[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40501-40502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14488]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-968]


Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final 
Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty 
(CVD) order on aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China 
(China) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results 
of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective July 7, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Schmitt, Office VI, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 1, 2022, Commerce initiated the second sunset review of 
the Order,\1\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ On March 15, 2022, Commerce received a notice of 
intent to participate, within the 15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i), from the Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee and 
its constituent producers of aluminum extrusions (the petitioner).\3\ 
The petitioner claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(E) 
(covering trade and business associations) and individually under 
section 771(9)(C) (covering manufacturers, producers, and wholesalers) 
of the Act, respectively.
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    \1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26, 2011) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 11416 
(March 1, 2022).
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Aluminum Extrusions from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in 
Sunset Review,'' dated March 15, 2022.
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    Commerce received an adequate substantive response from the 
petitioner within the 30-day deadline specified in

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19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ On April 20, 2022, Commerce notified the 
U.S. International Trade Commission that we did not receive a 
substantive response from the Government of China or any respondent 
interested party to the proceeding.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(l)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2), 
Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the Order.
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    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Aluminum Extrusions from the 
People's Republic of China: Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation of Sunset Review,'' dated March 30, 2022 (Substantive 
Response).
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter to U.S. International Trade 
Commission, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on March 1, 2022,'' dated 
April 20, 2022.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is aluminum extrusions. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2022 Expedited Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Aluminum Extrusions from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ The issues discussed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum are listed in the appendix to this notice. 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.
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    \7\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b)(1) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of a net countervailable subsidy at the 
rates listed below:

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                                                               Net
                                                         countervailable
                   Producer/exporter                       subsidy rate
                                                            (percent)
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Dragonluxe Limited.....................................           374.15
Foshan Guangcheng Aluminum Co., Ltd., Guang Ya Aluminum            12.04
 Industries Co. Ltd., Guang Ya Aluminum Industries Hong
 Kong, and Yongji Guanghai Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd..
Kong Ah International Company Limited..................        25.82 \8\
Karlton Aluminum Company Ltd., Zhaoqing New Zhongya                20.18
 Aluminum Co., Ltd., Zhongya Shaped Aluminum HK Holding
 Ltd...................................................
Liaoyang Zhongwang Aluminum Profile Co. Ltd./Liaoning             374.15
 Zhongwang Group.......................................
Miland Luck Limited....................................           374.15
All Others.............................................            22.96
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)
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    \8\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 76 FR 18521 
(April 4, 2011) (Final Determination); see also Aluminum Extrusions 
from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2013, 80 FR 77325 (March 
22, 2016) (Final Results 2013 Review). Kong Ah International Company 
Limited was included among the cross-owned companies comprising the 
Gyang Ya Group in the Final Determination. However, other members of 
the Gyang Ya Group were subsequently reviewed as mandatory 
respondents in the Final Results 2013 Review, while Kong Ah 
International Company Limited was not. Therefore, the rates for the 
additional programs found to be countervailable for the individually 
examined Guang Ya Group Companies in the Final Results 2013 Review 
are not the rates for Kong Ah International Company Limited. Rather, 
for additional programs found to be countervailable in the Final 
Results 2013 Review, we have used the average of the rates of the 
companies individually examined.
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    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to APO 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305. Timely notification of return/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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results and this notice 
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: June 29, 2022.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rate Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-14488 Filed 7-6-22; 8:45 am]
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