Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 / Notices 80477 

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. Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, In Part 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Use the Gross Unit Price Reported on 

Gulfex Invoices 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Use Gulfex’s Reported Subassemblies in 

the Less-Than-Fair-Value Calculation 

Comment 3: Whether to Correct Certain 

Ministerial Errors for Gulfex 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce should 

Apply the Cohen’s d Test to Gulfex’s 

U.S. Sales 

Comment 5: Whether to Use the Reported 

Cost of Manufacture for GEX–1 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Disallow Certain Cost Offsets for GEX–2 

and APT 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Exclude Certain Costs Reported by APT 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Adverse Facts Available to OSE 

with Respect to Reported Direct Material 

Costs 

VI. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–22790 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–874] 

Aluminum Extrusions From Taiwan: 

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 

Taiwan 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: 

Hermes Pinilla or Blair Hood, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office I, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3477 or (202) 482–8329, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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1See Aluminum Extrusions from Taiwan: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 38080 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary 

Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

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 Taiwan,’’ 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 Memorandum, ‘‘Sales Verification Report,’’ 

dated June 25, 2024; and Memorandum, 

‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of Sow Shin,’’ 

dated August 1, 2024. 

7See Preliminary Determination, 89 FR at 38080. 

8See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from 

the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909, 

21912 (April 23, 2008), unchanged in Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value: Raw Flexible Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR 

39673, 39674 (July 10, 2008); Steel Threaded Rod 

from Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 78 FR 79670, 79671 (December 31, 

2013), unchanged in Steel Threaded Rod from 

Thailand: Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Affirmative Final 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 

14476, 14477 (March 14, 2014). 

Background 

On May 7, 2024, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register its preliminary 

affirmative determination in the LTFV 

investigation of aluminum extrusions 

from Taiwan.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this investigation 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 products covered by this 

investigation are aluminum extrusions 

from Taiwan. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During 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 

post-preliminary 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 

Commerce verified the sales and cost 

information submitted by Sow Shin 

Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Sow Shin) 6 for use 

in our final determination, consistent 

with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). We used 

standard verification procedures, 

including an examination of relevant 

sales and accounting records, and 

original source documents provided by 

Sow Shin. 

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. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce assigned to a 

mandatory respondent in this 

investigation, Yuan Sheng Aluminium 

Mfg. Corp. (Yuan Sheng), and its 

collapsed affiliates, Great Well 

Aluminium Industrial Ltd. (Great Well) 

and Ye Fong Aluminum Industrial Ltd. 

(Ye Fong) dumping margins based on 

adverse facts available (AFA), pursuant 

to sections 776(a) and (b) the Act.7

Further, the companies that did not 

respond to our quantity and value 

questionnaires, Cheng Hsin Aluminum 

Corp., Chiao Tai Aluminum Industry, 

and Formosa Shinn Yoan Industrial Co., 

Ltd., failed to cooperate in this 

investigation. Therefore, in the 

Preliminary Determination, pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, 

Commerce assigned these companies a 

rate based on AFA. Accordingly for this 

final determination, we continue to find 

that the application of AFA pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act is 

warranted with respect to Yuan Sheng, 

Great Well, Ye Fong, Cheng Hsin 

Aluminum Corp., Chiao Tai Aluminum 

Industry, and Formosa Shinn Yoan 

Industrial Co., Ltd. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We made certain changes regarding 

Sow Shin’s reported home market 

commissions and multi-extrusion sales 

since the Preliminary Determination. 

For a discussion of these changes, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. Where the rates 

for individually investigated companies 

are all zero or de minimis, or 

determined entirely using facts 

otherwise available, section 735(c)(5)(B) 

of the Act instructs Commerce to rely on 

‘‘any reasonable method to establish the 

estimated all-others rate for exporters 

and producers not individually 

investigated, including averaging the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins determined for exporters and 

producers individually investigated.’’ 

In this investigation, Commerce has 

determined the dumping margin for 

Yuan Sheng under section 776 of the 

Act and has calculated an estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Sow Shin of 0.74 percent (de minimis). 

As such, we are applying to the nonselected respondents, Shin Hsin 

Aluminum Co., Ltd., E8 Green Energy 

Technology Co., Ltd., Fusheng Precision 

Co., Ltd., and M&M Hardware 

Corporation, the all-others rate of 34.30 

percent, which is the simple average of 

the dumping margins for Yuan Sheng 

and Sow Shin.8


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9Commerce determined that Sow Shin and 

Xiashin International Co., Ltd. (Xiashin) are a single 

entity (collectively, Sow Shin). See Preliminary 

Determination. Commerce also determined that 

Yuan Sheng, Great Well, and Ye Fong are a single 

entity. See Preliminary Determination. 

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 9

Exporter/producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Sow Shin Aluminum Co., Ltd.; Xiashin International Co., Ltd .................................................................................................... 0.74 (de minimis) 

Yuan Sheng Aluminium Mfg. Corp.; Great Well Aluminium Industrial Ltd.; Ye Fong Aluminum Industrial Ltd ......................... * 67.86 

Chiao Tai Aluminum Industry ...................................................................................................................................................... * 67.86 

Formosa Shinn Yoan Industrial Co., Ltd ..................................................................................................................................... * 67.86 

Cheng Hsin Aluminum Corp ........................................................................................................................................................ * 67.86 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 34.30 

* Rates based on AFA. 

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 

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 Sow Shin. 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 Sow Shin 

is de minimis, 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 Sow Shin. However, 

entries of subject merchandise from this 

company in any other producer/ 

exporter combination (i.e., where Sow 

Shin, 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 all-others rate. 

Further, because the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

zero for subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Sow Shin, 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 producer/exporter 

combinations or by third parties that 

sourced subject merchandise from the 

excluded producer/exporter 

combination. 

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 

final determination 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 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 


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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 

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 

‘‘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 

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 

investigations. 

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 

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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 1.2mm, 

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 

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 


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1See Aluminum Extrusions from Ecuador: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 38053 (May 7, 2024) (Preliminary 

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 Commerce Should 

Apply Partial AFA to Sow Shin 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Find Respondents Request for 

Proprietary Treatment of Academic 

Information Unwarranted 

Comment 3: Whether to Utilize a Weighted 

Average to Calculate the All-Others Rate 

Comment 4: Whether Sow Shin’s 

Subassembly Product Characteristic 

Coding was Consistent with Commerce’s 

Instructions 

Comment 5: Whether to Adjust Home 

Market Sales for Sow Shin’s 

Commissions 

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Revisit the Decision to Collapse Sow 

Shin and Xiashin 

Comment 7: Whether to Use Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2023 or FY 2022 Financial 

Statements for the Calculations of Sow 

Shin’s General Administrative and 

Financial Expense Ratio 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Revisit the Decision to Collapse Yuan 

Sheng, Great Well, and Ye Fong 

Comment 9: Whether to Continue to Apply 

AFA to Yuan Sheng 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–22785 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–331–804] 

Aluminum Extrusions From Ecuador: 

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 

Ecuador 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: 

Stephanie Trejo or Elizabeth Bremer, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4390 or 

(202) 482–4987, 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 Ecuador, in which it also 

postponed the final determination until 

September 19, 2024.1 We invited 


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