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1See Aluminum Extrusions from Italy: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 38067 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination) and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

2See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38069. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Aluminum 

Extrusions from Italy,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 4, 2024, and 

‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum II,’’ 

dated May 1, 2024 (collectively Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice. 

7See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Responses of Eural Gnutti S.p.A. and Eural USA 

Inc. in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 

Aluminum Extrusions from Italy,’’ dated July 22, 

2024; see also ‘‘Verification of the Sales Responses 

of Metra S.p.A., Metra Ragusa S.p.A. and IMET 

S.p.A. in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 

Aluminum Extrusions from Italy,’’ dated July 22, 

2024; ‘‘Verification of the Cost Responses of Eural 

Gnutti S.p.A. in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from Italy,’’ 

dated July 16, 2024; and ‘‘Verification of the Cost 

Responses of Metra S.p.A. (Metra) and its collapsed 

affiliated producers Metra Ragusa S.p.A. (Metra 

Ragusa) and IMET S.p.A, (IMET) (collectively, the 

Metra Extruders) in the Antidumping Duty 

Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from Italy,’’ 

dated July 29, 2024. 

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. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Include Thai Metal 

Holding’s Financial Expenses in Thai 

Metal’s General and Administrative 

(G&A) Expense Ratio 

Comment 2: Whether to Include the Cost 

of Trial Runs for New Dies in Thai 

Metal’s Cost of Manufacturing 

Comment 3: Whether to Include the 

Income and Costs for Supplies and Other 

Sales in Thai Metal’s G&A Expenses 

Comment 4: Whether to Update Thai 

Metal’s Home Market Indirect Selling 

Expense Ratio for the Final 

Determination 

Comment 5: Commerce Should Apply Its 

Verification Findings to United’s Final 

Determination 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–475–846] 

Aluminum Extrusions From Italy: 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 

aluminum extrusions from Italy are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV) for the period of investigation 

October 1, 2022, through September 30, 

2023. 

DATES: Applicable October 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Hawkins, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1988. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 7, 2024, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register its preliminary 

determination in the LTFV investigation 

of aluminum extrusions from Italy.1 We 

invited interested parties to comment on 

the Preliminary Determination.2 On July 

22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the final determination 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.4 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 Italy. 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.5

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.6

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

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

in May and June 2024, we conducted 

verifications of the sales and cost 

information submitted by Eural Gnutti 

S.p.A (Eural) and Metra S.p.A (Metra) 

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 

Eural and Metra.7

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

For the purposes of this final 

determination, we find, pursuant to 

section 776(a)(1) of the Act, that the use 

of adverse facts available (AFA) is 

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8Commerce determines that Metra S.p.A and two 

affiliated parties, Metra Ragusa S.p.A. and IMET 

S.p.A., are a single entity. See Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

average dumping margin for nonresponsive companies. For a further 

discussion of these issues, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

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 as Appendix 

II to this notice. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We have made certain changes to the 

margin calculations for Eural and Metra 

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 exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act, if the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for all 

exporters and producers individually 

examined are zero, de minimis, or 

determined based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, Commerce may use 

any reasonable method to establish the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers or 

exporters. Commerce has determined 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins for the individually 

examined respondents under section 

735(c)(5) of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Metra, one of the two 

individually examined exporter/ 

producers in this investigation. 

Commerce determines that the other 

mandatory respondent, Eural, did not 

make sales of subject merchandise at 

LTFV. Accordingly, Commerce is 

assigning Metra’s dumping margin to all 

other producers and exporters not 

individually examined. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 8

Producer/exporter 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Eural Gnutti S.p.A ........................................................................................................................................................................ 0.00 

Metra S.p.A; Metra Ragusa S.p.A.; IMET S.p.A ......................................................................................................................... 13.19 

Alex S.p.A .................................................................................................................................................................................... * 41.67 

Bodega G. & C. S.p.A ................................................................................................................................................................. * 41.67 

Estral S.p.A .................................................................................................................................................................................. * 41.67 

Pasturi S.r.l .................................................................................................................................................................................. * 41.67 

PFA S.r.l ...................................................................................................................................................................................... * 41.67 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13.19 

* Rate is based on AFA. 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in this final determination 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice to parties in 

this proceeding in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

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

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

II 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, except for the entries 

of subject merchandise produced and 

exported by Eural. 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), where 

appropriate, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit equal to 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the companies listed 

above that exported the subject 

merchandise will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a company identified 

above but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

all other producers and exporters. 

Because the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for Eural is 

zero, entries of shipments of subject 

merchandise produced by and exported 

by this entity will not be subject to 

suspension of liquidation or cash 

deposit requirements. In such 

situations, Commerce also applies the 

exclusion to the provisional measures to 

the producer/exporter combination that 

was examined in the investigation. 

