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13The Zhongji Respondents include Zhongji HK, 

Zhongji, Jiangsu Huafeng Aluminium Industry Co., 

Ltd. (Jiangsu Huafeng), Shantou Wanshun New 

Material Group Co., Ltd. (Shantou Wanshun), 

Anhui Zhongji Battery Foil Sci&Tech Co., Ltd. 

(Anhui Zhongji), and Sichuan Wanshun Zhongji 

Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Wanshun). 

entries covered by this review, for the 

above-listed companies at the applicable 

ad valorem assessment rates listed. 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 

days after publication of the final results 

of this review in the Federal Register. 

If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order, 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

The final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Application of Adverse Inferences 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should 

Continue to Make an Adverse Inference 

to Find that the Mandatory Respondents 

Benefited from the Export Buyer’s Credit 

Program (EBCP) 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise its Application of the Trading 

Company Methodology for Jiangsu 

Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., (HK) 

Ltd. (Zhongji HK) 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should 

Grant Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination 

Materials Co., Ltd. (Zhongji) an Entered 

Value Adjustment (EVA) 

Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should 

Include Non-Production Income and 

Commission Expenses in Zhongji’s Total 

Sales Denominator 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Aluminum Plate and/or Sheet 

and Strip Benchmark for the Zhongji 

Respondents 13

Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should 

Include Warehouse Storage Fees in the 

Benchmark for the Government 

Provision of Primary Aluminum for Less 

Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) 

Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Calculation of the Zhongji 

Respondents’ Inland Freight Used in the 

Primary Aluminum Benchmark 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Include Certain Purchases Disclosed at 

Verification to calculate Anhui Zhongji’s 

Benefit from the Government Provision 

of Primary Aluminum for LTAR 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise the Dingsheng Respondents’ 

Intercompany Sales 

Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Primary Aluminum, 

Aluminum Sheet and Coal Benchmarks 

for the Dingsheng Respondents 

Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should 

Include London Metal Exchange (LME) 

Data in the Calculation of the Primary 

Aluminum Benchmarks for the 

Dingsheng Respondents 

Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Ocean Freight Benchmarks for 

the Dingsheng Respondents 

Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise the Dingsheng Respondents’ 

Benefit Calculations for Income Tax 

Deductions for Research and 

Development (R&D) Expenses Under the 

Enterprise Income Tax Law (EITL) 

Comment 14: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust Dingsheng Respondents’ Benefit 

Calculation for the Government 

Provision of Electricity for LTAR 

Comment 15: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise Inner Mongolia Liansheng New 

Energy Material Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.’s 

(Liansheng’s) Benefit Calculation for 

Certain Government Grants 

IX. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

Non-Selected Companies Under Review 

1. Alcha International Holdings Limited 

2. Baotou Alcha Aluminum Co., Ltd. 

3. Gra ̈nges Aluminum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 

4. Guangxi Baise Xinghe Aluminum Industry 

Co., Ltd. 

5. Hunan Suntown Marketing Limited 

6. Jiangyin Dolphin Pack Ltd. Co. 

7. Luoyang Longding Aluminium Industries 

Co., Ltd. 

8. Shandong Yuanrui Metal Material Co., Ltd. 

9. Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation 

10. Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Foil Co., 

Ltd. 

11. Shanghai Shenyan Packaging Materials 

Co., Ltd. 

12. SNTO International Trade Limited 

13. Suntown Technology Group Corporation 

Limited 

14. Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co. Ltd. 

15. Yangtai Jintai International Trade Co., 

Ltd. 

16. Yantai Donghai Aluminum Co., Ltd. 

17. Yinbang Clad Material Co., Ltd. 

18. Zhejiang Zhongjin Aluminum Industry 

Co., Ltd. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: 

Binational Panel Review: Notice of 

Request for Panel Review 

AGENCY: United States Section, USMCA 

Secretariat, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of USMCA Request for 

Panel Review. 

SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review 

was filed on behalf of the Coalition for 

Fair Mexican Exports of Aluminum 

Extrusions with the United States 

Section of the USMCA Secretariat on 

November 1, 2024, pursuant to USMCA 

Article 10.12. Panel Review was 

requested of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s Final Results in the matter 

of Aluminum Extrusions from Mexico: 

Final Affirmative Determination of Sales 

at Less than Fair Value. The USMCA 

Secretariat has assigned case number 

USA–MEX–2024–10.12–05 to this 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vidya Desai, United States Secretary, 

USMCA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, 202–482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

determination was published in the 

Federal Register on October 3, 2024 (89 

FR 80463). 

