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Oman Aluminum Foil: Prelim Results of AD/CVD Admin Reviews

The Commerce Department on Dec. 13 published the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on aluminum foil from Oman (A-523-815/C-523-816). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023, and CVD assessment rates for entries in calendar year 2022.

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Only the exporters for which an administrative review was requested are covered by these reviews. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce has ordered liquidation “as entered” for entries during the period of review from all exporters for which a review was not requested (ADCVDWeb Messages # 4033403, 4033404).

AD Cash Deposit Requirements

New AD cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the AD final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following AD cash deposit rates:

Producer/ExporterAD Rate (Prelim)
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC5.84%

CVD Cash Deposit Requirements

New CVD cash deposit requirements may take effect beginning on the date of publication of the CVD final results in the Federal Register. Commerce preliminarily calculated the following CVD cash deposit rates:

Producer/ExporterCVD Rate (Prelim)
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC*1.36%

* Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC is preliminarily determined by Commerce to be cross-owned with Sohar Paper Cores LLC, Takamul Investment Company LLC, and OQ SAOC.

Assessment Rates

If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise exported by Oman Aluminium Rolling during the period Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. In the final results, Commerce also will set CVD assessments for importers of subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

(The AD duty period of review is 11/01/22 - 10/31/23, and the CVD period of review is 01/01/22 - 12/31/22. See the notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)