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1See Aluminum Extrusions from Mexico: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 38037 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Aluminum 

Extrusions from Mexico,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memoranda, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 4, 2024, and 

‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum II,’’ 

dated May 1, 2024 (collectively Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice. 

6See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of Aluminio de Baja California, S.A. de 

C.V,’’ dated July 26, 2024, and ‘‘Verification of the 

Cost Response of Aluminio de Baja California, S.A. 

de C.V. d.b.a. ABC Aluminum Solutions,’’ dated 

August 15, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, Verification of the Sales 

Response of ALUTEX,’’ dated July 26, 2024; see also 

Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of 

Aluminio Texcoco, S.A. de C.V.,’’ dated August 24, 

2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of Sales 

Response of Marvol Metal Solutions,’’ dated July 

26, 2024. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Terminate the Investigation 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Determined the All-Others Rate 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce 

Incorrectly Applied Two Different 

Manufacturer Codes to Genesis/Zenshin 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Erred by 

Using Sales Outside the POI in its 

Analysis 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Continue to Apply the Cohen’s d Test to 

Genesis/Zenshin’s U.S. Sales 

Comment 6: Whether Genesis/Zenshin is 

Affiliated with Certain Press Metal 

Companies 

Comment 7: Whether Genesis/Zenshin is 

Affiliated with a Home Market Customer 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct Genesis/Zenshin’s General and 

Administrative (G&A) Expense Ratio 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Use Genesis/Zenshin’s Revised Sales 

Data 

Comment 10: Whether Certain Sales by 

PAE are Outside the Ordinary Course of 

Trade 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Partial Adverse Facts Available to 

PAE 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct its Major Input Adjustment to 

PAE’s Costs 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct PAE’s G&A Expense Ratio 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust PAE’s Total Cost of 

Manufacturing 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–22784 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–860] 

Aluminum Extrusions From Mexico: 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

imports of aluminum extrusions from 

Mexico are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV) for the period of 

investigation (POI) October 1, 2022, 

through September 30, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable October 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker or Carolyn Adie, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2924 or (202) 482–6250, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 7, 2024, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register its preliminary 

affirmative determination in the LTFV 

investigation of aluminum extrusions 

from Mexico.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days. The deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation is 

now September 26, 2024.2

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final 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 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is aluminum extrusions 

from Mexico. 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 Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda to address these 

comments and set aside a period of time 

for parties to address scope issues in 

scope-specific case and rebuttal briefs.4

Between May 22, 2024, and June 24, 

2024, Commerce received postpreliminary determination scope 

comments from interested parties 

regarding numerous products and 

scope-related issues. Between July 20, 

2024, and August 19, 2024, Commerce 

received scope case and rebuttal briefs 

from numerous interested parties. We 

made changes to the scope of the 

investigation from the scope published 

in the Preliminary Determination, as 

noted in Appendix I.5

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

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

Commerce verified the sales and cost 

information submitted by Aluminio de 

Baja California, S.A. de C.V. (ABC) 6 and 

Aluminio Texcoco S.A. de C.V. 

(ALUTEX),7 including ALUTEX’s U.S. 

affiliate Marvol Metal Solutions 

(Marvol),8 for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant sales and 

accounting records, and original source 

documents provided by ABC, ALUTEX, 

and Marvol. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by interested 

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 

as Appendix II. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We made certain changes regarding 

ABC’s and ALUTEX’s reported sales and 


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9With two respondents selected for individual 

examination, Commerce normally calculates: (A) a 

weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated for the examined 

respondents; (B) a simple average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins calculated for 

the examined respondents; and (C) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents 

using each company’s publicly ranged U.S. sales 

values for the merchandise under consideration. 

Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and 

selects the rate closest to (A) as the most 

appropriate rate for all other producers and 

exporters. See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53662 (September 1, 2010), 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at Comment 1. However, because 

complete publicly ranged sales data are not 

available for both examined respondents, 

Commerce based the all-others rate on the simple 

average of the weighted-average dumping margins 

calculated for the mandatory respondents. 

