Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Germany: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 87854-87855 [2024-25614]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87854-87855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25614]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-849]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Germany: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
exporter and producer subject to this administrative review made sales 
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR), April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable November 5, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, Office IV, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 25, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in 
the Federal Register.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ On August 
26, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of 
review until October 29, 2024.\3\
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    \1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 31724 (April 25, 2024) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,'' dated August 
26, 2024.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ 
Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 
Germany,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is common alloy aluminum sheet 
(aluminum sheet) from Germany. For a full description of the scope of 
the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that interested 
parties filed in this administrative review are listed in the appendix 
to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 Services 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 assessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results of Review

    We made no changes to the weighted-average dumping margin that we 
calculated for Speira GmbH (Speira) in the Preliminary Results.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period, April 1, 2022, through March 31, 
2023:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Speira GmbH \5\.............................................        6.44
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Disclosure

    Because Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations from 
the Preliminary Results,\6\ there are no new calculations to disclose 
for these final results of review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \5\ Formerly known as Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH. See 
Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2022, 88 FR 30087 (May 
10, 2023, unchanged in Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2022, 
88 FR 77556 (November 13, 2023).
    \6\ See Preliminary Results.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined in these final results of this 
review, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific 
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount 
of dumping calculated for examined sales to each importer to the total 
entered value of those sales. Where an importer-specific assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties.
    Pursuant to a refinement to Commerce's assessment practice, for 
subject merchandise that was entered into the United States, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the POR, that was 
produced or exported by Speira GmbH for which Speira GmbH did not 
report the sale in its U.S. sales database, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the entry of such merchandise at the all-others rate (i.e., 
49.40 percent) \7\ if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\8\
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    \7\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Germany: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 13318 (March 
8, 2021).
    \8\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice 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).

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this 
notice in the Federal Register, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of 
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Speira GmbH will be equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margin listed in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section above; (2) for merchandise that was exported by a 
company that is not under review and the company has a company-specific 
cash deposit rate from a completed segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate 
from a completed segment of the proceeding that is currently applicable 
to the company; (3) if the exporter of the subject merchandise was not 
covered by this review or a previously completed segment of this 
proceeding, but the producer of the subject merchandise was covered, 
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific cash 
deposit rate from a completed segment of this proceeding that is 
currently applicable to the producer of the subject merchandise; and 
(4) if neither the exporter nor the producer of the subject merchandise 
was covered by this review or a previously completed segment of this 
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be 49.40 percent ad 
valorem, the all-others rate established in the less than fair value 
investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the presumption that reimbursement of 
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 the terms of an APO is a violation 
that is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of review and 
this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 29, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Use Quarterly Costs
    Comment 2: Speira's Reported Cost Variances
V. Recommendation

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