Federal Register #2026-20256

Commerce inquiry into Chinese aluminum composite panels and trade-order circumvention

The U.S. Department of Commerce is examining whether specified Chinese aluminum composite panels are circumventing existing trade orders. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration, Enforcement and Compliance - Named manufacturer: Shanghai Alumetal Decorative Material Co. (Alumetal), the Chinese producer identified in the inquiry - Inquiry scope: Panels produced in China and exported to the United States, with an LDPE core permanently bonded between two aluminum sheets, each no more than 0.2 mm thick. - Made from 1100 alloy - Total panel thickness greater than 0.2 mm and no more than 6.3 mm - Trade-enforcement action: Commerce is examining whether the panels circumvent antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China. Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue suspension of liquidation for covered entries already suspended and apply the applicable cash deposit rate. - Procurement status: This is an inquiry, not a solicitation or award. No products or services are being purchased, and no purchase quantities, part numbers, or contract value are specified. - Expected determination: Commerce intends to issue final determinations within 300 days of initiating the inquiry, unless it is rescinded in whole or in part.

Description

The U.S. Department of Commerce is self-initiating a circumvention inquiry to determine whether certain aluminum composite panels produced in China by Shanghai Alumetal Decorative Material Co. and exported to the United States circumvent antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China. The panels at issue have a low-density polyethylene core bonded between two aluminum sheets, are made from 1100 alloy, and have a cumulative thickness of no more than 6.3 mm. Commerce will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue suspension of liquidation for covered entries already subject to suspension and to apply the applicable cash deposit rate. Unless rescinded in whole or in part, Commerce intends to issue final determinations within 300 days of the notice’s publication.

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