Article 10.12 of Chapter 10 of USMCA 

provides a dispute settlement 

mechanism involving trade remedy 

determinations issued by the 

Government of the United States, the 

Government of Canada, and the 

Government of Mexico. Following a 

Request for Panel Review, a Binational 

Panel is composed to review the trade 

remedy determination being challenged 

and issue a binding Panel Decision. 

There are established USMCA Rules of 

Procedure for Article 10.12 (Binational 

Panel Reviews), which were adopted by 

the three governments for panels 

requested pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of 

USMCA which requires Requests for 


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88960 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / Notices 

1See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 35794 (May 4, 

2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated August 13, 2024. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Phosphate Fertilizers from the Russian Federation; 

2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

Panel Review to be published in 

accordance with Rule 40. For the 

complete Rules, please see https://canmex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreementaccord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/ 

rules-regles-reglas/article-articlearticulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng. 

The Rules provide that: 

(a) A Party or interested person may 

challenge the final determination in 

whole or in part by filing a Complaint 

in accordance with Rule 44 no later than 

30 days after the filing of the first 

Request for Panel Review (the deadline 

for filing a Complaint is December 2, 

2024); 

(b) A Party, an investigating authority 

or other interested person who does not 

file a Complaint but who intends to 

participate in the panel review shall file 

a Notice of Appearance in accordance 

with Rule 45 no later than 45 days after 

the filing of the first Request for Panel 

Review (the deadline for filing a Notice 

of Appearance is December 16, 2024); 

(c) The panel review will be limited 

to the allegations of error of fact or law, 

including challenges to the jurisdiction 

of the investigating authority, that are 

set out in the Complaints filed in the 

panel review and to the procedural and 

substantive defenses raised in the panel 

review. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Vidya Desai, 

United States Secretary, USMCA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26105 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: 

Binational Panel Review: Notice of 

Request for Panel Review 

AGENCY: United States Section, USMCA 

Secretariat, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of USMCA Request for 

Panel Review. 

SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review 

was filed on behalf of the Coalition for 

Fair Mexican Exports of Aluminum 

Extrusions with the United States 

Section of the USMCA Secretariat on 

November 1, 2024, pursuant to USMCA 

Article 10.12. Panel Review was 

requested of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s Final Results in the matter 

of Aluminum Extrusions from Mexico: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination. The USMCA Secretariat 

has assigned case number USA–MEX– 

2024–10.12–04 to this request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vidya Desai, United States Secretary, 

USMCA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, 202–482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

determination was published in the 

Federal Register on October 3, 2024 (89 

FR 80496). 

Article 10.12 of chapter 10 of USMCA 

provides a dispute settlement 

mechanism involving trade remedy 

determinations issued by the 

Government of the United States, the 

Government of Canada, and the 

Government of Mexico. Following a 

Request for Panel Review, a Binational 

Panel is composed to review the trade 

remedy determination being challenged 

and issue a binding Panel Decision. 

There are established USMCA Rules of 

Procedure for Article 10.12 (Binational 

Panel Reviews), which were adopted by 

the three governments for panels 

requested pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of 

USMCA which requires Requests for 

Panel Review to be published in 

accordance with Rule 40. For the 

complete Rules, please see https://canmex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreementaccord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/ 

rules-regles-reglas/article-articlearticulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng. 

The Rules provide that: 

(a) A Party or interested person may 

challenge the final determination in 

whole or in part by filing a Complaint 

in accordance with Rule 44 no later than 

30 days after the filing of the first 

Request for Panel Review (the deadline 

for filing a Complaint is December 2, 

2024); 

(b) A Party, an investigating authority 

or other interested person who does not 

file a Complaint but who intends to 

participate in the panel review shall file 

a Notice of Appearance in accordance 

with Rule 45 no later than 45 days after 

the filing of the first Request for Panel 

Review (the deadline for filing a Notice 

of Appearance is December 16, 2024); 

(c) The panel review will be limited 

to the allegations of error of fact or law, 

including challenges to the jurisdiction 

of the investigating authority, that are 

set out in the Complaints filed in the 

panel review and to the procedural and 

substantive defenses raised in the panel 

review. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Vidya Desai, 

United States Secretary, USMCA Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–825] 

Phosphate Fertilizers From the 

Russian Federation: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

Joint Stock Company Apatit (JSC 

Apatit), a producer/exporter of 

phosphate fertilizers from the Russian 

Federation (Russia), received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR), January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable November 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler or William Horn, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6241 or (202) 482–4868, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the preliminary 

results of this administrative review on 

May 4, 2024.1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On August 13, 2024, Commerce 

extended the deadline for the final 

results of this administrative review 

until November 5, 2024.3 For a 

description of the events that occurred 

since the Preliminary Results, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.4 We 

conducted this review in accordance 

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 


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