10Commerce continues to determine that 

Aluminio Texcoco, S.A. de C.V., NEO Aluminio, 

S.A. de C.V., Extrusiones Meta ́licas, S.A. de C.V., 

Extrusiones Meta ́licas Expo are a single entity. See 

Preliminary Determination PDM. 

11See Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of 

Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With the Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 17399 (March 11, 2024); see 

also section 703(d) of the Act, which states that the 

provisional measures may not be in effect for more 

than four months, which in the companion CVD 

case is 120 days after the publication of the 

preliminary determination, or July 8, 2024 (i.e., last 

day provisional measures are in effect). 

cost data since the Preliminary 

Determination. For a discussion of these 

changes, 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 individually investigated 

exporters and producers, excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act, i.e., facts otherwise available. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individual estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

ABC and ALUTEX that are not zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. Because the 

individually calculated margins are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

facts otherwise available, Commerce 

calculated the all-others rate using a 

simple average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

calculated for the examined 

respondents.9

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 10

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit 

rate (adjusted 

for export 

subsidy offset) 

(percent) 

Aluminio de Baja California S.A. de C.V ................................................................................................................. 22.71 22.04 

Aluminio Texcoco, S.A. de C.V./NEO ......................................................................................................................

Aluminio, S.A. de C.V./Extrusiones Meta ́licas, S.A. de C.V./Extrusiones Meta ́licas Expo ..................................... 7.42 7.42 

Merit Stamping ......................................................................................................................................................... * 82.03 81.36 

Tubos y Perfiles de Aluminio ................................................................................................................................... * 82.03 81.36 

All Others ................................................................................................................................................................. 15.07 14.40 

* Rates based on facts available with adverse inferences. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with 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 publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, 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 entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I of this notice, which were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after May 7, 2024, 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

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

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), upon 

the publication of this notice, we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

for estimated antidumping duties for 

such entries as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the respondents listed in 

the table above is the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins listed for the respondents in the 

table; (2) if the exporter is not a 

respondent listed in the table above, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate is the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

listed for the producer of the subject 

merchandise in the table above; and (3) 

the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters is the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins listed in the table above. 

To determine the cash deposit rate, 

Commerce normally adjusts the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the amount of export 

subsidies countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

has made a final affirmative 

determination for countervailable export 

subsidies, Commerce offsets the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate CVD rate. 

Commerce has continued to adjust the 

cash deposit rate for export subsidies in 

the companion CVD investigation by the 

appropriate export subsidy rate as 

indicated in the above chart. However, 

suspension of liquidation of provisional 

measures in the companion CVD case 

has been discontinued; 11 therefore, we 

are not instructing CBP to collect cash 

deposits based upon the adjusted 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for those export subsidies at this 

time. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its final affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because Commerce’s 

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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 extrusions no 

later than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated, 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 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping 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 in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section 

above. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

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 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 

This final determination and notice 

are issued and published in accordance 

with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation are aluminum extrusions, 

regardless of form, finishing, or fabrication, 

whether assembled with other parts or 

unassembled, whether coated, painted, 

anodized, or thermally improved. Aluminum 

extrusions are shapes and forms, produced 

by an extrusion process, made from 

aluminum alloys having metallic elements 

corresponding to the alloy series designations 

published by the Aluminum Association 

commencing with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or 

proprietary equivalents or other certifying 

body equivalents). Specifically, subject 

aluminum extrusions made from an 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation commencing 

with the number 1 contain not less than 99 

percent aluminum by weight. Subject 

aluminum extrusions made from an 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation commencing 

with the number 3 contain manganese as the 

major alloying element, with manganese 

accounting for not more than 3.0 percent of 

total materials by weight. Subject aluminum 

extrusions made from an aluminum alloy 

with an Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the number 6 

contain magnesium and silicon as the major 

alloying elements, with magnesium 

accounting for at least 0.1 percent but not 

more than 2.0 percent of total materials by 

weight, and silicon accounting for at least 0.1 

percent but not more than 3.0 percent of total 

materials by weight. The scope also includes 

merchandise made from an aluminum alloy 

with an Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the number 5 

(or proprietary equivalents or other certifying 

body equivalents) that have a magnesium 

content accounting for up to but not more 

than 2.0 percent of total materials by weight. 

