Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 43 / Monday, March 8, 2021 / Notices 13289 

1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 

Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 49634 (August 14, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from Brazil: Post-Preliminary Decision Memo,’’ 

dated December 22, 2020 (Post-Preliminary 

Decision). 

3See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 49634. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Negative Determination 

of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Brazil,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Scope Comments Decision 

Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,’’ 

Continued 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: March 1, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are common alloy aluminum sheet, which is 

a flat rolled aluminum product having a 

thickness of 6.3 mm or less, but greater than 

0.2 mm, in coils or cut-to-length, regardless 

of width. Common alloy sheet within the 

scope of this investigation includes both not 

clad aluminum sheet, as well as multi-alloy, 

clad aluminum sheet. With respect to not 

clad aluminum sheet, common alloy sheet is 

manufactured from a 1XXX-, 3XXX-, or 

5XXX-series alloy as designated by the 

Aluminum Association. With respect to 

multi-alloy, clad aluminum sheet, common 

alloy sheet is produced from a 3XXX-series 

core, to which cladding layers are applied to 

either one or both sides of the core. The use 

of a proprietary alloy or non-proprietary alloy 

that is not specifically registered by the 

Aluminum Association as a discrete 

1XXX-, 3XXX-, or 5XXX-series alloy, but that 

otherwise has a chemistry that is consistent 

with these designations, does not remove an 

otherwise in-scope product from the scope. 

Common alloy sheet may be made to 

ASTM specification B209–14 but can also be 

made to other specifications. Regardless of 

specification, however, all common alloy 

sheet meeting the scope description is 

included in the scope. Subject merchandise 

includes common alloy sheet that has been 

further processed in a third country, 

including but not limited to annealing, 

tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, 

cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

this investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the common alloy sheet. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is aluminum can stock, which 

is suitable for use in the manufacture of 

aluminum beverage cans, lids of such cans, 

or tabs used to open such cans. Aluminum 

can stock is produced to gauges that range 

from 0.200 mm to 0.292 mm, and has an H– 

19, H–41, H–48, H–39, or H–391 temper. In 

addition, aluminum can stock has a lubricant 

applied to the flat surfaces of the can stock 

to facilitate its movement through machines 

used in the manufacture of beverage cans. 

Aluminum can stock is properly classified 

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055. 

Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set for the 

above. 

Common alloy sheet is currently 

classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3060, 7606.11.6000, 7606.12.3096, 

7606.12.6000, 7606.91.3095, 7606.91.6095, 

7606.92.3035, and 7606.92.6095. Further, 

merchandise that falls within the scope of 

this investigation may also be entered into 

the United States under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3030, 7606.12.3015, 7606.12.3025, 

7606.12.3035, 7606.12.3091, 7606.91.3055, 

7606.91.6055, 7606.92.3025, 7606.92.6055, 

7607.11.9090. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: U.S. and Home Market 

Packing Expenses 

Comment 2: Whether to Rely on Hulamin 

Operations’ Actual Base Metal Costs 

V. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–855] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

Brazil: Final Negative Countervailing 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are not being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

common alloy aluminum sheet 

(aluminum sheet) from the Brazil. 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Hall-Eastman or Samuel 

Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1468 or 

(202) 482–7851, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 14, 2020, Commerce 

published its Preliminary 

Determination.1 On December 22, 2020, 

Commerce released its Post-Preliminary 

Decision.2 In addition to the 

Government of Brazil, the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Companhia Brasileiro de Aluminio 

(CBA) and Novelis do Brasil Ltda. 

(Novelis Brasil). In the Preliminary 

Determination, and in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce aligned the 

final countervailable duty (CVD) 

determination with the final 

antidumping duty determination.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the Preliminary 

Determination, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.4 The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is made available to the 

public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. The signed and 

electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation (POI) is 

January 1, 2019, through December 31, 

2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are aluminum sheet from 

Brazil. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this investigation 

Commerce received scope comments 

from interested parties. Commerce 

issued a Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum to address these 

comments.5 We received comments 


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dated October 6, 2020 (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum 

Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, 

Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, 

Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, 

Spain, Taiwan, and Turkey: Scope Comments Final 

Decision Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Final Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

7See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Questionnaire in Lieu 

of Verification for Companhia Brasileira de 

Alumino;’’ and ‘‘Questionnaire in Lieu of 

Verification for Novelis do Brasil Ltda.’’ dated 

December 2, 2020; see also CBA’s Letter, ‘‘Common 

Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Brazil: Questionnaire 

in Lieu of Verification,’’ dated December 10, 2020; 

and Novelis Brasil’s Letter, ‘‘Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from Brazil: Novelis do Brasil 

Response to Questionnaire In Lieu of Verification,’’ 

dated December 9, 2020. 

