[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 213 (Monday, November 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76168-76169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-896]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Hindalco Industries Limited (Hindalco), a producer/exporter of common 
alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from India received 
countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), August 14, 
2020, through December 31, 2021.

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7425.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 4, 2023, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
administrative review in the Federal Register and invited interested 
parties to comment.\1\ On August 1, 2023, Commerce extended the 
deadline for issuing the final results until October 31, 2023.\2\ For a 
complete description of the events that occurred since the publication 
of the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from India: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Partial 
Rescission; 2020-21, 88 FR 28487 (May 4, 2023) (Preliminary 
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results,'' 
dated August 1, 2023.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from India: 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>4</SUP>
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    \4\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, India, and the 
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 22144 (April 
27, 2021) (Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is aluminum sheet.\5\
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    \5\ For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see 
Preliminary Results PDM.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by the interested parties in their case and 
rebuttal briefs are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 
list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
provided in the appendix to 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received from interested parties, we revised our 
analysis for certain programs in this review.\6\ However, we made no 
changes to the calculations of the net countervailable subsidy rates 
for Hindalco.
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    \6\ For a full description of these revisions, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we find that 
there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution 
that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\7\ For a full description of the methodology underlying all 
of Commerce's conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ See 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.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates exist for 2020 and 2021:

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                                       Subsidy rate       Subsidy rate
              Company                  (percent ad        (percent ad
                                      valorem) 2020      valorem) 2021
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Hindalco Industries Limited \8\...              37.90              32.43
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Disclosure
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    \8\ As discussed in the PDM, Commerce has found the following 
company to be cross-owned with Hindalco: Utkal Alumina International 
Limited. See Preliminary Results PDM at 7.
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    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
for the final results of review within five days of public announcement 
or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no 
changes to Hindalco's calculations in the final results, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review for Hindalco at the applicable ad 
valorem assessment rates listed for the corresponding time periods. 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amount established for 2021 for Hindalco with regard to 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue 
to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-
others rate or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the 
company, as appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the final reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: October 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discusses in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Subsidies Valuation
IV. Analysis of Programs
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Benefit Analysis--Mining Rights Lease Extensions 
Program
    Comment 2: Whether the Provision of Coal for Less than Adequate 
Renumeration (LTAR) is Specific
    Comment 3: Whether the Selection of the Coal Benchmark Is 
Appropriate
    Comment 4: Whether the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export 
Products (RODTEP) Program is Countervailable
    Comment 5: Whether to Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to the 
Programs Discovered at Verification
VI. Recommendation

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