On Friday, the US Department of Commerce made a final decision that producers in 14 countries – China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam – have sold, dumped and subsidized aluminum extrusions in the United States in violation of international trade rules. As a result, the Commerce has imposed anti-dumping duties at rates ranging from 2.02% to 376.85%, and countervailing duties at rates ranging from 1.44% to 168.81%.
The trade has included extruded rails for solar panels in the group of products affected by these threatened import duties. This includes imported aluminum solar mounting systems, which fall into the sub-assemblies category within these tasks, and solar tracker assemblies. In addition, electric vehicle battery boxes and charging station parts or assemblies are included in the applicable merchandise.
Aluminum frames on imported solar panels are not subject to these trade duties.
These antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases were filed on behalf of the US Aluminum Extruders Coalition, a coalition of 14 aluminum extruders in the United States, and the USW.
“These final decisions are another important step in addressing the harm caused by illegal dumping by foreign producers of aluminum extrusions, many of which have also benefited from unfair subsidies,” said Robert DeFrancesco, trade counsel for the US Aluminum Extruders Coaltion and the USW. and partner in the International Trade Practice at Wiley Rein LLP. “The U.S. industry looks forward to relief from these unfairly traded imports when the U.S. International Trade Commission makes its final decision in November 2024.”
These new anti-dumping/countervailing duties will be finalized one year after Friday’s adoption. The initial determinations established a cash deposit rate for these duties, and this latest Commerce administrative review process could increase these rates, requiring U.S. importers to pay duties retroactively.
News release from the American Aluminum Extruders Council