8See 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. 

9Commerce has found the following companies 

to be cross-owned with CBA: Votorantim S.A. and 

its holding company; Votorantim Comercializadora 

de Energia Ltda.; CBA Machadinho Gerac ̧a ̃o de 

Energia Ltda.; and CBA Energia Participac ̧o ̃es S.A. 

10Commerce has found the following company to 

be cross-owned with Novelis: Novelis Inc. 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, which we address in the 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum.6

Commerce is not modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. See 

Appendix I for the final scope of the 

investigation. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Act.7

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties 

and addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II 

to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce determines that there is a 

subsidy, i.e. , a financial contribution by 

an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a 

benefit to the recipient, and that the 

subsidy is specific.8 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

available pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act. Additionally, as discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

because one or more respondents did 

not act to the best of their ability in 

responding to our requests for 

information, we drew adverse 

inferences, where appropriate, in 

selecting from among the facts 

otherwise available, pursuant to section 

776(b) of the Act. For further 

information, see the section ‘‘Use of 

Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the comments received from parties, we 

made certain changes to the subsidy rate 

calculations for CBA. For a discussion 

of these changes, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated countervailable 

subsidy rates exist: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(ad valorem) 

Companhia Brasileiro de 

Aluminio.9

0.22 percent (de minimis) 

Novelis do Brasil Ltda 10 0.75 percent (de minimis). 

Commerce has not calculated an allothers rate because it has not reached an 

affirmative final determination. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties the calculations and 

analysis performed in this final 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of the publication of this 

notice in proceeding in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Suspension of Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to sections 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we 

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of entries of subject merchandise as 

described in the scope of the 

investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on August 14, 2020, the 

date of publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of the 

Act, we issued instructions to CBP to 

discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

on or after December 12, 2020, but to 

continue the suspension of liquidation 

of all entries from August 14, 2020, 

through December 11, 2020 for CBA and 

all producers/exporters not individually 

examined. Because Commerce has made 

a final negative determination of 

countervailing subsidies with regard to 

the subject merchandise, Commerce will 

direct CBP to refund or cancel all 

estimated duties deposited or securities 

posted as a result of the suspension of 

liquidation. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission of our final 

determination. As our final 

determination is negative, this 

proceeding is terminated in accordance 

with section 735(c)(2) of the Act. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

of their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 

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 and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: March 1, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are common alloy aluminum sheet, which is 

a flat-rolled aluminum product having a 

thickness of 6.3 mm or less, but greater than 

0.2 mm, in coils or cut-to-length, regardless 

of width. Common alloy sheet within the 

scope of this investigation includes both not 

clad aluminum sheet, as well as multi-alloy, 


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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 

47731 (August 6, 2020). 

2See Heze Huayi’s Letter, ‘‘Chlorinated 

Isocyanurates from the People’s Republic of China: 

No Sales Certification,’’ dated September 8, 2020; 

see also Kangtai’s Letter, ‘‘Chlorinated 

Isocyanurates from the People’s Republic of China: 

No Sales Certification,’’ dated September 8, 2020. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) Data for Heze Huayi Chemical Co., 

Ltd. and Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd.,’’ 

dated November 17, 2020. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2019–2020 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 

Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

5 Id. 

clad aluminum sheet. With respect to not 

clad aluminum sheet, common alloy sheet is 

manufactured from a 1XXX-, 3XXX-, or 

5XXX-series alloy as designated by the 

Aluminum Association. With respect to 

multi-alloy, clad aluminum sheet, common 

alloy sheet is produced from a 3XXX-series 

core, to which cladding layers are applied to 

either one or both sides of the core. The use 

of a proprietary alloy or non-proprietary alloy 

that is not specifically registered by the 

Aluminum Association as a discrete 

1XXX-, 3XXX-, or 5XXX-series alloy, but that 

otherwise has a chemistry that is consistent 

with these designations, does not remove an 

otherwise in-scope product from the scope. 

