Aluminum Extrusions From the Republic of Türkiye: Amended Preliminary Determination of the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 48152-48153 [2024-12345]
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II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–489–850]
Aluminum Extrusions From the
Republic of Türkiye: Amended
Preliminary Determination of the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is amending its
preliminary affirmative determination
in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation of aluminum extrusions
from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye)
to correct for significant ministerial
errors. The period of investigation is
October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2023.
DATES: Applicable June 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taylor Hatley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4886.
AGENCY:
Background
On May 7, 2024, Commerce published
in the Federal Register its preliminary
affirmative determination in the LTFV
investigation of aluminum extrusions
from Türkiye.1 On May 7 and 9, 2024,
respectively, mandatory respondents,
Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic.
A.S. (Erdoganlar) and Sistem
Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
(Sistem) timely alleged that Commerce
made significant ministerial errors in
calculating their estimated weightedaverage dumping margins.2
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are aluminum extrusions
from Türkiye. For a complete
description of the scope of this
investigation, see the Preliminary
Determination.3
Legal Framework
A ministerial error is defined as
including ‘‘errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic
function, clerical error resulting from
inaccurate copying, duplication, or the
like, and any other similar type of
unintentional error which {Commerce}
considers ministerial.’’ 4 A ministerial
error is considered to be ‘‘significant’’ if
its correction, either singly or in
combination with other errors, would
result in: (1) a change of at least five
absolute percentage points in, but not
less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in
the preliminary determination; or (2) a
difference between a weighted-average
dumping margin of zero (or de minimis)
and a weighted-average dumping
margin of greater than de minimis or
vice versa.5 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.224(e), Commerce ‘‘will analyze any
comments received and, if appropriate,
correct any significant ministerial error
by amending the preliminary
determination.’’
Analysis of Significant Ministerial
Errors
In the Preliminary Determination,
Commerce made significant ministerial
errors within the meaning of section
735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f)
and (g)(1) in calculating the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins for
Erdoganlar and Sistem. Accordingly,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e),
Commerce is amending its Preliminary
Determination to correct for these
significant ministerial errors by revising
the rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem, the
companies assigned a rate based on
adverse facts available (AFA),6 and all
other producers and/or exporters.7 For a
detailed discussion of the alleged
ministerial errors, as well as
Commerce’s analysis, see the Ministerial
Error Memorandum.8
Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of correcting these
significant ministerial errors, Commerce
determines the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
exist:
Estimated
weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic. A.S .................................................................................................
Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S ...............................................................................................
Alkor Aluminyum Enerji Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi ..........................................................
Astas Aluminyum San ve Tic A.S ...........................................................................................................
Ayde Aluminyum LTD. STI ......................................................................................................................
Burak Aluminyum San .............................................................................................................................
P.M.S. Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S ...............................................................................................
Tuna Aluminium Ltd .................................................................................................................................
Uluson Aluminum .....................................................................................................................................
All Others .................................................................................................................................................
10.11
19.86
* 48.43
* 48.43
* 48.43
* 48.43
* 48.43
* 48.43
* 48.43
12.98
Cash deposit rate
(adjusted for
subsidy offset(s))
(percent)
9.91
19.86
37.26
37.26
37.26
37.26
37.26
37.26
37.26
12.78
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* Rates based on AFA.
1 See Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of
Türkiye: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 89 FR 38046 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
2 See Erdoganlar’s Letter, ‘‘Erdoganlar
Aluminyum San. ve Tic. A.S.’s Allegation of
Significant Ministerial Error,’’ dated May 7, 2024;
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see also Sistem’s Letter, ‘‘Sistem Aluminyum
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.’ Ministerial Error
Allegations,’’ dated May 9, 2024.
3 See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38049–
52.
4 See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
5 See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from the
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Republic of Türkiye: Allegations of Ministerial
Errors in the Preliminary Determination,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error
Memorandum), at 4.
7 See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38047
(‘‘{The all-others rate} shall be an amount equal to
the weighted average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established for exporters
and producers individually investigated’’).
8 See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for this amended preliminary
determination to parties within five
days after public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Amended Cash Deposits and
Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and
suspension of liquidation will be
revised according to the rates calculated
in this amended preliminary
determination, in accordance with
section 733(d) of the Act. Because the
amended rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem,
the companies assigned rates based on
AFA, and all other producers and/or
exporters result in decreased cash
deposit rates, they will be effective
retroactively to May 7, 2024, the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determination. We will also instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
issue instructions for requesting a
refund of the difference between the
amount of cash deposits paid as a result
of the application of the Preliminary
Determination rates and the amount due
as a result of the amended preliminary
determination rates.
U.S. International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we will notify the U.S.
International Trade Commission of our
amended preliminary determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
This amended preliminary
determination is issued and published
pursuant to sections 733(d) and 777(i) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin
From the Sultanate of Oman:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2022–
2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that OCTAL SAOC FZC
(OCTAL), the sole respondent subject to
this administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on
polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET
resin) from the Sultanate of Oman
(Oman), did not make sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR)
May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results of
this administrative s review.