The country of origin of the aluminum 

extrusion is determined by where the metal 

is extruded (i.e., pressed through a die). 

Aluminum extrusions are produced and 

imported in a wide variety of shapes and 

forms, including, but not limited to, hollow 

profiles, other solid profiles, pipes, tubes, 

bars, and rods. Aluminum extrusions that are 

drawn subsequent to extrusion (drawn 

aluminum) are also included in the scope. 

Subject aluminum extrusions are produced 

and imported with a variety of coatings and 

surface treatments, and types of fabrication. 

The types of coatings and treatments applied 

to aluminum extrusions include, but are not 

limited to, extrusions that are mill finished 

(i.e., without any coating or further 

finishing), brushed, buffed, polished, 

anodized (including bright dip), liquid 

painted, electroplated, chromate converted, 

powder coated, sublimated, wrapped, and/or 

bead blasted. Subject aluminum extrusions 

may also be fabricated, i.e., prepared for 

assembly, or thermally improved. Such 

operations would include, but are not limited 

to, extrusions that are cut-to-length, 

machined, drilled, punched, notched, bent, 

stretched, stretch-formed, hydroformed, 

knurled, swedged, mitered, chamfered, 

threaded, spun, etched, and engraved. 

Performing such operations in third countries 

does not otherwise remove the merchandise 

from the scope of the investigation. 

The types of products that meet the 

definition of subject merchandise include but 

are not limited to, the aluminum extrusion 

portions of vehicle roof rails and sun/moon 

roof framing, solar panel racking rails and 

framing, tradeshow display fixtures and 

framing, parts for tents or clear span 

structures, fence posts, drapery rails or rods, 

electrical conduits, door thresholds, flooring 

trim, electric vehicle battery trays, heat sinks, 

signage or advertising poles, telescoping 

poles, or cleaning system components. 

Aluminum extrusions may be heat sinks, 

which are fabricated aluminum extrusions 

that dissipate heat away from a heat source 

and may serve other functions, such as 

structural functions. Heat sinks come in a 

variety of sizes and shapes, including but not 

limited to a flat electronic heat sink, which 

is a solid aluminum extrusion with at least 

one flat side used to mount electronic or 

mechanical devices; a heat sink that is a 

housing for electronic controls or motors; 

lighting heat sinks, which dissipate heat 

away from LED devices; and process and 

exchange heat sinks, which are tube 

extrusions with fins or plates used to hold 

radiator tubing. Heat sinks are included in 

the scope, regardless of whether the design 

and production of the heat sinks are 

organized around meeting specified thermal 

performance requirements and regardless of 

whether they have been tested to comply 

with such requirements. For purposes of the 

investigations on aluminum extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China, only heat 

sinks designed and produced around meeting 

specified thermal performance requirements 

and tested to comply with such requirements 

are included in the scope. Excluded from the 

scope of the investigation are large, multifinned extruded aluminum heat sinks 

designed to dissipate heat, meeting the 

following criteria: (1) an aspect ratio (defined 

as the ratio of the area of a void in an 

extrusion to the size of the smallest gap 

opening at the entrance of that void and 

calculated by dividing the void area by the 

square of the gap opening) greater than 15 to 

1; or (2) the circumscribing circle diameter 

(defined as the diameter of the smallest circle 

that will entirely enclose the extrusion’s 

cross-sectional profile) rounded up to the 

next half inch, exceeds 10 inches, and the 

weight-per-foot (defined as the theoretical 

weight of the profile as extruded prior to any 

machining that may remove material and 

calculated by multiplying the area of the 

profile in square inches by 1.2) exceeds 3.50 

pounds per foot. 

Merchandise that is comprised solely of 

aluminum extrusions or aluminum 

extrusions and fasteners, whether assembled 

at the time of importation or unassembled, is 

covered by the scope in its entirety. A 

fastener is any material or part that serves an 

attachment function, fastens two or more 

components, or serves to prevent or restrict 

movement of a component or another item. 

Examples of fasteners include, but are not 

limited to, nuts, bolts, clamps, and end caps. 

