The Dept. of Commerce launched preliminary findings that the governments of China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey harmfully subsidize their aluminum extrusion industries. Commerce calculated preliminary countervailing duties from every nation within the following ranges: imports from China at charges of 15.41% to 169.66%, imports from Indonesia at charges of 6.69% to 43.56%, imports from Mexico at charges of 1.68% to 77.80% and imports from Turkey at charges of 1.45% to 147.53%.
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Commerce initiated antidumping and countervailing responsibility (AD/CVD) investigations in October relating to aluminum extrusion imports from 14 international locations, together with China, India, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. From the newest spherical of deliberations in these investigations, Commerce excluded fully-assembled photo voltaic modules and “off-grid photo voltaic charging modules” from these investigations. Nevertheless, extruded photo voltaic racking and imported panel frames are underneath investigation.
A memorandum printed on Monday states that the investigation contains “aluminum extrusions, no matter type, ending, or fabrication, whether or not assembled with different components or unassembled, whether or not coated, painted, anodized, or thermally improved.” Aluminum extrusion is the method of shaping uncooked aluminum into any variety of profiles. Aluminum merchandise which have non-aluminum parts, like fasteners, or have a coating utilized in one of many listed international locations are nonetheless included within the scope of the investigation, in keeping with the doc. Because it stands, import duties may apply to pre-extruded aluminum merchandise like photo voltaic racking.
The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and the United Metal, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Vitality, Allied Industrial and Service Staff Worldwide Union petitioned this case.
“We’re inspired that the Commerce Dept. has taken preliminary motion to treatment the unfair and unlawful subsidization of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey,” mentioned Robert E. DeFrancesco, commerce counsel to the Petitioners and a associate within the Worldwide Commerce Apply at Wiley Rein LLP. “The widespread subsidization confirms that international governments are keen to offer significant and unfair assist to spice up aluminum extrusion exports, and it’s, subsequently, vital that Commerce proceed to carefully counter these harms to the U.S. aluminum extrusion business.”
The determinations by Commerce set up the preliminary responsibility charges within the subsidies portion of the investigations. Following the publication of Commerce’s preliminary dedication within the Federal Register in roughly one week, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Safety to start suspending liquidation and accumulating preliminary duties (within the type of money deposits) on entries of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey.
These responsibility charges are just for the countervailing responsibility investigations. They don’t but embrace the charges from the continued antidumping responsibility investigations of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey, which can be added to the preliminary subsidy charges. The Commerce Division’s preliminary determinations within the antidumping responsibility instances on these 4 international locations, in addition to 10 different international locations, are at present scheduled for Could 1.
These are preliminary determinations solely, and subsidy charges might improve earlier than the ultimate dedication. The countervailing responsibility investigations are ongoing, and Commerce has not but had time to totally examine all potential subsidies. Commerce’s closing dedication is at present anticipated in late July 2024 however could also be prolonged to align with the corresponding antidumping investigations.
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