Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Aluminum Foil From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Circumvention With Respect to the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-053, C-570-054] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) that were exported from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and from the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), using inputs ( i.e., aluminum foil- and sheet-gauge products) manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), as specified below, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum foil from China. DATES: Applicable March 22, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Heaney and Mark Flessner, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4475 and (202) 482-6312, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 19, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register AD and CVD Orders on U.S. imports of aluminum foil from China. [ 1 ] On July 11, 2022, pursuant to section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.226(b) , Commerce self-initiated country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of aluminum foil, completed in Korea and Thailand (collectively, the third countries), using inputs ( i.e., aluminum foil- and sheet-gauge products) …