[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77817-77818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21770]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-791-825]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From South Africa: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on common alloy 
aluminum sheet (CAAS) from South Africa. We determine that Hulamin 
Operations (Pty) Ltd. (Hulamin Operations) made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable September 24, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Brendan Quinn, 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) 482-4243 or (202) 
482-5848, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 16, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to 
comment on those results.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ The 
deadline for the preliminary determination is now September 20, 2024. 
For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ 
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from South Africa: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-
2023, 89 FR 42845 (May 16, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Administrative Review of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from 
South Africa, 2022-2023,'' 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, Brazil, 
Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, 
Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 22139 (April 27, 2021) 
(Order).
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    The product covered by the Order is CAAS from South Africa. For a 
complete description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed by parties 
in this review are listed in the appendix to this notice and addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 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 at 
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of the Review

    Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 
2023:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Hulamin Operations (Pty) Ltd...............................        3.54
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Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
of the final results of an administrative review 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 the Preliminary Results, there are no 
calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the 
final results of this review. For any individually examined respondents 
whose weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis, we 
calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment rates by 
dividing the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the 
examined sales by the total entered value of the examined sales to that 
importer. Where the respondent did not report entered value, we 
calculated the entered value in order to calculate the assessment rate. 
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an 
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Hulamin Operations for 
which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an 
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was 
destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\5\
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    \5\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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).

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this administrative review in the Federal Register, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for 
companies subject to this review will be the rates established in these 
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment 
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original investigation but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 8.85 percent, the all-others 
rate established in the investigation.\6\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \6\ See Order, 86 FR at 22142.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding the Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 the 
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: September 17, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Hulamin's U.S. Selling Expenses
    Comment 2: Hulamin's U.S. Billing Adjustments
    Comment 3: Hulamin's Domestic Warehousing Charges
    Comment 4: Hulamin's U.S. Warehousing Charges
VI. Recommendation

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