82 FR 34630 - Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders and Rescission of Minor Alterations Anti-Circumvention Inquiry

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 142 (July 26, 2017)

The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that heat-treated extruded aluminum products that meet the chemical specifications for 5050-grade aluminum alloy, regardless of producer, exporter, or importer, constitute later-developed merchandise, and are circumventing the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Department also rescinds its minor alterations anti-circumvention inquiry.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34630-34632]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15683]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-967, C-570-968]


Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: 
Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders and Rescission of Minor Alterations Anti-
Circumvention Inquiry

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that 
heat-treated extruded aluminum products that meet the chemical 
specifications for 5050-grade aluminum alloy, regardless of producer, 
exporter, or importer, constitute later-developed merchandise, and are 
circumventing the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders 
on aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The 
Department also rescinds its minor alterations anti-circumvention 
inquiry.

DATES: Effective July 26, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Hoefke or Erin Kearney, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4947 or (202) 482-0167, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 21, 2016, the Department published its notice of 
initiation of this anti-circumvention inquiry.\1\ The Department 
published the Preliminary

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Determination of the anti-circumvention inquiry of aluminum extrusions 
from the PRC on November 14, 2016.\2\
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    \1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry, 81 FR 15039 (March 21, 
2016) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry: Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Orders and Intent To Rescind Minor Alterations Anti-
Circumvention Inquiry, 81 FR 79444 (November 14, 2016) (Preliminary 
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 
See also 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, the Orders).
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    A summary of the events that occurred since the Department 
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 http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum re: Anti-Circumvention Inquiry Regarding the 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders on Aluminum 
Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with 
this determination and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the Orders are aluminum extrusions from 
the People's Republic of China. The merchandise subject to the orders 
are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS): 6603.90.8100, 7616.99.51, 8479.89.94, 
8481.90.9060, 8481.90.9085, 9031.90.9195, 8424.90.9080, 9405.99.4020, 
9031.90.90.95, 7616.10.90.90, 7609.00.00, 7610.10.00, 7610.90.00, 
7615.10.30, 7615.10.71, 7615.10.91, 7615.19.10, 7615.19.30, 7615.19.50, 
7615.19.70, 7615.19.90, 7615.20.00, 7616.99.10, 7616.99.50, 8479.89.98, 
8479.90.94, 8513.90.20, 9403.10.00, 9403.20.00, 7604.21.00.00, 
7604.29.10.00, 7604.29.30.10, 7604.29.30.50, 7604.29.50.30, 
7604.29.50.60, 7608.20.00.30, 7608.20.00.90, 8302.10.30.00, 
8302.10.60.30, 8302.10.60.60, 8302.10.60.90, 8302.20.00.00, 
8302.30.30.10, 8302.30.30.60, 8302.41.30.00, 8302.41.60.15, 
8302.41.60.45, 8302.41.60.50, 8302.41.60.80, 8302.42.30.10, 
8302.42.30.15, 8302.42.30.65, 8302.49.60.35, 8302.49.60.45, 
8302.49.60.55, 8302.49.60.85, 8302.50.00.00, 8302.60.90.00, 
8305.10.00.50, 8306.30.00.00, 8414.59.60.90, 8415.90.80.45, 
8418.99.80.05, 8418.99.80.50, 8418.99.80.60, 8419.90.10.00, 
8422.90.06.40, 8473.30.20.00, 8473.30.51.00, 8479.90.85.00, 
8486.90.00.00, 8487.90.00.80, 8503.00.95.20, 8508.70.00.00, 
8515.90.20.00, 8516.90.50.00, 8516.90.80.50, 8517.70.00.00, 
8529.90.73.00, 8529.90.97.60, 8536.90.80.85, 8538.10.00.00, 
8543.90.88.80, 8708.29.50.60, 8708.80.65.90, 8803.30.00.60, 
9013.90.50.00, 9013.90.90.00, 9401.90.50.81, 9403.90.10.40, 
9403.90.10.50, 9403.90.10.85, 9403.90.25.40, 9403.90.25.80, 
9403.90.40.05, 9403.90.40.10, 9403.90.40.60, 9403.90.50.05, 
9403.90.50.10, 9403.90.50.80, 9403.90.60.05, 9403.90.60.10, 
9403.90.60.80, 9403.90.70.05, 9403.90.70.10, 9403.90.70.80, 
9403.90.80.10, 9403.90.80.15, 9403.90.80.20, 9403.90.80.41, 
9403.90.80.51, 9403.90.80.61, 9506.11.40.80, 9506.51.40.00, 
9506.51.60.00, 9506.59.40.40, 9506.70.20.90, 9506.91.00.10, 
9506.91.00.20, 9506.91.00.30, 9506.99.05.10, 9506.99.05.20, 
9506.99.05.30, 9506.99.15.00, 9506.99.20.00, 9506.99.25.80, 
9506.99.28.00, 9506.99.55.00, 9506.99.60.80, 9507.30.20.00, 
9507.30.40.00, 9507.30.60.00, 9507.90.60.00, and 9603.90.80.50.
    Products subject to these Orders may also enter under HTSUS: 
7610.10, 7610.90, 7615.19, 7615.20, and 7616.99 as well as under other 
HTSUS chapters. Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS numbers: 
8418.99.80.50 and 8418.99.80.60. While HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of these Orders is dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ For a complete description of the scope of the Orders, see 
the ``Scope of the Orders,'' in Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that were 
submitted by parties in this inquiry are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues is attached in the Appendix 
to this notice.

Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention

    In accordance with 781(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), we continue to find that all imports from the PRC of heat-
treated extruded aluminum products that meet the chemical 
specifications for 5050-grade aluminum alloy, regardless of producer, 
exporter, or importer, constitute later-developed merchandise that is 
circumventing, and should be included within, the scope of the 
Orders.\5\
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    \5\ See section 781(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(j).
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Rescission of Minor Alterations Anti-Circumvention Inquiry

    In light of the Department's final affirmative determination of 
circumvention pursuant to section 781(d) of the Act, the Department 
rescinds its minor alterations anti-circumvention inquiry pursuant to 
section 781(c) of the Act.

Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(l)(2), the Department will direct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 
liquidation of inquiry merchandise from the PRC (regardless of 
producer, exporter, or importer), entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption, on or after March 21, 2016, the date of publication of 
the initiation of this inquiry, until appropriate liquidation 
instructions are issued.\6\ The Department will also instruct CBP to 
continue to require a cash deposit of estimated duties at the rate 
applicable to the exporter on all unliquidated entries of inquiry 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after March 21, 2016.
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    \6\ See Initiation Notice.
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Certification Requirement

    In light of the Department's preliminary finding of circumvention, 
the Department considered whether to require importers of certain 
aluminum extrusions who claim the imported merchandise is not subject 
to the Orders to certify that the aluminum extrusions were not produced 
from heat-treated 5050-grade aluminum alloy. Based on the Department's 
analysis of comments received, the Department will not

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require importers to maintain a certification at this time.\7\
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    \7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum, at Comment 4, for 
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Notification to the International Trade Commission

    As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, because the 
Department has determined, for purposes of sections 781(d)(1) and (e) 
of the Act, that the later-developed inquiry merchandise does not 
incorporate a significant technological advance or significant 
alteration of an earlier product, the Department did not notify the 
International Trade Commission of its proposed inclusion of the inquiry 
merchandise within the Orders.
    This affirmative anti-circumvention determination is published in 
accordance with section 781(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225.

    Dated: July 20, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. Merchandise Subject to the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
V. Discussion of the Issues
    1. The Department's Authority To Conduct an Anti-Circumvention 
Inquiry
    2. Later-Developed Merchandise and Commercial Availability
    3. Scope Exclusion
    4. Country-Wide Ruling
    5. Certification Requirement
    6. Effective Cash Deposit Date
VI. Rescission of Minor Alterations Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2017-15683 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
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