US Commerce clarifies common alloy sheet orders for China, Bahrain

The US Department of Commerce has issued the final results of its changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders covering common alloy aluminum sheet from China, Bahrain and 15 other countries, deciding to revoke the orders in part for certain aluminum can stock.

The decision follows Commerce’s August 11, 2026 publication of its initiation and preliminary results, in which it found that changed circumstances warranted partial revocation of the orders for qualifying aluminum can stock.

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Scope revision of aluminum can stock exclusion

Commerce found that the individual members of the Aluminum Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group and Jupiter Aluminum Corporation represent more than 85% of the domestic industry and support the requests for the partial revocation.

The revised exclusion applies to aluminum can stock suitable for manufacturing beverage cans, lids and tabs. The material must have a gauge of 0.200 mm to 0.292 mm, carry an H-19, H-41, H-48, H-39 or H-391 temper, and have lubricant applied to its flat surfaces to facilitate movement through beverage-can manufacturing equipment.

Commerce also revised the wording concerning tariff classification. The can stock is generally classifiable under HTSUS subheadings 7606.12.3045 and 7606.12.3055, but the written description of the excluded merchandise is now stated to be dispositive regardless of its HTSUS classification.

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The changes apply to both the China Aluminum Sheet Orders and the Bahrain et al. Aluminum Sheet Orders. While the former deals solely with Chinese merchandise, the latter cover common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and Türkiye.

Commerce would instruct US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate, without regard to AD and CVD duties, all unliquidated entries covered by the partial revocation and refund any estimated AD and CVD duties collected on those entries.

Commerce intends to issue the instructions to CBP within 15 days of publication of the final CCR results in the Federal Register.