The scope also includes aluminum 

extrusions contained in merchandise that is 

a part or subassembly of a larger whole, 

whether or not the merchandise also contains 

a component other than aluminum 

extrusions that is beyond a fastener. Such 

merchandise may be either assembled or 

unassembled at the time of importation. A 

‘‘part or subassembly’’ is defined as a unit 

designed to be attached to, or incorporated 

with, one or more other units or components 

into a larger completed product. Only the 

aluminum extrusion portion of the 

merchandise described in this paragraph, 

whether assembled or unassembled, is 

subject merchandise included in the scope 

and subject to duties. Examples of 

merchandise that is a part or subassembly of 

a larger whole include, but are not limited to, 

window parts or subassemblies; door unit 

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parts or subassemblies; solar panel mounting 

systems; fenestration system parts or 

subassemblies, such as units which make up 

a curtain wall, and window walls and 

window wall units, which collectively make 

up a fenestration system on the side of a 

building; and parts or subassemblies of 

storefronts; furniture parts or subassemblies; 

appliance parts or subassemblies, such as fin 

evaporator coils and systems for refrigerators; 

railing or deck system parts or subassemblies; 

fence system parts or subassemblies; motor 

vehicle parts or subassemblies, such as 

bumpers for motor vehicles; trailer parts or 

subassemblies, such as side walls, flooring, 

and roofings; electric vehicle charging station 

parts or subassemblies; or signage or 

advertising system parts or subassemblies. 

Parts or subassemblies described by this 

paragraph that are subject to duties in their 

entirety pursuant to existing antidumping 

and countervailing duty orders (defined as 

those antidumping and countervailing duty 

orders that are in effect as of the date of 

publication of orders resulting from this 

investigation) are excluded from the scope of 

this investigation. Any part or subassembly 

that otherwise meets the requirements of this 

scope and that is not covered by other 

antidumping and/or countervailing duty 

orders remains subject to the scope of the 

investigation. 

The scope excludes aluminum extrusions 

contained in fully and permanently 

assembled merchandise, if the assembled 

merchandise is not a part or subassembly of 

a larger whole. To be excluded under this 

paragraph, the assembled merchandise must 

also contain a component other than 

aluminum extrusions, beyond fasteners. In 

addition, to be excluded under this 

paragraph, the assembled merchandise must 

be ready for use as imported, without 

undergoing after importation any processing, 

fabrication, finishing, or assembly or the 

addition of parts or material (with the 

exception of consumable parts or material or 

interchangeable media or tooling). 

The scope also excludes aluminum 

extrusions contained in unassembled 

merchandise if the unassembled merchandise 

is not a part or subassembly of a larger whole. 

To be excluded under this paragraph, the 

unassembled merchandise must also contain 

a component other than aluminum 

extrusions, beyond fasteners. In addition, to 

be excluded under this paragraph, the 

unassembled merchandise must be a 

packaged combination of parts that is ready 

to be assembled as imported, without 

undergoing after importation any processing, 

fabrication, or finishing or the addition of 

parts or material (with the exception of 

consumable parts or material or 

interchangeable media or tooling). To be 

excluded under this paragraph, the 

unassembled merchandise must be sold and 

enter as a discrete kit on one Customs entry 

form. 

Examples of such excluded assembled and 

unassembled merchandise include windows 

with glass, door units with door panel and 

glass, motor vehicles, trailers, furniture, 

appliances, and solar panels and solar 

modules. Window walls and window wall 

units are not considered windows with glass 

for purposes of this exclusion. 

The scope also excludes merchandise 

containing multiple subassemblies of a larger 

whole with non-extruded aluminum 

components beyond fasteners. A 

subassembly that meets the definition of 

subject merchandise, including any product 

expressly identified as subject merchandise 

in this scope, can only be excluded if it is 

fully and permanently assembled with at 

least one other different subassembly, and 

where (1) at least one of the subassemblies, 

if entered individually, would not itself be 

subject to the scope; (2) the aluminum 

extrusions within the merchandise 

collectively account for 50 percent or less of 

the actual weight of the combined multiple 

subassemblies (without including any nonextruded aluminum fasteners in the 

calculations); and (3) the aluminum 

extrusions within the merchandise 

collectively account for 50 percent or less of 

the number of pieces of the combined 

multiple subassemblies (without including 

any non-extruded aluminum fasteners in the 

calculations). 

