571]


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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is recalculating the 
cash deposit rate for certain Chinese exporters to reflect the revised 
countervailing duty (CVD) export subsidy offsets from the amended final 
CVD determination.

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312 or (202) 482-0167, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 20, 2018, Commerce published the initiation and preliminary 
results of its changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty 
order \1\ on aluminum extrusions from China pursuant to section 751(b) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216 and 
351.221(c)(3).\2\ In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, interested 
parties were provided an opportunity to comment and request a hearing 
regarding our preliminary finding that the cash deposit rate for the 21 
exporters/producers who retain the separate rate assigned in the LTFV 
investigation should be recalculated to reflect the revised CVD export 
subsidy offsets from the amended final CVD determination.\3\ We 
received no comments from interested parties and no request for a 
hearing.\4\
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    \1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 30650 (May 26, 2011) (the Order).
    \2\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Expedited Changed 
Circumstances Review, 83 FR 34548 (July 20, 2018) (Initiation and 
Preliminary Results).
    \3\ Id., 83 FR at 34550-34551; 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) (CVD Amended Final Determination).
    \4\ On August 15, 2018, the Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade 
Committee (the petitioner) informed Commerce of minor grammatical 
errors in certain of the company names listed in Initiation and 
Preliminary Results. See Memorandum: ``Changed Circumstances Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Aluminum Extrusions from the 
People's Republic of China: Ex Parte Telephone Conversations,'' 
dated August 30, 2018. We have corrected those errors (and others 
not pointed out by the petitioner) in these final results.
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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 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

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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.
    Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under the 
following categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS): 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.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 
and because no comments were submitted by interested parties, Commerce 
continues to find that changed circumstances exist, and that the 
appropriate cash deposit rate for the 21 exporters/producers who retain 
a separate rate assigned in the LTFV investigation should be 
recalculated to reflect the revised CVD export subsidy offsets from the 
CVD Amended Final Determination.\5\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Export Subsidy Offset 
Calculation Memorandum,'' dated July 16, 2018.
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    The cash deposit rates for these final results are listed below:

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                                                                                     Weighted-
                                                                                      average      Cash deposit
                  Exporter                                 Producer               dumping margin  rate (percent)
                                                                                     (percent)
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Changshu Changsheng Aluminium Products Co.,  Changshu Changsheng Aluminium                 32.79           32.51
 Ltd.                                         Products Co., Ltd.
Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd.............  Cosco (J.M) Aluminium Co., Ltd./              32.79           32.51
                                              Jiangmen Qunxing Hardware
                                              Diecasting Co., Ltd.
First Union Property Limited...............  Top-Wok Metal Co., Ltd.............           32.79           32.51
Foshan Jinlan Non-ferrous Metal Product Co.  Foshan Jinlan Aluminium Co. Ltd....           32.79           32.51
 Ltd.
Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd...  Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium               32.79           32.51
                                              Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co., Ltd.......  Guangdong Hao Mei Aluminium Co.,              32.79           32.51
                                              Ltd.
Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Co., Ltd.  Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory             32.79           32.51
                                              Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd........  Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd           32.79           32.51
Hanwood Enterprises Limited................  Pingguo Aluminium Company Limited..           32.79           32.51
Honsense Development Company...............  Kanal Precision Aluminium Product             32.79           32.51
                                              Co., Ltd.
Innovative Aluminium (Hong Kong) Limited...  Taishan Golden Gain Aluminium                 32.79           32.51
                                              Products Limited.
Jiangyin Trust International Inc...........  Jiangyin Xinhong Doors and Windows            32.79           32.51
                                              Co., Ltd.
Longkou Donghai Trade Co., Ltd.............  Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd.           32.79           32.51
Ningbo Yili Import and Export Co., Ltd.....  Zhejiang Anji Xinxiang Aluminum               32.79           32.51
                                              Co., Ltd.
North China Aluminum Co., Ltd..............  North China Aluminum Co., Ltd......           32.79           32.51
PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited..........  PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited..           32.79           32.51
Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd.............  Pingguo Asia Aluminum Co., Ltd.....           32.79           32.51
Popular Plastics Co., Ltd..................  Hoi Tat Plastic Mould & Metal                 32.79           32.51
                                              Factory.
Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd........  Tai-Ao Aluminium (Taishan) Co., Ltd           32.79           32.51
Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat Transmission    Tianjin Ruixin Electric Heat                  32.79           32.51
 Technology Co., Ltd.                         Transmission Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium Industry  Zhejiang Yongkang Listar Aluminium            32.79           32.51
 Co., Ltd.                                    Industry Co., Ltd.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this changed circumstances review, 
and apply to all shipments of the subject merchandise from China 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date, as provided for by 19 CFR 351.221(b)(7): For the 21 
producers and/or exporters listed above that received a separate rate 
in the LTFV investigation and continue to retain that separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be the producer/exporter-specific rate 
listed above. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice of final results in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.216(e) and 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: September 4, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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