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1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 

and Postponement of Final Determinations, 85 FR 

65340 (October 15, 2020) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See 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). 

4See 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). 

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. Final Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IV. Changes from the Preliminary 

Determination 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Assan’s Eligibility and 

Calculation of Duty Drawback 

Comment 2: Treatment of Section 232 

Duties 

Comment 3: Assan’s Cost Database 

Comment 4: Use of Assan’s Reported 

Foreign Inland Freight to Port Charges 

Comment 5: Commerce’s Price 

Adjustments for Assan’s Marine 

Insurance and Late Payments 

Comment 6: Use of Assan’s Reported Home 

Market Rebate Adjustment 

Comment 7: Use of Assan’s Reported 

Billing Adjustments for BILLADJ1U and 

BILLADJ2U 

Comment 8: Whether Teknik’s Freight 

Expenses Should Have Been Reported on 

a Transaction-Specific Basis 

Comment 9: Teknik’s Reported 

Constructed Export Price (CEP) 

Inventory Carrying Costs 

Comment 10: Teknik’s Gains on Debt 

Restructuring 

Comment 11: Teknik’s General and 

Administrative (G&A) Expense Ratio 

Comment 12: Ministerial and Mathematical 

Errors in Assan’s Margin Program 

Comment 13: Ministerial Errors in Teknik’s 

Margin Program 

Comment 14: Capping Teknik’s Freight 

Revenue 

Comment 15: Reconciliation of Teknik’s 

U.S. Sales 

Comment 16: Calculation of Teknik’s CEP 

Indirect Selling Expense Ratio 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–523–814] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

the Sultanate of Oman: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

common alloy aluminum sheet 

(aluminum sheet) from the Sultanate of 

Oman (Oman) are being, or are likely to 

be, sold in the United States at less than 

fair value (LTFV) for the period of 

investigation January 1, 2019, through 

December 31, 2019. 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 15, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of aluminum 

sheet from Oman, in which we also 

postponed the final determination until 

March 1, 2021.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. A summary of the events 

that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, may be found in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are aluminum sheet from 

Oman. 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.3 We received comments 

from interested parties on the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, which we address in the 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum.4

Commerce is not modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the 

Preliminary Determination. See 

Appendix I for the final scope of the 

investigation. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that were submitted by 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

at Appendix II. 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 http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 


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5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘In Lieu of Verification 

Supplemental,’’ dated December 16, 2020; see also 

OARC’s Letter, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from Oman: Response to Questionnaire in Lieu of 

Verification,’’ dated December 23, 2020. 

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 Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).5

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received and our findings 

related to our request for information in 

lieu of on-site verification, we made 

certain changes to the margin 

calculations. For a discussion of these 

changes, see the ‘‘Changes from the 

Preliminary Determination’’ section of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we 

preliminarily determined that critical 

circumstances did not exist with respect 

to imports of aluminum sheet from 

OARC or for all other exporters or 

producers not individually examined. 

For this final determination, our 

preliminary determination remains 

unchanged. Accordingly, pursuant to 

section 735(a)(3) of the Act, we find that 

critical circumstances do not exist with 

respect to imports of aluminum sheet 

from OARC or all other exporters or 

producers not individually examined. 

For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

analysis, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. Commerce calculated an 

individual estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for Oman Aluminium 

Rolling Company (OARC), the only 

individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated 

dumping margin is not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for OARC is the margin 

assigned to all other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Oman Aluminium Rolling Company ........................................ 5.29 

All Others .................................... 5.29 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all appropriate entries of 

aluminum sheet from Oman, as 

described in Appendix I of this notice, 

which are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

October 15, 2020, the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the affirmative Preliminary 

Determination. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

for such entries of merchandise equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin as follows: (1) The 

cash deposit rate for the respondent 

listed above will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

respondent-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. These suspension-of-liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) of the final 

affirmative determination of sales at 

LTFV. Because Commerce’s final 

determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) 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 or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of aluminum sheet from 

Oman no later than 45 days after this 

final determination. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be 

terminated, and all cash deposits posted 

will be refunded and suspension of 

liquidation will be lifted. If the ITC 

determines that such injury does exist, 

Commerce will issue an AD order 

directing CBP to assess, 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). Due to technical 

issues, James Maeder, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, is 

signing this final determination on 

behalf of Ryan Majerus, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations. 


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1See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 

FR 69585 (November 3, 2020); see also Suspension 

Agreement on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate from the People’s Republic of China; 

Termination of Suspension Agreement and Notice 

of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 60081 (October 

21, 2003) (Order); Final Determination of Sales at 

Less than Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon 

Steel Plate from the People’s Republic of China, 62 

FR 61964 (November 20, 1997); and Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the 

People’s Republic of China, 63 FR 1821 (January 12, 

1998). 

2See SSAB’s Letter, ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Participate in the Fourth Five-Year Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length 

Carbon Steel Plate from China,’’ dated November 

13, 2020; see also AMUSA’s Letter, ‘‘Cut-to-Length 

Carbon Steel Plate from the People’s Republic of 

China—ArcelorMittal USA LLC’s Notice of Intent to 

Participate,’’ dated November 16, 2020; Nucor’s 

Letter, ‘‘Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Intent to 

Participate in Review,’’ dated November 16, 2020; 

and JSW’s Letter, ‘‘Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 

from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of 

Intent to Participate in Review,’’ dated November 

18, 2020. 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Cut-toLength Carbon Steel Plate from the People’s 

Republic of China; Five Year (4th Sunset) Review— 

Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response,’’ 

dated November 30, 2020. 

4For a complete description of the background of 

this sunset review of the Order, see Memorandum, 

‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 

Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length 

Carbon Steel Plate from the People’s Republic of 

China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

Dated: March 1, 2021. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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. Critical Circumstances 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Particular Market Situation 

Comment 2: Total Adverse Facts Available 

Comment 3: Major Input Adjustment 

Comment 4: Cost of Production and Market 

Price 

Comment 5: Third-Country Market 

Comment 6: Constructed Value Profit 

Comment 7: Affiliation 

Comment 8: Calculation Adjustments 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–849] 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of the Expedited 

Fourth Sunset Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited 

sunset review, the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on certain cut-to-length 

carbon steel plate from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping at the level 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset 

Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abdul Alnoor, 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) 482–4554. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

After publication of the notice of 

initiation of this sunset review of the 

AD order on certain cut-to-length carbon 

steel plate from China,1 pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), the domestic 

interested parties, consisting of 

ArcelorMittal USA LLC (AMUSA), JSW 

Steel (USA) Inc. (JSW), Nucor 

Corporation (Nucor), and SSAB 

Enterprises LLC (SSAB) (collectively, 

the domestic interested parties) filed 

with Commerce timely and complete 

notices of intent to participate in the 

sunset review.2 Also, AMUSA, Nucor, 

and SSAB timely filed an adequate 

substantive response with Commerce.3

Commerce did not receive a substantive 

response from any respondent 

interested party. As a result, pursuant to 

section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted an expedited (120-day) 

sunset review of the Order.4

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order is 

certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate 

from China. Included in this description 

is hot-rolled iron and non-alloy steel 

universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled 

products rolled on four faces or in a 

closed box pass, of a width exceeding 

150 millimeters (mm) but not exceeding 

1250 mm and of a thickness of not less 

than 4 mm, not in coils and without 


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