The scope also includes aluminum 

extrusions that have been further processed 

in a third country, including, but not limited 

to, the finishing and fabrication processes 

described above, assembly, whether with 

other aluminum extrusion components or 

with non-aluminum extrusion components, 

or any other processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from the 

scope if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope product. Third 

country processing; finishing; and/or 

fabrication, including those processes 

described in the scope, does not alter the 

country of origin of the subject aluminum 

extrusions. 

The following aluminum extrusion 

products are excluded: aluminum extrusions 

made from an aluminum alloy with an 

Aluminum Association series designations 

commencing with the number 2 (or 

proprietary equivalents or other certifying 

body equivalents) and containing in excess of 

1.5 percent copper by weight; aluminum 

extrusions made from an aluminum alloy 

with an Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the number 5 

(or proprietary equivalents or other certifying 

body equivalents) and containing in excess of 

2.0 percent magnesium by weight; and 

aluminum extrusions made from an 

aluminum alloy with an Aluminum 

Association series designation commencing 

with the number 7 (or proprietary 

equivalents or other certifying body 

equivalents) and containing in excess of 2.0 

percent zinc by weight. 

The scope also excludes aluminum alloy 

sheet or plates produced by means other than 

the extrusion process, such as aluminum 

products produced by a method of 

continuous casting or rolling. Cast aluminum 

products are also excluded. The scope also 

excludes unwrought aluminum in any form. 

The scope also excludes collapsible tubular 

containers composed of metallic elements 

corresponding to alloy code 1080A as 

designated by the Aluminum Association 

(not including proprietary equivalents or 

other certifying body equivalents) where the 

tubular container (excluding the nozzle) 

meets each of the following dimensional 

characteristics: (1) length of 37 millimeters 

(mm) or 62 mm; (2) outer diameter of 11.0 

mm or 12.7 mm; and (3) wall thickness not 

exceeding 0.13 mm. 

Also excluded from the scope are extruded 

drawn solid profiles made from an aluminum 

alloy with the Aluminum Association series 

designation commencing with the number 1, 

3, or 6 (or proprietary equivalents or other 

certifying body equivalents), including 

variants on individual alloying elements not 

to circumvent the other Aluminum 

Association series designations, which meet 

each of the following characteristics: (1) solid 

cross sectional area greater than 62.4 mm2

and less than 906 mm2, (2) minimum 

electrical conductivity of 58% of the 

international annealed copper standard 

(IACS) or maximum resistivity of 2.97mW/cm, 

(3) a uniformly applied nonelectrically 

conductive temperature-resistant coating coextruded over characteristic (1) of either 

polyamide, cross-linked polyethylene, or 

silicone rubber material which meets the 

following standards: (a) Vicat A temperature 

threshold of >140 degrees Celsius, (b) 

flammability requirements of UL 94V–0, and 

(c) a minimum coating thickness of 0.10 mm 

and maximum coating thickness of 2.0 mm, 

with a maximum thickness tolerance of +/ 

¥0.20 mm, (4) characteristic 3 may or may 

not be encapsulated with a ‘‘Precision Drawn 

Tubing,’’ wall thicknesses less than 1.2mm, 

which is mechanically fixed in place, and (5) 

packaged in straight lengths, bent or formed 

and/or attached to hardware. 

Also excluded from the scope are extruded 

tubing and drawn over a ID plug and through 

a OD die made from an aluminum alloy with 

the Aluminum Association series designation 

commencing with the number 3, 5, or 6 (or 

proprietary equivalents or other certifying 

body equivalents), including variants on 

individual alloying elements not to 

circumvent the other Aluminum Association 

series designations, which meet each of the 

following characteristics: (1) an outside mean 

diameter no greater than 30 mm with a 

tolerance less than or equal to +/¥0.10 mm, 

(2) uniform wall thickness no greater than 2.7 

mm with wall tolerances less than or equal 

to +/¥0.1 mm, (3) may be coated with 

materials, including zinc, such that the 

coating material weight is no less than 3 

g/m2 and no greater than 30 g/m2, and (4) 

packaged in continuous coils, straight 

lengths, bent or formed. 

