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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From
the Republic of Turkey: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 2020–2021
The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to certain producers and
exporters of common alloy aluminum
sheet (aluminum sheet) from the
Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period
of review is August 14, 2020, through
December 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Alexander, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4313.
SUMMARY:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this review on May 10, 2023.1
On August 24, 2023, Commerce
extended the final results of this review
to October 26, 2023.2 For a complete
description of the events that occurred
since the Preliminary Results, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.3
Scope of the Order 4
The product covered by this Order is
aluminum sheet from Turkey. For a
complete description of the scope of this
Order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
1 See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of the
2020–2021 Administrative Review, 88 FR 30092
(May 10, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Third Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated September 28, 2023.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results in the
Countervailing Duty Administration Review of
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Republic
of Turkey; 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
4 See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from
Bahrain, India, and the Republic of Turkey:
Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 22144 (April 27,
2021) (Order).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested
parties in their case and rebuttal briefs
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of these issues is
provided in the appendix to this notice.
The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For
each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.5 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying all of Commerce’s
conclusions, including our reliance, in
part, on facts otherwise available,
including adverse facts available,
pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
the Act, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and
comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary
Results, and for the reasons explained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum,
Commerce revised the calculations for
the net countervailable subsidy rates for
these final results of review.
Companies Not Selected for Individual
Review
The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to
companies not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its
examination in an administrative review
pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the
Act. Generally, Commerce looks to
section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for determining
the all-others rate in an investigation,
for guidance when calculating the rate
for companies which were not selected
5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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for individual examination in an
administrative review. Under section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others
rate is normally an amount equal to the
weighted average of the countervailable
subsidy rates established for exporters
and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis countervailable subsidy rates,
and any rates determined entirely on the
basis of facts available.
There is one company for which a
review was requested and not
rescinded, and which was not selected
as a mandatory respondent or found to
be cross owned with a mandatory
respondent: P.M.S. Metal Profil
Aluminyum Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Assan and Teknik received
countervailable subsidies that are above
de minimis and are not based entirely
on facts available for 2020.6 Commerce
calculated the all-others’ rate using a
simple average of the individual
estimated subsidy rates calculated for
the examined respondents.7 Assan and
Teknik received countervailable
subsidies that are above de minimis and
are not based entirely on facts available
for 2021. Therefore, we calculated the
all-others’ rate using a simple average of
the individual estimated subsidy rates
calculated for the examined
respondents.8
Final Results of the Administrative
Review
Commerce determines the net
countervailable subsidy rates for the
period August 14, 2020, through
December 31, 2021, to be as follows:
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
2020
Company
Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S 9 .............................................................................................................
Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S ................................................................................................................................
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review ......................................................................................................
Disclosure
Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations and analysis performed for
these final results of review within five
days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
In accordance with section 751(a)(1)
of the Act, we also intend to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts shown above for the abovelisted companies with regard to
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results of
review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP
will continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
all-others rate or the most recent
company-specific rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash
deposit requirements, effective upon
publication of these final results, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment Rate
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Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon
issuance of the final results, Commerce
shall determine, and Customs and
Border Protection shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) no earlier than 35 days
after the date of 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).
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of Subsidy Rate
for Non-Selected Companies Under Review,’’ dated
concurrently with this memorandum.
7 With two respondents under examination,
Commerce normally calculates (A) a weighted
average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for
the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of
the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
examined respondents; and (C) a weighted average
of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
examined respondents using each company’s
publicly ranged U.S. sale quantities for the
merchandise under consideration. Commerce then
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate
closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (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
other producers and exporters. See, e.g., Ball
Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and
Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010). Because complete publicly
ranged sales data was not available, Commerce
could not follow its normal methodology.Therefore,
we used a simple average of the estimated subsidy
rates calculated for the examined respondents.
8 Id.
9 Commerce has found Kibar Holding to be crossowned with Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S., pursuant to 19 CFR 351.525(b)(6)(vi); see
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Subsidy rate
(percent
ad valorem)
2021
3.29
1.08
2.19
1.15
0.69
0.92
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
These final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 26, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Use of Facts Available and Application of
Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Certain of Assan’s Sales
Denominators
Comment 2: Whether the ‘‘Other SelfReported Subsidies’’ Remain
Countervailable Subsidies
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Republic
of Turkey: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Final Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 86 FR 13315
(March 8, 2021). We also note that Assan has an
affiliated trading company through which it
exported certain subject merchandise during the
POR, Kibar Dis. Kibar Dis was not selected as a
mandatory respondent, but was examined in the
context of Assan. Therefore, there is not an
established CVD rate for Kibar Dis. Instead, entries
of subject merchandise exported by Kibar Dis will
receive the rate of the producer listed on the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry form.
