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Aluminum Foil: Prelim CV Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for Oman, Turkey

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 5 for imports of aluminum foil from Turkey (C-489-845) and Oman (C-523-816), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in preliminary determinations released the previous day as part of its ongoing CV duty investigations.

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Commerce is also conducting AD duty investigations on aluminum foil from Turkey and Oman, as well as on Armenia, Brazil and Russia. The agency's preliminary AD duty investigations are due April 27 (see 2102160011).

CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 5. It will require CV duty cash deposits at the following rates:

Oman

Producer/ExporterCV Rate
Oman Aluminum Rolling Company LLC/Sohar Paper Cores LLC2.15%
All Others2.15%

Turkey

Producer/ExporterCV Rate
Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S./ Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S./Kibar Holding/Ispak Esnek Ambalaj Sanayi A.S.2.79%
All Others2.79%

(The period of investigation is 01/01/19 - 12/31/19. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 2010260031 for a summary of the initiation of these CV duty investigations.)