This month has shaped up so far to be a hectic and busy month on the AEC Fair Trade front. Three main issues have been at the forefront: the results of the Department of Commerce (DOC) announcement of its Preliminary Decision in the Third Administrative Review, the developments from Washington D.C. in the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill, and circumvention. Preliminary Results of Third Administrative Review The DOC announced what amounts to a ‘preliminary’ preliminary finding in our industry’s third administrative review. The Preliminary Decision was released June 2, 2015. Here is the breakdown of their determination thus far: Anti-Dumping (AD) rates remain at 33%. Jangho and Yuanda, the first & second mandatory respondents, received Adverse Facts Available (AFA), which is 33%. It was announced that the third mandatory respondent, Union, received 0%. However, there was a glaring error in that calculation. So, the DOC will have to go back, ...
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.