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2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 

FR 69585 (November 3, 2020). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Potassium Phosphate Salts from the People’s 

Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ 

dated November 18, 2020. 

4See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, 

‘‘Potassium Phosphate Salts from the People’s 

Republic of China: Substantive Response to the 

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review of 

the Antidumping Duty Order and Countervailing 

Duty Order,’’ dated December 3, 2020. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews for 

November 2020,’’ dated December 23, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

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

Decision Memorandum). 

1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances 

in Part, and Alignment of Final Determination with 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 85 FR 

49629 (August 14, 2020) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).2 Commerce received a notice of 

intent to participate from ILC 

Performance Products LP (ILC) and 

Prayon, Inc. (Prayon) (collectively, 

domestic interested parties), within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 ILC and Prayon 

claimed interested party status under 

section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as both are 

producers of the domestic like product 

in the United States. 

Commerce received a substantive 

response from the domestic interested 

parties 4 within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We 

received no substantive response from 

any other domestic or interested parties 

in this proceeding, nor was a hearing 

requested. 

On December 23, 2020, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) that it did not receive 

an adequate substantive response from 

respondent interested parties.5 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. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of the Order is phosphate salts. 

Imports of merchandise included within 

the scope of the Order are currently 

classifiable under subheadings 

2835.24.0000 and 2835.39.1000 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by the scope of the Order is 

dispositive. For a complete description 

of the scope of the Order, see the 

accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this sunset review 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of topics discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via the 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 

on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

and electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(b) of the Act, we determine that 

revocation of the CVD order on 

phosphate salts from China would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of countervailable subsidies 

at the following rates: 

Manufacturers/producers/ 

exporters 

Net 

countervailable 

subsidy 

(percent) 

Lianyungang Mupro Import 

Export Co Ltd. ................... 109.11 

Mianyang Aostar Phosphate 

Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. 109.11 

Shifang Anda Chemicals Co. 

Ltd. .................................... 109.11 

All Others .............................. 109.11 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also 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. 

Timely 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 which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing the 

final results and this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.218. 

Dated: March 2, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. History of the Order 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy 

2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates 

Likely to Prevail 

3. Nature of the Subsidies 

VII. Final Results of Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–840] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

the Republic of Turkey: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

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 the Republic of 

Turkey (Turkey). 

DATES: Applicable March 8, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene H. Calvert, 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) 482–3586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 14, 2020, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

In addition to the Government of Turkey 

(GOT), the mandatory respondents in 

this investigation are Assan Aluminyum 


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2 Id., 85 FR at 49629. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from the Republic of Turkey,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of 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 Letter, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from Turkey: In Lieu of Verification 

Questionnaire,’’ dated January 14, 2021; see also 

Assan’s Letter, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from Turkey: Response to Questions in Lieu of 

Verification,’’ dated January 22, 2021; and Teknik’s 

Letter, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 

Turkey: Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S.’s Response 

to the Questionnaire in Lieu of Verification,’’ dated 

January 22, 2021. 

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. 

8See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 49630. 

9See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 1. 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A. S. (Assan) and 

Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. 

(Teknik). 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 

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 (POI) is 

January 1, 2019, through December 31, 

2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is aluminum sheet from 

Turkey. 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 Scope Decision 

Memorandum. 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. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with section 

703(e)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce 

preliminarily determined that critical 

circumstances existed with respect to 

imports of aluminum sheet from Turkey 

for Assan, but did not exist with respect 

to Teknik or for all other exporters or 

producers not individually examined.8

We have further analyzed the data 

following the Preliminary 

Determination, and we have made no 

modifications to our findings for the 

final determination. 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 

705(a)(2) of the Act, we continue to find 

that critical circumstances exist with 

respect to imports of aluminum sheet 

from Turkey with respect to Assan. We 

continue to find, as we did in the 

Preliminary Determination, that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to imports of aluminum sheet from 

Turkey with respect to Teknik and for 

all other producers or exporters not 

individually examined. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s analysis, 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 a 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, or based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rate for Assan 

and for Teknik. Sections 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act direct Commerce to calculate and 

estimated ‘‘all-others’’ rate for exporters 

and producers not individually 

investigated. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of 

the Act provides that the ‘‘all-others’’ 

rate shall be an amount equal to the 

weighted-average of the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for 

individually investigated exporters and 

producers, excluding any rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or determined entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. Because 

we determine that the sales information 

submitted by respondent Teknik is 

unreliable,9 as a result, we find that 

complete and publicly-available sales 


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10 It is Commerce’s practice to calculate a rate for 

