On December 17, 2014, the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and Ducker Worldwide will co-host an AEC members-only webinar to announce the findings of Ducker’s study on the impact to our industry of the U.S. aluminum extrusions trade case against Chinese extruders. It will come as no surprise that hundreds of millions of pounds have returned to the domestic market since the preliminary orders took effect in October 2010. What may be new is: 1) Which end use categories were hardest hit? 2) Which end use categories are vulnerable to extruders if duties should decrease? 3) What is the relationship between tariff rates on Chinese extrusions and market share penetration in the U.S. market? On these first two items, I invite you to attend the webinar. On the third item, Ducker’s analysis charted Chinese price differentials to the U.S. market against their market share performance. This analysis gives the industry its first look at a supply-and-demand curve to the U.S...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has led the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry in achieving level competition by winning tariff protection that offsets unfair trade practices of extruders/importers of aluminum profiles produced in China. Our efforts have been of enormous value to domestic extruders and suppliers. Conservatively, an estimated 800 million pounds per year of extrusions are being produced in the U. S. that would have otherwise been lost to China.