Accordingly, Commerce will not be 

directing CBP to suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Eural. However, entries 

of subject merchandise from this 

company in any other producer/ 

exporter combination (i.e., where Eural, 

is either the producer or the exporter, 

but not both), or by third parties that 

sourced subject merchandise from the 

excluded producer/exporter 

combination, will be subject to 

suspension of liquidation at the allothers rate. 

Further, because the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero for subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Eural, entries of such 

merchandise will be excluded from the 

potential antidumping duty order. Such 

an exclusion will not be applicable to 

merchandise exported to the United 

States by this respondent in any other 

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merchandise from the excluded 

producer/exporter combination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

our final affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because the final 

determination in this proceeding is 

affirmative, in accordance with section 

735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make 

its final determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

aluminum extrusions from Italy no later 

than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that material injury or threat of material 

injury does not exist, the proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

will be refunded or canceled, 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 that 

are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the effective date of the suspension of 

liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice will serve 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 the terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination and this notice are 

issued and published pursuant to 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.210(c). 

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 

these 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, multi-finned 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 

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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 

parts or subassemblies; shower and bath 

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 order 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 2.97 

mW/cm, (3) a uniformly applied 

nonelectrically conductive temperatureresistant coating co-extruded over 

characteristic (1) of either polyamide, crosslinked 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 1.2 mm, 

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) 

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is anodized; (2) aluminum trim length of not 

more than 800 mm, and (3) aluminum trim 

width of not more than 40 mm. 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 

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 these 

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 these 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 these 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. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Revise the Freight 

Revenue Cap 

Comment 2: Application of Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) to Certain NonResponsive Companies 

Comment 3: Whether to Allow Certain 

Offsets Related to Energy Consumption 

Comment 4: Whether Gains or Losses 

Related to Commodity Swaps Should be 

Included in the Cost of Manufacturing 

Comment 5: Whether Adjustment to Billet 

Costs Should be on a Fiscal Year Basis 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust DIRMAT1_S to Reflect the 

Transfer Prices between Non-Collapsed 

Affiliated Parties 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply the Transactions Disregarded 

Provision to the Cost of Services 

Obtained from Foall S.r.l. (Foall) 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Use the Consolidated Cost Database 

Created Based on the Adjusted 

Company-Specific Cost Databases 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust Metra Ragusa’s Total Cost of 

Manufacturing (TOTCOM) for the Cost 

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1See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment 

of Final Determination with Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 89 FR 17394 (March 11, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See 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). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Aluminum 

Extrusions from the People’s Republic of China,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

5See Memoranda, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 4, 2024, and 

‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum II,’’ 

dated May 1, 2024 (collectively Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memoranda). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice. 

7See 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. 

8See Preliminary Determination PDM at 6–34. 

9See Memoranda, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from the 

People’s Republic of China: Verification of Suzhou 

Dayer Mechatronic Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.’s 

Questionnaire Responses,’’ and ‘‘Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from 

the People’s Republic of China: Verification of 

Sanhua (Hangzhou) Micro Channel Heat Exchanger 

Co., Ltd.’s Questionnaire Responses,’’ dated May 

31, 2024. 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Denominators of the 

Company-Specific General and 

Administration (G&A) Expense Ratios to 

Bring Them to the Same Basis as the 

Reported TOTCOMs 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–22782 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–159] 

Aluminum Extrusions From the 

People’s Republic of China: 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 People’s 

Republic of China (China). The period 

of investigation is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable October 3, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eliza DeLong, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3878. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 11, 2024, Commerce 

published its Preliminary Determination 

in the Federal Register and invited 

interested parties to comment.1 On May 

23, 2024, Commerce published an 

Amended Preliminary Determination.2

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 

certain deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.3 The 

deadline for the final determination 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.4 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 China. 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.5

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.6

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.7 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 (AFA), pursuant to 

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

a full discussion of our application of 

adverse facts available, see the 

Preliminary Determination,8 and the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum 

section entitled ‘‘Use of Facts Otherwise 

Available and Application of Adverse 

Inferences.’’ 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, in May 2024, we conducted 

verifications of information submitted 

by Sanhua (Hangzhou) Micro Channel 

Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd. (Sanhua) and 

Suzhou Dayer Mechatronic Hi-Tech Co., 

Ltd. (Suzhou Dayer) for use in our final 

determination. We used standard 

verification procedures, including an 

examination of relevant accounting 

records, and original source documents 

provided by Sanhua and Suzhou 

Dayer.9

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received from interested 

parties and our verification findings, we 

made certain changes to the subsidy rate 

calculations for Sanhua. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 


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