The scope also excludes fully and 

permanently assembled glass refrigerator 

shelves with decorative aluminum trim 

meeting the following characteristics: (1) 

aluminum trim meeting Aluminum 

Association series 6063–T5 designation that 

is anodized; (2) aluminum trim length of not 

more than 800mm, and (3) aluminum trim 

width of not more than 40mm. Such fully 

and permanently assembled glass refrigerator 

shelves include other components in 

addition to the aluminum trim, including, 

but not limited to, glass, steel, and plastic. 

Only fully and permanently assembled glass 

refrigerator shelves that require no further 

processing, fabrication, finishing, assembly, 

or the addition of any parts or material are 

excluded. Imports of glass refrigerator 


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shelves are classified under HTSUS 

8418.99.8050, which is being included for 

convenience. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is certain rectangular wire, 

imported in bulk rolls or precut strips and 

produced from continuously cast rolled 

aluminum wire rod, which is subsequently 

extruded to dimension to form rectangular 

wire with or without rounded edges. The 

product is made from aluminum alloy grade 

1070 or 1370 (not including proprietary 

equivalents or other certifying body 

equivalents), with no recycled metal content 

allowed. The dimensions of the wire are 2.95 

mm to 6.05 mm in width, and 0.65 mm to 

1.25 mm in thickness. Imports of rectangular 

wire are provided for under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7605.19.0000, 7604.10.5000, or 

7616.99.5190. 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations on aluminum extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China are all 

products covered by the scope of the 

antidumping and countervailing duty orders 

on Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China. See Aluminum Extrusions 

from the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 30650 (May 

26, 2011); and Aluminum Extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 

(May 26, 2011) (collectively, Aluminum 

Extrusions from the People’s Republic of 

China). Solely for the investigations on 

aluminum extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China, the following is an 

exhaustive list of products where the 

aluminum extrusion portions thereof meet 

the definition of subject merchandise. The 

language contained in the rest of the scope 

applies to this exhaustive list of products. 

Merchandise that is not included in the 

following list that meets the definition of 

subject merchandise in the 2011 

antidumping and countervailing duty orders 

on Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China remains subject to the 

earlier orders. No other section of this scope 

language that provides examples of subject 

merchandise is exhaustive. 

The aluminum extrusion portions of the 

following products are included in the scope 

of the investigations on aluminum extrusions 

from the People’s Republic of China, whether 

assembled or unassembled: heat sinks as 

described above; cleaning system 

components like mop parts and 

subassemblies and poles; banner stand and 

back wall parts and subassemblies; fabric 

wall systems; drapery rails; side mount valve 

controls; water heater anodes; solar panel 

mounting systems; automotive heating and 

cooling system components; assembled 

motor cases with stators; louver assemblies; 

event de ́cor; window wall and window wall 

units and parts; trade booths; micro channel 

heat exchangers; telescoping poles, pole 

handles, and pole attachments; flagpoles; 

wind sign frames; foreline hose assembly; 

electronics enclosures; parts and 

subassemblies for storefronts, including 

portal sets; light poles; air duct registers; 

outdoor sporting goods parts and 

subassemblies; glass refrigerator shelves; 

aluminum ramps; handicap ramp system 

parts and subassemblies; frames and parts for 

tents and clear span structures; parts and 

subassemblies for screen enclosures, patios, 

and sunrooms; parts and subassemblies for 

walkways and walkway covers; aluminum 

extrusions for Light Emitting Diode (LED) 

lights; parts and subassemblies for screen, 

storm, and patio doors; pontoon boat parts 

and subassemblies, including rub rails, 

flooring, decking, transom structures, canopy 

systems, seating; boat hulls, framing, ladders, 

and transom structures; parts and 

subassemblies for docks, piers, boat lifts and 

mounting; recreational and boat trailer parts 

and subassemblies, including subframes, 

crossmembers, and gates; solar tracker 

assemblies with gears; garage door framing 

systems; door threshold and sill assemblies; 

highway and bridge signs; bridge, street, and 

highway rails; scaffolding, including planks 

and struts; railing and support systems; parts 

and subassemblies for exercise equipment; 

