Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review on Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain

Strategic Insights -

The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminarily found that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter of common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain during the period of review from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. This preliminary finding is part of an ongoing administrative review, and interested parties are invited to comment on these results.

Key Takeaways:

  • The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminary determined that countervailable subsidies were provided to a producer and exporter of common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain during the period of review from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
  • The preliminary results of review are based on the findings of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is a public document available on the Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
  • Interested parties will be provided an opportunity to submit written comments and rebuttal briefs, with a deadline for submission yet to be determined.
  • The final results of the review will be issued within 120 days of the publication of these preliminary results, and will include the results of the analysis of issues raised in the case briefs.
  • Assessment rates will be applied to entries covered by this review, and cash deposits will be collected on shipments of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.

Statistics:

  • 4.16% countervailable subsidy rate exists for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, for Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO).
  • The preliminary results of review will be issued by August 5, 2025.
  • The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 5, 2025, after extensions by 120 days and preventing the initial deadline of May 3, 2025.

Sources:

  • 86 FR 22144 (April 27, 2021) - Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain, India, and the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders.
  • 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024) - Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews.
  • Memorandum, "Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings," dated July 22, 2024.
  • Memorandum, "Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings," dated December 9, 2024.
  • Memorandum, "Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review," dated March 10, 2025.
  • Memorandum, "Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain; 2023," dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
  • 19 CFR 351.213 and 351.221(b)(4) - Final Rules Relating to the Service of Documents in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings.