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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100971-100972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29319]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-523-816]

Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Oman 
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a producer and exporter of certain 
aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). The 
period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. 
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 12, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on aluminum foil from Oman.\1\ On 
December 29, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register its 
initiation of the administrative review of the Order for the period 
January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, covering Oman Aluminium Rolling 
Company SPC.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman and the 
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 62782 
(November 12, 2021) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168, 90172 (December 29, 2023).
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    On June 26, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for issuance of 
the preliminary results of this review until November 26, 2024.\3\ On 
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\4\ On November 21, 2024, Commerce extended 
the deadline for issuance of the preliminary results until December 6, 
2024.\5\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022,'' dated 
June 26, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 
2022,'' dated November 21, 2024.
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    A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
is included in the appendix to this notice. For a complete description 
of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ The Preliminary 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 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022: 
Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this Order is certain aluminum foil. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we 
preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 
contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to the 
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ For a full description 
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the net 
countervailable subsidy rate for the period January 1, 2022, through 
December 31, 2022 to be:
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    \8\ Commerce preliminarily determines that Oman Aluminium 
Rolling Company SPC is cross-owned with Sohar Paper Cores LLC, 
Takamul Investment Company LLC, and OQ SAOC.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                        Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC \8\.................            1.36
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed for these 
preliminary results 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).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs or other written comments 
to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\9\ A 
timeline for the submission of case briefs and written comments will be 
established at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 
in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the 
deadline date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit 
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a table 
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\11\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 for 
general filing requirements.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we

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instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of 
their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their 
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their 
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not 
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the 
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision 
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative 
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for 
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed 
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by 
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.

Assessment Rate

    Upon completion of this administrative review, consistent with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce 
intends, upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to 
collect cash deposits of the estimated countervailing duties in the 
amounts calculated in the final results of this review for the company 
listed above with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed 
firms, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties at the all-others rate. These cash deposit 
instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of Commerce's analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs, 
within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the 
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Interested Parties

    This administrative review and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-29319 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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