Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20414-20415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07460]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-814]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Sultanate of Oman: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC), the sole producer or 
exporter subject to this administrative review, made sales of common 
alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) 
in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the 
period of review (POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

DATES: Applicable April 16, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 5, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of this administrative review and invited 
interested parties to comment.\1\ From August 29 to September 10, 2025, 
OARC and the petitioners \2\ submitted case and rebuttal briefs.\3\ Due 
to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on 
November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents 
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an 
additional 21 days.\5\ Between February 9 and April 2, 2026, Commerce 
extended the deadline for the final results.\6\ Accordingly, the 
deadline for these final results is now April 13, 2026.
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    \1\ See Certain Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Sultanate of Oman: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-
2024, 90 FR 38439 (August 8, 2025) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The petitioners are the Aluminum Association Common Alloy 
Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group and its individual 
members: Arconic Corporation; Commonwealth Rolled Products, Inc.; 
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC; JW Aluminum Company; 
and Texarkana Aluminum, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners).
    \3\ See OARC's Letter, ``OARC's Case Brief,'' dated August 29, 
2025 (OARC's Case Brief); see also Petitioners' Letter, 
``Petitioners' Affirmative Case Brief,'' dated August 29, 2025 
(Petitioners' Case Brief); OARC's Letter, ``OARC's Rebuttal Brief,'' 
dated September 10, 2025 (OARC's Rebuttal Brief); and Petitioners' 
Letter, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' dated September 10, 2025 
(Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated February 9, 2026; 
see also Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 2, 2026.
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    For a complete description of the events that occurred since the 
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via 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\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Sultanate of Oman; 
2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order 8
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    \8\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, 
Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, 
Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 22139 (April 27, 2021) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is common alloy aluminum sheet 
from Oman. For a complete description of the scope, see the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the 
appendix to this notice and 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 an Appendix.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record, we made certain changes to the 
preliminary margin calculations for OARC. For a detailed discussion of 
the changes since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin for the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 
2024:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC..........................       14.71
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for the 
final results of this review to parties within five days after public 
announcement of the final results 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).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    Because OARC's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de 
minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this 
review, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's 
examined sales and the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), 
the entries by that importer will be liquidated without regard to 
antidumping duties.
    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by OARC for which it did 
not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary (e.g., a 
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate

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company(ies) involved in the transaction.\9\
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    \9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    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

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash 
deposit rate for subject merchandise exported by OARC will be equal to 
the weighted-average dumping margin established in these final results 
of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the completed 
segment for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review or a completed prior segment of this proceeding 
but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the cash 
deposit rate established for the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will 
continue to be 5.29 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\10\
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    \10\ See Order, 86 FR at 62791.
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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 the terms of an 
APO is a violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 13, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, 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 Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Correctly Allocated Adjustments for 
Certain Inputs
    Comment 2: Whether to Adjust Certain Reported U.S. Prices
    Comment 3: Whether to Adjust OARC's Cost of Production (COP)
    Comment 4: Whether a Certain Material was Properly Classified
    Comment 5: Basis for Constructed Value (CV) Profit and Selling 
Expenses
VI. Recommendation

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