Aluminum Extrusions From Mexico: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

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 [C-201-861] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of aluminum extrusions from Mexico. The period of investigation is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable March 15, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Christopher Williams, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410 or (202) 482-5166, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 703(b) ( printed page 18895) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). On October 31, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation. [ 1 ] On December 6, 2023, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation until March 4, 2024. [ 2 ] For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [ 3 ] A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memor…