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1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 

Bahrain: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 85 FR 49636 (August 14, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 49637. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

upon further instruction by Commerce, 

AD duties on all imports of the subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the effective date of the suspension 

of liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice will serve as a final 

reminder to the parties subject to 

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 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 sanctionable violation. 

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 From the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Particular Market Situation 

Comment 2: Treatment of Further 

Processing and Repacking Costs 

Comment 3: Constructed Export Price 

(CEP) Offset 

Comment 4: Whether Indirect Selling 

Expenses Should Be Deducted from 

Third Country Sales 

Comment 5: Whether Certain Sales Should 

Be Removed From The U.S. Database 

Comment 6: Cost of Production (COP) of 

Major Input 

Comment 7: Certain Offsets to Direct 

Material Costs 

Comment 8: Variable Overhead Expenses 

(VOH) 

Comment 9: Financial Expense Ratio 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–525–002] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

Bahrain: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

common alloy aluminum sheet 

(aluminum sheet) from Bahrain. 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 14, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

In addition to the Government of 

Bahrain (GOB), the mandatory 

respondent in this investigation is Gulf 

Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. 

(GARMCO). 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.2

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, may be 

found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.3 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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 


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4See Memorandum, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum 

Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, 

Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Republic 

of Korea, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South 

Africa, Spain, Taiwan, and Turkey: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated October 6, 2020 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

5See 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). 

6See Commerce’s Letters, dated November 9 and 

18, 2020; see also GARMCO’s Letter, ‘‘Common 

Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain; Verification 

Questionnaire Response,’’ dated November 18, 

2020; and GOB’s Letter, ‘‘Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain; GOB Verification 

Response,’’ dated November 25, 2020. 

7See 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. 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

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

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is aluminum sheet from 

Bahrain. For a full description of the 

scope of the 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.4 We received comments 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, which we address in the 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum.5

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 on-site verification to verify the 

information relied upon in making this 

final determination, in accordance with 

section 782(i) of the Act.6

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. For 

a list of the issues raised by parties, and 

to which we responded in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum, see 

Appendix II of 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.7 For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying this final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the record 

and the comments received, we have 

made certain changes to the 

countervailable subsidy rate 

calculations. For discussion of these 

changes, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that in the final determination, 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for companies not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated subsidy rates 

established for those companies 

individually examined, excluding any 

rates that are zero, de minimis rates, or 

based entirely under section 776 of the 

Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate for 

GARMCO, the only individually 

examined exporter/producer, which is 

not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on facts otherwise available. 

Accordingly, we have assigned 

GARMCO’s rate to all other producers 

and exporters, pursuant to section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

We determine the net countervailable 

subsidy rates to be: 

Company 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill 

B.S.C. ...................................... 6.44 

All Others .................................... 6.44 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination to 

interested parties 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 the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination, and pursuant to section 

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

instructed U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of all aluminum sheet from Bahrain, 

that were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 14, 2020, the date of the 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of the 

Act, effective December 12, 2020, we 

instructed CBP to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation of all entries, 

but to continue the suspension of 

liquidation of all entries between 

August 14 through December 11, 2020. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a CVD order and will reinstate 

the suspension of liquidation under 

section 706(a) of the Act and will 

require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailable duties for such entries 

of subject merchandise in the amounts 

indicated above. If the ITC determines 

that material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated, and all cash deposits 

will be refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. Because the final 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

705(b) of the Act, the ITC will make its 

final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

aluminum sheet from Bahrain no later 

than 45 days after our final 

determination. In addition, we are 

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information related to this investigation. 

We will allow the ITC access to all 

privileged and business proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Notification Regarding APO 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to the parties subject to 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 violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with 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, 

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. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Analysis of Programs 

VI. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether to Revise GARMCO’s 

Sales Denominator 

Comment 2: How to Calculate the Benefit 

for the Provision of Electricity and Water 

Comment 3: Whether Income Tax 

Exemptions Are Countervailable 

Comment 4: What Benchmark to Use to 

Calculate the Benefit for the Provision of 

Land 

Comment 5: Whether to Countervail the 

Provision of Land Associated with Plot 

NS–107 

Comment 6: Whether Alba Is an Authority 

Comment 7: What Benchmark to Use to 

Calculate the Benefit for the Provision of 

Primary Aluminum 

Comment 8: Whether the Natural Gas 

Market in Bahrain Is Distorted 

Comment 9: What Benchmark to Use to 

Calculate the Benefit for the Provision of 

Natural Gas 

Comment 10: Whether Certain Programs 

Are Specific 

Comment 11: Whether the Tamkeen 

Programs Have Been Terminated 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA917] 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

District Advisory Panels (DAPs) will 

hold public virtual meetings to address 

the items contained in the tentative 

agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The DAPs public virtual 

meetings will be held as follows: St. 

Thomas/St. John DAP, March 29, 2021, 

from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Puerto Rico 

DAP, March 29, 2021, from 1 p.m. to 3 

p.m.; St. Croix DAP, March 30, 2021, 

from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. All meetings 

will be at Atlantic Standard Time (AST). 

ADDRESSES: You may join the DAPs 

public virtual meetings (via Zoom) from 

a computer, tablet or smartphone by 

entering the following addresses: 

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