weatherstripping; door bottom and sweeps; 

door seals; floor transitions and trims; parts 

and subassemblies for modular walls and 

office furniture; truck trailer parts and 

subassemblies; boat cover poles, outrigger 

poles, and rod holders; bleachers and 

benches; parts and subassemblies for 

elevators, lifts, and dumbwaiters; parts and 

subassemblies for mirror and framing 

systems; window treatments; parts and 

subassemblies for air foils and fans; bus and 

Recreational Vehicle (RV) window frames; 

sliding door rails; dock ladders; parts and 

subassemblies for RV frames and trailers; 

awning, canopy, and sunshade structures and 

their parts and subassemblies; marine motor 

mounts; linear lighting housings; and cluster 

mailbox systems. 

Imports of the subject merchandise are 

primarily provided for under the following 

categories of the HTSUS: 7604.10.1000; 

7604.10.3000; 7604.10.5000; 7604.21.0010; 

7604.21.0090; 7604.29.1010; 7604.29.1090; 

7604.29.3060; 7604.29.3090; 7604.29.5050; 

7604.29.5090; 7608.10.0030; 7608.10.0090; 

7608.20.0030; 7608.20.0090; 7609.00.0000; 

7610.10.0010; 7610.10.0020; 7610.10.0030; 

7610.90.0040; and 7610.90.0080. 

Imports of the subject merchandise, 

including subject merchandise entered as 

parts of other products, may also be 

classifiable under the following additional 

HTSUS categories, as well as other HTSUS 

categories: 6603.90.8100; 7606.12.3091; 

7606.12.3096; 7615.10.2015; 7615.10.2025; 

7615.10.3015; 7615.10.3025; 7615.10.5020; 

7615.10.5040; 7615.10.7125; 7615.10.7130; 

7615.10.7155; 7615.10.7180; 7615.10.9100; 

7615.20.0000; 7616.10.9090; 7616.99.1000; 

7616.99.5130; 7616.99.5140; 7616.99.5190; 

8302.10.3000; 8302.10.6030; 8302.10.6060; 

8302.10.6090; 8302.20.0000; 8302.30.3010; 

8302.30.3060; 8302.41.3000; 8302.41.6015; 

8302.41.6045; 8302.41.6050; 8302.41.6080; 

8302.42.3010; 8302.42.3015; 8302.42.3065; 

8302.49.6035; 8302.49.6045; 8302.49.6055; 

8302.49.6085; 8302.50.0000; 8302.60.3000; 

8302.60.9000; 8305.10.0050; 8306.30.0000; 

8414.59.6590; 8415.90.8045; 8418.99.8005; 

8418.99.8050; 8418.99.8060; 8419.50.5000; 

8419.90.1000; 8422.90.0640; 8424.90.9080; 

8473.30.2000; 8473.30.5100; 8479.89.9599; 

8479.90.8500; 8479.90.9596; 8481.90.9060; 

8481.90.9085; 8486.90.0000; 8487.90.0080; 

8503.00.9520; 8508.70.0000; 8513.90.2000; 

8515.90.2000; 8516.90.5000; 8516.90.8050; 

8517.71.0000; 8517.79.0000; 8529.90.7300; 

8529.90.9760; 8536.90.8585; 8538.10.0000; 

8541.90.0000; 8543.90.8885; 8547.90.0020; 

8547.90.0030; 8547.90.0040; 8708.10.3050; 

8708.29.5160; 8708.80.6590; 8708.99.6890; 

8807.30.0060; 9031.90.9195; 9401.99.9081; 

9403.99.1040; 9403.99.9010; 9403.99.9015; 

9403.99.9020; 9403.99.9040; 9403.99.9045; 

9405.99.4020; 9506.11.4080; 9506.51.4000; 

9506.51.6000; 9506.59.4040; 9506.70.2090; 

9506.91.0010; 9506.91.0020; 9506.91.0030; 

9506.99.0510; 9506.99.0520; 9506.99.0530; 

9506.99.1500; 9506.99.2000; 9506.99.2580; 

9506.99.2800; 9506.99.5500; 9506.99.6080; 

9507.30.2000; 9507.30.4000; 9507.30.6000; 

9507.30.8000; 9507.90.6000; and 

9603.90.8050. 