DATES: Applicable June 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen or Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2769 and (202) 482–3518,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Based on timely requests for review,
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), on July 6, 2023, Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the
AD order on PET resin from the Oman
with respect to OCTAL covering the
POR.1 On January 24, 2024, Commerce
extended the deadline for these
preliminary results to May 30, 2024.2
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 A
list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an appendix to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR
44262, 44267 (July 12, 2023) (Initiation); see also
Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from
Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India, and
the Sultanate of Oman: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination (Sultanate of Oman)
and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 27979 (May
6, 2016) (Order). While Commerce initiated this
administrative review with respect to OCTAL and
OCTAL Inc., OCTAL Inc. is OCTAL’s affiliated U.S.
importer, and as such, Commerce should not have
included OCTAL Inc. in the Initiation. See
OCTAL’s Letter, ‘‘Section A Response of OCTAL
SAOC–FZC,’’ dated September 5, 2023, at 8.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated January 24, 2024.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the 2022–2023
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from
the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the
Order is PET resin having an intrinsic
viscosity of at least 0.70, but not more
than 0.88, deciliters per gram. The
merchandise subject to the Order is
properly classified under subheadings
3907.60.00.30, 3907.61.0000,
3907.61.0010, 3907.61.0050,
3907.69.0000, 3907.69.0010, and
3907.69.0050 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).4 Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
covered by the Order is dispositive. For
a full description of the scope of the
Order, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751 (a)(1)(B)
the Act. We calculated export and
constructed export prices and NV in
accordance with sections 772 and 773 of
the Act, respectively. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary results of
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We are assigning the following
weighted-average dumping margin to
the company listed below for the period
May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023:
Producer/exporter
Weighted-average
dumping margin
(percent)
OCTAL SAOC FZC .................
0.00
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its
calculations for the preliminary results
of review to parties to the proceeding
within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public
4 Commerce added HTSUS subheadings
3907.61.0000, 3907.69.0000, 3907.61.0010,
3907.61.0050, 3907.69.0010, and 3907.69.0050 to
the scope after issuing the Order. See Polyethylene
Terephthalate Resin from the Sultanate of Oman:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020–2021, 87 FR 75594 (December 9,
2022).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-850]
Aluminum Extrusions From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Amended
Preliminary Determination of the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its
preliminary affirmative determination in the less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation of aluminum extrusions from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) to correct for significant ministerial
errors. The period of investigation is October 1, 2022, through
September 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable June 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Hatley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 7, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of
aluminum extrusions from T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On May 7 and 9, 2024,
respectively, mandatory respondents, Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic.
A.S. (Erdoganlar) and Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Sistem)
timely alleged that Commerce made significant ministerial errors in
calculating their estimated weighted-average dumping margins.\2\
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\1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 89 FR 38046 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Erdoganlar's Letter, ``Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve Tic.
A.S.'s Allegation of Significant Ministerial Error,'' dated May 7,
2024; see also Sistem's Letter, ``Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S.' Ministerial Error Allegations,'' dated May 9, 2024.
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are aluminum extrusions
from T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see the Preliminary Determination.3
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\3\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38049-52.
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Legal Framework
A ministerial error is defined as including ``errors in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error which {Commerce{time} considers
ministerial.'' \4\ A ministerial error is considered to be
``significant'' if its correction, either singly or in combination with
other errors, would result in: (1) a change of at least five absolute
percentage points in, but not less than 25 percent of, the weighted-
average dumping margin calculated in the preliminary determination; or
(2) a difference between a weighted-average dumping margin of zero (or
de minimis) and a weighted-average dumping margin of greater than de
minimis or vice versa.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce
``will analyze any comments received and, if appropriate, correct any
significant ministerial error by amending the preliminary
determination.''
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\4\ See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(g).
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Analysis of Significant Ministerial Errors
In the Preliminary Determination, Commerce made significant
ministerial errors within the meaning of section 735(e) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.224(f) and (g)(1) in calculating the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for Erdoganlar and Sistem. Accordingly,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending its Preliminary
Determination to correct for these significant ministerial errors by
revising the rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem, the companies assigned a
rate based on adverse facts available (AFA),\6\ and all other producers
and/or exporters.\7\ For a detailed discussion of the alleged
ministerial errors, as well as Commerce's analysis, see the Ministerial
Error Memorandum.\8\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of
Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Allegations
of Ministerial Errors in the Preliminary Determination,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum), at 4.
\7\ See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38047 (``{The all-
others rate{time} shall be an amount equal to the weighted average
of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually investigated'').
\8\ See Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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Amended Preliminary Determination
As a result of correcting these significant ministerial errors,
Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margins exist:
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Cash deposit rate
Estimated weighted- (adjusted for
Exporter/producer average dumping subsidy offset(s))
margin (percent) (percent)
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Erdoganlar Aluminyum San. ve 10.11 9.91
Tic. A.S.......................
Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve 19.86 19.86
Ticaret A.S....................
Alkor Aluminyum Enerji Insaat * 48.43 37.26
Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim
Sirketi........................
Astas Aluminyum San ve Tic A.S.. * 48.43 37.26
Ayde Aluminyum LTD. STI......... * 48.43 37.26
Burak Aluminyum San............. * 48.43 37.26
P.M.S. Aluminyum Sanayi ve * 48.43 37.26
Ticaret A.S....................
Tuna Aluminium Ltd.............. * 48.43 37.26
Uluson Aluminum................. * 48.43 37.26
All Others...................... 12.98 12.78
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* Rates based on AFA.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for this amended
preliminary determination to parties within five days after public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Amended Cash Deposits and Suspension of Liquidation
The collection of cash deposits and suspension of liquidation will
be revised according to the rates calculated in this amended
preliminary determination, in accordance with section 733(d) of the
Act. Because the amended rates for Erdoganlar, Sistem, the companies
assigned rates based on AFA, and all other producers and/or exporters
result in decreased cash deposit rates, they will be effective
retroactively to May 7, 2024, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination. We will also instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to issue instructions for requesting a refund of the
difference between the amount of cash deposits paid as a result of the
application of the Preliminary Determination rates and the amount due
as a result of the amended preliminary determination rates.
U.S. International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we will notify the
U.S. International Trade Commission of our amended preliminary
determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
This amended preliminary determination is issued and published
pursuant to sections 733(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.224(e).
Dated: May 30, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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