‘‘all others’’ by weight-averaging the calculated 

subsidy rates of the respondent companies using 

their publicly-available sales data for exports of 

subject merchandise to the United States during the 

POI. See, e.g., Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from 

India: Final Affirmative Determination, and Final 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

in Part, 82 FR 2946 (January 10, 2017). However, 

in certain instances, Commerce may calculate the 

rate for ‘‘all others’’ by using a simple average of 

the subsidy rates of the companies under 

examination when it finds that sales data is not 

available. See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 7537 

(January 29, 2021). 

11Commerce has found Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S. and 

Kibar Holding to be cross-owned with Assan 

Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.525(b)(6)(vi). 

12Commerce has found TAC Metal Ticaret A.S. 

to be cross-owned with Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi 

A.S., pursuant to 19 CFR 351.525(b)(6)(vi). 

data for Teknik is not available. 

Therefore, instead of calculating a rate 

equal to the weighted average of the 

countervailable subsidy rates calculated 

for Assan and Teknik, for this final 

determination, we are using the simple 

average of Assan’s and Teknik’s subsidy 

rates as the rate for ‘‘all others.’’ 10

Final Determination 

We determine the countervailable 

subsidy rates to be: 

Producer/exporter 

Subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve 

Ticaret A.S.11 .......................... 2.56 

Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S.12 4.34 

All Others .................................... 3.45 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination to 

interested parties within five days of the 

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 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 aluminum sheet from Turkey, that 

were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 14, 2020, which is the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

Because we preliminarily determined 

that critical circumstances existed with 

respect to Assan, we instructed CBP to 

suspend such entries on after May 16, 

2020, which is 90 days prior to the date 

of the publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

Because we preliminarily found a de 

minimis subsidy rate for Teknik, we 

instructed CBP to not suspend 

liquidation of entries of the 

merchandise produced by Teknik and 

exported by either Teknik or by TAC 

Metal. 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 for all entries of subject 

merchandise 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 case deposits 

will be refunded or cancelled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we intend to 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 injury in the United States is 

materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

aluminum sheet from Turkey no later 

than 45 days after our final 

determination. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary 

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 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 


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1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 

Germany: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 85 FR 65386 (October 15, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from Germany,’’ 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). 

5See Commerce’s Letter, dated November 9, 

2020. 

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 Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IV. Use of Adverse Facts Available 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether to Determine That 

Teknik Failed to Comply with 

Verification Requests and Apply Facts 

Available with Adverse Inferences 

Comment 2: Whether the Value-Added Tax 

(VAT) Exemption on Assan’s Acquisition 

of the Operating Rights for a 

Hydroelectric Power Plant is a 

Countervailable Subsidy 

Comment 3: The Provision of Land for Less 

Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

Comment 4: Whether to Revise Certain of 

Assan’s Sales Denominators 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Deduct Commissions Paid by Assan 

Regarding the Rediscount Loan Program 

and the Export-Oriented Working Capital 

Credit Program 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct Certain Calculation Errors 

Regarding Assan 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–849] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From 

Germany: Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value 

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 Germany 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: 

Thomas Hanna 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) 482–0835 or (202) 482–3518, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 15, 2020, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination, 

and postponement of the final 

determination, in the LTFV 

investigation of aluminum sheet from 

Germany.1 Commerce 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 common alloy 

aluminum sheet from Germany. 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 of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum are 

in Appendix II of this notice. 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 an 

on-site verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation as 

provided for in section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Accordingly, in lieu of on-site 

verification, we requested additional 

supporting documentation and 

information after issuing the 

Preliminary Determination.5

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received, we made a change 

to our margin calculations for Novelis 

Deutschland GmbH (Novelis). For a 

discussion of this change, see the 

‘‘Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination’’ section of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

In the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce found that the mandatory 

respondent, Hydro Aluminium Rolled 

Products GmbH (HARP), failed to 

comply with Commerce’s request for 


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