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Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should
Remove the Subsidy Rate Calculated for
the Program Unemployment Insurance
Law No. 4447
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Certain Errors Regarding Loan
Calculations
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Certain of Teknik’s Sales
Denominators
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Certain Calculations Regarding
Assistance to Offset Costs Related to the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Investigations
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-489-840]
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Republic of Turkey: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2020-2021
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and
exporters of common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the
Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The period of review is August 14, 2020,
through December 31, 2021.
DATES: Applicable November 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Alexander, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4313.
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this review on May
10, 2023.\1\ On August 24, 2023, Commerce extended the final results of
this review to October 26, 2023.\2\ For a complete description of the
events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Republic of Turkey:
Preliminary Results of the 2020-2021 Administrative Review, 88 FR
30092 (May 10, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Third Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
September 28, 2023.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results in the Countervailing Duty Administration Review of
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Republic of Turkey; 2020-
2021,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 4
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\4\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, India, and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 22144 (April
27, 2021) (Order).
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The product covered by this Order is aluminum sheet from Turkey.
For a complete description of the scope of this Order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of these issues is provided in the appendix to this notice. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that
there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution
that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\5\ For a full description of the methodology underlying all
of Commerce's conclusions, including our reliance, in part, on facts
otherwise available, including adverse facts available, pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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\5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce
revised the calculations for the net countervailable subsidy rates for
these final results of review.
Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for
individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for determining the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies
which were not selected
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for individual examination in an administrative review. Under section
705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount
equal to the weighted average of the countervailable subsidy rates
established for exporters and producers individually investigated,
excluding any zero or de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any
rates determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
There is one company for which a review was requested and not
rescinded, and which was not selected as a mandatory respondent or
found to be cross owned with a mandatory respondent: P.M.S. Metal
Profil Aluminyum Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Assan and Teknik received countervailable subsidies that are above
de minimis and are not based entirely on facts available for 2020.\6\
Commerce calculated the all-others' rate using a simple average of the
individual estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined
respondents.\7\ Assan and Teknik received countervailable subsidies
that are above de minimis and are not based entirely on facts available
for 2021. Therefore, we calculated the all-others' rate using a simple
average of the individual estimated subsidy rates calculated for the
examined respondents.\8\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of Subsidy Rate for Non-
Selected Companies Under Review,'' dated concurrently with this
memorandum.
\7\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally
calculates (A) a weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates
calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the
estimated subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents; and
(C) a weighted average of the estimated subsidy rates calculated for
the examined respondents using each company's publicly ranged U.S.
sale quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce
then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A)
as the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters.
See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010). Because complete publicly ranged sales data was
not available, Commerce could not follow its normal
methodology.Therefore, we used a simple average of the estimated
subsidy rates calculated for the examined respondents.
\8\ Id.
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Final Results of the Administrative Review
Commerce determines the net countervailable subsidy rates for the
period August 14, 2020, through December 31, 2021, to be as follows:
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\9\ Commerce has found Kibar Holding to be cross-owned with
Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., pursuant to 19 CFR
351.525(b)(6)(vi); see Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Republic
of Turkey: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part,
86 FR 13315 (March 8, 2021). We also note that Assan has an
affiliated trading company through which it exported certain subject
merchandise during the POR, Kibar Dis. Kibar Dis was not selected as
a mandatory respondent, but was examined in the context of Assan.
Therefore, there is not an established CVD rate for Kibar Dis.
Instead, entries of subject merchandise exported by Kibar Dis will
receive the rate of the producer listed on the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) entry form.
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Subsidy rate Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad (percent ad
valorem) 2020 valorem) 2021
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Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S 3.29 1.15
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Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S............. 1.08 0.69
Companies Not Selected for Individual 2.19 0.92
Review.................................
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis
performed for these final results of review within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and Customs and Border Protection shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) no earlier than 35 days after the
date of 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 Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, we also intend to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown above for the above-listed companies with
regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of these
final results of review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue
to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-
others rate or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, effective
upon publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (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
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 26, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Use of Facts Available and Application of Adverse Inferences
VI. Subsidies Valuation Information
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Revise Certain of Assan's
Sales Denominators
Comment 2: Whether the ``Other Self-Reported Subsidies'' Remain
Countervailable Subsidies
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Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Remove the Subsidy Rate
Calculated for the Program Unemployment Insurance Law No. 4447
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Correct Certain Errors
Regarding Loan Calculations
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Revise Certain of Teknik's
Sales Denominators
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Revise Certain Calculations
Regarding Assistance to Offset Costs Related to the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations
IX. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2023-24254 Filed 11-1-23; 8:45 am]
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