US Lifts Anti-Dumping Order On Al Imports From India

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) recently determined that the US industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by imports of aluminum extrusions from India, China, and 14 other countries. The other countries include Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The US Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that the product which are being sold in the United States are at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey.

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In the latest news released by the US government, during a vote on this issue, the commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the negative, while Chair Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative, whereas, commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein did not participate. As a result of the Commission’s negative determinations, ministry of commerce has decided to not issue antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from those 14 countries, nor will it issue countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey.

In another case, the Department of Commerce recently released its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) case regarding solar cell imports from Southeast Asia. Following an affirmative determination from the USITC in June, which found that the US solar panel manufacturing industry is being materially injured by imports of silicon solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, Commerce has been working on setting tariff amounts.

The preliminary CVD amounts range from less than 1% to nearly 300%, and tariffs are expected to increase further at the time of the final determinations, according to Tim Brightbill, partner at Wiley Rein and lead counsel to the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee (AASMTC), which filed the AD/CVD petition earlier this year. The DOC’s preliminary determination in the antidumping (AD) case is likely to be released in November.