While HTSUS subheadings are provided 

for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Affiliation/Single Entity 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Partial Adverse Facts Available 

(AFA) To Account for Unverified 

ALUTEX Data and Information 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Correct a Programming Error Related to 

ALUTEX’s Manufacturer Field (MFRH/ 

U) 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Correctly 

Treated ALUTEX’s Freight Revenue 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce’s Sales 

Verification Report for ALUTEX 

Contained Inaccurate Information 

Regarding its Company President 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Its Treatment of Certain of ABC’s 

Billing Adjustments Pursuant to Its 

Verification 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce’s 

Subassembly Exclusion Is in Accordance 

With Law 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce May 

Decline To Consider ABC’s Subassembly 

Cost and Sales Data 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce’s 

Methodology Is Flawed With Respect to 

Subassemblies 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Can 

Apply the Cohen’s d Test to Sales Data 

That Violate the Underlying 

Assumptions of the Test 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Must 

Adjust the All-Others Rate for Export 

Subsidies Determined in the Concurrent 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Perform an Individual Analysis for a 

Voluntary Respondent 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise ABC’s Revised Variance Between 

Its Financial Accounting and the 


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1See Aluminum Extrusions from the Republic of 

Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination with the Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 89 FR 17399 (March 11, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Post-Preliminary Analysis in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from 

the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye,’’ dated May 3, 2024. 

3See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China, Indonesia, Mexico, and the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Amended Preliminary 

Countervailing Duty Determinations, 89 FR 45634 

(May 23, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Aluminum 

Extrusions from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

6See Memoranda, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 4, 2024, and 

‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum II,’’ 

dated May 1, 2024 (collectively Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda). 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice. 

8See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

9See Preliminary Determination PDM at 11–19. 

10See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the 

Questionnaire Responses of Erdog ̆anlar Alu ̈minyum 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,’’ dated June 5, 2024; and 

‘‘Verification of the Questionnaire Responses of 

Sistem Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,’’ dated 

June 5, 2024. 

Reported Cost of Manufacturing (i.e., 

FINVAR) 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Add the Cost of Transformadora ABC, 

S.A. de C.V.’s (Transformadora) Labor 

Services to the Reported Costs 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Its Quarterly Cost Methodology to 

ALUTEX 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–22787 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–851] 

Aluminum Extrusions From the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

aluminum extrusions from the Republic 

of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable October 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T.J. 

Worthington, 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) 482–4567. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 11, 2024, Commerce 

published its Preliminary Determination 

in the Federal Register and invited 

interested parties to comment.1

Subsequently, on May 3, 2024, 

Commerce issued its Post-Preliminary 

Determination.2 On May 23, 2024, 

Commerce published its Amended 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register.3 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.4 The deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation is 

now September 26, 2024. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.5 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is made available to the public 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are aluminum extrusions 

from Tu ̈rkiye. 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 Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda to address these 

comments and set aside a period of time 

for parties to address scope issues in 

scope-specific case and rebuttal briefs.6

Between May 22, 2024, and June 24, 

2024, Commerce received postpreliminary determination scope 

comments from interested parties 

regarding numerous products and 

scope-related issues. Between July 20, 

2024, and August 19, 2024, Commerce 

received scope case and rebuttal briefs 

from numerous interested parties. We 

made changes to the scope of the 

investigation from the scope published 

in the Preliminary Determination, as 

noted in Appendix I.7

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation, are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties 

and addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, see Appendix II 

to this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

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.8 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, including with an 

adverse inference, pursuant to sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full 

discussion of our application of adverse 

facts available (AFA), see the 

Preliminary Determination PDM 9 and 

section ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise 

Available and Application of Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Verification 

Consistent with section 782(i) of the 

Act, in May 2024, Commerce verified all 

information reported by Erdoganlar 

Aluminyum San. ve Tic. A.S. 

(Erdoganlar) and Sistem Aluminyum 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Sistem). We 

used standard verification procedures, 

including an examination of relevant 

account records and original source 

documents provided by the 

respondents.10

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received from interested 

parties and our verification findings, we 


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