Common alloy sheet may be made to 

ASTM specification B209–14 but can also be 

made to other specifications. Regardless of 

specification, however, all common alloy 

sheet meeting the scope description is 

included in the scope. Subject merchandise 

includes common alloy sheet that has been 

further processed in a third country, 

including but not limited to annealing, 

tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, 

cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

this investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the common alloy sheet. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is aluminum can stock, which 

is suitable for use in the manufacture of 

aluminum beverage cans, lids of such cans, 

or tabs used to open such cans. Aluminum 

can stock is produced to gauges that range 

from 0.200 mm to 0.292 mm, and has an 

H–19, H–41, H–48, H–39, or H–391 temper. 

In addition, aluminum can stock has a 

lubricant applied to the flat surfaces of the 

can stock to facilitate its movement through 

machines used in the manufacture of 

beverage cans. Aluminum can stock is 

properly classified under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055. 

Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set for the 

above. 

Common alloy sheet is currently 

classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3060, 7606.11.6000, 7606.12.3096, 

7606.12.6000, 7606.91.3095, 7606.91.6095, 

7606.92.3035, and 7606.92.6095. Further, 

merchandise that falls within the scope of 

this investigation may also be entered into 

the United States under HTSUS subheadings 

7606.11.3030, 7606.12.3015, 7606.12.3025, 

7606.12.3035, 7606.12.3091, 7606.91.3055, 

7606.91.6055, 7606.92.3025, 7606.92.6055, 

7607.11.9090. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Application of Adverse Facts Available 

(AFA) Concerning the Specificity of the 

Ex-Tarifario and Lei do Bem Programs 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Applied 

Appropriate Negligibility and De 

Minimis Thresholds 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Analyzed Benefit for the Integrated 

Drawback Program 

Comment 3: Whether the Integrated 

Drawback Program Provides Excessive 

Remission 

Comment 4: Whether Furnas’ Sales of 

Electricity to Companhia Brasileiro de 

Aluminio (CBA) are a Countervailable 

Subsidy 

Comment 5: Whether the Ex-Tarifario 

Program Provides a Financial 

Contribution and Is Specific 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Was 

Correct To Apply Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) To Find the Lei do Bem 

Program De Facto Specific 

Comment 7: Whether the BNDES Finame 

Program Is Specific 

Comment 8: Whether the Espirito Santo 

ICMS Reduction Program Is Specific or 

Tied to Non-Subject Merchandise 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–898] 

Chlorinated Isocyanurates From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2019–2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily finds that 

Heze Huayi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Heze 

Huayi) and Juancheng Kangtai Chemical 

Co., Ltd. (Kangtai), the only two 

companies subject to review, did not 

have any shipments of subject 

merchandise during the period of 

review (POR), June 1, 2019, through 

May 31, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Carey, 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) 482–3964. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 6, 2020, Commerce 

initiated the administrative review of 

the AD order on chlorinated 

isocyanurates (chlorinated isos) from 

China covering the period June 1, 2019, 

through May 31, 2020.1 The petitioners 

in this review are Bio-lab, Inc., Clearon 

Corp., and Occidental Chemical Corp. 

(collectively, the petitioners). This 

review covers two producers/exporters: 

Heze Huayi and Kangtai. On September 

8, 2020, Heze Huayi and Kangtai both 

certified that their respective companies 

had no entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR.2 Based on our review 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

data, we preliminarily found that Heze 

Huayi and Kangtai had no entries of 

subject merchandise originating from 

China, that were subject to antidumping 

duties during the POR.3

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A 

list of topics included in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as Appendix I to this notice. 

The Preliminary 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 Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and the electronic 

versions of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

chlorinated isos, which are derivatives 

of cyanuric acid, described as 

chlorinated s-triazine triones. For a full 

description of the scope of the order, see 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5


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