Oman Foil Faces Duties: Another Trade Tussle
Published Date: 5/6/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that Oman Aluminium Rolling Company sold aluminum foil in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from November 2023 to October 2024. This means extra duties might be added to their products to keep things fair for American businesses. Companies and folks involved have a chance to share their thoughts before final decisions come out.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Cash Deposit Rate After Final Results
When Commerce publishes the final results of this review, importers must make cash deposits for shipments of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after that publication date. The cash deposit rate for the reviewed companies will equal the weighted-average dumping margin from the final results; all other manufacturers/exporters will continue to have a 3.89 percent all-others rate.
Automatic Assessment at All-Others Rate
For entries of subject merchandise produced by OARC where OARC did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 3.89 percent if there is no rate for the intermediate company. That means some shipments may be assessed a 3.89 percent duty.
Reimbursement Certificate and Double-Duty Risk
Importers must file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping or countervailing duties before liquidation of the relevant entries for this review period. If you fail to file that certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
Preliminary Dumping Margin Assigned
If you import aluminum foil made by Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC (OARC) for the period November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024, Commerce preliminarily found a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.58 percent. This preliminary finding means OARC’s U.S. sales were priced below normal value and extra antidumping duties could be imposed if the final results confirm the margin.
De Minimis Threshold for Duties
Commerce treats a weighted-average dumping margin under 0.50 percent as de minimis (i.e., too small to assess antidumping duties). If the final margin for an exporter or importer-specific rate is less than 0.50 percent, Commerce will set the duty or cash deposit rate to zero for that party.
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